and subscribes to the Constitution of said Board and the Rules and Regulations
governing the same, accepting and agreeing to be bound by them as they now exist
or as they may be hereafter amended.
The applicant agrees to pay the membership fee for the class to which he is an
applicant and designated in the schedule contained.
Signature
of Applicant ______________________________________ Print Name____________________________
Principal Business of Applicant ______________________________________________________
Name of firm _____________________________________________________________________
Business Address of Main Office ________________________________________________________________
Zip Code: __________ Bus. Tel. ___________________ Fax: ___________________
New
York Broker’s License Number: _____________________________________________
(If not Licensed explain in #8 below)
If you
are licensed to do business in any other State, give name of each State
and Number of License:
____________________________________________________________________________________
*Proposed by __________________________________
Print Name ________________________________
(To be signed by actual Proposer)
*Seconded by _________________________________
Print Name __________________________________
(To be signed by actual Seconder)
* The two above sponsors must be Broker A, Management
A, Appraiser A, Owner A or B Members
QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE FILLED OUT BY APPLICANT
(All information should be as complete as possible)
1. State
the name of your firm or corporation ___________________________________________________
(a)
If a partnership, state name of all partners, giving name of senior
partner first
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Have
you ever been convicted of a felony or pleaded guilty to such an offense?
Yes No
If yes,
please explain________________________________________________________________________
3. Have
you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor with respect to fiduciary
responsibilities? Yes No
If yes,
please explain_______________________________________________________________________
4. How
long have you been licensed as a Real Estate Broker in the State of
New York? ____________________
5. Is
your principal business Real Estate Broker, Mortgage Loan Broker, Agent,
Appraiser or
Auctioneer?____________________________________________________________________________
6. If
you are a Broker is your time mainly devoted to: (a) Brokerage ________________________________
12. Give names, addresses and zip codes of several real estate brokers and
property owners, aside
from your proposer and seconder, with whom you have had business relations
__________________________
13.
How long have you been identified with real estate? _________________________________________________
14.
What other branches of the business, if any, have you engaged in? (operator,
builder, owner, real
estate lawyer, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________
16.
If you were a member of any associations or organizations in your previous
field of activity, name
them: ________________________________________________________________________________________
17.
Have you held membership previously in this board? yes:__no:__ _______________________________
18.
If you are a member of any other Real Estate Board, give name of Board
_______________________________
19.
If you were, but are not now, a member of any other Real Estate Board,
give reasons for your being
no longer a member ___________________________________________________________________________
Make
checks payable to the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc.
Enclosed
is a check with the following
amount
$
OR
If you wish to pay
by credit card please complete below and return to REBNY
MasterCard
Visa
American Express
Discover
Your Credit Card Account Number
Expiration Date( Month/Year)
Cardholder Signature:
Amount
$
Date
Print or type Member's Name
Company Name
Telephone
Number
After
completing the application, print out, and mail or fax to:
The Real Estate Board of New York
570 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Fax #: 212-779-8774
Attention: Membership Department
EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REAL ESTATE
BOARD OF NEW YORK, INC.
BROKERAGE DIVISION
ARTICLE II
Section 2. Brokerage Division: Membership in the Brokerage shall
be divided into classes as follows:
(a) Broker A: Any individual whose principal business is Real
Estate Broker, Mortgage Loan Broker, Agent or Auctioneer, either
in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, shall be eligible
only for Broker A Membership or Broker B Membership. It shall
be the duty of every Broker A Member to impose as a condition
of employment of any salesperson employed by him, his copartnership
or corporation in his main office or any branch office in Manhattan,
that such salesperson shall apply for admission as Salesperson
Member in this Board, and that if admitted he shall pay the dues
required for a Salesperson Member and the said Broker Member
shall be responsible for the payment of the dues of such Salesperson
Member.
(b) Broker B: Any member of a partnership or Senior Officer of
a corporation in which there are one or more Broker A Members
of the Board may, if a individual qualified under New York Real
Property Law Article 12-A holds a Real Estate Brokerage license
and is a Real Estate Broker, Mortgage Loan Broker, Agent Auctioneer,
be eligible for Broker B Membership without initiation fee; and
if elected shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution,
remain in such class so long as he shall continue to be a member
of such partnership or Senior Officer in such corporation. In
the event that such Broker B Member shall sever his relationship
with such partnership or such corporation and become a member
of another partnership or a Senior Officer of another corporation
to which he desires to be transferred, his membership shall be
transferred without the payment of an initiation fee, provided
there shall be one more Broker A Members in the partnership or
corporation to which he desires to be transferred. If there be
no such Broker A Member in the latter partnership or corporation,
or if the Broker B Member shall established business in his own
name, his membership as Broker B Member shall terminate forthwith,
but he may apply to be transferred to Broker A Membership, in
which case he shall pay the initiation fee of the class to which
he is transferred.
