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A successful real estate agent might sell a couple million-dollar homes every year but will typically make the majority of his or her money from median-priced home sales in his or her market. And even though the median U.S. home value has risen 6.5 percent year-over-year to an all-time high of $206,300, it still takes a lot of home sales to generate a lucrative income.