Revenue Share at Real: The Five Tiers, How They Open and Who Gets Paid

Where does revenue share come from?

From Real's side of the split. Real's help center says agents who bring other agents to Real as a sponsor are eligible for a pre-defined portion of Real's 15% split, and that revenue share is paid by Real out of that 15%, not from your commission. Nobody pays revenue share to their own sponsor or to anyone above that sponsor.

To be someone's sponsor, an agent has to be named as the sponsoring agent in that person's Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA), and Real will not change the name once the agreement is signed. Real says it puts up to 60% of its revenue into the program and adjusts payments at the end of each month accordingly.

What does each tier pay?

Real calculates revenue share as the tier's percentage times the sponsored agent's gross commission income. Tier 1 is an agent you sponsor directly, Tier 2 an agent sponsored by someone in your Tier 1, and so on to Tier 5, the last. Real's article for Canadian agents lists the same five percentages.

When does a deal pay the sponsor nothing?

When Real is not being paid a split on it. Revenue share only applies while the sponsored agent is paying the split to Real, so a deal that closes after that agent has capped pays their sponsor nothing. Real also counts only transactions that bring it commission income: personal deal fees, brokerage fees, compliance and broker review (CBR) fees and post-cap fees do not count.

Revenue share is earned on the day Real closes the file, and a sponsor who is not producing on that day receives nothing from it. Real pays each month's revenue share on or about the 15th of the following month.

How do Tiers 2 to 5 open?

Through any one of three paths, which Real sets out in its article on unlocking tiers. The article names the Canadian cap beside the US one and links both countries' producing policies.

A tier opened by counting producing agents closes again when agents leave Real or stop producing and the count falls below its level, until they are replaced; a tier opened by network size drops to the next one down in the same way. A tier opened by your own cap or Elite status lasts until your cap resets on your anniversary date.

Who has to be producing?

You do, to be paid. Real pays revenue share only to a sponsor who is producing on the day a deal closes.

Real's policy counts a US agent as producing when they are active and have paid $450 in splits to Real over a rolling six months. A Canadian agent needs $650 in Canadian dollars, in splits or post-cap fees. An agent who caps stays producing until their next anniversary date or nine months after capping, whichever is later.

New agents get a six-month grace period, granted once, in which they are paid without meeting the producing requirement or the tier requirements. The agents you sponsor do not have to be producing for you to be paid on their deals, but only producing agents count toward opening a tier.

What does Real deduct, and where is it paid?

Real takes an annual program participation fee from the first payment of each anniversary year, and a 1.2% processing fee from every payment after it.

From 1 September 2026, a US agent has to have a Real Wallet Business Checking Account to be paid revenue share. Real holds any payments until the account is open, then deposits them.

What happens when someone in your network leaves Real?

Real takes their place. In the example in Real's help center, when a Tier 2 agent leaves, Real assumes that position, and the sponsor keeps receiving revenue share from the agents below it as long as their own tier stays open. Real says this applies where the tiers were opened by the count of producing agents.

Does revenue share continue after you stop selling?

Under Real Retirement it can. An agent who has been producing for at least five full consecutive years, and keeps an active license affiliated with Real, keeps receiving revenue share after they stop producing. Leaving Real ends it, for any reason.

An agent who has been with Real for at least three full calendar years can also name a beneficiary to receive the payments after their death, under Real's Willable Revenue Share Addendum. Real says who can be named varies from state to state, and recommends asking an attorney.