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07-05-2006, 02:57 AM
A residential builder salesperson, or a residential maintenance and alteration (M&A) contractor salesperson is not the same as being a real estate salesperson. Those licenses are issued through the Residential Builder and Maintenance & Alteration Contractors Board. A licensed real estate salesperson does not sell for a residential builder or M&A contractor unless the builder or M&A contractor has listed the property with the real estate salesperson's real estate broker.
You can read about Residential Builder and Residential Maintenance & Alteration Contractor licensing by going to their website, or by calling 517-241-9254.
However, the following information is provided to interested persons by that office:
Anyone who, for compensation, solicits or secures business for a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration (M&A) contractor must be licensed to that residential builder or M&A contractor as a residential builder or M&A contractor salesperson. This includes commissioned salespersons, licensed builders, or M&A contractors who refer a customer to another builder or M&A contractor for a referral fee; staff at home centers who both sell a product and contract for its installation on behalf of the licensee; and those individuals working in model homes to solicit customers for future construction. A salesperson may only be licensed to one builder or M&A contractor. Serving as a representative for several builders or M&A contractors is not permitted by law.
To be licensed as a salesperson, an individual must pass an examination and have the builder or M&A contractor (who the person will work for) submit an application for licensure. The license will be issued in the name of the salesperson and mailed to the builder or M&A contractor employing the salesperson. The builder or M&A contractor will display the wall license, and the salesperson will carry the pocket card. If employment is terminated, the residential builder or M&A contractor sends the wall license and pocket card to the department. The salesperson's new employer then requests that the license be transferred, and a new wall license and pocket card is issued showing the new employer.
Special Considerations:
An individual who is a licensed builder or M&A contractor (or who has been actively licensed in the past 3 years) can be licensed as a salesperson in the employ of another builder or M&A contractor (employee or independent contractor) without taking the salesperson's examination. (An individual may have only one license as a salesperson.)
The licensing of a salesperson is the only area of residential builder or M&A contractor licensing where the Board has authorized, by administrative rule, the use of a temporary license. While an individual is waiting to take the examination, they can be given one, non-renewable, 60-day temporary license. The license is terminated early if the salesperson does not pass the examination.
You can read about Residential Builder and Residential Maintenance & Alteration Contractor licensing by going to their website, or by calling 517-241-9254.
However, the following information is provided to interested persons by that office:
Anyone who, for compensation, solicits or secures business for a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration (M&A) contractor must be licensed to that residential builder or M&A contractor as a residential builder or M&A contractor salesperson. This includes commissioned salespersons, licensed builders, or M&A contractors who refer a customer to another builder or M&A contractor for a referral fee; staff at home centers who both sell a product and contract for its installation on behalf of the licensee; and those individuals working in model homes to solicit customers for future construction. A salesperson may only be licensed to one builder or M&A contractor. Serving as a representative for several builders or M&A contractors is not permitted by law.
To be licensed as a salesperson, an individual must pass an examination and have the builder or M&A contractor (who the person will work for) submit an application for licensure. The license will be issued in the name of the salesperson and mailed to the builder or M&A contractor employing the salesperson. The builder or M&A contractor will display the wall license, and the salesperson will carry the pocket card. If employment is terminated, the residential builder or M&A contractor sends the wall license and pocket card to the department. The salesperson's new employer then requests that the license be transferred, and a new wall license and pocket card is issued showing the new employer.
Special Considerations:
An individual who is a licensed builder or M&A contractor (or who has been actively licensed in the past 3 years) can be licensed as a salesperson in the employ of another builder or M&A contractor (employee or independent contractor) without taking the salesperson's examination. (An individual may have only one license as a salesperson.)
The licensing of a salesperson is the only area of residential builder or M&A contractor licensing where the Board has authorized, by administrative rule, the use of a temporary license. While an individual is waiting to take the examination, they can be given one, non-renewable, 60-day temporary license. The license is terminated early if the salesperson does not pass the examination.
