If you are a sole proprietor who helps others buy and sell real estate, what is the proper DBPR designation?

• A. Sole Proprietor Broker
• B. Sole Proprietor Sales Agent
• C. Corporation
• D. Partnership

Answer: (A)

In Florida, when you operate as a sole proprietor and act as the broker of your own one-person brokerage, the DBPR designation is Sole Proprietor Broker. This shows you own the business and hold the broker license to supervise and conduct real estate transactions. A sales agent, even if self-employed, must work under a broker and would be designated differently (as a Sole Proprietor Sales Agent). The other options describe different business structures (corporation or partnership) that involve more than one person or a corporate entity, not a single-owner brokerage. So the correct designation is Sole Proprietor Broker.