Long-Term Opportunity for New Agents: Keller Williams vs. eXp + Agent Uplift
When you are brand new, it is easy to focus only on your first few closings—but the brokerage you choose also shapes your long-term wealth and leadership opportunities. Comparing Keller Williams to eXp Realty with Agent Uplift, the key differences show up in how each model helps you grow beyond just personal production.
Keller Williams has long positioned itself as a training and coaching company that happens to be in real estate, with profit share and some leadership paths tied to your local market center. The upside is often tied to the performance of that specific office and your ability to recruit and plug people into that environment. Your day-to-day experience and long-term upside can be highly dependent on the strength and growth of your particular location.
eXp Realty, by contrast, is a fully cloud-based brokerage with a cap-based model that rewards producers and offers multiple long-term wealth levers—revenue share from agents you attract, stock awards through closings, ICON status, and contributions, and an ICON Agent Program with up to $16K in stock annually. The platform is global, with reach in 27+ countries, and includes healthcare options, a full business and tech suite, and access to collaboration with agents far beyond your local market. You are building within a single, scalable company rather than a collection of franchises.
Layer Agent Uplift on top of that, and new agents are not only supported in getting into production; they are also exposed early to revenue share strategy, the ICON roadmap, wealth strategy sessions, team-building playbooks, and leadership opportunities inside elite communities like FastForward Movement, The Network, Four Aces, and Honey Badgers Nation. You are learning how to move from “agent” to “business owner” with done-for-you systems, advanced support, and mentorship designed to help you scale.
For a new agent, the question becomes: do you want your future tied primarily to one local office, or do you want to build inside a global, cloud-based platform with multiple income streams and a built-in growth ecosystem? With Agent Uplift, there is no additional cost for accessing this level of mentorship and community. Your only cost is joining eXp Realty as your brokerage and naming Shaina McAndrews as your sponsor on your application, which unlocks Agent Uplift and its connected networks at no extra fee.
If you are a new agent who wants your first brokerage decision to support not just your first year but your next decade, visit https://agentupliftcommunity.com and explore how eXp plus Agent Uplift compares to a traditional Keller Williams path.
