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Agent Recruiting & Retention Best Practices: Generating Recruiting Leads

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Where to find state real estate license reports

Finding and recruiting promising new real estate agents is crucial for growing your brokerage. One often overlooked yet valuable source of potential recruits is the pool of newly licensed real estate professionals in your state. This article will guide you through the process of tapping into this resource effectively, helping you identify and attract motivated individuals ready to launch their real estate careers. By focusing on new licensees, you can: 1. Connect with agents before they commit to other brokerages 2. Shape their professional development from the start 3. Bring fresh perspectives and energy to your team In the following sections, we'll explore how to find new licensees for the various states in the US. Note: - Some states (e.g., Florida, Ohio) provide full contact information for agents in the license report, whereas others (e.g., California, New York) do not. - Suppose you are especially hungry for new agents and are located in a state that does not provide contact information. In that case, you can always engage an international contractor like these on Upwork here or Fiverr here to find the contact information inexpensively. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | State | State Real Estate Licensing Homepage | The download page on State Website | | Alabama | | | | Alaska | https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/ | | | Arizona | https://azre.gov/licensees/original-licensing-information | https://services.azre.gov/publicdatabase/DownloadLists.aspx | | Arkansas | https://arec.arkansas.gov/online-services/ | | | California | https://www.dre.ca.gov/Licensees/ | | | Colorado | https://dre.colorado.gov/ | https://apps.colorado.gov/dre/licensing/Lookup/GenerateRoster.aspx | | Connecticut | https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/License-Services-Division/License-Division/Verify-a-License-Permit-or-Registration | https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/GenerateRoster.aspx | | Delaware | https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/realestate/ressalesperson/ | | | Florida | My Florida License | The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) provides downloadable files containing information on real estate licensees. These files are updated weekly and include details such as mailing addresses. You can access these files on the Real Estate Commission's Public Records page. To obtain a report of new real estate licenses, you may need to submit a public records request through the DBPR's online portal. This system allows the public to create and submit requests for specific information. While the downloadable files provide comprehensive data, they may not specifically highlight new licenses. By submitting a public records request, you can specify the exact information you need, such as a list of real estate agents who have obtained their licenses within a certain timeframe. For further assistance, you can contact the Division of Real Estate at 850.487.1395 or visit their office at 400 West Robinson Street, N801, Orlando, Florida 32801. | | Georgia | https://www.aceableagent.com/blog/how-lookup-your-georgia-real-estate-license-grec/ | | | Hawaii | https://cca.hawaii.gov/reb/ | | | Idaho | https://irec.idaho.gov/licensing/ | | | Illinois | https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/realest.html | | | Indiana | https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/real-estate-home/real-estate-licensing-information/ | | | Iowa | https://plb.iowa.gov/board/real-estate-sales-brokers | | | Kansas | https://licensing.ks.gov/verification_krec/ | | | Kentucky | http://dpl.ky.gov/ | | | Louisiana | https://lrec.gov/ | | | Maine | https://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/real_estate/index.html | | | Maryland | https://www.dllr.state.md.us/cgi-bin/ElectronicLicensing/OP_search/OP_search.cgi?calling_app=RE::RE_qselect | | | Massachusetts | https://www.mass.gov/real-estate-brokers-and-salespersons-licensing/tasks | | | Michigan | https://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-89334_72600_72602_72731_72871---,00.html | | | Minnesota | https://mn.gov/commerce/consumers/tips-tools/license-lookup.jsp | | | Mississippi | https://www.mrec2.webapps.ms.gov/publicview/mrecPublicSelectLicenseType.aspx?Div=MREC | | | Missouri | https://pr.mo.gov/realestate-how-to.asp | https://pr.mo.gov/listings-realestcom.asp | | Montana | http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/rre#1 | https://app.mt.gov/download/?pk_vid=10d11e32a03d99481600802588bb1ff2 | | Nebraska | https://nrec.nebraska.gov/licensing-forms/licenseinformation.html | | | Nevada | http://red.nv.gov/Content/Online_Services/Main/ | | | New Hampshire | https://www.oplc.nh.gov/nh-real-estate-commission | | | New Jersey | https://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_rec/licensing/online_Instructions/licSearch.html | | | New Mexico | https://www.nmrealtor.com/ | | | New York | https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/nydos/selSearchType.do  > Search by City >  Select Salesperson for License Type > Add city name (She is in Garden City) | | | North Carolina | https://www.ncrec.gov/ | | | North Dakota | https://www.realestatend.org/ | | | Ohio | | | | Oklahoma | https://orec.us.thentiacloud.net/webs/orec/register/# | | | Oregon | https://www.oregon.gov/rea/licensing/Pages/Licensing.aspx | | | Pennsylvania | https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Pages/Online-Licensing-Services.aspx | | | Rhode Island | https://dbr.ri.gov/divisions/commlicensing/realestate.php | https://elicensing.ri.gov/Lookup/DownloadRoster.aspx | | South Carolina | https://llr.sc.gov/re/ | | | South Dakota | https://dlr.sd.gov/realestate/license_verification_system.aspx | | | Tennessee | https://www.tn.gov/commerce/resources-services | | | Texas | https://www.trec.texas.gov/public/request-public-information | | | Utah | https://secure.utah.gov/rer/relv/search.html | | | Vermont | https://sos.vermont.gov/real-estate-brokers-salespersons/ | https://sos.vermont.gov/opr/licensee-lookup/ | | Virginia | http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Real-Estate/ | | | Washington | https://www.dol.wa.gov/business/realestate/resourcespublications.html | | | West Virginia | https://rec.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx | | | Wisconsin | https://www.wra.org/LicensingReq/ | | | Wyoming | http://realestate.wyo.gov/ | |

