The brokerage behind the team
Real Brokerage, Explained by a Houston Team That Made the Switch
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Bottom line: We moved the team to Real Brokerage for three reasons: better outcomes for clients on an AI-native platform, better economics for agents, and growth that funds more support instead of more overhead.
How do the economics work at Real Brokerage?
Real Brokerage caps what it charges each agent: $12,000 a year for individual agents, $6,000 for agents on a team, and $4,000 for agents on a team with over $100M in volume, which is where Houston Properties Team members sit. Before the cap you keep 85 percent and Real Brokerage charges 15 percent; after it, Real Brokerage's share is 0 percent for the rest of your year, with a flat fee per transaction and no monthly office fee.
Beyond that: stock awards for producing and for capping, and revenue share you can build alongside your sales and even will to your heirs. None of it replaces selling houses. All of it is published by the brokerage rather than negotiated agent by agent, which is why this page can state the numbers and the team split conversation happens on a call with your own production in front of you.
Why did Houston Properties Team move to Real Brokerage?
For the clients first. An AI-native platform means a file moves faster and a question gets answered at the hour it is asked, and the team's own tooling plugs into it rather than around it. The second reason is the economics above, and the third is that growth at Real Brokerage funds more support for agents instead of more overhead.
The move was not theoretical. Houston Properties Team moved a Houston business in the top 1% of Houston's 48,000+ agents onto the platform, and every closing since has run through it. A brokerage that could not carry that volume would have shown itself in the first quarter.
Sandra Rathe, who leads The Sandra Rathe Team at Real, confirmed 11 September 2026: "Moving to Real was the best decision we've made. Our production is up over 30% this year as it's both unlocked a new energy from our team and helped us add new agents to our organization."
How do you switch brokerages in Texas without a gap?
In Texas the license moves when your new broker accepts sponsorship with TREC, which happens online and takes days rather than weeks. The slow parts are local: pending files at the old office, listing paperwork that has to be reissued, and every profile that still names your former brokerage.
Most agents finish what is under contract where it started, move the license the week the last file funds, and open at the new office on a clean date. Houston Properties Team runs that sequence as a checklist rather than as a scramble, listings included, and writes the seller conversation with you before you have it.
What are the two ways to work with Houston Properties Team at Real Brokerage?
The first is joining the team. That is everything on this site: appointments booked onto your calendar, a success team on six functions, weekly coaching, and the culture that goes with all of it. It is for Houston agents who want that support around them every day, and the home page is the argument for it.
The second is joining Real Brokerage independently and naming Houston Properties Team as your sponsor. You keep your own brand and your own way of working. Your split and your cap are set by the brokerage and do not change with the name on the form, so the only question worth asking is what a sponsor will actually do for you. The sponsorship page is written to help you ask it of anyone, us included.
Is Real Brokerage growing?
Real reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $700.6 million, up 30 percent from $540.7 million a year earlier, and 35,348 agents, up 26 percent. Closed transaction value came to $26.3 billion, up 31 percent from $20.1 billion, on 62,380 transactions closed, up 27 percent from 49,282 (The Real Brokerage, second-quarter 2026 results, released 6 August).
Real publishes results every quarter, so the current set is something you can read yourself rather than take from this page.
On 24 August 2026 Real completed its combination with RE/MAX. The parent company now reports as Real REMAX Group (investors.onereal.com, read 16 September 2026).
Weigh it up
What do you keep at Real Brokerage?
85/15 split, $4,000 team cap
Keep 100 percent after you cap. Team members get Real Brokerage's reduced $100M+ team cap. No monthly office fees.
Stock awards
Equity in a public company for producing and for capping.
Revenue share
Build income alongside your sales, not instead of them.
Paid through the app
reZEN on the transaction, Real Wallet on the money, Leo AI on the questions.
Compliance handled
Real Brokerage carries the brokerage burden. You carry the relationship.
Willable revenue share
What you build can outlast your license.
Standing answers
What does this library answer?
- How Do I Name a Sponsor When I Join Real Brokerage, and Can I Change It Later?You name a sponsor on the Independent Contractor Agreement, as the person who most influenced your decision to join. Naming one is optional. Once the agreement is signed the name cannot be changed, and nobody may offer you anything for it.
- How Do I Switch Brokerages in Texas, Step by Step?Six steps in a fixed order: secure your files, map every listing, file the transfer with TREC, move your marketing, update your profiles, open on a clean date. The license moves in days; the order keeps your pending business whole.
