The bureau of licenses will have a record of his license, so you can verify.. . Iam a Realtor, iam not licensed right now because it expired and i changed careers, but when i was practicing i had a yahoo account. My broker didnt have a server for a business account. . . Becoming a broker is just as easy as becoming an agent, theres just more classes and more money involved in the beginning. Many people who start dont work from offices but from home, and arent set up yet. Its hard to get going when youre first starting into it, you dont make ANYTHING but commission. And that is generally only 3-7% of the sale.. . Iam not saying it isnt perfectly normal. I would check into it. Your best bet is to have a lawyer for ANY real estate transaction. They are able to sniff out a crook easier.. . Ask him to see his license. He must carry it with him everywhere he goes. They will have all his information on it, a control number, some have watermarks. But mostly they just look like a temporary drivers license. There is no picture, jsut a little piece of paper, from a printer.