Key Takeaway
An eXp sponsor organization is a private community of eXp Realty agents connected through the sponsorship line that adds its own resources on top of the brokerage. eXp Realty does not publish or endorse a ranking of these organizations. Several names agents encounter are not separate organizations at all, but leaders inside a larger one.
Disclosure
Disclosure: Smart Agent Alliance is one of the eXp sponsor organizations included in this comparison. eXp Realty does not publish or endorse an official ranking of private sponsor organizations. Each organization below is described from its current public materials, and self-reported figures are identified as such.
TL;DR About eXp Realty Sponsor Groups and Teams
- eXp does not rank private sponsor organizations
- Fourteen organizations compared on the same criteria
- Several named groups sit inside larger organizations
- Included resources differ from separately priced services
- Fit varies by coaching, content, or systems
- Smart Agent Alliance appears in this comparison
An eXp sponsor organization is a private group of agents connected through the eXp Realty sponsorship line. It is not eXp Realty itself, and it is not an eXp production team that takes a share of commissions.
Many agents assume each name they encounter is a separate organization, and that published membership figures can be compared directly. Neither assumption holds, which is why every figure below is attributed to its source.
This article explains how comparing named sponsor organizations fits into the broader eXp Realty Sponsorship choice ecosystem available to eXp agents.
The sections below cover the roster, how these organizations overlap, the criteria used to compare them, and where Smart Agent Alliance fits:
Table of Contents
What an eXp Sponsor Group Is
An eXp sponsor organization is a private group of eXp Realty agents connected through the sponsorship line. Sponsor group and sponsor team mean the same thing, and this article uses sponsor organization throughout. Every agent joining eXp Realty names a primary sponsor on the application, and that name places the agent inside one of these organizations.
eXp Realty supplies the brokerage platform to everyone, including compliance, compensation, technology, and broker oversight, and it does not publish or endorse a ranking of private sponsor organizations. Agents may also name a co-sponsor, which the brokerage introduced as a separate program with its own revenue share terms. Whether an organization suits a particular agent is the subject of the Smart Agent Alliance fit guide.
For a full explanation of sponsor permanence and change rules, see: Can You Change Your Sponsor at eXp Realty?
Quick Comparison of eXp Sponsor Groups
The table applies the same four criteria to every organization: leadership, main public emphasis, and any larger organization currently providing active agent support. The “Additional active support network” column lists an additional organization only when agents receive an active second layer of training, tools, meetings, community, or other support. Passive upline relationships are not included. Dashes means no separate active support network was identified in the organization’s public materials.
| Organization | Leadership | Main public emphasis | Additional active support network |
| Smart Agent Alliance | Doug Smart, Karrie Hill | Done-for-you lead generation and business systems | Full Wolf Pack (Mike Sherrard & Connor Steinbrook branches) |
| Wolf Pack | Connor Steinbrook, Mike Sherrard | Social, video, and AI lead generation | —- |
| Libertas | Tim Harris, Julie Harris | Structured coaching and accountability | —- |
| Gene Frederick Organization | Gene Frederick | Agent attraction and organization building | —- |
| Honey Badger Nation | Jay Kinder, Michael Reese, Albie Stasek | Marketing systems and listing conversion | —- |
| Fast Forward Movement | Daniel Beer, Kyle Whissel | Production systems and team operations | —- |
| Thrive Real Estate Network | Founding member group | Lead generation technology | —- |
| Kyle Handy Dream Team | Kyle Handy | Organic content and search traffic | —- |
| Agent First Group | Jaime Resendiz | Agent-first culture and coaching access | —- |
| Powerhouse | Amy Gregory | Collaboration, social sales, and sustainable growth | —- |
| Building Stronger Agents | Broker-owner group | Peer collaboration and daily accountability | —- |
| Lion League | Charlie Cameron, Kobe Xin | Investing alongside a sales practice | Partial Wolf Pack (Connor Steinbrook branch) |
| Brent Gove Organization | Brent Gove | Agent attraction and organization building | —- |
| One Great Force | Alex Harden, Felicity Harden | International markets outside North America | —- |
The table summarizes what each organization publishes about itself. It does not measure quality, access, or how responsive an individual sponsor will be.
eXp Sponsor Group Profiles
Smart Agent Alliance
Smart Agent Alliance is led by co-founders Doug Smart and Karrie Hill. It publicly emphasizes a done-for-you buyer and seller lead-generation system supported by practical business tools in one Agent Portal. The system combines campaigns, lead-capture and qualification pages, follow-up workflows and performance tracking with Quick-Start production guides, ready-to-use marketing assets, branded link pages, analytics, onboarding and Nova AI assistance. Additional resources support referrals, agent attraction and team building. Through SAA’s alignment within Mike Sherrard’s Wolf Pack branch, the complete experience includes Wolf Pack courses, mastermind calls, leadership, community and broader network connections. There is no separate SAA fee or additional commission split.
