For agents · All 50 states · Brokered by Epique Realty
Keep more.Get more.Own more.
An 85/15 split with a cap that drops every year. Free listing photos, signs and a transaction coordinator. Virtual healthcare, stock awards and revenue share. Straight answers. Real numbers. Zero pressure.
The short version
Keep more of every deal.
These are the terms in the public Epique Realty Independent Contractor Agreement (the ICA, updated 08/18/2026). The ICA charges an agent the split, the transaction fee and the monthly technology fee.
Quick check
at the example numbers. Takes two minutes with yours.
You keep 85%. Epique receives 15% until you reach your cap. One personal transaction a year at 100% (fees still apply).
The cap is on Epique’s share. It resets on your anniversary and drops $1,000 a year to a $10,000 floor.
At most $500 a deal, $250 once you have paid $5,000. Continues after you cap. Commercial: flat $250.
$99 for Power Award agents and team members. First fee refunded if you leave within 30 days of your welcome email.
No split for the rest of that anniversary year. Each sale then carries only the transaction fee.
24+ transactions or $10M in an anniversary year, by invitation. $99 tech fee, double stock awards, double revenue share on level one.
Recognition
The fastest-growing real estate company in America.
The culture
More than a split. A company that shows up.
The benefits
What comes with the license.
Pick a category. Each card says who gets it and where the fact comes from. Select markets means it depends on where you work.
Free professional listing photos
Magazine-quality photography on your listings. Not for leases, lots or land.
Free signs, riders and installation
Yard signs and a sign rider at no cost, installed and removed where the service exists. Not for leases, lots or land.
Free transaction coordinator
Contract to close, requested through Epique Cloud. You sell; the paperwork gets chased for you.
Your face on a local billboard
A free agent billboard. A local benefit: the ICA lists billboards among the benefits that can be one state only.
Digital billboard for your listings
A free digital listing billboard on listings of $400K and up, where the program runs.
Free social media ad on listings
Automatic on listings of $400K and up with the basic Lofty setup. No ad spend out of your pocket for that ad.
Free virtual staging
AI virtual staging, 50 uploads a month.
Showami and Zillow Showcase
On-demand showing agents through Showami. Zillow Showcase is available as a $250 option for extra exposure.
Lofty CRM and IDX website
Lofty CRM with an AI assistant and text messaging, plus an IDX website. The custom-domain website upgrade is free at Epique.
Canva Pro, Graphiq and AI headshots
Canva Pro with Epique templates, Graphiq design with MLS integration, and AI headshots.
Direct mail and streaming ads
Thanks.io automated direct mail. Adwerx streaming TV ads at a 15% discount (a discount, not free).
An AI toolkit built in
BrokerAI for contracts and policy questions, CoachAI, listing descriptions and email campaigns. AI PRO certification free with Epique’s code.
Leads with no referral fee
Company leads carry no referral fee to the company. Realty.com Pro membership for buyer and seller leads. Lead pond access after the leads course.
85/15 split, cap that declines
You keep 85%. The cap drops $1,000 every anniversary year to a $10,000 floor. After you cap, no split for the rest of the year.
Stock awards
Shares for joining, each anniversary, your first home sold, capping and each agent you recruit. Vests three years after it is earned; unvested shares are forfeited if you leave.
Revenue share, five levels
10% of company revenue on every transaction by agents you sponsor, five levels deep, paid on the 15th, while you are active and current on fees.
Power Award
24+ transactions or $10M in an anniversary year, by invitation. $99 technology fee, double stock awards up to $30,000, double revenue share on level one.
401(k) for independent contractors
A retirement plan built for agents who are independent contractors.
Free virtual healthcare
Virtual primary care, 24/7 urgent care, $0 prescriptions and mental health care for you and your family. Virtual care only; in-person visits are not covered.
Dental and vision
A dental and vision bundle at $25 a month per person, paid by the agent.
AirVet
24/7 virtual vet care for your cats and dogs.
UrbanSitter credit
A $250 credit toward child care, elder care, tutoring or pet sitting.
Maternity and paternity leave
Two months of paused payments for a new child.
Car wash membership
Free car washes in participating markets. Not available in Connecticut today.
Roadside assistance
Free roadside assistance once you have been with Epique a year.
Free CE courses
Your continuing education covered once you have been with Epique a year.
Daily live training
Agent-to-agent training Monday to Friday at 3 PM Eastern, plus Power Academy and Sell It Like Serhant on demand.
A leader who calls you
An Area Leader whose agreement requires reaching out before you ask, a real conversation at least monthly and local events.
Epique Cares and NEMO
An agent support fund and NEMO disaster relief for agents hit by hardship.
Your numbers
What is your brokerage really costing you?
One page at a time, one set of your numbers. The comparison at the bottom of the screen updates as you go. We do not name other brokerages. The starting numbers are a round example, not market data. Every Epique number comes from the Independent Contractor Agreement.
Your business
What your side of a deal earns, before any split.
Your split today
Pick the closest shape, then type in your real numbers below.
Transaction fees
Everything charged on each closing: transaction, compliance, admin, broker review.
Only if your brokerage has a cap. Added to each deal after you cap.
Epique fees are set in the ICA, under transaction fees.
Desk, office, technology, marketing.
E&O, membership, franchise.
Royalty, and fees already paid at Epique
New to Epique? Leave it at 0.
Listings and Epique year
The free social ad and listing billboard apply to these.
