This $170M Team Left Keller Williams to Build Something Real Estate Has Never Seen
ERS Real Estate Group operated as kwELITE, a tech-forward Keller Williams operation in Omaha. In May 2025, after five years with Keller Williams as of that announcement, they moved to eXp Realty.
The figures and quote below are from eXp Realty's announcement of the move.
What eXp reported
- $170 million in 2024 sales volume
- 575 transactions closed
- 53 agents in the Omaha-based operation
- Five years with Keller Williams as kwELITE, as of the 2025 move
The brokerage is one piece
"Good Life Capital brings the investment strength, eXp brings the reach, and we bring the vision. Together, we're building something real estate has never seen before." — Renee Mueller, president of Elite Real Estate Systems, quoted in eXp Realty's announcement.
The superlative is theirs, in a recruitment release. What is concrete is the structure: a producing brokerage operation, an investment capital arm, and a systems and technology business, run as three connected entities rather than one.
Note the transaction-to-volume ratio — 575 closings against $170 million puts the average sale price under $300,000. That is a volume business, and a volume business is where per-transaction fees and cap structures matter most, because the cost per closing is a much larger share of each cheque.
Why the cap structure matters more at this price point
An agent selling $300,000 homes hits a $16,000 cap far later in the year than one selling $900,000 homes, which means they pay the pre-cap split on more of their business. This is the specific case where the difference between eXp's standard $16,000 cap and Bean Group's $4,000 Mega Team cap does the most work.
The necessary caveat: $4,000 is what the agent pays eXp. The Bean Group team split is a separate line item, it is not capped, and it changes by level on the partnership ladder. Treating $4,000 as your total annual cost would be a mistake, and any comparison that does it is not one you should trust.
If your ambitions run past the brokerage
Teams that want to build adjacent businesses — investment, property management, a technology product — generally need a brokerage relationship that does not compete with them for those revenues. That is a structural question to ask any brokerage directly, in writing, before you move. How teams are structured under eXp is covered on the eXp teams page, and the leadership paths that sit alongside production are on team growth.
eXp's program pages at exptoolkit.com/revenueshare are the current source. Anything older circulating online may not match what is in this post.