“We’re building the brokerage we wished existed — one that handles the busywork, fills the calendar, and never asks you to recruit a downline to get ahead.”
Brayden BenzFounder, Stelo · The Paid Agent
An AI-native brokerage · Launched 2026
An AI-native brokerage built to put more listings — and more income — in your hands, with the busywork handled for you.
5 questions, ~3 minutes. A founder reviews every application and replies within 48 hours. Applying commits you to nothing.
Today · Booked for you
Handled while you were at the table
Comps & pricing · ready before you walk in
CMA — 1500 Oak Ridge Dr
“We’re building the brokerage we wished existed — one that handles the busywork, fills the calendar, and never asks you to recruit a downline to get ahead.”
Brayden BenzFounder, Stelo · The Paid Agent
An AI trained on your deals and your voice drafts the replies, chases the paperwork, and preps every appointment — and nothing sends without your approval.
Drafted in your voice · 98% tone match
Reply to the buyer’s agent
Appraisal timing on 1500 Oak Ridge Dr
Handled while you were at the table
“You wake up to a prepared day — comps pulled, follow-ups drafted, every deadline flagged. Your only job is the part only you can do: the people.”
Brayden BenzFounder, Stelo
Stelo is built by the team behind The Paid Agent — seller outbound for listing agents across 47 states, with over $500M in sales volume generated for clients. Before asking you to move your license, you should know exactly who we are.
Founder
Brayden spent the last three years growing The Paid Agent — the outbound seller cold-calling operation behind the $500M+ above. He’s the systems mind at Stelo: technical, hands-on, and focused on systematizing every part of the real estate transaction — from the online and social presence that fills the pipeline to the AI back office that runs it.
Designated Broker · California
Rick is one of Los Angeles’ top real estate professionals, with over $1 billion in career transactions and national recognition from REAL Trends and LA Magazine’s Real Estate All Stars. A licensed broker and lifelong Angeleno, he’s built his reputation representing celebrities, industry leaders, and high-net-worth clients who value discretion, sharp negotiation, and deep market knowledge.
Designated Broker · Florida
Bent is a Central Florida luxury real estate broker ranked in the region’s top 2% of all agents, specializing in Orange and Osceola counties. With international sales experience spanning Denmark, France, and the UK, he brings a global perspective and target-marketing expertise that connects listings with the right buyers — including exclusive off-market opportunities.
“After three years running outbound for listing agents, we kept seeing the same thing: great agents spending half their week on work that doesn’t close deals — and paying their brokerage for the privilege. The agents who join first are betting on us early, and we don’t take that lightly — founding agents get our best, first, for as long as they’re with us.”
Brayden BenzFounder, Stelo · The Paid Agent
5 questions, ~3 minutes. Applying commits you to nothing.
Appointments booked for you and a back office that runs itself — so a one-person business performs like a team.
You take the kitchen table; Stelo takes everything around it.
Serious, pre-approved buyers delivered with the homework done.
Tour prep, follow-ups, and offer paperwork drafted for your approval — so every Saturday is showings instead of admin.
Running solo or leading a team — the model is the same: we bring the leads and the technology, you bring the relationship and the close.
Scale output without hiring an ops staff.
Days, not weeks: paperwork, tools, and your pipeline set up with you.
The back office runs from day one, and the overhead you were paying stays behind.
Uncapped earnings, zero monthly overhead, and every relationship you build stays yours.
The more you close, the more the model works in your favor — production pays you, not a fee schedule.
Keep 80% of your own business up to an $18K annual cap — then $295 per transaction or 20%, whichever is less. Appointments Stelo books are 50/50. No desk fees, no software fees, no marketing out of pocket. The only per-deal cost is $65 E&O.
How we make money: we only earn when you close — 20% of your self-sourced business until you hit the $18K annual cap, then $295 per transaction or 20%, whichever is less, and 50/50 on the appointments we book for you. Nothing monthly, ever — that’s why everything else is $0.
| Marketing & content | Stelo | Included | $0 |
| CRM & software | Stelo | Included | $0 |
| Comps & pricing | Stelo | Included | $0 |
| Paperwork & follow-ups | Stelo | Included | $0 |
| Desk & monthly fees | Stelo | Included | $0 |
| E&O insurance | Stelo | Per transaction | $65 |
| Your split — self-sourced business | You keep 80% | $18K annual cap | 80/20 |
| Appointments Stelo books for you | Those deals only | Split | 50/50 |
| After you cap | Per transaction | Whichever is less | $295 or 20% |
$280,000 GCI from business they source themselves, plus $120,000 closed from appointments Stelo books for them.
Illustrative — your commissions are always set with each client. Figures are before $65 E&O per transaction; after your $18K cap, each self-sourced deal is $295 (or 20%, whichever is less), so your self-sourced take climbs toward 100% the more you close.
Same license, same MLS — different economics, and a machine working behind you.
Figures reflect each brokerage’s most commonly published model; terms vary by market, team, cap year, and change over time. Stelo’s column shows our published founding-cohort terms. Stelo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the brokerages listed.
Joining a brokerage shouldn’t take a quarter.
A short application — who you are, what you produce, where you work.
A quick call to confirm the fit. We take producing agents, not everyone.
Paperwork, tools, and your pipeline — set up with you, not dumped on you.
Walk into your first appointments. The back office runs from day one.
Founding cohort · 2026
5 questions, ~3 minutes. A founder reviews every application and replies within 48 hours. Applying commits you to nothing.