About · How we are organized

One organism,
well-separated.

We operate as three legally distinct entities sitting on one shared system. The structure exists for a reason: a real estate technology platform should not hold real estate licenses, a licensed brokerage should not also be a tech vendor, and state-by-state operations should look local while sharing the same compliance backbone.

The three tiers

Tier 1 · Platform

Rebato, Inc. (rebato.net)

A Delaware C-Corporation. Builds and operates the real estate technology platform — CMS, listings infrastructure, Buyer Broker Agreement workflow, rebate calculation engine, Fair Housing gates, multi-MLS aggregator, hash-chained audit log, and the R2 / CDN that serves every page on every domain in the network.

Does: Software · Data · Infrastructure · Compliance gates · Audit trail

Does NOT: Hold real estate licenses · Transact real estate · Hold listings · Earn commissions

Tier 2 · Licensed brokerage

ushomerebate.com (the brokerage)

A licensed real estate brokerage operating on the Rebato platform. Holds broker / firm licenses across the 50 US states + DC, employs designated brokers, transacts real estate, and is the legal counterparty on every Buyer Broker Agreement and closing.

Does: Hold broker / firm licenses · NAR membership · BBA · Offers · Closings · Disburse buyer rebates

Does NOT: Build the software · Operate the audit log (the platform does)

Tier 3 · Member firms

wahomerebate.com · *.ushomerebate.com (51 states + DC)

State-specific member firms in the ushomerebate.com brokerage network. Each member firm has its own state-issued license, its own local agents and showings, and its own visual brand — but inherits the same compliance backbone, the same listings data, and the same rebate engine from the Rebato platform.

Does: State-licensed local operations · Tours · Local agent network · Customized landing

Inherits from Tier 1 + 2: Listings · Compliance gates · Rebate engine · BBA · Audit log

Why three tiers?

Liability separation. A technology platform exposed to the same legal surface as a licensed brokerage would not be insurable. Keeping software (Rebato) separate from the regulated entity (ushomerebate.com brokerage) is standard practice for real estate tech in the US — see Zillow Group / Zillow Premier Agent / Zillow Home Loans, or Compass / Compass Concierge.

License clarity. Real estate licenses are issued per state, to the licensed broker, not to the software. By keeping the brokerage as its own legal entity (Tier 2) and member firms as their own (Tier 3), each license is held by the entity that the state regulator can audit — and the platform never gets in the way of state-level disciplinary actions.

Local presence at scale. A buyer in Spokane wants to talk to a Spokane agent at a Washington brokerage — not to a tech company in Delaware. The member firm tier (wahomerebate.com) gives every state its own brand, its own license number, its own team — without forcing each state to rebuild the system from scratch.

One audit log. Despite the legal separation, every BBA, every offer, every rebate calculation, every Fair Housing scan flows through the same hash-chained, append-only audit log on the Rebato platform. Compliance officers see every transaction across all member firms in a single chain. Regulators get one source of truth.

In one diagram

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Tier 1 — Rebato, Inc.        (rebato.net · cdn.rebato.net)      │
│  Platform / system / CMS / API / audit log / R2 / compliance     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                ↑ runs on
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Tier 2 — ushomerebate.com    (the licensed brokerage)           │
│  Holds broker / firm licenses  ·  NAR member  ·  Transacts       │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                ↑ network of
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Tier 3 — Member firms                                           │
│    wahomerebate.com   (Washington Home Rebate · WA #00000000)    │
│    *.ushomerebate.com (51 states + DC, by code)                  │
│  State-licensed firms  ·  Local agents  ·  Custom landing pages  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

What does this mean for me?

As a buyer

You sign a BBA with the licensed brokerage (ushomerebate.com or its WA member firm, wahomerebate.com). The rebate is paid by the brokerage. The platform is invisible to you — that’s the point.

As an agent

You are sponsored by the brokerage in your state — ushomerebate.com or one of its member firms. Your license, your designated broker, your sponsorship are all in Tier 2 / 3 — not in Rebato.

As a partner

Press, integrations, and platform partnerships go through Rebato, Inc. Brokerage partnerships (referrals, MLS, lender relationships) go through ushomerebate.com. Send us a partnership inquiry — we’ll route you.

Want to talk to the right entity?

Press / partnerships / investors: Press inquiry · Investor inquiry
Buying / selling / agent matching: ushomerebate.com
Washington-specific: wahomerebate.com
Engineering / compliance careers: Careers inquiry

One sentence summary
Rebato builds the platform. ushomerebate.com runs the brokerage. Member firms run the states.