Upfront · Back Office

The back office built for residential brokerages.

Upfront replaces disconnected systems: accounting, commission disbursement, AP/AR, agent invoicing and collections, document management, and reporting. One purpose-built platform for residential real estate.

Upfront · Northstar Realty Group Live
Back Office — contract to payout
One pipeline from executed contract to disbursed commission, reconciled to your ledger
Details Sides Contacts Deposit Billing Disburse Payout Finalized
Contract #48213 // 1420 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa FL Closed
MLS #T2648213 (Non-MLS)
Close date06/24/2026
SideLIST
Int ref #10430-NR
Listing agentMaya Chen
List typeSale
Prop typeResidential
Sale price$612,500
Escrow balance$0.00
Office comm$15,312.50
Comm rate2.5%
Contract date05/12/2026
Sides & splits
Co-list and referral splits compute automatically: caps, downlines, and royalties included
PayeeUnitsComm %Commission
Maya Chen0.551.375%$8,421.88
Devon Brooks0.300.750%$4,593.75
Osei Partners (referral)0.150.375%$2,296.87
Total1.002.5%$15,312.50
Every dollar reconciles from contract to disbursement, then flows straight to billing, payout, and your ledger.
Trusted by enterprise brokerages running on Upfront
  • JPAR
  • RE/MAX
  • Coldwell Banker Canada
  • NextHome
  • 80+ enterprise accounts, representing over 200 brokerages

The whole company, under one ledger.

Roster management, commission disbursement, agent billing, A/P, A/R, Payroll, and more: that isn't a back office, it's five places to lose money. Upfront unifies the workflows your office actually runs every day.

See it in action →
01 · Document compliance

Every doc, in the right form

Industry-standard checklists across the US and Canada: state and provincial rule packs, broker review queues, audit trails. AI flags missing content, required forms and more. A human has the final say.

Learn more about Upfront Docs →
02 · Trust accounting

Audit-ready trust ledgers

Escrow, deposits, mutual releases. Every dollar reconciled to the penny against industry-standard rules. Audits become a button, not a project.

03 · Disbursement

Money Movement

Cap plans, splits, mentor fees, and team overrides applied automatically. Same-day disbursement on ACH or instant rails.

04 · Agent Onboarding

Roster management

License sync, ICA, W-9, board fees, MLS: Upfront pulls from your state, province, or association so your ops team isn't chasing paperwork.

05 · Reporting

Live P&L, agent & office

Per-agent margin, per-office contribution, GCI to net: from the ledger, not guessed in a spreadsheet at month-end.

06 · Accounting

Payroll, A/P, agent billing — native

Run payroll, pay vendors, and bill agents from the same ledger that disbursed their commissions. Multi-entity is built in: sub-brokerages, JVs, and DBAs from one instance.

Trust accounting

The ledger your auditor would have built.

Upfront enforces the industry-standard playbook at the data-model layer: beneficiary-level segregation, journal-entry immutability, state and provincial rule packs, so audits are a button, not a project.

  • State & provincial rule packs
  • Beneficiary ledgers per file
  • Industry-standard, not state-by-state
  • Immutable audit trail, exportable
Walk through trust accounting →
Operating Trust · 1234RECONCILED 11:42 AM
Account
Bank
Book
Δ
Earnest · 2419 MapleSandoval / Vega
$10,000
$10,000
$0
Mutual Release · 88 BayshoreHoltz / Marquez
−$15,000
−$15,000
$0
Earnest · 7401 OakWhitfield / Choi
$15,000
$15,000
$0
Security dep · 19 W PineAlmeida / Roy
$3,200
$3,200
$0
Trust balance
$13,200
$13,200
$0
FRFranchise · Multi-entity

Franchise-grade controls, out of the box.

Royalties, ad funds, caps, and consolidated reporting: at franchise, region, brokerage, team, and agent level. Roll up the whole network in one screen; drill down to a single transaction.

  • Automated royalty calcRoyalties, ad funds, technology fees: calculated per deal, collected on schedule.
  • Role-based accessFranchisor sees the rollup. Regional sees their region. Brokerage sees their office. Agent sees their deals.
  • Consolidated reportingGAAP-compliant, export-ready. Your CFO's team will stop dreading month-end.
Talk franchise setup →

Q1 Royalty rollup

CONSOLIDATED · ALL REGIONS
Franchise HQ412 offices$4.82M
Region — Southwest98 offices$1.24M
Phoenix Metro142 units$48,612
Scottsdale Group87 units$29,850
Tucson North63 units$21,110
Region — Northeast116 offices$1.51M
Region — Midwest94 offices$980K
Migration

From painful process to smooth experience, in the time you need.

