When I started doing broker price opinions in 2008, the real estate market was crashing. Like many agents, I needed a way to earn income while the sales side of the business was uncertain.
BPOs became that opportunity.
Almost immediately, I climbed to about $8,000 a month. There were plenty of orders, and as I learned the business, I found my groove. For years, that was what I did: roughly $8,000 a month in BPO work.
It became a dependable part of my real estate career. I knew the work, developed a routine, and kept moving.
But eventually, I started wondering what was beyond the horizon.
Looking Beyond $8,000 a Month
I had gotten comfortable, but I knew there were more companies out there. What would happen if I expanded my reach?
I signed up with more BPO companies, created more opportunities, and built on the experience I already had. My monthly income climbed above $10,000.
That growth was exciting. It also brought a different kind of pressure.
More orders meant more deadlines, more properties, more photographs, and more reports. It also meant more companies paying on different schedules.
The systems that had helped me manage $8,000 a month needed to grow with the business.
Doing the Work Is Only Part of the Job
There is nothing like completing the work and then struggling to figure out who is paying you—and when.
You can be busy every day, submitting reports and earning fees, yet still feel stressed when bills come due. The work may be finished, but the money has not reached your account.
I needed to know which orders were still open, which were completed, how much each company owed me, and when I could reasonably expect payment.
An order marked “completed” does not mean the money is available to spend.
That lesson pushed me to build something specifically for the way I work.
Building the BPO Manager
I created an app with a simple name: the BPO Manager.
It handles order input, order tracking, and order payments. It gives me a place to follow the business from the moment an assignment comes in through completion and payment.
When you work with multiple companies, that visibility matters. Each company has its own orders, fees, deadlines, and payment schedule. Keeping all of that straight becomes a job in itself as volume grows.
The BPO Manager helps me keep those moving parts together.
And I have taken it another step further: I have found a way to use AI to automatically insert orders into the database.
That means less manual entry as new assignments arrive. It is a practical way to reduce the administrative work that comes with taking on more orders.
After years in this business, I am still finding better ways to run it.
Spreading the Wealth
Four years ago, I decided it was time to spread the wealth by sharing what I had learned.
I began teaching agents across the country how to get started doing BPOs, build their own businesses, and create the systems needed to maintain those businesses.
I wanted them to understand the full picture: finding opportunities, completing the work, managing orders, and keeping track of payments. Those are the lessons I had learned through years of doing it myself.
So far, I have helped more than 60 agents in places like Arkansas, California, Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Michigan.
Each agent brings a different starting point and a different vision for what they want to build. Helping them see their own horizons—and begin moving beyond them—has become a rewarding part of my journey.
The experience I gained building my business now helps other agents build theirs.
Upping My Game as a Teacher
Now, I am expanding what I teach.
As AI changes how we live and work, I see a growing need to help agents understand how to use it in their everyday business. I am adding lessons about different AI techniques and apps that can ease the workload on both the BPO side and the real estate sales side.
Agents have a lot to manage: inquiries, follow-up, appointments, marketing, client communication, and the details that keep transactions moving. Learning how to use AI for some of that daily work can give them more time to serve clients and pursue business.
My own experience with AI-assisted order entry has shown me the value of putting these tools to practical use. That is the approach I want to bring into my teaching: useful lessons that agents can apply to the work already on their desks.
This is the direction behind my Agent Accelerator program—helping agents build a more complete business, with BPO income supporting them during the gaps between commission checks and AI helping them manage the workload across both sides.
As my business evolves, my teaching needs to evolve with it.
A New Horizon: Moving Toward $15,000 a Month
Over the past 90 days, I have started seeing another horizon.
Things are shaping up for me to earn more than $15,000 per month through BPO work.
I am encouraged by that progress, but I also recognize the challenge that comes with it. Once again, I need to adjust my systems to handle a higher level of orders.
More volume puts every weak spot under pressure. A missed assignment, a delayed photo, or a payment that slips through the cracks matters even more when the business is moving faster.
My focus now is on refining the BPO Manager and the processes around it: keeping orders visible, following deadlines, coordinating the work, and making payments easier to track.
The goal is to build a business I can manage confidently as it grows. And as I learn, I have more to share with the agents I teach.
Growth Changes What You Need to Manage
Looking back, each stage has taught me something different.
At $8,000 a month, I found my rhythm.
Above $10,000 a month, I learned how much stronger my systems needed to become.
Teaching other agents gave me the opportunity to turn that experience into something others could use.
Now, as I move toward $15,000 and beyond, I am refining those systems again—and expanding my teaching to help agents use AI throughout their real estate businesses.
For agents considering BPOs, my experience shows what is possible. It also shows that building income takes more than signing up with companies and accepting orders. You have to manage the business behind the work.
I started in the middle of a market crash in 2008. Eighteen years later, I am still finding room to grow—and helping other agents find room to grow, too.
The next horizon is coming into view. I am building the systems to keep up with it and sharing the lessons along the way.
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