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For generations, the real estate industry ran on a single unspoken assumption, and almost no one thought to question it. The agent does the work, and the brokerage takes the cut. You are the one who sources the lead, who fields the midnight phone call, who steers the deal through every legal twist and carries it across the finish line. Yet when the closing finally lands, a corporate office reaches into your hard-earned commission and walks away with a massive slice of it. For what, exactly? A logo on the sign? A desk in a room you rarely sit in?