Licensing Procedures

Contact O'Brien Institute of Real Estate (800-693-4888) and register for the "Principles and Practice of Real Estate" exam prep course as required by Maryland state law. This course covers all the technical aspects of real estate - math, law, and theory. After successful completion of this course you will be instructed to take the State Licensing Examination. Your exam is administered at a PSI Testing Center or Promissor Test Center. Click here for a list of PSI Testing Centers.

Upon passing the state exam, you have one year to affiliate with a real estate brokerage firm (such as O'Brien Realty) to activate your license. If you choose to affiliate with O'Brien Realty, our Best class training is designed to assist new and experienced agents with hands-on training and discussions on current real estate practices.

The Advantages of Working with O'Brien Realty
Join O'Brien Realty and receive the following beneifts:

• No franchise fees
  In-House bonus potential
• Training & Support
• Marketing Development
• Resources & Technology
• Business Management

O'Brien Realty Offers The Following Services For Our New And Experienced Agents:

• On-site management in all 5 sales offices
• Best class training - Discuss and review current issues, forms, and real estate practices
• Mentoring program - Provides guidance and support throughout the first 2 transactions of your career
• Intranet tools and features offer time-saving tips and practices to service your customers more efficiently
• Weekly sales meetings
• Discuss and review current issues affecting the Real Estate market.

Broker/Office advertisements:

• Public Website
• Phone Books and related online publications
• Local Newspapers
• Multiple Real Estate publications
• Office Marquees
• Relocation Vendors
• Yard Signs
• Local Chamber of Commerce
• Local visitors map

Agent Marketing Benefits:

As an agent in an ever-changing market, you can develop personalized marketing and prospecting materials using customizable items offered by O'Brien Realty.

Use the O'Brien Quality Survey to track customer satisfaction and stay on top of the needs of the consumer.

Build a profitable business with the backing of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, our affiliate company that supports O'Brien Relocation Services, for all of your clients' relocation needs in all 50 states and 26 countries.

The ability of a client or a customer to be able to reach an agent easily is very important to O'Brien Realty. Agent photo, contact information and personal website address (if available) are listed at no charge to the agent.

The ability of a client or a customer to be able to reach an agent easily is very important to O'Brien Realty. Agent photo, contact information and personal website address (if available) are listed at no charge to the agent.

Resources & Technology

O'Brien Realty's sales offices offer their agents free access to the following items:

• Agent Workroom
• Copier
• Fax Machine
• Computers
• Internet - Access to MLS database to search inventory available and online programs for real estate use and development
• Intranet - Company toolkit to access email, links to other real estate resource websites, keep in touch other sales office with the message board, preview company calendar for news and upcoming events, electronic forms and helpdesk assistance
• Email services - Agents are provided with an email address with that has the capacity to handle bulk messages and photos. If an agent has an existing email account with an outside provider and would like to keep it, the agent has the ability to forward all O'Brien emails directly to their existing account
• File system containing Pre-Printed forms and materials for client transactions
• Tax maps available online
• Personalized voicemail system