Greater Des Moines Metro
Home base. Clive, Waukee, Grimes, Norwalk, Ankeny, Urbandale and the full metro — where the brokerage's listings, reviews, and ad spend already live.
Office: 3546 Baxter Circle, Clive, IA 50325
Now adding agents · Iowa & Nebraska
Attain RE is a working brokerage — not a logo you rent. You get listing marketing that goes beyond the MLS, seller and buyer programs your competitors can't offer, and a managing broker who works listings himself instead of managing you from behind a layer of managers.
Two minutes. Tell him where you're licensed and what you want from a brokerage — he'll take it from there.
Why Attain RE
Every listing at Attain RE is done by Attain RE as brokerage of record — across the Greater Des Moines metro, Iowa City, and Nebraska. The marketing brands that feed it exist for one reason: to put your listings in front of more buyers and sellers.
“You bring the clients and the hustle. The brokerage brings the marketing machine.”
Bryan Curtis, Owner / Managing Broker, works listings himself. Questions get answered by the person who can actually say yes — no regional managers, no ticket queue.
Bryan is also a licensed loan officer (Personal NMLS #1820018), so your buyers' financing questions don't have to wait on a stranger at another company.
Photo-story listing pages, video built from the listing's exact photos, distribution across Facebook, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, Instagram, Marketplace and groups — plus paid Meta traffic when a listing calls for it.
Cash Offer, Cash Offer With Upside, 7 Day Sold, a buyer closing-cost credit, and down-payment assistance information — real offers you can put in front of clients, detailed below.
City and neighborhood guides, market content, and a Google presence with 83 reviews and a 4.6-star rating in the metro stand behind your name from day one.
What you get to use
Most brokerages hand you a logo and a login. These are the working assets Attain RE agents take into listing appointments and buyer consultations.
For your listings
Every listing gets the full treatment — the same system behind Attain RE's story pages and listing videos across the metro.
For your sellers
Walk into a listing appointment with options. Sellers pick the route that fits their timeline and their price.
For your buyers
Attain RE shares 50% of the negotiated buyer-agent commission it actually receives with your buyer, as a closing-cost credit. Run the numbers yourself:
Move the numbers — the credit is half of the buyer-agent commission.
Example only. Credit is 50% of the negotiated buyer-agent commission actually received, subject to lender approval and program limits; no cash back beyond closing costs.
Where you'd work
Licensed in Iowa or Nebraska — or both. You don't need all three markets; you need the one you're in to be backed properly.
Home base. Clive, Waukee, Grimes, Norwalk, Ankeny, Urbandale and the full metro — where the brokerage's listings, reviews, and ad spend already live.
Office: 3546 Baxter Circle, Clive, IA 50325
Attain RE's eastern Iowa foothold, anchored by a local agent who knows the corridor — with the full Des Moines marketing system behind every listing.
On the ground: Brandon Rudkin, Attain RE agent
Omaha, Lincoln, and beyond. Nebraska listings are done by Attain RE as brokerage of record, with the same seller and buyer programs as Iowa.
Broker: Bryan Curtis, licensed in Nebraska
The team you'd join
Three names on the door today — and room for agents who want a broker they can reach, not a franchise they report to.
Owner / Managing Broker
Licensed in Iowa, Illinois, Florida, and Nebraska — and a loan officer (Personal NMLS #1820018) on top of it. Bryan sells, lists, and answers his own phone: 515-770-2491.
Agent · Iowa City
Attain RE's agent in Iowa City, covering the corridor with the brokerage's full marketing and program support behind him.
Real Estate Associate · Greater Des Moines
Serving Greater Des Moines since 2017, with 160+ clients served and three years in the 100% Club. Deep on tax abatements and loan products — the details that win deals.
Not licensed yet?
Here's each regulator's path to a salesperson license. Pick your state — then call Bryan and he'll walk the timeline with you before you spend a dollar on courses.
Iowa sets no residency or citizenship requirement for applicants — you just need to be at least 18 at the time you submit your application.
