THE COMPENSATION CALCULATOR

Run your own numbers.

REAL caps your brokerage cost at $12,000 a year. After that the cost is per-transaction, not percentage. Stock and revenue share compound on top. Move the inputs to see how the structural argument lands at your production level.

Compare against your current brokerage

Enter your own split and fees for a real side-by-side. Leave off to compare against a clean 70/30 split.

YOUR PRODUCTION

Annual GCI

$150,000

$0$500K$1M$2M

Gross commission income across all your sides this year.

Average commission per side

$12,000

$0$15K$30K$50K

What you typically earn on one side of one transaction.

Years at REAL

5 years

1510

Stock and revenue share compound across years.

Implied annual sides

Cap at side 7 of 13.

AGENTS YOU ATTRACT / YEAR

Drives revenue share and attracting stock. Defaults to 2/year — drag any year.

Yr 12

Yr 22

Yr 32

Yr 42

Yr 52

YEAR 1 — TAKE-HOMECAPPED AT REAL

Traditional 70/30

$105,000

A clean 70/30 split — no desk fee.

REAL direct, Year 1

$134,491

After $12,000 cap + $1,710 post-cap fees + $650 CBR, brokerage + signup.

This is your real money — and includes $10,000 you directed into the stock purchase plan (held as REAX shares, not cash).

+$29,491 more take-home at REAL in year one — before stock or revenue share.

STOCK ACROSS THE SIX PATHS — YEAR 1

$12,080

Illustrative. Stock-path values are modeled conservatively. Compounding stock appreciation not included.

Stock Purchase Plan

Include the Elite Agent Cultural Award ($8K)

01Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)

5% pre-cap / 10% post-cap of net commission directed to stock

$10,000

02SPP Bonus Incentives

10% pre-cap / 15% post-cap bonus shares on SPP buys

$1,330

03Stock Award for Capping

150 RSUs at the $12K cap, 3-year vesting

$375

04Elite Agent Production Award

$12K stock + reduced post-cap fee at Elite threshold

05Elite Agent Cultural Award

$8K stock for Real Academy contribution

06Attracting Shares

75 RSUs per attracted agent’s first qualified close

$375

Total stock value, year 1

$12,080

REVENUE SHARE — YEAR 5

Assumes each agent you attract is a Tier 1 sponsorship reaching half their cap (~$40K GCI) — 5% of their GCI ≈ $2,000/yr each, paid from REAL’s portion, not your 85%. Tiers 2–5 (4/3/2/1%) are not included. Revenue share is not guaranteed.

Direct attracts

Cumulative through year

Per attract

$2,000

5% × ~$40K GCI

Total this year

$20,000

Tier 1 only

TOTAL COMP OVER 5 YEARS

Traditional 70/30 cumulative

$525,000

REAL cumulative + stock + rev share

$797,601

REAL take-home (cumulative)$673,451

Stock value (cumulative)$64,150

Revenue share (cumulative)$60,000

Delta vs traditional

+$272,601

NEXT STEP

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Assumptions: $12,000 REAL individual cap (85/15 pre-cap split); post-cap transactions are $285 each until $6,000 in post-cap fees is paid, then $100 (Elite); $50/transaction CBR, $900 annual brokerage, $249 year-1 signup. Comparison defaults to a clean 70/30 split (no desk fee) unless you enter your own terms. Stock figures use REAL’s published equity schedule; share awards (150 at cap, 75 per attract) are valued at $2.50/share.

NEXT — THE FULL ARGUMENT

The numbers are the easy part. The structural case is in the essays.

Calculators show take-home. Essays show why the structure produces that take-home — and what to watch for when a competing offer obscures the math.

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