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Why Us

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An honest answer

I didn't start Lower Fee Real Estate to do less. I started it because I believed homeowners deserved to pay less — while still getting premium service and 20+ years of experience.

Shannon Miles
Shannon Miles
Founder & Principal Sales Agent

So, how are the fees lower?

Behind the 1.25% + GST. By operating with lower overheads than many traditional agencies, we can offer professional, full-service real estate at a lower commission — without compromising on marketing, service or results.

No Expensive Shopfront Costs

Real estate has evolved. Lower Fee Real Estate runs on streamlined, cloud-based systems rather than maintaining an expensive storefront — so the heavy rent and admin overheads traditional agencies quietly pass on to you, through inflated commissions, simply aren't there to begin with.

A Specialist Team Behind Every Campaign

You deal with me, but you get a whole team. Marketing and social media, transaction admin, independently audited trust accounting and AML compliance — the same specialist support a major franchise gives you, without the layers of management each taking a slice of your commission.

Full Service, Zero Upfront Risk

Lower Fee Real Estate is not a discount agency — we're better value. For a fair 1.25% + GST, you get the same (if not better) premium full representation and a tailored marketing campaign, crafted by me and my dedicated marketing & social media team. And it's paid at settlement, not upfront costs, so there's no risk to you along the way.

Why choose lower fee

Where Premium Service Meets Lower Fee

Two decades in the making

20+ Years in Real Estate

Lower Fee Real Estate isn't a start-up experiment. It's the point everything below has been building towards — each chapter adding something I still use on every property campaign.

1999 London
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

Where it started — on the other side of the world

I began in property with JLL in London, seeing first-hand how one of the world's largest firms presents, markets and negotiates real estate, before bringing that experience home to Queensland.

What this gives our sellers now at Lower Fee An international benchmark for what a marketing campaign & negotiations should actually look like at a high level.
2005 to 2020 · QLD
Ray White · RE/MAX & others

Fifteen years inside the big franchises

Listing, negotiating and closing across some of Queensland's biggest real estate brands — with access to training from some of Australia's best independent real estate coaches and trainers, across every part of the job. Those years made me equally skilled at auction and private treaty, so the marketing strategy is chosen on whichever genuinely suits the property and the seller.

What this gives our sellers now at Lower Fee Fifteen years with the big brands gave me every tool their agents use — and showed me exactly where that commission goes. All of it runs inside Lower Fee Real Estate today, so my sellers get the same (even better) standard of campaign without paying big-brand rates.
2020 to 2022 · QLD
Property, Body Corporate & asset management

QLD Property from every angle

With experience in Residential property management, Body Corporate management, and commercial & industrial asset management — the side of property most sales agents never see.

What this gives our sellers now at Lower Fee How landlords and tenants actually think — and what a property costs to own and run, not just what it sells for.
2022 to 2026 · QLD
Little Real Estate

Four years with Australia's biggest independent

Working alongside Australia's largest independent real estate company, at the scale where nothing gets done on a handshake.

What this gives our sellers now at Lower Fee How a large agency's systems, trust accounting and compliance genuinely run behind the scenes — the part of the job that protects you.
2026 Today · QLD
Lower Fee Real Estate

Everything learned along the way, brought together under one roof — 20+ years of experience and full premium service, for 1.25% + GST.

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Ready to work with an agent who's done it all?

Residential sales, Body Corporate, asset management and international experience — now working for you, at a fraction of the fee.

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