HomeSmart's NEXT Team Adds Dane Briggs
Real estate veteran Dane Briggs joins the NEXT team's leadership to build agent-focused workflows and AI integrations.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Remote Work
Phil Sexton announced a business partnership with Dane Briggs in a leadership role on HomeSmart's NEXT team. Briggs will support the development of agent-focused workflows and AI integrations for the team.
Why it matters
The move brings a long-serving Arizona real estate leader into a team built around elevating individual agents rather than a single top producer's brand. It signals a push to combine agent-level support with technology tools in the state's housing market.
Briggs has spent more than 20 years in real estate and delivered more than 1,000 trainings and presentations over that period. The announcement does not provide a comparator for these figures or detail how the NEXT team's workflow goals will be measured.
The players
HomeSmart
HomeSmart is a real estate brokerage technology company that operates the NEXT team.
Dane Briggs
Dane Briggs is a real estate veteran with more than two decades in brokerage, title, and proptech who has also run a brokerage and sold a proptech startup.
Phil Sexton
Phil Sexton is a real estate leader who announced the partnership with Briggs and has worked alongside him for much of their careers.
The details
Briggs began his career as a designated broker, has held leadership roles in title, and founded a tech-driven referral brokerage. He also led expansion initiatives at Homie, holds a strategic role at The Cromford Report for the Greater Phoenix market, and co-hosts weekly statewide market update classes. Sexton and Briggs have worked collaboratively for most of their mutual careers.
Timeline
Over the last few months: Briggs held conversations with companies before joining NEXT.
November 6, 2026: Sexton announced the business partnership with Briggs.
Market Landscape
The move reflects a broader push among Arizona brokerages to pair agent-level support with AI-driven workflow tools. It positions HomeSmart's NEXT team around individual agent development in a market where Briggs has long been active.
Agents considering team affiliations may find the NEXT model's focus on individual agent development relevant to their own career planning. The announcement does not indicate changes to commission structures or membership costs.
The takeaway
Real estate professionals evaluating team structures should look at how a brokerage supports individual agent growth alongside technology adoption. Focusing on workflow and training support can clarify which team model fits a given career stage.
Further reading
Explore more on Remote Work for context on how real estate teams are adapting their operations.
More information
Learn more about joining through NEXT team membership inquiries.
Source note: This article includes information reported by RISMedia.
