For experienced agents
How to get paid for mentoring other agents.
Newer agents already call you for help. You answer, because you remember what it was like. But it adds up to hours every week, and the agents who need the most help are not always the ones who follow through. Here is how agents turn mentoring into paid work, with boundaries.
Step 1
Brokerage mentor programs
You earn a share of a new agent’s commission on their first deals. You are paid only when they close, and you are usually limited to agents in your own office.
Step 2
Coaching on your own
You set a price and find clients yourself. The pay can be good, but you are also running a small business: marketing, scheduling, billing and chasing payments.
Step 3
Courses and content
Package what you know into a course, videos or a newsletter. It can scale, but it takes months of work before it earns, and buyers expect polish.
Step 4
Paid advising sessions
Agents book an hour with you on one specific problem and pay up front. You set the price and the hours; the platform handles finding them, payment and scheduling. Agents who pay arrive prepared, which answers the follow through problem.
Step 5
Set boundaries whichever you choose
Decide how many hours a week you will give, what you will and will not help with, and what you charge. Mentoring without limits is how good mentors burn out.
Your brokerage
Where your brokerage fits
- Read your independent contractor agreement for anything on outside business activity, and ask your broker if you are unsure. Advising agents at other brokerages is usually allowed; confirm it.
- If your brokerage runs a mentor program, ask whether outside advising affects it. Usually it does not, because they serve different agents.
- On RealAly, you agree never to use a session to recruit. That keeps advising separate from your brokerage’s recruiting, which brokers tend to appreciate.
Questions
What agents ask
- How much do real estate mentors charge?
- It varies widely with experience and market. On RealAly, each advisor sets their own session price and length, and may offer a monthly membership.
- Can I mentor agents from other brokerages?
- Usually, yes, as long as your agreement does not restrict outside business. Avoid recruiting them, and keep their client details confidential.