Last updated on Jan 17, 2026

Expanding Your Lead Sources

While BrokerMetrics is a fantastic way to add most of your market's agents to your system with accurate and up-to-date data, it's not the only way. Since it's limited to agents with production, BrokerMetrics doesn't get you all the pre-license and zero-deal agents that need to hear your message. These are easy sources to expand your lead funnel - either with leads that BrokerMetrics misses or with more context to help you get the appointment. That said, this certainly isn't an exhaustive list, and as long as you can get the agent data in a spreadsheet, you can import it into your account. See How To Import or Upload Contacts for step-by-step instructions, or contact support@brokerkit.com with your file and we'll help you through everything. MLS Reports While it varies heavily from market to market, your MLS likely generates reports you can use to capture recruiting leads or at least gather more information about leads already in your system. Often these come in the form of new licenses, retired licenses, or office roster reports, but what's available will depend entirely on your market. The Other Side of the Table - Co-Brokes Wouldn't it be great if there was a free, easily accessible source of experienced recruits who've already had a positive interaction with your office? Pulling leads from the cooperating deals in your transaction management system is one of the best and most overlooked sources out there. These are people who are already predisposed to liking your office with a built-in excuse for you to contact them - congratulating them on a cooperating close. How you pull these leads will vary based on your office and the software you use. If easily exportable reports aren't available, you may need to enter them as contracts are filed, and you can choose whether to assign your agent as the referrer. Best of all, this source tells you something about your current roster, their skills and weaknesses, and the sort of reputation they're building for you with the local agent population. If you have bad apples who are affecting your recruiting efforts, it is better to know and deal with them early. Local RE Schools While many schools and local boards have rules against advertising your brokerage at the physical school, that doesn't mean they're a poor source of leads. Many of our clients develop relationships with local schools and receive lists of their students with test results. You'll need to see what your local board allows, whether or not the school has a preexisting exclusive relationship, and if there's any cost involved, but knowing who's freshly licensed and when is a huge benefit. Career Night and Lunch and Learn Most franchises have some form of weekly career seminar for potential recruits - it's not only a great way to drive people into your office and the industry, but it also gives your recruiting staff a weekly, visible metric to grade their efforts. If you're not already hosting them, they need to become part of your recruiting routine. Unfortunately, the career night attendance lists are often never entered into your CRM - either because we forget or we judge the attendees too harshly. I can't count how many times the person I thought would never make it was the first to get a deal under their belt. Everyone is worth following up with, especially when you have mass email and Smart Campaigns to make it easy. Whether you had five attendees or 50, send it along, and we're happy to help get it uploaded. Social Media Advertising Your landing page is an excellent and likely under-utilized way to draw in more inbound recruiting leads. Since it's essentially a link that can be placed anywhere, it allows you to target demographics that may not be immediately considering real estate. Facebook has groups for everyone - disgruntled and underpaid teachers, veterans in need of employment, flippers, and investors - and these people could all use a real estate license to expand their opportunities. Meeting them where they are by posting your landing page link is a great way to reach untapped recruits. Wright Brothers and Job Board Leads If you want to be proactive and you're willing to spend some money to do it, dozens of sources will sell you active job seekers based on resume keywords like "real estate" or "sales." While Wright Brothers is fully integrated with Brokerkit and is an excellent source, we can also import leads bought from Monster, CareerBuilder, or other job boards. Brokerkit also has an API to push leads into that enables you to get recruiting leads from an unlimited number of sources. By integrating Zapier with our API, then you can push recruiting leads into Brokerkit from many of the 1500+ apps on the Zapier platform. Keep in mind that these are rarely candidates looking for real estate careers, and you'll often get lists in bulk. You'll want to make a Smart Campaign targeting their needs to automate your follow-up. Click here for more on creating your first smart campaign. 📧 If you have a great alternative source for leads, we'd love to hear about it! Reach out at support@brokerkit.com to tell us more.

