Sponsor
The agent you name when you join a revenue-share brokerage. Your sponsor can earn revenue share from the company's cut of your deals. You keep your full split.
Also called: sponsoring agent, sponsorship, recruiter
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Money some brokerages pay you from the company's cut of deals closed by agents you sponsored. It doesn't come out of those agents' commissions.
The agents you sponsored, plus the agents they sponsored, in a revenue-share brokerage. Payouts are counted in tiers by how far away each agent is from you.
Placing your license with a brokerage so you can work under it. Moving to a new brokerage means transferring it, usually online with your state.
Company stock some public brokerages give agents for milestones like a first deal or capping. Some also let agents buy stock with part of each commission at a discount.