Listing benefits
Tap what you pay for yourself today and set your cost. Each line shows what you pay now, what it costs at Epique and what you save. The listing billboard is a benefit value, kept out of the cash numbers.
Marketing and tech
Tap what you pay for yourself today and set your cost. Each line shows what you pay now, what it costs at Epique and what you save.
Insurance and training
Tap what you pay for yourself today and set your cost. Each line shows what you pay now, what it costs at Epique and what you save. CE is covered from your second year, so year 1 shows your own cost on both sides.
Health
Tap what you would really use and set what a similar plan would cost you on your own. These are benefit values, counted apart from the cash comparison.
Lifestyle
Local benefits start unchecked. Tap only what exists in your market, then set what it would cost you. Benefit values, counted apart from the cash comparison.
Stock awards
The ICA awards Epique stock for these milestones. Pick your numbers to see the most you could earn. Your deals and price come from Your business.
Your stock awards
Each award is the lesser of its share count or its dollar amount. Power Award agents get double awards for capping, anniversaries and recruiting, plus a grant of up to 3,000 shares or $30,000 tied to their cap. Stock vests 3 years after it is earned. If you leave Epique, the ICA’s forfeiture terms apply, and they can include vested award shares. Read the Equity Incentive section of the ICA before you count on them. Agents can also buy shares at a 20% discount through the stock purchase program.
Revenue share: 10% of company revenue on transactions by agents you sponsor, five levels deep, and 20% on level one for Power Award agents.
Stock is not counted in the cash comparison, and this is not a forecast of what the shares will be worth.
Epique Realty · 85/15 split · declining cap
How capping works, in real numbers
At Epique you keep 85% of every commission and Epique takes 15%, but only until Epique’s share adds up to your cap. After that you keep the full split for the rest of your anniversary year. Move the sliders to see how many deals it takes, then enter your own deals one by one.
1. Your cap this year
The cap starts at $15,000 and drops $1,000 every anniversary year until it reaches $10,000.
To pay a $15,000 cap at 15%, you need $100,000 in gross commission.
2. Plan it: how many deals to cap?
Pick a typical sale price and commission rate.
Deals needed at every cap level
Same sale price as above. Your cap row is highlighted.
3. Track it: your deals, one by one
Type in each closed deal. Epique takes 15% of each one until your cap is paid, then nothing on the split.
“Add transaction” copies the numbers from your last deal so you only change what is different. Name each deal to keep track of it.
How the cap works, step by step
- Find the commission. Sale price times your commission rate. A $1,000,000 sale at 2% is $20,000.
- Epique takes 15%. 15% of $20,000 is $3,000. You keep 85%, or $17,000.
- That 15% counts toward your cap. With a $15,000 cap, $15,000 minus $3,000 leaves $12,000 still to pay.
- Keep closing. Each deal’s 15% comes off what’s left. On the deal that crosses the line, Epique only takes what’s left of the cap.
- You’re capped. No more split for the rest of your anniversary year. Transaction fees still apply on every deal.
- New year, lower cap. On your anniversary the cap resets, $1,000 lower, until it reaches $10,000.
Your running total
Get a copy of your numbers
Send us your details and Marc will email you a copy of this calculation.
Based on the Epique Realty Independent Contractor Agreement (public version, changelog dated 08/18/2026): 85/15 split; the cap drops $1,000 a year to a $10,000 floor and resets on your anniversary date; once capped, no split. Not included here: the transaction fee of 0.1% of the sale price ($500 max per deal, $250 max after $5,000 paid in fees) and the monthly tech fee, which you pay whether or not you’ve capped. The $15,000 first-year cap is the amount Epique advertises for individual agents. This is an illustration, not a commission statement; your ICA governs. Read the ICA
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The comparison
Your brokerage, a year
Epique Realty
Where it flips
Blue is your brokerage, gold is Epique, for one to forty transactions a year. Cash only.
The difference
Per deal and cap detail
Nothing you type here is sent anywhere unless you press Send.
Where the difference comes from
Each calculator page adds up here. Benefit values are your own numbers and stay apart from the cash difference.
Looking for a better brokerage? Let’s talk.
Thirty minutes, your numbers, my honest read. If Epique is not the right fit for you, I will say so.
- Schedule a call, or send me your numbers from the calculator.
- We go through your market’s benefits and your current agreement.
- If it makes sense, you apply at joinepique.com and name Marc Nieto as your sponsor.
Schedule a call with MarcCall 914-409-5555Read the Epique ICAApply at joinepique.com
Why join through me
Your sponsor matters.
Questions agents ask
Straight answers.
Do I have to be in Connecticut or New York?
What does it cost to join?
Is every benefit available where I work?
What happens to my current listings, deals and stock?
Why does choosing a sponsor matter so much?
How do stock and revenue share work?
About these numbers and benefits. An estimate for planning only, built from the numbers you enter. Not an offer, a contract, tax or legal advice, or a promise of income. Epique Realty terms come from the public Epique Realty Independent Contractor Agreement (updated 08/18/2026), the Epique Essentials agent benefits checklist and joinepique.com, all read October 28, 2026. The ICA governs. Benefits may change or be discontinued, may not be available in every area, may require an application and require good standing. Dollar values in the benefit section are your own estimates, not Epique figures. Epique Realty is #7 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 and operates in all 50 states (Epique Realty press release, July 28, 2026). This page is Marc Nieto’s own and is not an official Epique Realty page. Marc Nieto, Epique Realty, CT Salesperson 0816891, NY Salesperson 10401349597. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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