A business affiliation structure that encourages and facilitates a number of related real estate service providers, under the supervision of a parent company, to cooperate to provide real estate services to consumers in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. The related real estate service providers work cooperatively to form a consulting team that meets the needs of their mutual clients. Also disclosed is a system and method that includes a point of sale interface usable by service providers for creating, maintaining, and sharing transaction-related information. Also disclosed is a distribution arrangement that governs revenue and services among the affiliated companies.