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A hiring broker cares about what you closed, not how long you have held a license. Transactions closed and sales volume, stated for the most recent 12 months, tell them more in two lines than a paragraph about your approach to client service. If you are early and the numbers are modest, still use them: a 24-transaction first year is a real, specific claim that a vague "dedicated to client satisfaction" line is not.
A real estate resume without a stated, current license reads as incomplete, since it is the one credential that is not optional in this field. Name the license type and the issuing state, and if you hold licenses in more than one state, list each one. If a broker license replaced a salesperson license, list the broker license and drop the earlier one.
A high share of business from past clients and referrals tells a broker that clients trusted you enough to send others, which is a better predictor of future production than a single good year. If you track it, or can estimate it honestly from your closed transactions, put the percentage next to your volume numbers.
The most common mistake on an agent resume is listing individual property addresses and sale prices instead of summarizing. A broker does not need to see 40 closed listings one at a time. They need the total: transactions closed, combined sales volume, and the segment you worked in, in a few clear lines.
Use the real numbers you have, even if they are modest. Twenty-four transactions and $8.1M in a first full year is a specific, checkable claim, and a broker reading resumes from new agents has a realistic sense of what a strong first year looks like. Avoid rounding up or estimating a number you cannot back up if asked.
List the brokerage you are actually licensed under, since that is what a hiring broker or client will verify. If you operate under a team name within that brokerage, you can mention it in your job title or summary, but the employer of record should always be the brokerage.
Not in this field. Agents move between brokerages for commission splits, lead programs and team fit far more often than employees in most industries change jobs, and hiring brokers read it that way. What matters is that your production held up or grew at each stop, which is exactly what your transaction and volume numbers show.
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