The Fair Fixed Fee Certification Board exists because real estate commission pricing stopped making sense and nobody else was willing to say it out loud on the record.
The Fair Fixed Fee Certification Board certifies licensed real estate agents who commit to charging a fair, flat, transparent fee instead of a percentage commission. The Board publishes standards, audits member compliance, and maintains a national directory where consumers can browse and contact certified agents directly.
The Board does not sell leads. The Board does not broker transactions. The Board does not take a cut of any real estate deal. The Board's only revenue is certification dues paid by member agents.
For seventy years, residential real estate in the United States has been priced the same way: a percentage of the home's sale price, typically 5% to 6%, split between listing and buyer agents. The custom emerged in the 1940s and 1950s when agents physically ran paper listings between offices and the work of selling an expensive home genuinely required more effort than selling a modest one.
That era ended. Today an agent lists a home in the MLS through a laptop. Photography is digital. Showings are scheduled through apps. Offers are e-signed. A $1.2 million home and a $600,000 home require essentially the same work by an agent. The percentage is an artifact.
In March 2024, the National Association of REALTORS settled the Sitzer/Burnett antitrust litigation for $418 million, agreeing to change MLS rules that had perpetuated the commission structure. As of August 2024, buyer-agent compensation is no longer required to be listed in the MLS. The door opened.
The Fair Fixed Fee Certification Board was founded to walk through that door with a published standard, not just an opinion.
Licensed in California real estate since 1999 (DRE #01238257). Twenty-three years a sworn officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, retired. Self-taught software engineer since 1983, when he wrote his first BASIC program at age fourteen.
Based in Santa Clarita, California, Connor has represented sellers and buyers across the Santa Clarita Valley and greater Los Angeles for most of his career. In recent years he transitioned his listing practice to a flat-fee model at $17,000 per side, regardless of home price. He founded the Board in 2026 to codify that model into a certification any agent could pursue.
Connor runs several related businesses outside the Board, including his own real estate practice (SellersOnlyAgent.com, SCV123.com) and his personal brand (ConnorWithHonor.com). Those businesses are legally separate from the Board. The Board receives no compensation from any of them.
The Board is a founder-led certification initiative based in Santa Clarita, California. As of 2026, the Board is in its formation phase. No paid applications have been accepted and no real estate transactions are processed. The waitlist is a free notification list only.
Before the Board accepts its first paid application, it will complete formation as a legal entity. Target structure is a California professional membership association, with planned conversion to a 501(c)(6) trade association once the founding cohort is seated. Initial governance is vested in the founder as Board Chair. As the founding cohort certifies and the member base grows, the Board will seat elected member representatives with bylaws ratified by the membership.
The Board commits to publishing an annual report of finances, certification counts, audit outcomes, and governance decisions beginning the first full fiscal year after formation. Transparency is a standard applied to the Board first, its members second.
The Fair Fixed Fee Certification Board is an independent professional certification body. It is not affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS, any state association of REALTORS, or any brokerage, franchise, or MLS. The Board does not hold a real estate license and does not engage in any activity requiring one.
Certified agents must hold an active real estate license in the state(s) where they practice, and where applicable, membership in the National Association of REALTORS. The Board verifies license status at certification and on an annual basis. Compliance with applicable state real estate regulations remains the agent's responsibility.
Commissions are negotiable by federal and state law. Fair Fixed Fee certification establishes maximum fee caps for certified agents. It does not set minimum fees, and it does not restrict a certified agent from charging less than the published cap.
For press, speaking, partnership, or general inquiries, write the Board at board@fairfixedfee.com. For certification questions, write certify@fairfixedfee.com. For consumer questions about a specific agent, contact that agent directly through the directory.
