FMLS Billing

FMLS Billing

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FMLS Billing – Quick Reference Guide

Why FMLS Charges You

FMLS bills based on your side of the transaction, not whether you entered the listing into FMLS.

You will be charged if:

  • You take a listing in an FMLS compulsory county
  • The property closes
  • Your brokerage is an FMLS member (Dalton Wade is)
  • A Commission Disbursement Authorization  is submitted through FMLS

Entering the listing only in GAMLS does NOT exempt you from the FMLS fee.


How FMLS Billing Works

  • FMLS uses a compensation-based model.
  • If the property is in an FMLS coverage county, the listing fee applies.
  • FMLS assumes you benefit from MLS cooperation (comps, exposure, buyer agent access), even if you didn’t upload the listing.


FMLS Broker Closing Fee Cheat Sheet

Formula for Any Sale: Sale Price × 0.0012 = FMLS Fee

**This amount MUST be on your CDA so Dalton Wade can deduct this fee from your commission**



Quick Fee Reference

Sale Price

Fee

$150,000

$180

$200,000

$240

$250,000

$300

$300,000

$360

$350,000

$420

$400,000

$480

$450,000

$540

$500,000

$600

$600,000

$720

$700,000

$840

$800,000

$960

$900,000

$1,080

$1,000,000

$1,200

$1,250,000

$1,500

$1,500,000

$1,800

$2,000,000

$2,400




Reporting Requirements

  • Submit Notice of Closing to FMLS
  • Provide Settlement Statement (CD/ALTA/HUD)
  • Office is billed after closing; payment is due by the 15th of the next month


Key Rules Brokers Should Remember

  • FMLS is compensation-based: you’re billed on your side of the transaction
  • FMLS fees apply even if the listing also appears in GAMLS


FMLS Mandatory (Compulsory) Counties

If the property is in one of these counties, FMLS charges the listing fee:


Barrow
Bartow
Cherokee
Chattooga
Cobb
Dawson
DeKalb
Douglas
Floyd
Forsyth
Fulton
Gordon
Gwinnett
Hall
Haralson
Jackson
Lumpkin
Paulding
Pickens
Polk
Rockdale
Walton



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