Sell a Business in California With a Real Estate License
If you're trying to figure out whether you need a real estate license to sell a business in California, you're not alone, and the answer isn't as simple as most Google results make it sound. Under California's Business and Professions Code, a business opportunity sale is treated as a licensed real estate activity whenever it involves things like a leasehold interest, a fixture sale, or goodwill tied to a physical location. That means the license sitting in your desk drawer, o
Can You Close Commercial Deals on a Parked License?
A commercial real estate license in California doesn't exist as a separate thing. There's one license, it covers houses and warehouses equally, and the state doesn't care which one you sell. That single fact is why parking your California real estate license and running a commercial book fit together better than most agents realize. Picture a 14,000-square-foot industrial building near Crenshaw and Del Amo in Torrance. Motivated seller, a buyer you've known for six years, cle
