Department of Real Estate

These guys are a joke. I submitted a complaint over two years ago and they never held this dude accountable. The DRE is in the business of licensing unprofessional, mentally challenged criminals. Have you ever had to call the police on a real estate agent, because he wouldn’t leave your family ALONE??? That’s us! Joyrides in your late husband’s vehicle on 17 and wrecks it? Got that too! Submit a listing to the MLS behind your back? Yup! Has a record of civil stay away and restraining orders? Why not? He’s fucking crazy enough, he wanted to take advantage of my 80 y/​o mother. And yet, with all of this information (and tons of supporting evidence), he can STILL make a killing off real estate, because the Oakland DRE condones Leonard (aka Magdaleno) Marrufo’s behavior!
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You renew his license well after I submitted the complaint –ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Recently took the test — and wanted to post some notes (info I couldn’t find anywhere else). Pretty impressed with the whole set up – all the staff were very professional and helpful.
– I arrived 30 mins early, and they began processing people right away and let us start the test. The clock at your station starts when you do – not at the scheduled time.
– There are day lockers (some were broken, but enough for everyone) for your personal belongings. The ONLY thing you take into the testing room with you is the confirmation paper and your driver’s licence. They provide a calculator, a small white board and pen.
– Street parking sucks and is either one or two hours. Get dropped off, BART, or park in a lot.
– Bathrooms on on the 2^nd floor (test is on the 7^th).
– After you are done and click submit, you go back to the check in desk and handed a folded paper with your result — GOOD LUCK!

Gosh through me into the lions den with a bunch of hungry and passive aggressive wake-​jobs who are going into Real-​Estate, boy, they are letting anything get a license these days. The computers are great and you get your score super fast, the only drawback. The people who monitor you and when I say, monitor you, I mean they go big brother on you. Like a monkey on your back. If you don’t have your license on the table, they hassle you. The lady in March boy I wanted to through her along with the black guy through these two outside the window horrible people. Rude, very aggressive and ruthless and arrogant. Hated them. But, the nice thing I passed my Real-​Estate test and now have my license. The whole experience was great aside the whole dealing with the creatures from below. But, was great escaping the weirdness and coming back to normality. Will hope not to go back any time soon lol.

I took the exam again today. And like it or not, despite all the great technological advancements in testing and procedures, apparently the computer system for today’s morning exam went down.
So, that means that all the people who took the DRE license exam have to take it again, oh what fun! Ha!
Hey, it happens, systems go down, fail etc. At least I went there and took the test. If I have to take it again so be it. At least the staff prepared us and told us the system went down rather than have us find it out days later.
Anyway, hopefully, I will pass the exam and move forward.