The Team
Forrester Group was built deliberately — with a clear model, a specific culture, and a leader who'd already been through the fire at three major brokerages before finding the platform that changed everything.
The Origin
When Damian Forrester entered real estate in Montana, the landscape was what you'd expect — established players, established networks, and an industry that wasn't built for newcomers to disrupt. He disrupted it anyway.
After years at Century 21 and Keller Williams, Damian saw eXp's model for what it was — the most agent-forward structure in the industry. He didn't just join; he founded eXp Realty Montana and grew it into the state's largest brokerage.
Forrester Group isn't a franchise team that followed a playbook. It's an original build — with everything that comes with that.
Started in real estate. Built the fundamentals. Learned the traditional model from the inside.
Expanded production, earned designations, developed leadership — and started asking better questions about the model.
Recognized the cloud brokerage model as a structural advantage. Made the move.
Founded the state's eXp presence and grew it into Montana's largest eXp brokerage — built agent by agent.
Ongoing growth. Active coaching. Patriot Promise Project. B.E.N. leadership. And agents who are winning.
Team Culture
These aren't framed poster values. They're what Damian built this operation around — and what every agent at FGR is evaluated against.
Real estate is hard work. The culture here makes it worth showing up for. No one wants to spend their career grinding in misery — and no one has to.
Markets move. Strategies evolve. The agents who win are the ones who adapt fast — and the FGR environment is built to keep you ahead of the curve.
To clients. To each other. To the community. Service isn't a tagline — it's the foundation that every productive real estate career is built on.
Cloudsync. Virtual assistants. AI tools. FGR agents stay at the front edge of technology because that's where the competitive edge lives.
You know exactly what you're getting here. The split. The structure. The expectations. No fine print surprises. No promises that disappear after onboarding.
A team where agents actually stay. Where production grows year over year. Where the culture is an asset, not just a talking point.
The FGR Difference
Damian isn't just managing a brokerage from a distance. He's writing offers, coaching agents, building curriculum, and running multiple businesses simultaneously. The mentorship you get here is from someone who's actually doing it — not just talking about it.
Team meetings at most brokerages are announcements. At FGR, training is deliberate, curriculum-based, and designed to move specific needles — listings, buyer conversion, revenue share attraction, and business planning.
FGR agents tap into the eXp global referral network of 80,000+ agents while also benefiting from Damian's Montana-deep community ties — 20+ years of relationships that open doors most agents don't even know exist.
Damian's VA company, Cloudsync, gives FGR agents affordable access to trained virtual assistants who handle the admin work — so you can stay in your zone of genius and not drown in transaction coordination and follow-up.
Damian holds CLHMS, CRS, GRI, ePro, AHWD, SRS, and ABR designations. He actively encourages and guides team members toward earning their own — because education earns trust, and trust earns clients.
Montana isn't Austin. It's not Phoenix. The eXp model in Montana is still in a growth phase — which means early movers have the greatest revenue share upside. The window to build a meaningful downline in this market is still open.
FGR + B.E.N.
Beyond the Forrester Group, Damian serves as co-chair and finance lead of the Black eXp Network (B.E.N.) — one of eXp's most active affinity networks.
B.E.N. creates community, accountability, and opportunity for Black agents across the eXp platform — and every FGR agent benefits from being connected to that national network.
Community Roots
Being the first Black realtor and broker in Montana isn't a credential Damian wears as decoration — it's context for why the Forrester Group operates with a specific intentionality around access, mentorship, and opportunity.
The agents here aren't just building careers. Many are building careers that didn't look possible to them before they found this team.
That's what Damian is building. And if you're someone who values that kind of leadership, you'll fit right in.
Damian's Full Story →For the Experienced Agent
You've been at your brokerage long enough to know exactly what it is. The franchise fee doesn't go away. The cap doesn't feel like a ceiling-breaker. The training is the same training you've already had. And that royalty percentage is coming out of every single deal — regardless of what you produce.
Meanwhile, at eXp, agents who produce at your level typically keep $8,000–$28,000 more per year after the math shakes out. That's not a pitch — that's arithmetic.
"I left Keller Williams for eXp Realty. eXp cuts out a lot of the middlemen and puts more money in agents' pockets — up to an extra $5–$15K at the end of the year."
— Agent Review (Glassdoor)
eXp's 80/20 split caps at $16K — then you keep 100%. No royalty. No franchise fee. No desk fee eating your production.
Revenue share pays you monthly on every agent you attract — up to 7 tiers. It's not MLM. eXp pays it out of their 20%, not the agent's split.
Top producers who reach ICON status earn $16,000 in eXp World Holdings stock on top of everything else. It's a real award, not a plaque.
At eXp, the brokerage absorbs the legal liability you used to carry as a broker-owner. You can no longer be sued for your agents' actions. eXp's legal and compliance team handles it.
eXp operates in 24+ countries. Your revenue share doesn't stop at state lines. Attract agents across the country and globally — all from your existing operation.
eXp's cloud infrastructure handles what used to require an office. Top team leaders with 1,000+ agents spend less management time than independent brokers with 15 agents.
For Team Leaders & Broker-Owners
Independent brokers and team leaders who move to eXp don't give up control — they gain leverage. Your team structure moves intact. Your splits stay the same. What changes is the infrastructure holding you back.
In 2024, eXp paid over $170 million in revenue share to agents worldwide. Former broker-owners who joined eXp report higher net income and significantly better work-life balance — because they're no longer running a brick-and-mortar operation.
"Instead of selling your brokerage for a one-time payout, you build recurring income that can exceed your old brokerage profits."
— Former Independent Broker, now eXp Team Leader
Find Your Place
Not everyone. The right people. If you've read this far, you probably know if that's you.