For working realty operators

Run a tighter earthbroker operation.

Earthbroker.com is the working channel where brokers, agents, and operators trade the playbooks that move listings — talent moves, vendor short-lists, deal post-mortems.

  • Real shift notes from working brokers, GMs, and ops — written by people doing the work
  • A vetted directory of TCs, photographers, contractors, and back-office vendors
  • Anonymous benchmarks: covers, listing-to-close ratios, days on market by concept and price band
  • Free for working operators. Suppliers and recruiters pay.
850+
Working realty operators
$4.2M
Tracked transactions
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Avg vendor response
Free
For working operators
What you get

Tools and signal that hold up in the kitchen — and the back office.

Operator playbooks

Real shift briefs from working brokers and ops. Listing prep, talent moves, vendor switches — written by people doing the work.

Vetted vendor directory

Photographers, stagers, TCs, inspectors, contractors — ranked by working operators. No paid placements.

Plate cost for listings

Run the math on listing prep, marketing spend, and net-to-seller before you sign. Live pricing, transparent assumptions.

Weekly shift brief

A Thursday-morning bulletin operators actually read. Listings opening, closings happening, talent moving, regulation shifts.

Hire & be hired

A working roster: TCs, showings agents, listing photographers, marketing ops. No recruiter middlemen.

Service bench

Anonymous benchmarks: average days on market, listing-to-close ratio, broker-fee splits, vendor turnaround — by your concept and price band.

How it works

From visitor to stakeholder, in four steps you can take this week.

01

Subscribe

Drop your email. Get the weekly brief on Thursday morning before service. No fluff, no SaaS-speak — just what working operators are actually doing this week. Free, forever, for working operators.

02

Submit a brief

Once you're a subscriber, submit a shift note: a real practice from your operation. We edit lightly, never paywall it. Your name goes on it. The network reads it. You become a contributor.

03

Unlock the bench

Active contributors get the Service Bench: anonymized peer benchmarks (covers, labor %, ticket times) plus operator-to-operator outreach. The number that finally makes "is this normal?" answerable.

04

Earn a stake

Sustained contributors earn a stake in the venture itself. The work creates value; the value flows to the people doing it. Stakeholders see the dashboard, vote on direction, and share in the upside.

Membership

Free for working operators. Paid for the people selling to them.

Working operator
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  • All editorial briefs
  • Directory browsing
  • Menu math calculator (1 concept)
  • Newsletter
  • Submit shift notes
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Contributor
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  • Everything in Operator
  • Service Bench (anonymous benchmarks)
  • Operator-to-operator outreach
  • Bylines + credit on submissions
  • Annual contributor summit invite
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Supplier / recruiter
$390per quarter
  • Sponsor a brief edition
  • Directory listing (verified)
  • Outreach to opted-in operators
  • Quarterly market readout
  • No paid placements ever
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Recent activity

The last seven days on the network.

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A 110-cover Italian in Brooklyn submitted a labor-percent benchmark for braiser-led concepts.
2 days ago
directory
Three specialty produce suppliers added to the Northeast section (vetted, with shrinkage estimates).
3 days ago
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Featured brief: "The 28-Day Plate Cost Audit That Saved a 90-Seat Italian $44K."
4 days ago
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A working sous from a 2-Michelin kitchen in Chicago joined as a contributor.
5 days ago
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Menu Math now factors prep-yield % — a request from operators running heavy in-house butchery.
6 days ago
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CulinaryChannel.com cross-linked 4 of its supplier briefs into our directory.
7 days ago
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Working operators submit shift notes, vet suppliers, and run the playbooks. Contributors get visibility, credit, and — over time — a stake in the venture. Powered by Contrib.com.

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Common questions, plain answers.

Who is Earthbroker.com for?
Working real estate operators — brokers, GMs, TCs, listing agents, property managers running real volume. Vendors and recruiters too — but they pay. Operators don't.
How is this different from another real-estate publication?
It's a network, not a magazine. The shift briefs come from brokers and operators running the line this week — not freelance writers covering the line from outside.
What does a free membership cover?
All editorial, the vendor directory, the realty calculators, and the basic listing-prep templates for one operation. Pro tier unlocks the Service Bench (peer benchmarks) and operator-to-operator outreach.
What does it mean to be part of a network?
This venture shares membership, payments, and identity with a roster of independent realty + adjacent ventures. Each one runs on its own — together they amplify.
Can I contribute?
Yes — that's the model. Submit a shift brief, vet a vendor, share a closing playbook. Contributors get bylines, visibility, and (over time) a stake in the venture.