You can benefit form real estate market in so many ways but most of these methods require you to make an investment. However, if you work as a real estate broker or an agent, you can profit from the real estate market without any investment. Even if you are earning as little as 1 percent commission, you can easily make $3000 from a sale of $300,000 worth property. real estate broker commission can go as high as 10-12 percent.