Run your brokerage’s back office without hiring it.
Empower Transactions reviews every transaction file against brokerage, state, and legal requirements before you send the DA. All of it, under your brand.
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What it costs to run compliance yourself
Brokerages don’t hand us compliance because we’re cheap.
Partner count reflects active client agreements. *Savings is an estimate, not a measured average: one salaried operations role — transaction coordinator, compliance reviewer, or admin — runs about $69,100 a year fully loaded at the BLS median wage and ECEC employer burden, and a small in-house team is three of them; per-file pricing turns that fixed cost into one that moves with your closings. Your figure depends on volume and scope. See the full cost breakdown →
Scale and compliance—without the in-house payroll
The cost-effective alternative to hiring internally. A full operations team that flexes with your volume, backs up every file, and never drops the ball mid-closing.
Dedicated team
A coordinator pod with built-in continuity—so nothing depends on one person.
Fully white-label
Every client touchpoint runs under your brand. Your agents never see Empower Transactions.
Compliance built in
Audits and rule-checks are a standard part of the workflow, not an afterthought.
Per-transaction pricing
No long-term contracts. Cost scales with your volume, up or down.
Nationwide coverage
Compliant support nationwide, wherever your agents close.
Ready to scale
Add offices and agents without adding operational risk or headcount.
Every file is reviewed before you send the DA, so problems get fixed while they still can be. Empower’s AI reads each file first; a human compliance specialist reviews every file before it reaches your broker of record — files turn around faster, and reviewer attention lands on the exceptions. See how the AI-plus-human review works. Complaints are rarer than most vendors imply — the real cost is the hours you or a salaried reviewer spend on files that specialists handle for a fraction.
Audit-ready on every transaction
More time for what matters.
Founded by brokers. Designed for your growth. Let’s build the back office that lets your business scale with confidence.
We ran a brokerage doing over $500 million a year in Austin and Dallas. In the early 2010s there was no option to outsource the back office — you carried every cost in-house. Once there was, we moved the work off the payroll and took the margin from about 3% to over 25%. Empower Transactions is that back office, built as a product.Keith Dunham, Founder — HomeCity Real Estate, Opcity, Empower Transactions
Who signs off on the file
The question that stops most brokers is not whether the work can happen outside the brokerage. It is whose name is on the approval.
Empower Transactions does not approve files. Your broker of record does.
Empower Transactions does the review — the document set, the requirement set for that state and that transaction type, the exceptions, the chase, and the record. What reaches your broker of record is a file that is already complete and a short list of anything that needs a decision. The sign-off stays with the license that carries the responsibility, because that is the only place it can sit.
Texas publishes this directly. TREC’s Rule 535.2(a) states that a broker “is responsible for the authorized acts of the broker’s sales agents, but the broker is not required to supervise the sales agents directly,” and 535.2(e) that a broker “may delegate to another license holder the responsibility to assist in administering compliance with the Act and Rules, but the broker may not relinquish overall responsibility for the supervision of license holders sponsored by the broker.” A vendor is not a license holder, which is why the sign-off stays where it is; the full reading of the Texas file is in Empower Transactions’ Texas transaction file requirements analysis. Every state publishes its own file and recordkeeping requirements. This is Texas; yours is the authority in your market.
Empower Transactions is not affiliated with, certified by or endorsed by NAR, any state real estate commission, or any local association or MLS. Not legal advice.
If you run a 100% or flat-fee brokerage
Your agents already pay for file review. It is a line on your schedule with a name they recognize.
eXp charges $25 a file for broker review. Real’s is $40, and its published schedule takes it to $50 on September 1, 2026. What that fee buys at most brokerages this size is one person who is also running onboarding and answering marketing questions.
That is the part worth looking at. Review revenue arrives per file. Review cost arrives per hour, in headcount you already carry. The two move apart exactly when recruiting is working — and recruiting is the whole business at a 100% shop.
Empower runs underneath the fee you already charge. Your schedule does not change. Your agents pay what they pay now. Your broker of record still signs off. What changes is who does the work, and what the person doing it today gets to do instead.
Fee figures are from the brokerages’ published agent fee schedules. Whether a brokerage may adjust what it charges its own agents, and how that must be disclosed, varies by state and is a question for your broker and your counsel.
Growing into another state
If the next agent you add is in a state you are not licensed in, three questions come first: what the four approvals are and how they sequence, which state requirements do not transfer from the state you already run in, and whether your back office can still keep the support promise at the agent count you are recruiting toward.
And if you are considering paying for coordination on your agents behalf as part of that offer, it is worth knowing what else that decision buys: brokerage-paid transaction coordination produces a reviewed file as a by-product, because it is the same pass over the same documents.
- What broker file review actually takes
- Do brokerages outsource compliance, and what changes when they do
- Interim coverage when your compliance person leaves
- Reducing back-office cost without cutting service
- How the 90-day pilot works
- Scaling compliance across several states
- Real estate compliance outsourcing, end to end
Six questions on who reviews your closing files today, how many states you operate in, and whether your brokerage’s own file requirements are written down. About a minute, recorded anonymously — no name, no brokerage, and no IP address stored with your answers.
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BROKER OPERATIONS PRICING
How much do outsourced brokerage operations and compliance services cost?
Broker operations and compliance services are priced after a consultation because the appropriate support model depends on your file volume, markets, systems, review requirements, and the amount of day-to-day ownership you need.
What determines your exact price?
- Monthly transaction, listing, and lease volume
- States, markets, and brokerage requirements
- File-review depth and audit frequency
- Current systems, workflows, and integrations
- Communication, reporting, escalation, and coverage needs
A CLEAR, SCOPED RECOMMENDATION
Get pricing based on what you actually need
During the consultation, we clarify your volume, workflows, responsibilities, systems, and coverage requirements. You’ll receive a recommended service scope and a clear pricing estimate.
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Questions brokerages ask before outsourcing operations
What broker operations can Empower Transactions support?
Empower can support transaction coordination, file and compliance review, listing and lease file administration, agent onboarding, workflow administration, and other real estate back-office functions. The final scope is designed around the brokerage’s actual needs.
How is broker compliance pricing determined?
Pricing depends on file volume, transaction types, states, review depth, systems, reporting requirements, and the level of service coverage. We provide exact pricing after a consultation and scope review.
Can Empower work inside our existing systems and workflows?
Yes. We design the engagement around your current transaction-management systems, brokerage standards, forms, communication process, and escalation workflow rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all operating model.
Can you support a brokerage operating in multiple states?
Yes. Empower provides nationwide operational support. The compliance and file-review scope is configured around the states, markets, brokerage policies, and transaction types included in the engagement.
Does outsourced broker support replace our internal staff?
It can supplement an existing team, take ownership of selected functions, or provide a broader outsourced back-office solution. The consultation determines which model best fits your brokerage, volume, and current staff.
How does brokerage onboarding work?
We begin by mapping your volume, systems, policies, file standards, communication preferences, and escalation requirements. From that discovery, we define the service scope, workflows, responsibilities, and launch plan.