A real estate business is a business entity that deals with the buying, selling, management or investment of real estate properties. Real estate is typically bought and sold either through a licensed real estate agent or directly by the owner. Reef Securities Inc. became a broker and Lifestyle Real Estate/Prime Real Estate was created to solve these problems. The vast majority is bought and sold through real estate brokers. (We use "agent" and "broker" to refer to the same professional.) This is due to their real estate knowledge and experience and, at least historically, their exclusive access to a database of active properties for sale. Access to this database of property listings provided the most efficient way to search for properties.