The best tip I can give you is to not settle for whatever the "standard" split may be. Everything is negotiable. If you are a presentable agent they your office manager or broker will probably cut you a better deal than the first offer they make.
This Google Custom search may do a better job of searching the forums for some keywords than the old forum search does. The results do not include threads from the Asset Managers Forum however. To search that forum you will need to be actually in the Asset Managers Forum and you will need to use the old forum search below.