Wolf Pack
The Wolf Pack was founded by Connor Steinbrook and Mike Sherrard is frequently cited as a co-founder. The organization publicly emphasizes modern lead generation through social media, video, and artificial intelligence. Its resources include weekly masterminds, Social Agent Academy Pro, branding, and agent attraction training. Many smaller sponsor groups align under the Wolf Pack (like Smart Agent Alliance). Prospective members should confirm which resources reach them through their specific sponsor and which branch of the Wolf Pack they would enter.
Libertas
Libertas is led by Tim and Julie Harris, who are also longtime real estate coaches. The group publicly emphasizes structured coaching and accountability. Its resources include the Harris coaching programs, a daily podcast, scripts, and a concierge onboarding service. It may fit agents who want a coaching-led relationship with defined programs. Libertas is the larger organization; the Harrises are its leaders, not a separate sponsor group. Prospective members should confirm which coaching tiers are included.
Gene Frederick Organization
Gene Frederick leads this organization and has held board and advisory roles at eXp Realty. His current site emphasizes agent attraction, onboarding, toolkits, CRM training, and organization building. It may fit experienced agents whose main interest is building a revenue share organization. No larger organization is identified in current public materials. Prospective members should confirm which support is available through their exact sponsor line.
Honey Badger Nation
Honey Badger Nation was co-founded by Jay Kinder, Michael Reese, and Albie Stasek. The group publicly emphasizes marketing systems and listing conversion. Its resources include National Association of Expert Advisors materials, buyer and seller presentations, weekly calls, and marketing funnels. It may fit agents focused on listing acquisition and paid marketing. Honey Badger Nation is the larger organization; Jay Kinder is one of its cofounders, not a separate sponsor group. Prospective members should confirm which items are included and which are separately priced.
Fast Forward Movement
Fast Forward Movement was co-founded by Daniel Beer and Kyle Whissel. It publicly emphasizes production systems and operational discipline drawn from large teams. Its resources include masterminds, education programs, and collaboration events. Multiple teams and sponsor groups align within Fast Forward Movement, which continues separately from the production teams its founders lead. Prospective members should confirm what membership includes beyond event access.
Thrive Real Estate Network
Thrive Real Estate Network is led by a group of founding members rather than a single figure. The group publicly emphasizes reliability, personalized support, and responsiveness to ensure agents receive the assistance they need to excel. Its resources include offer exclusive training led by top industry leaders. Current public materials do not identify a larger organization above Thrive. Prospective members should confirm which platform features carry no additional cost.
Kyle Handy Dream Team
The Dream Team is led by Kyle Handy. The group publicly emphasizes organic content and search-driven lead generation. Its resources include a course academy, weekly group coaching, a private community, and an agent attraction landing page. Current public materials do not identify a larger organization above the Dream Team. Prospective members should confirm current coaching availability, since access levels have changed over time.
Agent First Group
Agent First Group was founded by Jaime Resendiz. The group publicly emphasizes an agent-first culture with marketing and coaching access. Its resources include weekly sessions, instruction from outside marketers, and coaching software. Current public materials do not identify a larger organization above Agent First Group. Prospective members should confirm which coaching tools are included with sponsorship and which are sold separately.
Powerhouse
Powerhouse was founded by Amy Gregory. Her current site emphasizes collaboration, social sales, sustainable growth, and multiple income streams. Its resources include weekly collaboration and business-growth training. Public materials do not establish a larger organization above Powerhouse, and UnReal appears to be a connected subgroup rather than its parent. Prospective members should confirm exactly which additional communities and resources reach them through their sponsor line.
