You are a real estate salesperson working for Good Earth, Realtors, Inc. You receive 50 percent of all commissions received by the firm (net of MLS fees) for which you were either the listing agent or the selling agent. The firm receives 40 percent of commissions for sales of properties it lists and 45 percent of commissions for sales of properties it sells in cooperation with other firms. Fifteen percent of all commissions for properties sold through the multiple listing service must be paid to the MLS. If you are both the listing and selling agent in a transaction, you receive 60 percent of the firm’s proceeds. If you are either the listing agent or the selling agent for a transaction in which another member of Good Earth is the selling agent or the listing agent, your split remains the same as when another firm cooperates in the transaction. Recently, you were the selling agent for a property that sold for $127,250. Another salesperson associated with Good Earth had listed the property two months previously for $135,000. The property was in the MLS, and the commission rate was 6.0 percent.
a. How much in total commission, net of the MLS fee, will your firm receive?
b. What will be your split of the commission?