🇺🇸 Launching July 4th, 2026

One nation.
One MLS.

The American Real Estate Cooperative replaces NAR, 580 fragmented MLS boards, and Zillow with one national, member-owned platform. $49/month flat. No union dues. No BS.

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Revolution Begins In

--Days
--Hours
--Mins
--Secs
$49/mo
Flat membership. No hidden fees.
580 → 1
One national MLS.
100%
Financial transparency.
$0
Political donations. Ever.
The Problem

You're paying $3,000–5,000/year
for tools that work against you.

Every dollar you send to NAR, your local MLS board, and Zillow funds the very system keeping you trapped. Here's the breakdown.

$500–700/yr
NAR Dues
Funds lobbying that protects NAR — not you. No vote, no voice.
$300–500/yr
Local MLS Board Fees
580 fragmented boards. None interoperable. All charging separately.
$300–1,000/mo
Zillow Lead Tax
They take your listings for free, then sell your own leads back to you.
$100–300/mo
Broker Tech Stack
CRM, transaction tools, e-sign — all separate subscriptions.
What you pay now
$3,000–5,000
per year, fragmented, working against you
→
MLS of America
$588
per year. One platform. Member-owned.
Financial Transparency
● Updated May 17, 2026

Every dollar. Public. Always.

This is your money building this platform. You deserve to see exactly where every dollar goes — including what Matt gets paid. No exceptions. Updated every week.

Total Raised
$0
of $25,000 goal
Founding Member Signups — Patriot ($20) $0
Founding Member Signups — Minuteman ($49) $0
Founding Member Signups — Founding Father ($199) $0
Founding Member Signups — Paul Revere ($500) $0
GoFundMe Campaign $0
Total Spent
$0
full breakdown below
Matthew Garrison — Developer
$85/hr × 0 hrs logged this week $0
AWS — EC2 (m5.large)
~$70/mo — shared with Flipsterz until scale $0
AWS — RDS PostgreSQL (t3.micro)
~$15/mo $0
AWS — S3 + SES
~$5/mo $0
Domain — mlsofamerica.com
Annual renewal via GoDaddy $0
Jira Cloud
Free tier (under 10 users) $0
Claude API — AI features
Pay per use — listed when charged $0
Stripe — Payment processing
2.9% + 30¢ per transaction (deducted from gross) $0
LLC Formation filing fees
One-time — state filing $0
Registered Agent service
~$100-150/yr $0
Legal — Operating Agreement
One-time — attorney fees $0
Legal — Terms of Service + Privacy Policy
One-time — attorney fees $0
Trademark — MLS of America (USPTO)
~$350/class — one-time $0
Business Bank Account
Setup + minimum balance $0
Accounting — Bookkeeping setup
QuickBooks or equivalent $0
Current Balance
$0
Matt's pay is an explicit line item — same as AWS or any other operating cost. This is a platform built by one developer. His time has real value. You see all of it.
Where Your Money Goes
$25,000 Goal — Full Breakdown
Every dollar publicly accounted for before we spend it.
Developer Pay (Matthew) — to launch $15,000
60% of goal — $85/hr × ~175 hrs remaining to July 4th
Legal — LLC, Operating Agreement, ToS $2,500
10% of goal — Attorney + filing fees
Trademark — AREC + MLS of America $1,000
4% of goal — USPTO filing fees
AWS Infrastructure — 6 months $540
2.2% of goal — ~$90/mo × 6
Business Banking + Accounting setup $500
2% of goal — Business checking + bookkeeping software
Claude API credits $500
2% of goal — AI listing writer usage at launch
Marketing + Press outreach $1,000
4% of goal — Inman, RealTrends, HousingWire pitches
Contingency buffer $3,960
15.8% of goal — Unexpected costs, scaling, surprises

Financials updated manually every Sunday. Source data available on request. No accountant-speak — just numbers.

Development Roadmap

48 days. One developer. One revolution.

Watch this fill up in real time. Every feature ships on schedule — publicly, transparently, with receipts.

✓ Done
Week 1 · May 17–23
Foundation
  • AWS EC2 + RDS + S3 + SES live
  • GitHub repo + CI/CD pipeline (33s deploys)
  • Laravel 13 running at mlsofamerica.com
  • SSL certificate (HTTPS)
  • Laravel Breeze authentication
  • Landing page + July 4th countdown
  • Stripe live — founding member payments
  • Founding member wall (/founding-members)
  • Financial transparency dashboard
  • Pledge/notify form → SES confirmation email
  • Jira project MLS — 15 epics configured
◉ In Progress
Week 2 · May 24–30
Listings Core
  • Listing model + all MLS field migrations
  • Listing CRUD for agents
  • Multi-photo upload to S3
  • Public listing detail page
  • Agent profile + license verification
Upcoming
Week 3 · May 31–Jun 6
Search + Map
  • Full-text search (Laravel Scout)
  • Search filters (location, price, beds, type)
  • Mapbox map view
  • Shareable listing URLs
Upcoming
Week 4 · Jun 7–13
Agent Tools
  • Claude AI Listing Writer
  • Basic CRM (contacts, pipeline, notes)
  • Agent dashboard
Upcoming
Week 5 · Jun 14–20
Transparency Layer
  • Live AWS cost dashboard
  • Member count + funds raised (live)
  • Member dashboard
  • Founding member wall
Upcoming
Week 6 · Jun 21–27
Polish + Marketing
  • Mobile responsive audit
  • Demo video
  • Press outreach (Inman, RealTrends)
  • Beta invites to founding members
Upcoming
Week 7 · Jun 28–Jul 4
LAUNCH 🚀
  • Founding member access opens (Jul 1)
  • Public launch + press release (Jul 4)
  • Social blast — "The Revolution is Live"

Roadmap reflects actual development progress, updated with each deploy. Last deploy: May 19, 2026.

For Realtors

Are you done being the product?

You built your book of business. You know your market. You don't need NAR's permission, Zillow's algorithm, or your local MLS board's outdated software. You need a platform that works for you.

🔥
Own your listings. Your data never gets sold, aggregated, or used to target your own clients.
💰
Own your leads. We don't sell leads. We don't run ads. Your relationships stay yours.
🗳️
Own a vote. Members vote on platform direction. No board of directors making backroom deals.
🤖
AI tools included. Claude-powered listing writer, CRM, search — no add-on fees.
📊
See the books. Every dollar this platform earns and spends is public. Including Matt's pay.
🚀
Surplus returned. If we make more than we need, it goes back to members. Not investors.
1.6M+
Licensed Realtors in the US
$700
Average annual NAR dues
580
Fragmented regional MLS boards
$0
Political donations from AREC

Get notified at launch.

No spam. One email when we go live July 4th. That's it.

No credit card. No commitment. Just the revolution.

Founding Members

Fund the revolution. Own a piece of it.

One-time founding contribution to get us to launch. Every dollar goes on the transparency dashboard.

Patriot
$20
  • ✓ Name on the founding member wall
Join as Patriot
Minuteman
$49
  • ✓ First month free when we launch
  • ✓ Early access before public launch
Join as Minuteman
Founding Father
$199
  • ✓ 3 months free
  • ✓ Charter member vote rights
  • ✓ Early access
Join as Founding Father
Paul Revere
$500
  • ✓ All above perks
  • ✓ Direct line to Matt
  • ✓ Permanent recognition
Join as Paul Revere

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