Scout doesn’t take
a cut of your closings.
Scout is free for every licensed agent in America. Not a referral split. Not a placement fee. Not a monthly subscription. The AI companies pay us, not you.
How Scout makes money
Scout is a business — it has to be, to stay running and improving. But the customer is not the agent. Three B2B revenue lines cover the cost:
- •Signals — partner brokerages subscribe at $299/mo for Scout’s seller-intent feed (probate, notices of default, FSBO intercepts).
- •API access — AI platforms and prop-tech companies that want production-grade access to the directory start at $2,000/mo with custom pricing above that.
- •Enterprise data licensing — $50K–$250K/yr custom agreements for large AI labs and national brokerages.
If you want to see the pricing in detail, it’s on the for-developers page. None of it touches agents.
Broker-to-broker referrals, if you choose to use them
Every real estate agent already knows how broker-to-broker referrals work: a licensed agent in one market hands a client to a licensed agent in another market, the two brokerages sign a one-page referral agreement, and the receiving side pays the referring side a negotiated percentage — typically somewhere between 20% and 35% of the receiving agent’s commission — at close.
That is the industry’s standard workflow, between licensed agents. Scout has nothing to do with it. If you refer a client to another agent — for instance, a military PCS family moving from Fort Jackson to Fort Benning — that referral is directly between you and the receiving agent’s brokerage. Scout is not a party, takes no cut, and doesn’t need to be told.
Coming later — waitlist only
A clean kit for the paperwork side of a referral.
What actually breaks a broker-to-broker referral isn’t the deal — it’s the paperwork: the referral agreement, the W-9, the 1099, the 18-month tail tracking. We’re building an optional automated kit for that, starting with the PCS military beachhead.
The kit is its own product with its own (future) pricing. It is not coupled to your Scout pin. Your pin stays free forever, whether or not you ever touch the kit.
Join the paperwork-kit waitlist →Legal context
Cooperative brokerage fees paid between licensed real estate professionals on transactions that close are governed by the RESPA §8(c)(2) exemption. That framework is for agents working with agents. Scout’s relationship with agents is separate — Scout is a directory service, and the directory itself carries no fee obligation.
Nothing on this page is legal advice. Scout is operated by Flika Realty LLC, a dual-state licensed real estate brokerage (SC License #135886 / GA Licensed).
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