A 60-hour course in real estate principles and practices (live or online) from an approved provider, plus three 12-hour live-instruction courses: Buying Practices, Listing Practices, and Developing Professionalism and Ethical Practices. All courses must be less than a year old when the commission receives your application.
Every applicant goes through a national criminal history check via the FBI. The regulator says it can take four weeks, possibly more — and it can be started at any time. Checks stay valid for 210 days.
You must finish the 60-hour course first, then pass both the state and national portions. Exams are by appointment through PSI (exam fee $95 per the regulator's page), and results are valid until the last working day of the sixth month after you pass.
Obtain errors and omissions insurance, then apply electronically through your My Iowa PLB account. A salesperson is licensed under a broker or firm — that's where Attain RE comes in.
Source: Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), Iowa Real Estate Commission — “Real Estate Salesperson and Brokers License by Exam.” Check the regulator's current page before applying; fees and deadlines change. General information, not legal advice.
Be at least 19 years old to be issued a license, and be a high school graduate, hold a GED, or show homeschool participation/enrollment evidence.
90 clock hours in three approved 30-hour courses — Real Estate Principles and Practices, Nebraska Real Estate License Law, and an approved pre-license elective — plus 6 hours of Professional Practice and Standards (Course 0003). Older guides still cite 66 hours; the Commission's current requirement is 96.
Apply through the Nebraska Real Estate Commission portal. All original-licensure applicants complete a fingerprint-based background check, which the Commission says takes 4–6 weeks on average to come back.
You sit for the exam only once the Commission approves you, scheduling through Pearson VUE. Passing one portion isn't enough — a passed section is kept only through three subsequent administrations or six months, whichever comes first.
Submit your score report on the portal, choose active or inactive status, document how you'll be employed, and get errors and omissions insurance — an active license won't be approved without proof of E&O coverage.
Course 7000 — 12 hours — within 180 days of licensure, or your license is placed on inactive status.
Sources: Nebraska Real Estate Commission — nrec.nebraska.gov, “Nebraska Pre-License Education” and the “Nebraska Resident — Salesperson Application Information and Checklist.” Check the regulator's current pages before applying. General information, not legal advice.
Compensation at Attain RE varies by agent — experience, volume, and how you work. We don't post a number, because the right number depends on you. One call sorts it out before anything is signed.
How to start
STEP 1
Call or text Bryan at 515-770-2491, or send the form at the top of this page. Either way, it goes straight to him.
STEP 2
Where you're licensed, how long you've been selling, and what you actually want from a brokerage — split, support, and expectations, all on the table.
STEP 3
Nothing gets signed until the numbers and the fit make sense to you. If it's not right, you've lost a phone call, not a contract.
Questions
No — Iowa or Nebraska, or both. Agents work the Des Moines metro, Iowa City, or Nebraska markets; you hang your license where you actually sell.
Splits vary by agent, experience, and volume, so they're discussed privately rather than posted. Call or text Bryan at 515-770-2491 and you'll talk through what fits you — before anything is signed.
Yes. The roadmap above lays out each state's path — 96 hours of pre-license education in both Iowa and Nebraska, a background check, and the exam. Call 515-770-2491 and ask about the path to licensure in your state before you enroll anywhere.
A photo-story page built from the listing's photos in order, a listing video cut from those exact photos, distribution across Facebook, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, Instagram, Marketplace and groups — and paid Meta ads when a listing calls for it. It's the same system running on attainre.com today.
Attain RE shares 50% of the negotiated buyer-agent commission it actually receives with your buyer, as a closing-cost credit — on a $300,000 purchase at a 2.5% commission, that's $3,750 toward your buyer's closing costs. It's subject to lender approval and program limits, with no cash back beyond closing costs. Try the calculator above or read the full program page.
Bryan. He's the owner and managing broker, he works listings himself, and there's no layer of managers between you and a decision. That's the whole point of a small, senior team.