Building Better Agents
Building Better Agents was founded by Kerry Lucasse, an Atlanta team leader. The organization publicly emphasizes lead generation, digital marketing, branding, and practical business-building education. Its resources include an extensive library of articles, guides, videos, and training, along with additional coaching and support. Current public materials do not identify a larger organization above Building Better Agents. Prospective members should confirm which coaches are currently active.
Lion League
Lion League is led by Charlie Cameron and Kobe Xin. The group publicly emphasizes wealth building through investing alongside a sales practice. Its resources include a new agent start course, a weekly mastermind, and investing-focused training. Lion League aligns with Connor Steinbrook’s branch of the Wolf Pack. Its agents receive the Wolf Pack resources connected to Connor’s side, not the separate resources Mike Sherrard provides through his branch. Prospective members should confirm the current call schedule and exactly which training is included.
Brent Gove Organization
Brent Gove leads this organization after a long career across national brokerages. His current site emphasizes real estate training, agent attraction, events, and organization building. Current public materials do not identify a larger organization above it. Prospective members should confirm the current format and frequency of direct access.
One Great Force
One Great Force is led by Alex and Felicity Harden and is based in Australia. Its resources include a structured start roadmap, done-for-you templates, lead generation training, and outside guest instruction. Its relationship to a larger organization is not stated in its current public materials. Prospective members should confirm coverage in their own country.
For a full explanation of what Smart Agent Alliance includes, component by component, see: The Smart Agent Alliance Value Stack for eXp Agents
How These Organizations Overlap
Other apparent overlaps involve leaders or subgroups rather than separate parent organizations. Tim and Julie Harris lead Libertas; they do not operate a separate sponsor group outside it. Jay Kinder is a cofounder of Honey Badger Nation, not the leader of a separate organization included in this comparison. Daniel Beer and Kyle Whissel founded Fast Forward Movement, which includes multiple aligned teams and sponsor groups. Amy Gregory founded Powerhouse, and although Powerhouse has a public connection to UnReal, current materials do not establish UnReal as an organization above it.
These branded sponsor organizations are informal parts of the broader eXp sponsor structure. Their names and internal relationships do not change an agent’s eXp compensation plan, applicable compliance requirements, or broker oversight.
eXp also does not require sponsors to provide additional coaching, systems, technology, or personal support to their agents who name them sponsor. Those benefits are voluntarily provided by the sponsor organization and may be changed or discontinued at any time. Therefore, agents considering eXp should evaluate not only what a sponsor offers today, but also how established, sustainable, and likely to remain available that value appears to be.
Why Organization Size Can Mislead You
Membership count is easy to compare because it looks objective, but it is usually a poor proxy for support. Many of eXp’s largest organizations simply began building earlier, when the brokerage’s opportunity itself attracted agents and private sponsor groups had less reason to create an additional value stack. A large number can therefore show age and recruiting reach more than the experience a new agent will receive today.
No founder can personally serve thousands of agents. At that scale, the useful question is whether the organization built systems that reliably carry onboarding, training, tools, and answers through every layer. Some large organizations have done that well. Others still depend heavily on founder-led calls, personalities, or informal resource sharing that may not reach agents many levels away.
Distance matters too. An eXp organization can extend far beyond the seven revenue share tiers, placing its original founders many levels away from a new agent. In practice, the sponsors and leaders closest to the joining agent often provide the most help. Some long-established founders now operate mainly at the organization level, and the revenue share they receive may be largely passive. That does not make a large organization bad; it means size should never replace asking who will actually help you, what systems exist, and what reaches you through your exact sponsor line.
How to Compare eXp Sponsor Groups
Comparison works when the same questions are put to every organization. Six cover most of the ground.
- What is included with sponsorship at no separate charge?
- What is sold separately, and at what price?
- Is there an organized place to find resources, or are they distributed informally?
- How often are those resources updated, and by whom?
- Who is actually available to the agent, and how often?
- Which larger organization sits above the group?
- How long is any value provided expected to last?
Agents often compare on visibility instead. Follower counts and conference presence describe reach rather than what a sponsored agent receives after enrollment, and the difference between a good sponsor and a popular one is worth understanding before naming either. The second common mismatch is career stage. A structure built around new agent onboarding is not the same product as one built around organization building, and neither is better in the abstract. Bringing the same written list of questions to every conversation keeps the answers comparable.
