Best Real Estate Brokerage for New Real Estate Agents in Massachusetts

Yes, we have multiple real estate lead generation opportunities for real estate agents, all optionally available to you. As a Stuart St James agent, you have immediate and exclusive access to highly qualified real estate leads in the markets you wish to serve live-transferred to you over the phone at no upfront cost to you via our exclusive Opcity real estate leads partnership. Separately, agents can take advantage of our real estate agent tech stack packages to buy corporate leads with Lead Catcher and/or build their own web presence and generate their own leads - both available at no-brainer exclusive prices and you will earn 100% commission. Real estate agents can diversify their lead generation strategy with any or all of these offers, optionally available to you if they make sense for your real estate business and brand.

There’s no minimum term or commitment period when affiliating with Stuart St James, however, if your goal is to join the brokerage to do a personal transaction for yourself, take advantage of our 100% commission business model, and immediately leave, we respectfully ask you not to join - this "one and done" approach is obviously manipulative and we don't like being taken advantage of just like you don't.

Yes, we sure do. The biggest struggle we see newly licensed agents deal with is the challenge of how to bridge from pre-license education to practicing real estate, actually how to do a deal. It’s actually a major concern for new agents who have never done a deal, and causes a tremendous amount of anxiety. We have an online on-demand video training course that walks you step-by-step through a deal and gives you the playbook, a tested and proven formula and process, for how to do a successful real estate transaction. The training course is also packed with a number of “pro tips” and real-world examples, so it’s like you have a seasoned mentor walking you through one of their deals showing you the contract flow, a detailed walkthrough of all the real estate forms, how and where to negotiate, and proactive steps you can take to prevent a deal from falling apart.

The only document we electronically sign is the decades-old standard independent contractor agreement (ICA) promulgated by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) with the fee schedule on our website as an exhibit – transparently available for your full review
here (Launch plan PDF).

All earnest money deposits, along with additional Purchase & Sale Agreement (P&S) deposits, are held in escrow by your seller’s real estate attorney / closing attorney, not Stuart St James.

Gross commission is always made payable to Stuart St James and deposited by you, or wired by a closing attorney, into our business operating account (mailing of checks causes significant delays in processing and transferring your net commission). After submitting supporting transaction documentation and your gross commission deposit clears (which typically takes one business day), transfer of your net commission is immediate via two payment options of your choice (1) Direct Deposit (free) which takes two banking days or (2) wire transfer ($30 fee) which is most oftentimes same day.

No. Stuart St James does not charge agents different transaction fees for different priced properties. Many of our agents sell million dollar homes in Massachusetts, watch this million dollar MA real estate agent video interview.

No. Massachusetts decouples MLS access from Realtor status and there’s no requirement to join the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR), or the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) to affiliate with Stuart St James.

No, it’s not required – if you’re simply looking to hang your license and/or keep fees low, access and affiliation with a MLS is optional. Membership to New England’s largest MLS system, called MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN), is optional and costs $126 per quarter.

Most definitely, 100%. Simply follow the professional standards of practice related to advertising (254:CMR 3:00:9) outlined by the government of Massachusetts.

Yes. We not only can provide you leads through our exclusive Opcity real estate leads partnership, but we also offer compelling real estate agent tech stacks at exclusive prices you’re not able to achieve on your own that will help you (1) diversify your lead generation strategy and lower effective cost per lead and (2) launch a hyper-local web presence aligned to your brand and niche that you own and control. Optionally available if it makes sense for your real estate business.

Yes. When you join, you’ll be given (free) access to a complete library of forms, one set promulgated by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and the other set promulgated by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR). You get both.

It’s a simple and straightforward process that can reasonably be accomplished in well under one (1) business day. We’ve automated nearly the entire process which has allowed us to eliminate a one-time agent setup fee. We electronically sign the ICA, you pay your first monthly agent fee, we provision you a stuartstjames.com G Suite account, file the necessary affiliation paperwork with the Board of Registration, and share a welcome email with you.

Stuart St James is a Massachusetts virtual real estate brokerage with agents all across Massachusetts. Residing in Boston is not a prerequisite to join – we even have multiple agents on the team licensed in Massachusetts yet who reside out of state. You do not need to come to Boston if and when you join, there’s no need to come to Boston and we won’t ask you to do so.