What is the highest amount of money you ever made in 1 deal?

I once received a 2.5% commission on a 24,500 dollar "home". Not a typo...

The highest I walked from closing with was just under 12K. I had both sides of the closing. I co-listed though, so I had to split the list side 50-50.

My typical commission though are 1000-1500 flat fee REO commissions. When the seller adds a bonus its a good day.

I once sold a 7 Acre Lot for $3000. 10% Commission on a Co-Broke with a 60/40 Split so's I got to keep a whopping $90.00 !.

But I remember it well as it was the Last of 10 completed Transactions required for a Brokers License. T'was a piece of dry dirt up thar in Mud Hollow.

Oh, did you ask "highest" amount? I must have mis-understood.

I don't keep track of the Dollars; just the number of Smiley Faces leaving the Closing Table!

I once walked away after my broker split, with about $9,000. I almost had one for $12,000 (had the buyer, lakefront home) but ten days before closing, buyer lost his financing. I cried about that one. When I worked at a daycare center full time, I only made about $14,000 in a year.

LOL, Dayton. Perhaps it wasnt your highest but it certainly seems that it was the most memorable. I am a newbie here in Maui so I havent closed many transactions, but now that I have my website up I am definitely going after listings to get my foot in the door.

$30,000. $1.2mil beach home. Sold with multiple offers in 5 days and went all cash. That was Dec 09. Wish I had more of those high end listings =o)

Last year I listed and sold a large farm in my area for 1.2 mil. It was a 5% commisison but reduced it to 4% since I had both sides...walked away with 48k! I worked my but off for this sale but and took almost 9 months to get it to close but it was well worth it. Doubt I'll ever see one like that again.

Vermont thanks for that story it helps future realtors understand that its not all big bucks all the time & Perky OOCH! I think I would of cried too...

Commercial with land assemblages I make a few hundred k or more but the deals take about 2 years to closing.

Individual commercial parcels most was about 50k.

Most on a residential was an REO last year that I double ended and made 22,894.00. The buyers said they hated buyer agents and would put the offer in through me. I said NO PROBLEM!

I am working on one land deal 10 acres that hasn't closed yet but we be looking at 120k on that. It's in a prime location perfect for a senior living community and right on the silver comet trail.

After these closings I really need a few weeks off........

Well super realtor it sounds like your doing great, best of luck on that deal!!!

Yeah, it's hard to make big bucks at one time when the average sale price overall is a little under 200,000...going to be even less than that after this year.

My best was about $7800 that was one sided residential deal.On this deal I helped my broker remodel his office and did not split anything with him other wise it would have been about half of that.

This is a "variation" to the question and unfortunately , it was back in Dec 2000-
The check paid out to me that day was over 200k.

I double ended a 3.65 million dollar property and sold the seller another high end property and all closed the same day.

Yes, it was a check for the day and no, I haven't had that kind of day for too, too long but that's my best "pay day". As far as what that worked out to per transaction, I was running out the door with the check too fast to sit down and figure it out

How long to put that deal together? We have very few 1 million dollar properties in my area. A 500K property is a mansion.