When does a sales licensee receive their commission?

A sales licensee receives their commission when the transaction is closed. This is standard practice in real estate transactions because it ensures that the sales licensee is compensated for their services only after successfully facilitating the sale. The closing of the transaction represents the point at which all parties involved have fulfilled their contractual obligations, and ownership of the property is transferred to the buyer.

This structure incentivizes the sales licensee to work diligently to see the deal through to completion, maintaining the interests of both the seller and the buyer throughout the process. Other options, such as when the property is listed, when a buyer's offer is received, or at the signing of the listing agreement, do not indicate that the sale has been finalized, hence they do not trigger commission payment.