A Real Estate Negotiator (REN) is an individual who is employed by a registered Estate Agent. They are not registered with the Board but certified to practice. They must attain the following requirements to be employed by the Real Estate firm;

They must attend a two-day course on Real Estate and will be issued a certificate of attendance. With the certificate, they can seek employment either on a ‘Contract of Service’ or ‘Contract for Service’ with a Real Estate firm. The Real Estate firm then will apply for the REN Tag with the BOVAEA.

BOVAEA will certify and designate a REN number & issue a tag to the REN. Only then can the REN be employed by the firm and represent sellers, landlords, buyers & tenants in the sale and marketing of properties.

NOTE: Negotiators are salespersons who are not given explicit recognition in the Act or Rules but are informally recognized by the Board as assistants engaged by estate agents in their practice of estate agency under their immediate direction and supervision. Hence, negotiators are not authorised to act independently of the estate agency firm and when in doubt members of the public are advised to check with the Board or the estate agency firm concerned. Negotiators can only work for one estate agent at any one time and on a full time basis only.