[EvanAnderson]

Realtors are licensed sales agents who are members of a trade association— the National Association of Realtors. Colloquially people often call all licensed sales agents Realtors but there’s no requirement for one to join the association.

(I took all the required real estate sales licensing classes in my state several years ago. I didn’t take the exam because, in my state, one must be sponsored by a licensed broker to test. Since I never planned to sell I figured a broker would never sponsor me I never tested. It was fun, though, taking the classes.)