Oren Alexander, Top Real Estate Agent, Faces Another Claim of Sexual Assault

A fourth woman filed a lawsuit against Oren Alexander, once a star agent of luxury real estate.

Key Components of Real Estate Contracts

Identification of Parties:Buyer(s) and Seller(s): The contract must clearly identify the full legal names of the buyer(s) and seller(s) involved in the transaction.Property Description:Address: The physical address of the property.Legal Description: A detailed legal description that accurately identifies the boundaries and legal specifics of the pr...

$1.25 Million Homes in Santiago, Chile

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Real Estate Option Contract

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Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens

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Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut

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The Alexander Brothers, Hotshot Real Estate Agents, Are Accused of Sexual Assault

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House Showing Checklist

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$2 Million Homes in Georgia, California and South Carolina

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Open Floor Plan

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Why Two Designers Left Brooklyn to Build a Home in Upstate New York

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Keller Williams Surpasses $2 Billion in Total Profit Share to North American Associates 

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For over three decades, Keller Williams® market centers have been sharing a portion of their profits with their associates. In a milestone achievement in June 2024, KW announced the profit share program had surpassed $2 billion in total distributions since the program’s inception, doubling the distributions from $1 billion to $2 billion in just seven years. It’s a significant moment in the company’s history, underscoring Keller Williams’ commitment to treating its agents as valued stakeholders and partners, even as markets shift and consumer dynamics change.

A Model Unlike Any Other in the Real Estate Industry

The profit share program at Keller Williams is a unique initiative designed to align the interests of the company’s owners with those of its agents. Established in 1986 by Gary Keller and KW’s first Associate Leadership Council (ALC), the program officially launched in 1987, with the goal of creating a business environment where every associate has the opportunity to build wealth alongside the company’s growth.

At its core, profit share involves individual market center owners sharing their office’s monthly profits with the associates who contribute to the market center’s success. This model not only incentivizes agents to help grow their local market centers, it also rewards them with passive income. The system was designed to ensure that agents could earn residual income without diverting their focus from their core business activities, such as listing and selling real estate.

Keller Williams Profit Share at Work

When an agent joins a Keller Williams® market center, they designate a sponsor – the person who had the greatest impact on their decision to join KW. That sponsor becomes part of the new agent’s profit share tree, receiving a portion of the profits realized by the market center by virtue of the new agent’s activities. 

“We created a program that would treat Keller Williams® real estate sales associates as legitimate partners in the business.”

$3.3 Million Homes in California

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In San Francisco, a Young Woman Defied Her Parents and Followed Her Heart to a New Apartment

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$800,000 Homes in Venice

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