Real Estate Designated Agent License

Every Vacation Lodging Services Firm is required to have a licensed Designated Agent. The Designated Agent must be an individual who is also an owner, principal, officer or upper level manager of the Vacation Lodging Services Firm. It is the responsibility of the Designated Agent to supervise the firm office, to supervise all employees of the Vacation Lodging Service Firm, to maintain the firm escrow account and to complete the prelicense and continuing education.

• Must provide adequate proof that applicant is an owner, principal, officer or upper level manager of vacation lodging firm (VLS)
• Must complete approved 8 hour pre license course
• No Exam required
• Must be affiliated with a licensed Tennessee VLS and the firm license and the Designated Agent license must expire at same time (proration of fees and adjustment of license expiry permitted)
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must submit application along with the fees
• Must have high school diploma or GED
• Must submit fingerprints per fingerprint instructions
• Two years must have passed from the date of expiration of probation, parole or conviction, or from the date of release from incarceration, whichever is longer in time. This restriction applies to all felonies and to misdemeanors which involve the theft of money, services, or property.

Other Requirements

Affiliation with an active Vacation Lodging Service