If you have selected a real estate broker and the broker has signed your state exam application, you will be issued an active license at the exam center. If you have not affiliated with a broker, your license will be "stored" with the Real Estate Commission until you activate it with a broker.  Sales agents must be affiliated with a local broker to obtain an active license.  

Once you have your active real estate license, most states require a certain number of post-license hours of instruction, which your broker is responsible to provide.  It is crucial that the new agent attend the post-license training, because of its invaluable contribution to the agent’s preparedness to tackle this new business. 

Part of the post-license training offered by your broker will focus on how to “prospect” or find new clients.  Typically, the broker will include role-playing as part of the training, to assist the new licensee in becoming comfortable approaching prospective clients, as well as learning the “how to” of prospecting. 

In addition, once you have your active license, you will need to obtain your Lock Box or Supra Key for access to listed properties.  Your broker’s orientation will include these details.