Real Estate Agents - Main Real Estate Agents Real estate agents and brokers help people buy, sell, and rent properties and businesses. Real estate agents and brokers work together to help customers buy and sell properties.
Brokers charge a fee to sell real estate owned by others.
Real estate agents work for brokers on a contract basis. When agents make a sale, brokers give them a share of the fee charged to the seller. Before showing properties to potential buyers, brokers and agents talk to buyers about the type of property they would like and can afford. Based on this information, agents can print out a computer listing of properties the buyers may like. Next, agents and buyers visit a number of homes to find one the buyers like.