Switching career paths

SheelaDavis · 2025-06-02T22:42:37Z

You need to get an attorney and get a pre-license inquiry from your states Real Estate Commission (the real estate licensing board). A pre license inquiry is a written guarantee that certain past actions will not prevent you from obtaining a license IF......IF.....IF....you fully disclose everything and tell the entire truth up front. These exist for schools of Law where a law student or future law student may have a past criminal record, or the Medical Board for future and current Medical Students, and even Boards of Nursing do them. You need a lawyer though because you want the guarantee in writing before you go to real estate school, and same thing for others who are in or want to go to Law School, Med School, Nursing School, PA, etc.

A suspended nursing license, as long as you leave it suspended, should not be an issue As long as you are honest and upfront about it with the Real Estate Commission. If the BON ever moved to Revoke your license (because you chose to leave it Suspended and after 3 or 4 years or 7 years, etc, they want to clean up their rosters, but a Revoked License could be an issue requiring further explanation, because a revoked license puts you on the OIG list. OIG is not a huge issue for someone in real estate, but could still present some licensing issues up front. Get an attorney and get a pre-real estate license inquiry with the Real Estate Commission which puts your mind at east and you know you can go to Real Estate School and be licensed when you pass the exam. The inquiry is where the Board looks over your past and what happened, etc, then gives you an answer before you go to school.

Luna2025 · 2025-06-03T12:29:58Z

SheelaDavis said:

You need to get an attorney and get a pre-license inquiry from your states Real Estate Commission (the real estate licensing board). A pre license inquiry is a written guarantee that certain past actions will not prevent you from obtaining a license IF......IF.....IF....you fully disclose everything and tell the entire truth up front. These exist for schools of Law where a law student or future law student may have a past criminal record, or the Medical Board for future and current Medical Students, and even Boards of Nursing do them. You need a lawyer though because you want the guarantee in writing before you go to real estate school, and same thing for others who are in or want to go to Law School, Med School, Nursing School, PA, etc.

A suspended nursing license, as long as you leave it suspended, should not be an issue As long as you are honest and upfront about it with the Real Estate Commission. If the BON ever moved to Revoke your license (because you chose to leave it Suspended and after 3 or 4 years or 7 years, etc, they want to clean up their rosters, but a Revoked License could be an issue requiring further explanation, because a revoked license puts you on the OIG list. OIG is not a huge issue for someone in real estate, but could still present some licensing issues up front. Get an attorney and get a pre-real estate license inquiry with the Real Estate Commission which puts your mind at east and you know you can go to Real Estate School and be licensed when you pass the exam. The inquiry is where the Board looks over your past and what happened, etc, then gives you an answer before you go to school.

Thank you so much. That helped tremendously and gave me so much insight. I have been considering a lawyer for quite some time for the nursing side of things and truthfully would've already had one if finances allowed. But I will check into that for the real estate, I hadn't thought of that. Shew.. it's so difficult when it seems like the nursing issues haunt you with nearly any other career choice. But like they say, hindsight is 20/20. Thanks again!