We've migrated brokerages off cobbled spreadsheets and popular back-office products, some installed over 26 years. Our implementation team handles the data; your ops team keeps closing deals.

Plan your migration
01

Data extract & map

We pull agents, plans, in-flight transactions, trust balances, and historical reports.

DAY 1-3
02

Trust reconciliation

Every account reconciled to the penny against your bank statement before cutover.

DAY 4-7
03

Parallel run

Both systems live for as long as you need. We confirm every disbursement matches, and cut over when you're ready.

AS LONG AS NEEDED
04

Cutover

Your team is in Upfront, audit trail intact, and we're here for your major milestones.

WHEN YOU'RE READY
Integrations

Fits the stack your brokerage already runs.

Keep the tools your agents use today. Upfront connects to the standard transaction and accounting systems, and exposes an Open API for anything custom.

Map your integrations →
DSDocuSign
DLDotLoop
SKSkySlope
QBQuickBooks
PLPayload
T9Tax1099
MSMicrosoft 365
GWGoogle Workspace
</>Open API
and more
What our brokers say
"Working with Upfront has been an excellent experience. The support is outstanding, surpassing any other program I've used. I wouldn't want to run our brokerage without its comprehensive back-office support, and it continues to improve."
Bud Cortner, Heritage 1st Broker Owner
Bud Cortner
Broker Owner · Heritage 1st
"We have been able to optimize processes, saving time and reducing the complexity of managing transactions across multiple platforms. We're confident that we are delivering essential insights to our agents and paying them swiftly."
Chad Ochsner, RE/MAX Alliance Owner
Chad Ochsner
Owner · RE/MAX Alliance
Frequently asked questions

Common questions about the back office.

What is real estate back office software?

Back office software handles the financial and operational side of a brokerage: trust accounting, commission disbursement, agent onboarding, document compliance, and reporting. It's the plumbing behind every closed deal.

Upfront unifies all of that into one ledger, so you're not reconciling across five disconnected systems at month-end. One place for trust, commissions, AP/AR, payroll, and agent billing.

How does Upfront handle commission disbursement?

You configure each agent's compensation plan once: graduated splits, anniversary caps, cap rollovers, mentor overrides, team structures, post-cap fees. Upfront applies it to every transaction automatically.

Same-day disbursement via ACH or instant rails. No manual calculations, no spreadsheet math. 1099s generated at year-end from the same data.

Does Upfront support trust accounting and escrow compliance?

Yes: trust accounting is built into the data model, not bolted on. Beneficiary-level ledger segregation, journal-entry immutability, and state and provincial rule packs enforced at the system layer.

Audits become a button, not a project. Every dollar reconciled to the penny against your bank statement, exportable on demand.

Can I migrate from another back-office system?

We've migrated brokerages off cobbled spreadsheets and popular back-office products, some installed over 26 years. Our implementation team handles the data extraction, trust reconciliation, and parallel run. Your ops team keeps closing deals.

Both systems stay live in parallel for as long as you need, with every disbursement verified before we cut over.

Does Upfront work for franchise brokerages with multiple entities?

Built for it. Royalties, ad funds, technology fees: calculated per deal, collected on schedule. Role-based access so the franchisor sees the rollup, the regional sees their region, the brokerage sees their office.

Multi-entity is native: sub-brokerages, JVs, DBAs, all from one instance. GAAP-compliant consolidated reporting your CFO's team will actually use.

What integrations does Upfront support?

DocuSign, Dotloop, SkySlope, QuickBooks, Payload, Tax1099, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and an Open API for anything custom. Upfront connects to the transaction and accounting systems your brokerage already runs.

The key difference: your existing tools plug in as integrations, not systems of record. Upfront is the ledger of truth.

How much does Upfront cost?

Custom pricing based on your deal volume, services covered, and hours of operation. We don't publish a one-size rate because every brokerage runs differently.

What we will tell you: most brokerages see a net cost reduction after switching, because Upfront replaces multiple tools, not just one. Book a walkthrough and we'll come back with a sized model against your actual numbers.

Talk to us

See Upfront against your numbers.

Tell us what your back office looks like today: the systems, the team, the volume. We'll come back with a sized model, a recommended scope, and a concrete number.

  • Reviewed by an operator, not a sales engineer
  • Custom pricing based on deal volume and services
  • No pitch deck, no sales theatre

Book a walkthrough

Tell us about your back office. We'll come back with a custom scope.
We use your details only to scope your needs. Never shared.