California has half a million real estate licensees
That's according to this article from the Sacramento Business Journal.
Nearly 500,000 people hold real estate licenses in California — the most ever — the California Department of Real Estate reported Tuesday. That equates to one real estate licensee for every 52 adults.
In 2005, the number of real estate licensees soared to a record of more than 476,000, up 14 percent from the previous year and a 57 percent increase over five years ago.
I tried to find out how many licensees Tennessee has, but the Tennessee Real Estate Commission doesn't have an easy answer on their website. The only way to find out is to scroll through each licensee's information individually. If anyone knows the approximate number for Tennessee and more relevant to most of us, how many agents work in Memphis, I'd love to hear it.
About Will Hicks
Will Hicks is an affiliate real estate broker licensed in the State of Tennessee. Prior to his career transition into real estate, Hicks was a SCUBA Instructor with the International ALERT Academy of Big Sandy, Texas and the National Academy of Police Diving, based in Miami, Florida.
Hicks says he’s been asked many times about the odd transition from SCUBA Instructor to Real Estate Agent. “Teaching people how to SCUBA dive was the most fun 10 years of my life. But you can’t eat fun.” You can’t pay the rent with it either.
You can reach Will Hicks in Memphis at (901) 758-5670 or (901) 828-9200 or on Twitter at TheWillHicks.
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