Getting your real estate license is no different from getting a driver’s license as opposed to using a student permit to drive your car around. You don’t need to have a real estate license to sell a home but to properly post a property out for sale you need to be a licensed realtor and that’s no different from taking drivers-ed classes to make sure you ace your DMV test squeaky clean. So what is the big secret for those really successful brokers and how come they are earning more than the regular real estate brokers? A realtor is not just an agent. They are more entitled to they get a higher cut than a regular person who is trying to get into the realty business. Once you pass the test for your real estate license you can start posting on your own and get your career as a realtor started.