New Agent? Keller Williams vs. Agent Uplift at eXp Realty
If you are a brand-new agent choosing your first brokerage, you are probably hearing a lot about Keller Williams on one side and eXp Realty on the other. The real question is not which name is more familiar—but which setup will actually get you into production fastest and support you beyond your first few deals.
Keller Williams is known for office-based training, in-person classes, and a franchise model where each market center may run things a bit differently. Many agents start there because they like the idea of a physical office, local culture, and well-known branding. However, the quality and intensity of training, mentorship, and support can vary heavily from office to office, and you may find yourself relying on whichever local leaders happen to be available to you.
Within eXp Realty, the combination of eXp’s platform plus Agent Uplift offers a different approach. eXp is a cloud-based brokerage designed to move agents into production faster with a cap-based model, revenue share, and stock awards tied to production and contribution. On top of that, Agent Uplift layers a paced 90-day launch program, daily plans and accountability, onboarding once licensed, first conversations and follow-up scripts, training calendars, weekly coaching calls, pipeline tracking, and listing/buyer consult practice—so you always know what to do next instead of guessing.
For a new agent, the biggest advantage of choosing eXp with Agent Uplift is that the support is structured, consistent, and not dependent on the culture or bandwidth of one local office. You plug into national-level training tracks like FastCap and FastForward, mindset coaching, and business systems refinement, plus elite mastermind communities like The Network and Honey Badgers Nation. There is no additional “program” fee for Agent Uplift—the only cost is joining eXp Realty and naming Shaina McAndrews as your sponsor on your application, which unlocks the entire Agent Uplift ecosystem for you at no extra charge beyond being an eXp agent.
If you want your first brokerage to feel like a true launchpad, not just a place to park your license, visit https://agentupliftcommunity.com to see how Agent Uplift inside eXp is built to support new agents from day one.