- How Does Revenue Share Work at Real Brokerage?Revenue share at Real Brokerage pays a sponsoring agent a slice of the brokerage's share of a sponsored agent's commissions, in five tiers of 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 percent. Houston Properties Team explains it to Houston agents in percentages only.
- How Fast Does Real Brokerage Pay Commission After Closing?Once Real Brokerage has the funds from closing it balances the file and issues payment, and standard bank processing of up to three to five business days can follow. Real Wallet is the brokerage's answer for faster access. Nobody here says same-day.
- How Much Does It Cost to Join Real Brokerage in Texas?Real Brokerage charges 15 percent of each commission until you cap: $12,000 a year for an individual agent, $6,000 on a team, $4,000 on a team with over $100M in volume. Add a $900 annual fee and per-transaction fees. No monthly office fee.
- Leaving Coldwell Banker for Real Brokerage: What Changes for a Houston Agent?Coldwell Banker's published economics are the royalty its offices pay the brand rather than the split its agents get. Filings put that royalty at 6 percent of gross commission income, or 5.5 down to 3 percent on the tiered model.
- Leaving Compass for Real Brokerage: What Changes for a Houston Agent?Compass publishes no agent split and no cap. Its filing describes agents as independent contractors paid at closing, plus transaction-based or periodic fixed fees. Real Brokerage publishes a split, three caps and three fees.
- Real Brokerage vs eXp Realty: What Does Each Charge a Houston Agent?Real Brokerage and eXp Realty charge the same shape: a split until an annual cap, then 100 percent with per-transaction fees, plus revenue share and stock. The numbers differ, and both sets below come from each brokerage's own published page.
- What Is a Real Estate Brokerage Platform, and How Is It Different From a Franchise?A brokerage platform holds the license, the compliance and the files; a team or an agent keeps their own name above it. A franchise sells a brand and an office and charges for both. Real Brokerage is a platform. Houston Properties Team runs on it.
- Why Did Houston Properties Team Leave Keller Williams for Real?We spent seventeen good years at Keller Williams. We left in 2026 because we wanted a platform where the economics of the brokerage, the team and the agent all point the same direction. This is the story and the part we kept.
From this library
What has Houston Properties Team written about this?
Questions & answers
What do Houston agents ask about Real Brokerage?
Is Real Brokerage a discount brokerage?
No. Real Brokerage is a technology-first brokerage on an 85/15 capped split with no monthly office fees. Agents keep more because there are no buildings to pay for, not because service was cut. Houston Properties Team moved a Houston business in the top 1% of Houston's 48,000+ agents onto it, and every closing runs through the same platform.
A discount brokerage cuts what the brokerage does. Real Brokerage cut the buildings instead, so the money that used to pay for desks and floor space pays agents. Compliance review, the transaction platform and errors-and-omissions coverage are all still there. Price the difference against your own last twelve months rather than against either description of it. If you would rather keep your own brand and join Real Brokerage independently, the decision to read next is the sponsorship page.
How fast can I switch brokerages in Texas?
Days, not weeks. In Texas your license moves when your new broker accepts sponsorship with TREC, which happens online. The slower parts are moving active listings and updating your marketing. Houston Properties Team runs a checklist that moves Houston agents onto Real Brokerage inside a week, listings included, without a gap in your business.
Build the plan backwards from the last file you owe your current office. Most agents finish what is under contract where it started, move the license the week the last one funds, and open at the new office on a clean date. Agents with nothing pending can move in days. Announcing the move before the files are finished is what creates an awkward month, not the paperwork itself.
Do I lose my listings if I change brokerages?
Listings belong to the broker, not the agent, so each one is released or referred when you move. In practice most Houston brokers release active listings rather than service them without you. Before you switch, Houston Properties Team reviews your listing agreements with you and maps what transfers, what closes first, and what to tell each seller.
Ask before you resign rather than after, because the answer changes your timing. A release needs the seller to agree as well as the broker, so a listing halfway to closing is usually finished where it started. Write the seller conversation before you have it: what changes for them, what does not, and who they call from now on. Sellers accept a move they were told about.
What does capping look like at my production level?
You pay 15 percent of each commission until you reach Real Brokerage's cap, then keep 100 percent for the rest of your anniversary year. When a Houston agent caps depends on volume and price band, so it is arithmetic rather than a rule. Bring your last 12 months and Houston Properties Team will run it against your current split.
Run the year rather than the headline. Take the transactions you closed in the last twelve months, apply your current split to each one, then apply 15 percent to cap and 100 percent afterwards. Add back anything you currently buy that the brokerage supplies, and subtract anything you would now buy yourself. The number at the bottom is the only comparison worth making, and it takes an afternoon.