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Compare the model—not just the split.

Splits are the easiest thing to compare and the least useful thing to compare alone. What actually determines what your business keeps is the whole operating model: costs, brand control, infrastructure, ownership and whether anything you build is transferable.

What describes you today?

The whole operating model

Retained economics, costs, brand, infrastructure, ownership, expansion and optionality are one system. Comparing any single number in isolation tells you almost nothing about what your business keeps.

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Where the decision happens
  1. 01

    Retained economics

    What actually stays with you after splits, caps, fees and overhead — not the headline number.

  2. 02

    Fixed and variable costs

    Monthly obligations you carry regardless of production, and the costs that scale per transaction.

  3. 03

    Brand and identity control

    Whose name leads, who owns the marketing identity, and what happens to it if you move.

  4. 04

    Support and infrastructure

    Compliance, broker oversight, staff, training and the operating burden behind the desk.

  5. 05

    Technology and workflow

    The systems you run your business on, and whether your data and database travel with you.

  6. 06

    Ownership and leveraged income

    Whether the model offers equity or income that is not strictly one-for-one with your calendar.

  7. 07

    Expansion and exit optionality

    How easily the structure follows you into new markets — and whether it can ever be transferred.

One system, not seven separate numbers
Comparisons

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Real vs.Keller WilliamsA fair, source-backed comparison of the Real Brokerage and Keller Williams operating models: economics, costs, brand control, infrastructure, ownership and expansion.Compare →Real vs.eXp RealtyA fair, source-backed comparison of the Real Brokerage and eXp Realty operating models, using each company's own published figures and filings.Compare →Real vs.CompassA fair, source-backed comparison of the Real Brokerage and Compass operating models, using Compass's own SEC filing language rather than recruiting claims.Compare →Real vs.RE/MAXA fair, source-backed comparison of the Real Brokerage and RE/MAX operating models, using RE/MAX's own statement that costs vary by brokerage.Compare →Real vs.Coldwell BankerA fair comparison of the Real Brokerage and Coldwell Banker operating models. All Coldwell Banker economic terms are treated as office-specific until a primary source is added.Compare →Real vs.Independent BrokerageA fair comparison of running your own independent brokerage versus operating on the Real platform: overhead, compliance, brand control, enterprise value and optionality.Compare →Real vs.LPT RealtyA fair, source-backed comparison of the Real Brokerage and LPT Realty operating models: plan structures, caps, per-transaction fees, brand control, ownership and expansion.Compare →
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Nothing here is a projection or a promise. Enter your real numbers; every assumption stays editable, and any prefilled value shows where it came from.

Real operating scenario

Real publishes these as annual company caps in dollars — not as percentages. Choose the scenario that matches your situation.

What is the difference between a company cap, a team split and a team cap?
Real (company) cap
The company split you pay to Real. Once you have paid the annual company cap in your anniversary year, the company split stops for the rest of that year.
Team split
The amount a team member pays their team leader under the Team Addendum. It is an agreement with the team, not with Real, and it is paid in addition to the company split.
Team cap
An optional amount paid to the team leader after which the team split may stop. Not every team has one — many team splits continue with no cap.

Sources (reviewed August 11, 2026): What are the different team types at Real (US)? · What is ProTeams? · What is the difference between the Team Cap and the Agent Cap? · How do Team Splits work?

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Illustrative Real inputs

85/15 — Real 2025 Annual Report, p. 53 (reviewed August 11, 2026).

Set by the operating scenario above (Individual agent — $12,000 annual company cap). Dollar company caps — never percentages. Confirm the current schedule with Real.

Fee fields are intentionally blank: RGC does not prefill amounts without a current verified source. Enter the figures on the official schedule you are given. A blank field is treated as unknown, never as zero — if a cost genuinely does not apply, type 0.

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Last reviewed August 11, 2026. Third-party brokerage names and marks are the property of their respective owners. They are used here only for identification and comparison. No endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation is implied or claimed.

This comparison relies on public information and user-entered assumptions, both of which can change. Verify every term against your actual agreement and current official materials before making a decision.

Nothing here is a projection, promise or guarantee of earnings, savings, production or results. Calculator output is illustrative only.

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Real Growth Collective is independently led and is not an official program of The Real Brokerage, Inc. Real program terms and eligibility are governed by current official materials.

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