LoveBot Realty / Agent tools

Know your costs.
Protect your profit.

Build a listing budget around the property, the work and your commission. See what remains after every expense—including your time.

Jonathan Love · Associate Broker / Owner
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Start with the commission

Property / report name (optional)

Commission methodPercentageFlat fee

Listing-side commission rate

Enter gross compensation before your brokerage share and other fees. Commission terms are individually negotiated.

Property and listing plan

Expected sale priceMonths actively marketed

Brokerage and closing fees

Enter your own agreement terms. Fee fields start at zero and are not a fee schedule.

Brokerage share of gross commissionMLS fee on sale priceFor a 0.0012 multiplier, enter 0.12%.Admin / transaction fee

Prepare and launch

PhotographyFloor planSigns and lockboxInitial brochures and flyersMarketing design / setupMiscellaneous / vendor allowanceOther one-time costs

Monthly marketing and open houses

Open houses per monthSupplies / refreshments per open houseAdvertising per monthReplacement brochures per monthOther monthly costs

Travel

Include open-house trips in ongoing trips. If the trip allowance includes fuel, do not add fuel again.

Initial round tripsOngoing round trips per monthAdditional round trips totalCost per round trip

Your time and contingency

Work hours include driving. Add negotiation and closing hours here. Contingency is a reserve, not money already spent.

Initial work hoursWork hours per active monthAdditional work hours totalValue of your time per hourContingency on listing expensesSet to 0 to exclude the reserve.

Your listing report

The full picture.

Projected profit including time and reserve$4,473.00Before taxes and general business overhead

Gross commission$8,750.00

Brokerage share$0.00

MLS fee$0.00

Admin fee$0.00

Direct listing expenses$2,070.00

Profit / loss before reserve and time$6,680.00

Contingency reserve$207.00

Profit / loss with reserve, before time$6,473.00

Your time (40 hours)$2,000.00

Profit / loss with time, no reserve$4,680.00

Profit / loss with time and reserve$4,473.00

Know your break-even

Direct costs only$2,070.00

Direct costs + reserve$2,277.00

Direct costs + time$4,070.00

All costs, time and reserve$4,277.00

Equivalent to 1.22% of the sale price. Covers the stated costs with no additional profit.

3active months3open houses12round trips

Itemized listing expenses

Professional photography$225.00

Floor plan$75.00

Signs and lockbox$150.00

Initial brochures and flyers$50.00

Marketing design and setup$50.00

Miscellaneous / vendor allowance$50.00

Initial round trips$180.00

Open houses$225.00

Paid advertising$450.00

Replacement brochures$75.00

Ongoing round trips$540.00

Additional round trips$0.00

Other one-time costs$0.00

Other monthly costs$0.00

Total direct listing expenses$2,070.00

Report assumptions

Sale price: $350,000.00 · Active months: 3 · Commission: 2.5% · Brokerage share: 0% · MLS fee: 0% of sale price · Admin: $0.00 · Contingency: 10% · Time: 40 hours at $50.00/hour

Time is an economic cost, not a payment to yourself. Contingency is reserved spending. This estimate assumes a sale and collected commission. Add any costs or work not included in your plan. Entries reset when you reload or leave this page.

Know your costs.Protect your profit.