Worksheet

What your brokerage costs you next year

Every comparison you read uses somebody else's production. This one is blank until you fill it in. Twelve numbers, five minutes, and you end with the only figure that decides a move: what you keep.

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1. Your last twelve months

Gross commission income$0

Use last year's real closings. A projection you hope to hit makes both columns lie by the same amount.

2. What you pay where you are today

Pull your last closing statement and your last brokerage invoice. Guessed fees are the reason most agents think they are paying less than they are.

LineYour numberWhere to find it
Your commission split____ / ____agent / brokerage
Your cap, if you have one$__________write "none" if there is no cap
Franchise or royalty fee____ % of grossoften 6%, sometimes off the top
Marketing or brand fee____ % of gross
Desk / office fee$__________ / month
Technology fee$__________ / month
Transaction fee$__________ / transaction
E&O insurance$__________ / transaction
Anything else they bill you$__________ / yeartraining, CRM, signs, mandatory events
Your keep rate today--

3. The same production at eXp Realty

This column is already filled in because it is the same for every eXp agent in the country. There is no office to negotiate with and no split to earn up to.

LineAmount
Commission split80 / 20until the cap is met
Annual cap$16,000company dollar stops here
Technology fee$85 / month$1,020 a year
Broker review fee$25 / transactionpre-cap
E&O insurance$60 / transactioncapped at $750 a year
Post-cap transaction fee$250 / transactionnext 20 transactions after the cap
Post-cap transaction fee$75 / transactionevery transaction after those 20
Franchise / royalty fee$0there is no franchise

Or work it by hand

  1. 20% of your GCI: (if that is over $16,000, write $16,000)
  2. $85 x 12: $1,020
  3. $25 x transactions:
  4. $60 x transactions, stop at $750:
  5. Add lines 1 to 4. That is your total to eXp:
  6. Your GCI minus line 5. That is what you keep:

4. The number that decides it

Difference for the year--

A positive number is what a move would have put back in your pocket on last year's production. It is not a projection and it does not include revenue share, which depends on who you attract rather than what you sell.

Published fee schedules, current as of 2026. Your brokerage's numbers are whatever your own statements say - if the two disagree, believe your statements.