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Do realtors have to sign an agreement to receive a referral?

Yes — once. A realtor receiving a referral through the Realtor Referral Hub signs the network's standing agreement a single time, before any client information is released: sign before information, always. That one signature covers every referral routed to them afterward. The agreement fixes the terms up front: at closing the receiving agent pays 25% of their side to the sending agent plus the network's 5% finder's fee, no cap — unless their Premium coverage is current, in which case no 5% is owed.

How the one signature works

1
Say yes to the teaser.
A need is teased to the metro's bench with the metro, side, and timeline — never the client's name.
2
Sign once, in the thread.
First-timers sign the one standing agreement before anything else moves. No signature, no introduction — no exceptions.
3
Details release, then closing.
The client's information goes to the claiming realtor only, in that same thread. Every later referral runs on the same signature — nobody re-signs per deal.

Why sign before information

The signature is what makes the closing collectable for the sending agent and the terms unambiguous for the receiving agent: 25% to the sender and 5% to the network, on paper before names change hands, means nobody renegotiates after the work is done. This is the agents' agreement — a homeowner being matched signs nothing with the network to be matched, and pays nothing.

Ask the desk instead

Request your free match

Free for you, always. A person at the Hub desk reads every request and matches it to the local partner for that metro. Your name and contact details are never posted publicly.

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