Get people paid faster

Push-to-card and real-time payment rails can deliver funds within minutes when the recipient's bank supports them. Faster commission payouts where the agent's bank supports them. Roots Payments is not a bank or money transmitter.
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Payment solutions for real estate brokerages

How each solution supports real estate brokerages

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Payouts

For real estate brokerages: Distribute amounts owed to agents, property owners and maintenance contractors, with payment references matched to property references, tenant balances and owner settlements. Pay out agents, contractors, owners or providers from one dashboard or API. Disburse agent commissions after closing. Roots Payments is not a bank or money transmitter.
  • Map who gets paid, when and how
  • Integrate payouts with your software
  • Set up recipient onboarding
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Instant Payouts

For real estate brokerages: Plan faster disbursements to agents, property owners and maintenance contractors, matching each transfer to approved earnings or completed work. Push-to-card and real-time payment rails can deliver funds within minutes when the recipient's bank supports them. Faster commission payouts where the agent's bank supports them. Roots Payments is not a bank or money transmitter.
  • Decide which payouts need speed
  • Integrate the payout flow
  • Set limits and controls

Recurring Billing

For real estate brokerages: Schedule and manage payments for rent schedules and property-management fees, including renewals and customer account balances. Automate recurring card and ACH charges for memberships, retainers and payment plans. Automatic monthly agent fees.
  • Draft authorization language for recurring charges
  • Set up schedules and retry rules
  • Connect billing to your software
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ACH Payments

For real estate brokerages: Offer bank-account payments for property service fees, rentals and management charges, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. ACH moves money directly between bank accounts, usually for far less than cards on large payments. ACH for agent fees.
  • Set up authorization and verification
  • Configure payment pages and invoices
  • Handle returns and reporting
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Merchant Account

For real estate brokerages: Arrange a processing account for property service fees, rentals and management charges, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. A dedicated merchant account underwritten for your brokerage, with pricing you can read and a person to call. Accounts that keep operating and trust funds separate.
  • Analyze your current statements and quote side by side
  • Prepare the underwriting package so approval moves quickly
  • Set up terminals, gateway and software connections
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Custom Payment Integration

For real estate brokerages: Connect the payment flow for property service fees, rentals and management charges with your software and the operational records behind property references, tenant balances and owner settlements. We connect payments to the systems you already run so balances, receipts and deposits reconcile automatically. Connect payouts to your transaction management software.
  • Scope integrations your software vendor supports
  • Build and test the connection
  • Keep sensitive data out of payment records
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Split Payments

For real estate brokerages: Allocate customer payments between agents, property owners and maintenance contractors and platform fees, using a defined rule for each transaction. Commissions split among agents, teams and referral partners. Roots configures rules that split each incoming payment among the parties who earned it, provided through our licensed banking and money-transmission partners. There's no manual math and no end-of-month spreadsheet.
  • Model your split rules and edge cases
  • Build split logic into your order or settlement events
  • Reconcile each party's share against bank settlement
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Instant Payouts questions

Questions property manager firms ask about billing and payments.
We review when recipients need funds, how payouts are approved and which payment routes suit the program. A payout partner handles the transfers.
We plan status updates, recipient notifications and retry or return handling so your operations team can resolve a payment that did not complete.
Bring your payout deadlines, recipient information and exception-handling process. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for real estate brokerages and prepare a clear setup scope.
Request a quote for your business and the setup you need. We review the scope and costs with you before you proceed. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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