Cam Avery · Team leader at Real
The straight answer on Real Broker.
Costs, technology, revenue share and stock, on the published terms, from a team leader who pays the same fees you would.
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Cam AveryTeam leader at Real · Maine & New Hampshire
- 8 yearsSelling real estate full time
- $100M+In closed sales volume
- Team leaderRuns a team at Real, since 2024
Licensed with Real Broker
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How Much Would REAL Save You?
Find out in two minutes.
Six quick questions. You get Real's number for your volume, a side-by-side with what you pay now, and the breakdown sent to your inbox.
Question 1 of 8
Your side's gross commission, before any split.
sales × = in commission a year.
Desk, tech, E&O, anything billed monthly.
Royalty or franchise fees, annual dues to the brokerage.
Agents who'd name you as their sponsor. Be honest with yourself: most agents bring none, and that's fine.
Where should I send it?
Put a name and email on it and I'll send the one-page side-by-side, plus what I'd check on your commission statement.
No spam, and you don't have to name me as your sponsor for any of this.
At Real, that year costs you
Now the part that matters: what are you paying today?
See it line by line
| Split, 15% until the $12,000 cap | |
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| CBR fee on every sale, $50 | |
| Annual brokerage fee | |
| Post-cap fee, $285 | |
| Total |
| Split kept by your brokerage | |
|---|---|
| Monthly fees × 12 | |
| Per-sale fees | |
| Other yearly costs | |
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Beyond the fees, on Real's published terms
A ceiling under Real's published rules and your own guess, not a projection by me or by Real. It pays only while you keep producing and only while you're at Real. Real caps the program at 60% of its revenue and adjusts payments at month end.
Paid as restricted stock units that vest over three years and are forfeited if you leave first. Worth whatever the shares are worth then.
Sources: Real help center, "How much does it cost to hang my license with Real (US)?", "Elite Agent Program", "How is revenue share calculated?", "8 Ways to Earn Income at Real (US Agents)". Checked November 2026. Prepared at explorerealbrokerage.com. Nothing here is a promise of income.
Want this checked against your real statement?
Bring your last commission statement. I'll go through it line by line and tell you straight if moving makes sense.
How it worksFigures from Real's published schedule, checked November 2026.
How it's worked out
- Real's standard individual plan in the US: 85/15 until $12,000 has been paid in the year, then 100%.
- The $50 CBR fee on every sale, before and after the cap.
- The $900 brokerage fee, $300 from each of your first three sales.
- $285 on each sale after the one that reaches the cap, dropping to $100 once $6,000 in post-cap fees has been paid that year (Elite).
- Revenue share: Tier 1 only, at Real's published 5% of each sponsored agent's gross commission, capped at $4,000 per agent, assuming each one closes what you close, less the $175 annual fee and 1.2% per payment. A ceiling under the published rules, not an estimate of what you'd receive.
- Stock: Real's published Elite award in dollars of restricted stock, shown only when your volume reaches Elite.
What it leaves out
- Team members, Elite agents in a later year, and commercial agents have different caps and fees.
- Leases, which carry a $125 post-cap fee instead of $285. Every sale is treated as the same commission.
- Revenue share from Tiers 2 to 5, sponsored agents who leave or stop producing, and Real's month-end adjustment of the program.
- The capping and attracting stock awards, because Real's stock page no longer states their share counts, and the stock purchase plan.
- The one-time $249 sign-up fee, personal transactions, MLS and association dues, state-specific charges and anything optional.
Sources: Real Broker help center, "How much does it cost to hang my license with Real (US)?"; Real Broker help center, "Elite Agent Program"; Real help center, "How is revenue share calculated?". Checked November 2026. The fee figures are costs charged by a brokerage. The revenue share and stock figures are Real's published ceilings applied to your own assumptions, not a projection of what anyone earns.
The call
What we go over on the call.
The numbers
Your current split, cap and fees next to Real's published schedule, at the volume you actually do. Line by line.
The technology
reZEN, the one system you run every transaction through, and Real Wallet. What it replaces, what it doesn't, and what I'd change.
The AI
Leo Pro, Real's AI inside reZEN, and the AI systems I built myself that run my inbox, listings and follow-up. I'll show you both.
The other ways Real pays
Revenue share, stock and Real Originate. How each one actually works, the published terms, and the catches a recruiter leaves out.
Where the business is going
Cloud brokerages are the way of the future.
No offices to pay for. No desk fees. No franchise fees. The brokerage is software you carry in your pocket, and agents are moving to it.
- 36,610Agents at RealUp 21% in a year
- 62,738Closings in one quarterUp 17% in a year
- $727.9MRevenue in one quarterUp 28% in a year
Source: Real REMAX Group Inc. (formerly The Real Brokerage Inc.), third quarter 2026 results, 5 November 2026. Agent and closing figures are for Real agents only, not RE/MAX. Company results, not a statement about what any agent earns.
Is it a fit
Start from where you are.
- You're new to the businessReal is not a hand-holding brokerage. There's no office to walk into and nobody down the hall. Find out what support actually looks like before you sign anywhere.Book a Call
- You're switching brokeragesBring your last commission statement. We put your split, cap and fees next to Real's for the volume you actually do, line by line.Book a Call
- You lead a teamOn the standard team plan a team member's cap is $6,000, not $12,000. The rest depends on how your team is built, so that's a conversation.Book a Call
Are you a recruiter?
No. I run a team at Real and I sell real estate full time in southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire. I pay the same split, cap and fees I'm showing you, and I use the same tools every week. Talking to agents about Real is something I do alongside the job, not instead of it.
Is this a sales call?
I'm an agent at Real, and if you join and name me as your sponsor I get paid, so I have a stake in it. The call is still about your numbers. If they say stay where you are, that's what I'll tell you. You don't have to name me as your sponsor to take the call.
What does it cost to be at Real?
On the standard plan: an 85/15 split until you've paid $12,000 in a year, a $50 fee on every transaction, a $900 annual brokerage fee, then $285 per sale after you cap. The calculator turns that into one number for your volume.
Who shouldn't join Real?
Three kinds of agents struggle here. Agents who need an office: there isn't one, and I didn't realize how much of my routine was built around one until it wasn't there. Agents who need structure handed to them: the ones who struggle usually needed that and didn't know it until it was gone. And agents who won't show up in the community: lurk for 30 days and you'll decide it's overhyped, and that part's on you.
What if I'm happy where I am?
Then run the calculator, confirm it, and stay. Sometimes the answer is stay where you are, and it's better to know that than to wonder.
Get the full picture this week.
Your numbers next to Real's, the tools, and the other ways Real pays, in one 30-minute call. You'll know where you stand by the end of it.
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