Are real estate brokers also landlords?
No. Real Estate Brokers, key word “broker”, are people who help buyers and sellers find each other and also facilitate the purchase transaction. Now can a real estate broker also own a rental property and be a landlord? Of course, anyone can. Also, yes, there are ways to find out who owns a property, for how long, how much they purchased it for, and how much was the loan taken out to buy it. The easiest way is through an online service, but this you need to pay and subscribe to it. Real estate brokers or agents will typically have access to this type of service. Another way is to go look up the County Records at the local County Record Office where the property is located. These records office are typically located at the downtown area near the city or town halls.
