If you are renewing your real estate license after June 2025 in Massachusetts, there are a few new steps to the all-online process. Here's a quick overview to get you started: 

TO RENEW YOUR REAL ESTATE LICENSE IN MASSACHUSETTS:  You can begin the process to renew your real estate license up to 90 days before your expiration date. If the Division of Occupational Licensure (DOL) Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons has your current license, you may get a letter with renewal instructions. However, all the steps are outlined in detail on the MA state website (www.mass.gov) by utilizing typical searches like "how to renew a real estate license."  Give yourself a week or so to work through the steps stress-free.

1. First, create an account to link up your license with the new eLipse Portal. (This was transitioned from the previous ePlace Portal.) Go to: https://elicensing21.mass.gov/CitizenAccess. Utilize the "Manage Licenses, Permits & Certificates" tab to comple...

A lot of our students arrive in class wanting to take on real estate as a part-time job. Now it’s all about the side hustle. That certainly sounds more fun – though some would argue there’s no such thing as a less than full-time agent. But, if you’re going to try, what you need is a “full-time attitude.”

Here are a few things to consider if want to make real estate your side hustle:

• Are you ready to hustle? Are you ready to focus on building your business as if it were your full-time job? With that attitude, you won’t be surprised by the amount of time it takes.
• Is your current obligation flexible? An agent’s schedule is really the client’s schedule. Home hunting is much more than open houses on weekends. Will you be able to drop everything to show a must-see home and then put together a time-sensitive offer? Will you be available for a home inspection when the inspector has time available?  
• Do you have a job where you are constantly talking to potential home buyers or sellers?
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