After checking out, we send you an email containing a detailed invoice marked "PAID", along with instructions on next steps. This video clip walks through some key requirements that will help us get your license activated with General Referral. A typical license will take one business day to successfully transfer.

It's not necessary. After you sign up, send an email to your current broker requesting that they release your license. Once released, we immediately transfer it into General Referral. When you join GR first, we can also follow up on your behalf in case there are any unforeseen delays.

Absolutely! You can change your plan at anytime. Upon renewal, your new plan will take effect.

There is no cap on the fee you earn. For each referral it varies because the fee is negotiated with the receiving agent. A typical referral fee is 25% to 30%. With our Core plan, you keep 100% of the negotiated referral fee, less a $295 transaction fee. If you would rather have General Referral find an agent to accept your referral, the referral fee you earn is typically 25%.

If you’d like to learn more, check out our in-depth guide to referral fees or our referral fee calculator.

First, check this chart to determine if you need to catch up on any continuing education credits that were waived while you were in referral status.

Once you are caught up on CE credits, cancel your membership & send us an email request to release your license.

Unfortunately, we are not able to issue partial credit or refunds, but we can assure that you will not be charged going forward. While we would be sorry to see you go, if there are any questions about your license, we are always happy to help you think through your options & we love keeping our alumni in our referral network so we can continue to conduct referral business together!

No, but we clearly break-out these charges during sign up. Your state licensing fees are collected from you by General Referral and paid to the state on your behalf. Since these fees can vary, we decided it wouldn’t make sense to include the costs in our plans.

If you’d like to learn more about the state fees before signing up, check out our New Jersey license fee page or our New York license info page.

No. Unlike other referral agencies, General Referral gives our agents the freedom to choose where a referral goes. In fact, we find that our agent's referrals have much higher success rates because we encourage them to work with agents they know and trust will provide top notch service to our referral customers. Should you not have an agent local to the referral customer's market, General Referral can place them with highly vetted professional in our agent network, however, your referral fee will max out at 25%.