California DRE Broker Supervision for Real Estate Companies
California law requires every real estate company to operate under a licensed broker. The Broker of Record (BOR) provides the licensed supervision necessary for real estate companies; for corporations, that role may also be called a Designated Officer or Designated Broker of Record. BOR services cover activities including sales, leasing, and property management. A Broker of Record arrangement allows real estate companies to operate under an experienced broker's license without employing their own broker. This is ideal for property management companies, small real estate teams, and companies whose broker has retired or left.
Loom Realty provides professional BOR services with the compliance infrastructure, DRE experience, and real transaction background that most BOR providers lack. Loom Realty works with owner-operators, small property management groups, short-term rental managers, leasing operators, and growing California rental portfolio operators.
Some California real estate agents want more independence, their own brand, and a path toward operating like a brokerage. Getting your own broker license can be a long, expensive, and time-consuming process. It also does not automatically create the compliance infrastructure, supervision systems, file standards, advertising review, or DRE-ready procedures a brokerage needs. Broker of Record services can be a practical first step. Instead of immediately building the full brokerage infrastructure yourself, you can operate under approved broker supervision while you test the business model, build systems, and learn what compliance expectations look like in practice.
Successfully completed a California DRE audit covering nearly 2 years of transactions. Our files, trust fund handling, and compliance standards passed regulatory scrutiny.
We've handled DRE complaints and investigations on behalf of clients. We know what triggers investigations and how to resolve them efficiently.
70+ exclusive listings and nearly 530 units across residential, commercial, leasing, and management. This isn't a paper brokerage: Loom has real operational depth.
Kayla Jane Bramante (DRE #02017652) is an active, experienced broker with hands-on transaction experience: not a retired licensee lending her name.
Written compliance manual, onboarding procedures, file documentation standards, and advertising review protocols already in place and proven.
Applicable access to CAR, AIR CRE, AOA, and AAGLA forms through logged-in client accounts based on your tier and approved service scope.
Broker of Record service is for companies that are doing real estate activity that needs a licensed California broker behind it. The exact structure depends on the business, licenses, entity, advertising, trust funds, and service scope, but these are the common triggers Loom reviews during a BOR fit check.
For corporate clients, the recommended structure is usually a California real estate corporation with Kayla Jane Bramante serving as Designated Officer, also called the designated broker-officer. This is the precise DRE role for a corporation and the corporate form of Broker of Record service. Learn more on the California Designated Officer guide.
California Business and Professions Code section 10131 defines broker activity to include leasing, renting, soliciting tenants, negotiating leases, collecting rents, and managing property for others when done for compensation or in expectation of compensation.
Source: BPC § 10131The same broker-activity statute covers selling, buying, exchanging, soliciting listings, and negotiating real estate purchases, sales, or exchanges for another person.
Source: BPC § 10131California prohibits acting in a real estate broker capacity without first obtaining a real estate license from the Department of Real Estate. A BOR relationship can provide the licensed broker supervision structure for approved covered activity.
Source: BPC § 10130California law and DRE rules place supervision duties on the responsible broker, including policies, review systems, document handling, advertising oversight, transaction review, and supervision of licensed activity.
Source: BPC § 10159.2 / 10 CCR § 2725A California real estate corporation must have a Designated Officer licensed as a broker. In that corporate structure, the Broker of Record is the designated broker-officer responsible for supervising licensed activity under the corporation license.
Source: DRE RE 201 / RE 204 guidanceCalifornia restricts broker compensation payments to properly licensed brokers or salespersons, which is one reason the broker relationship and license structure must be set up correctly before covered activity begins.
Source: BPC § 10137This page is a business overview, not legal advice. Loom Realty uses the BOR onboarding process to confirm whether the requested service scope fits approved broker supervision, DRE filing, insurance, documentation, and compliance requirements.