For a full explanation of how to evaluate a sponsor in depth, see: eXp Realty Sponsor Choice: How to Decide Carefully
Why We Recommend Smart Agent Alliance
We are one of the organizations in this comparison, so our reasoning belongs in the open. We recommend Smart Agent Alliance because its value is built for implementation. Agents receive a done-for-you lead-generation system and practical tools they can begin using, with a clear onboarding path, ongoing support and one organized place to find everything. The larger Wolf Pack adds training, leadership and community without requiring agents to piece together a separate support network. There is no separate SAA fee or additional commission split.
That approach will not suit every agent. The important question is whether Smart Agent Alliance is the right eXp sponsor for you, based on the systems, support and sponsor relationship you want.
Who Smart Agent Alliance Is Not a Fit For
Smart Agent Alliance is built to remove setup friction and give agents organized systems, training, support, and done-for-you tools. It is not a substitute for doing the work.
- Agents who expect a lead-generation system to produce closings without consistent, personal follow-up.
- Agents who are unwilling to keep learning, apply what they learn, and treat real estate as a business.
- Agents who want every task handled for them rather than completing the conversations and decisions only the agent can make.
- Agents who never intend to participate in optional meetings or community activity. Attendance is not mandatory, but some participation is how agents gain connection, encouragement, accountability, and current context.
SAA can provide the infrastructure, shortcuts, and support. The agent still has to respond to leads, build relationships, practice the skills, and take consistent action. An agent who wants closed deals without those steps will be disappointed with SAA or with any sponsor organization.
What Agents Also Ask
Does eXp Realty rank or endorse sponsor groups?
The brokerage publishes no ranking. eXp Realty provides the platform and processes the sponsor designation made on the application, but it does not evaluate, rate, or endorse the private organizations agents join through that designation.
What is the difference between a sponsor group and an eXp production team?
A sponsor organization connects agents through the sponsorship line and takes no share of commissions. An eXp production team is a formal arrangement with its own commission split and leadership. An agent can sign up with a sponsor, then join an eXp production team too.
Are two sponsor organizations with different names ever the same group?
Overlap is common. Several names agents encounter are leaders or subgroups inside a larger organization rather than separate top-level organizations. Asking which larger organization a name sits inside usually settles it in one question. Asking whether that larger organization still provides any support is the next question.
Can an agent name two sponsors at eXp?
Yes, but only one is the Primary Sponsor. A new agent names a Primary Sponsor in the application and may add a Co-Sponsor within five days of joining. The Primary Sponsor connects the agent to a broader sponsor organization and its resources. A Co-Sponsor provides individual support but does not bring a second upline or access to broader organizational resources.
Why This Matters
Because eXp Realty ranks none of these organizations, the comparison falls to the agent. At eXp Realty, all agents receive the same core brokerage platform, including compliance, compensation, and access to company divisions. What differs is the sponsor ecosystem an agent aligns with.
The sponsor an agent selects shapes which tools, training, and attraction systems they have access to, including whether the name on the application connects them to one small community or to a much larger organization behind it. Agents should confirm what an organization includes, what costs extra, and where it sits, weighing the Smart Agent Alliance team value against the rest.
Sources and Date Last Reviewed
Each organization is described from its own current public materials, listed below, plus one independent industry overview.
- Smart Agent Alliance: https://smartagentalliance.com/
- Wolf Pack: https://www.connorsteinbrook.com/
- Libertas: https://www.whylibertas.com/
- Gene Frederick Organization: https://genefrederick.com/
- Honey Badger Nation: https://honeybadgernation.com/
- Fast Forward Movement: https://www.agnt.inc/press-releases/whissel-beer-group-real-estate-merger
- Thrive Real Estate Network: https://thriverealestatenetwork.com/
- Kyle Handy Dream Team: https://www.kylehandy.com/partner/
- Agent First Group: https://jaimeresendiz.com/what-is-the-agent-first-group/
- Powerhouse: https://heyamygregory.com/powerhouse
- Building Stronger Agents: https://www.buildingstrongeragents.com/
- Lion League: https://agentwealthhustle.com/partner-with-us/
- Brent Gove Organization: https://www.brentgove.com/
- One Great Force: https://www.onegreatforce.com/
- Independent industry overview: https://www.agentadvice.com/blog/leading-groups-and-sponsors-at-exp-realty/
Date last reviewed: September 2026.
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