Real Estate Agent - Santa Cruz

Real Estate Agent Opportunity

Join the ranks of Redfin's top-producing real estate agents by joining an agent team or individually, and get the best of both worlds : highly competitive commissions coupled with Redfin.com customers, benefits, and support!

Maximize your earnings by plugging into the Redfin platform and the nation's #1 brokerage site, which gets 52 million monthly visitors and 600 million luxury listing views each year. In California, one in five $1M+ buyers contact Redfin for service. We offer our agents progressive commissions : the more you sell, the more you keep from your Redfin-generated and loyalty customers. And since Redfin covers your business expenses, what you earn is what you keep.

Customer Opportunities + Support

Redfin agents have everything they need to reach more qualified buyers and win listings.

Redfin.com customers : You'll get 100 new customers each year from Redfin, in addition to helping clients already in your sphere or book of business.

Technology : Our proprietary CRM helps you manage your deals and stay in touch with your whole pipeline, alerting you when someone might be ready to make another move.

Support : You'll get support from a dedicated transaction coordinator, listing coordinator, and a team of showing agents. Our inside sales team qualifies opportunities and books them directly on your calendar. They handle many details for events, like organizing showing appointments and letting you know when and where to show up.

Earn More Money

Redfin agents earn competitive commissions on their closed deals, with unlimited upside! Commissions vary by deal source with higher splits awarded for repeat Redfin clients :

Competitive splits : Redfin Agents earn competitive commissions on the revenue of their closed deals, and there are no limits on the amount you can earn. Splits vary by deal source (Agent-generated or Redfin-generated) and higher commission splits are awarded for your repeat Redfin clients.

In-year accelerators : Opportunity to unlock higher commissions through an in-year commission accelerator that lasts the remainder of the year, if you hit a specified sales volume threshold

Top producer perks : Earn a President's Club trip to an international destination, qualify for stock grants and get exclusive access to represent clients buying and selling high-priced homes through our luxury brand

Reap The Perks

Everything you need, none of the hassle.

Zero agent fees : We pay all of the necessary costs of doing business, including state license and MLS dues, association fees, mileage, cell phone plan, and more.

Healthcare, 401K, and more : Our generous benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, and insurance benefits, flexible spending account, health savings account, life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, commuter benefits, Employee Assistance Programs; and 401(k) employer match.

Marketing investment : We're spending $65M in 2025 to connect our agents with buyers and sellers, equating to roughly $31k per existing agent

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Flexible vacation : Redfin agents enjoy flexible vacation that supports the importance of time away from work for rest and relaxation.

Who You Are

We're looking for the best agents who put clients first and are driven to win in their career.

Active and unrestricted real estate license

Minimum of 1 year residential real estate sales experience, ideally with closed transactions; or related real estate experience including but not limited to prior experience with Redfin in a real estate capacity

You are a trusted advisor with in-depth experience leading clients through the home buying and selling process.

You have a proven track record of winning clients over, closing deals and earning referral business.

You have excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills

You embrace technology to build your business and collaborate efficiently

This is a commission-based role with unlimited upside. Commissions in this role are expected to range from $30,000-$1,250,000. On average, agents make $165,000, but there is uncapped potential.

We offer a generous benefits package including flexible vacation that supports the importance of time away from work for rest and relaxation, paid parental leave, sick leave (accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked), medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits, flexible spending account, health savings account, life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Programs, and 401(k) employer match.

Redfin is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce. A diverse, inclusive culture is vital to Redfin's mission of making real estate better for people from all walks of life. We're proud that Redfin is a place where different points of view and backgrounds are encouraged and respected. We constantly strive to build a company that reflects the world around us, based on our conviction that pursuing and developing talent of all types is the right way for a business to thrive over the long haul.

Redfin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Redfin encourages individuals with criminal record histories to apply for employment and considers such individuals for employment consistent with the requirements of any applicable fair chance acts, including but not limited to the California, San Francisco and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Acts.

Redfin accepts applications on an ongoing basis.