On a standard $1,000,000 home sale with a total 5 percent commission split evenly between the buyer and seller agents, the listing brokerage generates $25,000. After applying a typical agent-to-brokerage commission split (which can range from 60/40 to 80/20 for established luxury stars) and deducting corporate royalty and marketing fees, an elite agent like Josh Flagg typically pockets roughly $15,000 to $20,000 gross on a single-million-dollar transaction, though his primary focus centers on multi-million-dollar estates.