The Numbers First
Kareem Fahmy joined RE/MAX Jareed on January 15, 2025. By December 31, he had closed:
- 18 deals (11 sales, 7 rentals)
- 340,000 EGP in gross commission income
- 272,000 EGP take-home after the 80/20 split
His best prior year at his previous brokerage: 150,000 EGP gross on a 55% split, netting 82,500 EGP.
The increase is not cosmetic. It's structural.
The Background
Kareem spent 2022 through 2024 with a well-known brokerage in Sheikh Zayed. The commission split was 55/45 (consultant keeps 55%). He had access to listings. He had a desk. He had business cards.
What he didn't have: training on resale negotiation, a predictable lead flow system, or any incentive to invest in his own marketing. The brokerage model was simple—show up, take calls, hope for walk-ins.
By late 2024, Kareem was averaging 12,500 EGP per month. Not terrible. Not scalable.
In December 2024, a colleague who had moved to RE/MAX Jareed six months earlier sent him a single screenshot: her Q4 commission statement. 110,000 EGP in three months. Same market. Same compounds. Different math.
Kareem called the RE/MAX Jareed office in Sheikh Zayed on December 28. He interviewed on January 3. He signed on January 15.
The Deal Breakdown
Here's what Kareem closed in 2025:
Q1 (January – March)
- 2 rental deals in Sheikh Zayed (Beverly Hills, Allegria)
- 1 resale villa in Palm Hills October
- Total Q1 commission: 62,000 EGP
His onboarding included two weeks of intensive training: CRM mastery, resale valuation, objection scripting, and neighbourhood-specific pricing for Sheikh Zayed and 6th October. He shadowed senior agents on three listing appointments before taking his first solo call.
By March, he had rebuilt his database into the RE/MAX CRM and launched Facebook lead ads targeting villa owners in Allegria and O West.
Q2 (April – June)
- 3 sales (2 villas in Sodic West, 1 apartment in Zed)
- 2 rentals (both in 6th October compounds)
- Total Q2 commission: 89,000 EGP
The Sodic West deals came from his lead ads. The Zed apartment was a referral from another RE/MAX agent. The rental clients were walk-ins who found the brokerage via Google search—RE/MAX Jareed ranks first page for "property consultant Sheikh Zayed."
Q3 (July – September)
- 4 sales (mix of resale apartments and townhouses in Dream Land, October Gardens, New Zayed)
- 1 rental in Karmell
- Total Q3 commission: 103,000 EGP
Q3 was his breakout quarter. He refined his resale pitch: "We sell your property in 45 days or we drop our commission to 1.5%." He closed three of those four sales within the 45-day window. One took 52 days (still under the standard 60-90 day market average for resale in West Cairo).
Q4 (October – December)
- 2 sales (both villas in 6th October)
- 2 rentals (Sheikh Zayed)
- Total Q4 commission: 86,000 EGP
Q4 slowed slightly due to Kareem taking two weeks off in November—a luxury he hadn't allowed himself in three prior years. Even with the break, he cleared 86,000 EGP.
The Three Operational Changes
1. Commission Math That Rewards Hustle
At his previous brokerage, a 100,000 EGP gross commission deal netted Kareem 55,000 EGP. At RE/MAX Jareed, the same deal nets him 80,000 EGP.
Over 18 deals, that 25-point split difference added 85,000 EGP to his take-home. That's not motivation. That's compounding.
2. Training That Goes Beyond Onboarding
RE/MAX Jareed runs monthly workshops on resale strategy, Green Belt development updates, and negotiation psychology. Kareem attended all twelve in 2025.
In June, a workshop on "Pricing Resale Villas in Sodic West" gave him the confidence to price a client's villa 8% above the Aqarmap average. It sold in 21 days.
In September, a session on "Handling Foreign Buyer Objections" helped him close a deal with a Kuwaiti investor looking for rental yield in Sheikh Zayed.
3. Lead Flow You Can Control
RE/MAX Jareed provides CRM access, Google Ads co-op budget, and Facebook lead-gen templates. But the culture is clear: your pipeline is your responsibility.
Kareem spent 3,000 EGP per month on Facebook ads targeting villa owners in Allegria, O West, and Palm Hills. Those ads generated 34 qualified leads over the year. Seven became clients. Three closed.
His cost per closed deal from paid ads: 1,000 EGP per deal. His average commission per sale: 18,000 EGP. The ROI is obvious.
What Changed (Beyond the Commission Split)
Kareem's calendar discipline improved. He blocked 8:00–9:00 AM for prospecting calls, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM for appointments, 2:00–4:00 PM for follow-ups. No walk-in interruptions.
His CRM hygiene tightened. Every lead got tagged, every follow-up got scheduled. He moved from reactive (waiting for the phone to ring) to proactive (calling 15 past clients per week to ask for referrals).
His positioning sharpened. Instead of "I sell properties in West Cairo," his pitch became: "I specialize in resale villas and townhouses in Sheikh Zayed and 6th October. If you're selling, I'll price it to move in 45 days."
Clarity compounds.
The Income Trajectory
Kareem's monthly gross commission in 2025:
- January: 14,000 EGP
- February: 22,000 EGP
- March: 26,000 EGP
- April: 31,000 EGP
- May: 28,000 EGP
- June: 30,000 EGP
- July: 35,000 EGP
- August: 38,000 EGP
- September: 30,000 EGP
- October: 29,000 EGP
- November: 24,000 EGP (two-week vacation)
- December: 33,000 EGP
He crossed 30,000 EGP per month by July and held that pace through year-end.
At 80% take-home, his net monthly average for 2025: 22,667 EGP. His net monthly average in 2024: 6,875 EGP.
What Kareem Says
"I didn't leave my old brokerage because it was bad. I left because the model was capped. You could work harder and earn the same. At RE/MAX Jareed, effort converts. The 80/20 split is the headline, but the system behind it—the training, the CRM, the lead-gen support—is what turned effort into income. I closed more deals in 2025 than in my previous three years combined. And I took a two-week vacation."
The Takeaway
Kareem Fahmy's first year at RE/MAX Jareed was not a fluke. It was not luck. It was structure meeting hustle.
He earned 340,000 EGP because:
- The 80/20 split let him keep 272,000 EGP instead of 187,000 EGP (if he'd stayed at 55%).
- The training gave him the confidence to price competitively and close faster.
- The lead-gen infrastructure let him control his pipeline instead of hoping for walk-ins.
If you're earning 50-60% at a legacy brokerage and wondering what your ceiling is, run the math. Then call us.