Talk:Real estate agent

message: requested a thread to discuss the proposed mergers. -- Beland (talk) 17:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be a disconnect between what is being discussed and what was done. You keep saying you want to "merge" the pages but the target () is currently a redirect (and there's not really anything to merge). If you want to move Real estate broker to "Real estate agent", then either a  or a round-robin page move are required. I'm happy to do that if this is indeed the intent of the discussion. Primefac (talk) 17:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, we're planning to merge in more content later, I assume without merging the page histories of all three articles, so you could see it either as the first of three merges, or a page move followed by two merges. Feel free to implement a move in whatever way you see fit. -- Beland (talk) 21:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: . Primefac (talk) 00:29, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger of Estate agent 

message: Regarding article Real estate business, this is much broader than real estate broking as evidenced by its "See also" section, really it should be a category. cagliost (talk) 13:18, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger of Real estate business 

message: The word 'realtor' is used as if it is pretty much a synonym for REA, yet FAR down in the article, the legal restriction of the word is indicated.  This combination is unfortunate.  Either postpone the introduction of the word, or move the part about the restriction up -- or even include it in some way with the first mention of the word.  Separately, the article capitalizes the word.  Does this mean that it should always be capitalized or that the capitalized version is what is restricted? Kdammers (talk) 03:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Realtor 

message: Please change "A real estate or real estate broker is a person" to "A real estate agent, referred to often as a Realtor and/or a real estate broker is a person" SavageCerebral (talk) 00:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Lemonaka (talk) 08:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2023 

message: As the heading above say, I recommend that a section be added to this article on the history of the real estate profession. As a matter of fact, I just came to this article looking for the historical background on the concept of real estate agent, but I was surprised to see the absence of such information in this article.
There are different things that the history section could discuss. For example, on a quick Google search ("history of real estate agents"), it appears that the idea of staging an open house as a way to market a house originated in the 1930s and 1940s, but this is just that, a quick web search, and may not be a reliable source. Nevertheless, this is just an example to illustrate what the section could talk about. Legion (talk) 04:10, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section recommended for this article 

message: In Canada, the realtor trademark is controlled by the Canadian Real Estate Association, and used to identify its active members. It is owned by Realtor Canada Inc., a corporation jointly owned by NAR and CREA. The Realtor section currently states that realtor is trademarked by NAR in Canada and used to identify its members, which is incorrect. My edit to correct this was reverted.--Trystan (talk) 00:11, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey , You removed the text that said  which doesn't seem like it was your intent, and why I reverted.  I think we're heading the same direction. Maybe we can finesse it?  Toddst1 (talk) 00:20, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That’s part of the wording I added, which you reverted.--Trystan (talk) 00:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  fixed.  Toddst1 (talk) 16:23, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Realtor section is incorrect with respect to Canada 

message: This needs to be changed; "A real estate agent, referred to often as a real estate broker" A real estate agent should NEVER be referred to as a real estate broker. They are two different licenses and a broker's license requires much more than an agent's license. Now, the reverse might be true (like you can't say that a rectangle is often referred to as a square but you can say that a square could be called a rectangle) but to refer to a broker as an agent is disrespectful of what it takes to be a broker.  There's plenty of sources where you can site references. Here is one that explains it pretty well; https://www.jovio.com/blog/difference-between-agent-broker-realtor.  Saying that an agent could be called a broker is untrue and that sentence needs to be removed. 2600:1700:1E0:9940:10DF:7C09:9ABB:2ABF (talk) 16:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The article actually describes both agents and brokers, and the rest of the lead also makes it clear that these are different professions, so it's just the first sentence that needed to be reworked. We should probably restructure the article and maybe move it to better signify these differences, but that's for another day. Liu1126 (talk) 16:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2024