The different between a member and a Ren ....

Member is a registered estate agent who owns the agency aka 'employer'

REN is a registered negotiator with a registered estate agent / agency aka 'employee'

All cheques for booking deposits must be made payable in the name of the AGENCY. After reading the terms in the booking form and signed, you can safely pass the cheque to the REN. On the hand, if you feel 'safer' to deal everything in the agency office, go ahead.

I know it's a bit late to reply to your concern, but hopefully this will help others who are also wondering:

I am also a REN and would like to inform u guys that actually we are supposed to renew every 2 years - however due to the pandemic, a lot of us are unable to sit for our CDP class which is something we are required to sit thru once in 2 years in order to renew the license. Therefore, unless a REN writes to the LPPEH personally or the agency takes the initiative, our RENtag will expire. It's not that we don't wanna renew - it's because we can't .....those with RENtag expiring 12/2020 most likely still active and awaiting LPPEH to start CDP again.

If worried, can always call the agency's landline/general line and ask if said REN is an active REN with them.

For more info: https://lppeh.gov.my/WP2016/copy-of-circula...nd-cdp-courses/