(c) Broker C: A Real Estate Broker affiliated with a Broker A
or Management A Member but not classified by such Broker A
or Management A Member as a Senior Partner of Senior Officer
of the corporation shall be eligible for Broker C Membership.
There shall also be eligible to this class of membership salespersons
who have been licensed as such for a period of not less than
three years.
(d) Borough Broker: Any individual who acts as a Real Estate
Broker, Agent, or Auctioneer, either in his own name or as a
member of a partnership or an Officer of a corporation and whose
main office and main business is in any borough of the City of
New York, except the Borough of Manhattan, shall be eligible
for Borough Broker Membership.
ARTICLE IV
FEES AND DUES
Section 1.
(a) Brokerage Division: The initiation fee of a Broker A Member
shall be $150.00. The initiation fee for a Borough Broker Member
and for a Non-Resident Broker Member shall be $25.00.
Management Division: The initiation fee of a Management A Member
shall be$150.00.
(b) No initiation fee shall be required in the case of a transfer
of membership from one class to another where an initiation fee
has been paid in the former class except that in the case of
a transfer of membership from one class to another, which requires
a greater initiation fee than that paid for the original class
of membership, the member making the transfer shall pay the difference
in the initiation fee . A Borough Broker Member may voluntarily
cause his salespersons to apply for Salesperson Membership provided
such employing broker and such applicants for Salesperson Membership
shall comply with provisions of the Constitution in respect to
Salesperson Members.
(e) Non-Resident Broker: Any person who acts as a Real Estate
Broker, Mortgage Loan Broker, Agent or Auctioneer, either in
his own name Or as member of a partnership or an officer of a
corporation, and whose main office is outside the City of New
York and whose business is conducted wholly or mainly out side
the City of New York shall be eligible for Non-Resident, Broker
Membership.
A Non-Resident Broker Member may voluntarily cause his salespersons
to apply for Salespersons Membership, provided such employing
broker and such applicants for Salespersons Membership shall
comply with the provisions of the Constitution in respect to
Salesperson Members.
Section 4. Management Division: Membership in the Management
Division shall be divided into classes as follows:
(a) Management A : Individuals in business in their own names
or as members of copartnerships or Senior Officers orprincipal
designated representatives of corporation, directing the management
of buildings in the City of New York.
(b) Management B: Any member of a copartnership or Senior Officer
or designated representative of a corporation engaged in the
management of a building in the City of New York of which copartnership
or corporation at least one member or Senior Officer or designated
representative is a member of The Real Estate Board of New York,
Inc., as a Broker A or Management A Member, shall be eligible
for Management B Membership without initiation fee; and if elected
shall, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, remain
in such class so long as he shall continue to be a member of
such copartnership or Senior Officer or designated representative
of such corporation in the event that such Management B Member
shall sever his relationship with such copartnership or such
corporation and become a member of another copartnership or a
Senior Officer or designated representative of another corporation
of which he shall request his membership to be transferred, his
membership may be transferred without the payment of initiation
fee, provided there shall be one or more Broker A or Management
A Members of the copartnership or corporation to which he desires
to be transferred. If there be no such Broker A or Management
A Member in the latter copartnership or corporation, or if the
Management B Member shall establish business in his own name
his membership as a Management B Member shall terminate forthwith,
but he may apply to be transferred to Broker A or Management
A Membership, in which case he shall pay the initiation of such
class of membership.
ANNUAL DUES Section 2. Broker A and B: The annual dues for
a Broker A and Broker B Member shall be $900.00 a year payable
in advance on January I st. Brokers A and Broker B annual dues
for RLS member firms shall be $940.00
Borough Broker: The annual dues for Borough Broker
shall be $280.00 payable in advance on January 1st. Does not
apply for applicants to the Residential Brokerage Division.
Non-Resident Broker: The annual dues for Non-Resident Broker
shall be $280.00 payable in advance on January 1st.
Management Division
Management A and B: The annual dues for a Management A and Management
B Member shall be $900.00 a year payable in advance on January
1st.
New applicants will receive provisional membership pending action
by the Admissions Committee. The Admissions Committee must review
a new member's application no later than 60 days from receipt
of the application. In the event that the Admissions Committee
does not reject the applicant, then the provisional membership
shall become full memebrship. A provisional member shall have
the full rights and obligations, during the 60-day period, of
full membership.
