If a licensee has a broker's license but continues to operate as a sales associate, what is the proper designation?

• A. Managing Broker
• B. Sales Associate
• C. Broker's Associate
• D. Broker

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that a broker’s license lets you perform at the broker level, but your day-to-day role can be that of an associate under another broker. When a licensee elects to work as a sales associate while holding a broker’s license, the proper designation is a Broker’s Associate. This label communicates two things: you hold a broker license, and you are affiliated with another broker or brokerage working in a sales capacity under supervision. It distinguishes you from a Managing Broker (who oversees the office) and from being the principal Broker (the person in charge), and it’s more accurate than calling yourself a Sales Associate (which implies you don’t hold a broker license).