Rules

Everything that decides what shows up on this map, in one place and in plain words.

Rank

• Rank is what you invest. Nothing else. No algorithm, no editorial pick, no ranking we adjust by hand.
• Entry starts at $5. Raising your rank costs only the difference — you never pay twice for the same ground.
• Taking #1 in a city costs at least $5 more than whoever holds it. Equal amounts keep the order they were placed in: the earlier listing stays ahead.
• A city board, a state board and the national board all read from the same investment. One payment counts everywhere.
• You are charged when you check out, and payments are not refundable once your listing is live. The one exception is a license that never verifies — see below.

Verification

• Every listing is matched against the state license record before it appears anywhere public. Rank is paid; the check mark is not for sale.
• Your listing goes public once your license is matched. Most clear the same day. Until then your spot is paid for and held, but not visible.
• If yours doesn’t clear automatically, we email you a private link with exactly what to send — usually just the address of your record on your state’s site. A person reviews it and you go live as soon as it clears. There is no deadline on your side.
• If a license can’t be verified at all, we refund what we received minus the card processing fees, which the processor keeps whether or not the sale stands.
• One license, one listing. Nobody can be listed twice, and nobody can be listed as someone else.
• Anyone can report a listing. A report doesn’t delete anything — it suspends the listing while a person reviews it.
• Your brokerage is shown on your profile, as advertising rules require.

Founders

• The first agent to claim a city is its founder. That badge stays on their profile permanently — being first is a fact, and facts don’t expire.
• The Hall of Founders lists founders who are still active on the map, defined as at least $250 invested in the last twelve months. Below that, the listing pauses; it returns the same day the investment does.
• The first fifty agents in each city keep the Founding badge on their profile.
• Founder standing has no effect on rank. The boards are decided only by what each person invests.

Clicks

• Every click a listing receives is counted and shown publicly, next to what was invested. Low numbers show too.
• We don’t sell, guarantee or estimate leads. We count clicks.

Partners

• Bring someone onto the map and you earn 20% of everything they invest, for as long as you stay active. Agents choose cash or credit; everyone earns the same percentage.
• One level only. You earn on the people you bring, never on the people they bring.
• It pays only when real money moves — never for a sign-up.
• Referrals only count within the same category. And lenders, title and escrow companies are never paid for bringing agents: that line is RESPA, and we don’t go near it.
• We never pay for a client referral or for a closing. Only for bringing someone who buys visibility.
• Cash payouts over $600 a year require a W-9.

What can be listed

• Licensed real estate professionals, under their own name.
• Your profile links to your own website or your professional social profile. Tracking parameters are stripped; link shorteners aren’t accepted.
• Reviews, when enabled, come only from clients the agent invited. They can be answered but not deleted — and the rating appears from the third review on, so one bad day doesn’t define anyone.

The one we put on every page

Featured placement is paid, and we say so. If a position was bought, you’ll never have to guess. That’s the whole deal, and it’s the reason the rest of it means anything.

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