AGENT REFERRAL PROGRAM
2.5%
of the expressed construction budget, paid to you as a referral fee
Yours
the lot or teardown acquisition — you remain the representation
At Close
paid at construction loan closing, or at agreement execution on a cash build
THE PREMISE
Somewhere in your book is a buyer who has seen everything and wanted none of it. Today that conversation ends with "let's keep watching." It could end with a house designed around how they actually live — with you still in it, still representing them, still paid.
What you get in three parts.
1
You represent the acquisition
The lot or the teardown is still a transaction, and it is still yours. We run zoning review, buildable-area analysis, and feasibility on whatever you bring, so you can advise with real information instead of a guess.
2
You stay in the relationship
Design meetings, selections, walkthroughs — you are welcome at all of them and obligated to none. At minimum you get written updates through feasibility, design, and financing. You will be the agent who solved it when they sell in fifteen years.
3
You are paid for the introduction
2.5% of the expressed construction budget, on top of the acquisition commission. Paid at construction loan closing, or at execution of the construction management agreement on a cash build — not at the end of the build.
A resale purchase pays you once. This pays you twice: the acquisition commission on the land, then 2.5% of the construction budget at loan close. Ethos clients typically build 3,000+ square feet above grade, with construction budgets from about $1.3M at entry through $2M and up. On most projects the referral fee is the larger of the two payments.
A referral is a loan of your credibility. We treat it that way.
OPEN BOOK
Real costs, real allowances, visible to your client throughout. Nothing about the budget is a surprise at the end.
FIXED MANAGEMENT FEE
We are not paid a percentage of the project. Our compensation does not grow when the budget does.
WE WILL TELL THEM NO
If building does not serve the client better than buying, we say so early — and you still have your client.
18+ YEARS, ONE MARKET
Custom homes across greater Chicagoland since 2008. Ask for references. Read the Google reviews.
18+
years building custom homes in greater Chicagoland
16 MO.
typical design through construction duration
5 STAR
Google review rating
i. Has seen the inventory and turned it down, or keeps losing the ones they want.
ii. Loves the street, the town, or the school district more than any one listing.
iii. Narrates what they would change in every house they walk.
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iv. Wants 3,000+ square feet above grade and has the timeline to get it right.
HOW THE FEE WORKS
The referral fee equals 2.5% of the expressed construction budget stated in the construction management agreement, exclusive of land, and is paid at construction loan closing or, on a cash-financed build, at execution of that agreement. A written referral agreement is signed at the time of introduction; the fee is paid to the referring agent's sponsoring brokerage in accordance with Illinois license law. Applies to clients not already engaged with Ethos Builders. Registration is valid for twelve months from introduction.