Florida Brokerage Joins eXp Realty, Bringing More Than $470 Million in Documented Sales Since 2021
Key Highlights
- ➤1st Choice Collective recorded $60 million sales volume in 2025
- ➤1st Choice Collective documented $470 million sales volume since 2021
- ➤70-plus agents and support staff transitioned to eXp Realty
- ➤Carpenas plan expansion across Florida and into additional states
Expert Statements
Leo Pareja, CEO of eXp Realty
“Independent brokerage owners invest years in building their businesses and earning their agents’ trust. They need a path to growth that respects that investment.”
Leo Pareja, CEO of eXp Realty
“Rene and Dana have built a successful organization, and our platform gives them the infrastructure to enter additional markets while focusing their time on their agents and clients.”
Rene Carpena, Co-founder of 1st Choice Collective
“We weren’t looking for another company to teach us how to be Florida’s 1st Choice.”
Rene Carpena, Co-founder of 1st Choice Collective
“What we needed was scale.”
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eXp Realty®, the most agent-centric™ real estate brokerage on the planet and the core subsidiary of AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGNT), today announced that Florida’s 1st Choice Realty, an independent brokerage founded by Rene and Dana Carpena in Greater Tampa Bay, has joined the company and is now operating as 1st Choice Collective. The organization recorded more than 325 transactions and $60 million in sales volume in 2025, with more than 2,000 transactions and $470 million in documented sales volume since 2021.
The Carpenas joined eXp in September 2026, with more than 70 agents and support staff participating in the transition. The move supports their plans to expand across Florida and into additional states while retaining their organization’s identity and agent relationships.
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