or restart-up in my case. One of the bigwig agency's broker e-mailed me back. And said don't worry, you will be OK if you have 1800-2000 cash on hand now. So far I do like what I see. Its a fine agency.

Of course that figure has nothing to do with business generation material and other things that will be solely the independent contractors responsibility.

One time board orientation fee is 500 dollars
MLS is 175 per quarter, and dues are 391 per year. I dont know what the extra 1000 is. But it seems it will cost you at least 1800-2000 to step into the office your first day and say, Hello everybody. Im an agent.

I like the brokerage because its big, well and equipped, famous and for someone walking in with little else than the shirt on my back, it might be the way to go. He didnt share any info with me regarding compensation/split systems. I assume its his policy to wait for a face to face meeting for that. If I was to guess based on similar work situations, Its probably a 50/50 split operation. If its much less than that, Ill go independent since Ill have a broker license instead of salespersons.