Transaction coordination is priced in a narrow band that almost nobody publishes. Here are the numbers, and then the part that actually matters — what sits outside them.
The going rate
Across the industry, a per-file transaction coordination fee lands roughly here:
| Typical range | |
|---|---|
| Standard contract-to-close | $300 – $500 |
| Full band across providers | $250 – $650 |
| High-volume agent rates | $200 – $300 |
| Complex or commercial files | $500 – $800 |
Most of the market clusters between $300 and $500 for a clean residential file. That is a real, fair price for what it covers.
Exit First charges $1,995. That is four to five times the market rate for coordination, and pretending otherwise would waste your time. So the only useful question is what the difference is, and whether you need it.
What the standard fee actually covers
A $400 file is priced for a specific job: a conventional residential transaction, from executed contract to closing. Opening escrow, circulating documents for signature, tracking the inspection and financing dates, chasing the lender for the clear-to-close, and assembling the closing package.
That is genuine work and it is worth paying for. On a straightforward purchase with a conventional loan, it is very likely all you need. If that is your deal, hire a $400 coordinator and don't overthink it.
What is usually not included
The gaps are consistent across the industry, and they are not hidden — they are simply outside what the price was ever meant to buy.
Any opinion on the deal. A coordinator processes the transaction you bring. They will not tell you the ARV is thin, the rehab number is light, or the exit doesn't work. That is not their job and most will tell you so directly.
Creative structures at the same price. Subject-to, wraps, novations, and hybrid files take more document preparation, generate more title questions, and carry more that can go wrong. Providers respond in one of three ways: price it higher, quote it case by case, or decline it. All three are rational.
Finding a title company that will close it. When the escrow officer reads the subject-to clause and goes quiet, a standard coordinator will tell you title is stalling. Finding a company that closes that structure in that state is a different service.
Anything on the construction side. Scope, contractor bids, budgets, draw schedules. Entirely separate discipline, entirely separate vendor.
Finding your buyer. Disposition is not coordination.
A response standard you can hold them to. Most are responsive. Few will put a number on it in writing.
The honest arithmetic
If you assembled the pieces separately, you would be looking at roughly:
- Coordination: $300 – $500
- Deal analysis from an analyst: $300 – $800
- Rehab scoping and bid leveling: varies widely, often $1,500+
- Disposition: usually a percentage, or a partner taking a cut of the spread
Which means the comparison is not "$400 versus $1,995." It is "$400 for one piece" versus "one engagement that includes the analysis, coordinates any structure at the same price, and places the file with title that will close it."
Our CLOSER package is $1,995 and includes the full ANALYST underwrite. BUILDER at $4,500 adds the construction side. OPERATOR at $6,500 adds disposition.
When to pay the smaller number
Genuinely: if your deal is a conventional purchase with a normal loan, your numbers are already stress-tested, and you have a title company you trust — hire a $400 coordinator. You would be buying capability you don't need.
The math shifts when any one of these is true:
- The structure is creative, and you have been quoted higher or turned down for it
- You are not certain the numbers hold, and finding out in month four is expensive
- There is a rehab, and the budget came from one contractor's verbal estimate
- You are out of state and cannot walk anything yourself
- You have it under contract and no buyer
Any one of those, and the cheaper option is not cheaper. It is a smaller purchase that leaves the expensive part unsolved.
Why we publish this
Most of this industry quotes on request. We would rather you arrive already knowing the number, because the conversation is better when nobody is managing a reveal.
Every price is on the services page. The strategy call is free — send the deal through the intake form first and we will tell you which of these you actually need, including when the answer is a $400 coordinator.
Market ranges above are drawn from published 2026 pricing across the transaction coordination industry. Exit First pricing is current as of this post and is listed in full on the services page.