Last updated on May 22, 2026

Landing Page Best Practices

Outbound prospecting is how you'll fill most of your recruiting funnel  (e.g., cold calling, career nights, mass contact, etc.). However, that doesn’t mean you should ignore your passive inbound lead opportunities. The landing page is a great, low-effort way to find new inbound leads and improve brand awareness. If done right, your landing pages draft your current agents to help grow the office and give them a stake in the recruiting process. Here are a few best practices for getting your landing page customized and in front of your next potential recruit. Click here if you’re not sure where your landing page is or how to edit it. Personalize and Localize When you join Brokerkit, your landing page is ready to collect leads out of the box. However, that doesn’t mean you should leave it as is. By necessity, the copy and header image are generic and editing those to be specific to your team and market does wonders. First, upload a high-resolution picture of your team or office - shots of your agents at awards banquets, team outings, or volunteering all work great. If you or someone in your office is comfortable editing images, you can add logos - don’t go overboard with additions. The image will have text over the top, and we don’t want it to be too distracting. Next, we want to personalize the copy. What makes your office an amazing place to work? What’s most important to agents in your market? What questions and concerns do you constantly hear in recruiting appointments that you can address here? Why do you love working in and serving your community? If you’re unsure what to say, don’t worry - often, the people around you are your best resource. Rather than write-ups explaining why your training is the best, please include a picture and testimonial from an agent saying how your training changed their career. Or a photo of a veteran staff member and a quote explaining all they provide for the agents. Or a blurb from the head of the local food bank your office donated to, thanking you for your service to the community. The people your office has helped are often better at articulating why it's so great than you could ever hope to be. Incentivize and Celebrate Every agent in your brokerage has their own landing page - it looks exactly like the team page but has their contact information and automatically tags them as the referrer any time it generates a lead. However, your agents will never use their landing pages if they do not see a clear benefit. First, if your franchise or brokerage doesn’t already have incentives for referring an agent, you’ll want to implement some. It could be a cash bonus or some percentage of the recruit’s company dollar, or it might be as simple as “marketing bucks” or a raffle ticket towards some prize. You don’t need to spend a fortune, but you need to get them excited and make sure they feel appreciated. Second, make a show of it. Call out top referrers in sales meetings and celebrate every new recruit and the agent who brought them to you. Even if it feels cheesy to you, it’s important for your office's culture that the agents feel they have a hand in making it a better workplace. Finally, make sure they’re properly trained. When you roll out Brokerkit, send the invites and have your team log in during a sales meeting. Ensure they know where to find their landing page link and what to do with it. If you’ve already rolled out Brokerkit and haven’t gotten buy-in from the agents, they’re likely due for a refresher. Getting Exposure So you’ve personalized your page and engaged your team—that’s great, but now we need people to see all your hard work. First and foremost, it needs to be linked from your "Careers" link in the header and footer of your company site. We want maximum exposure if a potential recruit visits you. If your site happens to be IDX enabled, shoppers will see the "Careers" link as they look for their new opportunity, meaning every lead is also a potential new agent. Check here for how you can also embed the Brokerkit landing page in your site with an iFrame or here on how to forward the URL to use your domain. Next, your agents will want to add the landing page link everywhere they can - their email signature, social media, and personal sites. Your team should be doing the same. That means putting it up on all company social media, linking to it as the recruiting page on your company site, and posting it on job boards like Indeed and Craigslist. Joining and posting in Facebook groups of job-seekers, agents, and people who might be ready for a career change is a great way to reach people - just be careful not to spam, or it’ll have a negative effect. If you’re willing to spend a little, you can create Facebook or Google Adwords ads to promote your landing page and target people interested in a career in real estate. That gets more complex than this guide can cover, but you should know that your Brokerkit landing page has fields to enter Facebook Pixel (see here) and Google Analytic IDs (see here) to easily track if your ad spend is effective and to enable remarketing campaigns using Google or Facebook, which are the highest converting type of ads. This article here also covers the various options for lead capture for Meta/Facebook leads. 💭 If you have more great ideas for advertising your landing page, we’d love to hear them! Send your feedback to support@getbrokerkit.com.

Last updated on Jan 17, 2026