Why Use RE/MAX?
We're the Real Estate Leaders. No one in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX.
Why use RE/MAX?
When you choose a RE/MAX Sales Associate to sell your home or help you purchase a new home, you'll experience a whole new level of service.
First, RE/MAX Associates are The Hometown Experts With a World of Experience®. Across the globe, they make their living in the same communities in which they live. They're the people next door, or just down the block.
Consummate professionals, RE/MAX Associates on average lead agents of competing brands in advanced real estate education and production. That's why they're known as "The Real Estate Leaders®" and why “No One in the World Sells More Real Estate than RE/MAX.”
Customer Satisfaction
The proof of quality service is in repeat customers and in customers who refer RE/MAX Associates to their friends. RE/MAX Sales Associates average 70 percent of their business from repeats and referrals, while other agents average about 30 percent from those sources.
Education
RE/MAX Associates lead agents of competing brands in professional designations, which denote specialized training and education. They dominate the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Certified Relocation Professional (CRP), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and Leadership Training Graduate (LTG) ranks.
Miracle Home®
Why list your home with a RE/MAX Associate? Your home may be designated as a Miracle Home®. If it is, your RE/MAX Sales Associate will make a contribution on behalf of the listing and/or sale to the local hospital affiliated with the Children's Miracle Network. The funds raised in your community remain in the area to benefit local children.
For All You're Worth®
On average, RE/MAX associates sell more real estate than other agents. They are better qualified to set the right price for the homes they list, are better equipped to market those homes, and are likely to find a buyer in a shorter period of time. That experience and education also means they are better qualified to find the right home for any buyer.
Competitive Advantage
The real estate network that has the most competitive advantages to offer both home buyers and sellers will be an industry leader, and RE/MAX is that network. No one in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX!
When you look for the highest quality real estate service, look to a RE/MAX Associate. Here's why RE/MAX Associates are "The Real Estate Leaders®".
Advertising
On average, a RE/MAX Associate spends about $10,000 each year on personal promotion and on individual and group advertising. Personal advertising plus national television advertising and Internet exposure generates the highest number of prospects in the industry.
Network Size
The revolutionary RE/MAX Concept of enabling real estate professionals to maximize their business potential has evolved into an organization of more than 116,000 Sales Associates in more than 7,000 offices.
The RE/MAX Balloon Logo
The red, white and blue RE/MAX Balloon, with its "Above the Crowd®" slogan, is one of the most recognizable business logos in the world. With more than 90 RE/MAX Hot Air Balloons around the globe, RE/MAX has the world's largest balloon fleet.
The Sign That Brings You Home®
The famous red-over-white-over-blue RE/MAX yard sign and your RE/MAX agent lead you to properties in areas in which you'll want to live and work. If you want to sell your property, the RE/MAX yard sign attracts buyers. Nobody sells more real estate than RE/MAX.
An Industry Leader
RE/MAX was the first real estate network to be involved in more than 1 million transaction sides in a single year. Each transaction or sale consists of two sides, the listing side and the selling side.
Global Expansion
With offices in more than 65 countries worldwide, RE/MAX is one of the fastest-growing real estate franchise networks on the planet.
The Hometown Experts with a World of Experience®
Being locally owned and operated, RE/MAX offices are staffed with professionals who live in the area they work in. Thus, committed to their local community, they have a deep personal interest in the customers they serve.
Home of the Best Agents®
In a business environment of mergers and acquisitions, RE/MAX is the only major real estate network still owned and directed by its founders. The excellence of RE/MAX Broker/Owners and Sales Associates has led to an ever-increasing number of accolades from the business community at large. RE/MAX International moved from last year's No. 10 position to No. 8 for 2006 in "Entrepreneur" magazine's 27th Annual Franchise 500® study. RE/MAX also ranks as Best of the Best for real estate services for the sixth time in seven years, and sits at No. 9 in the Top Global Franchises list. RE/MAX is listed as No. 4 among Top Low-Cost Franchises and No. 11 among Fastest-Growing Franchises.
More Than 34 Years "Above the Crowd®"
RE/MAX - now an established industry leader - celebrated its 34th anniversary in 2007 and looks forward to even greater real estate achievement in the years ahead.
RE/MAX at a glance:
- Who we are
What began in Denver, Colo., in 1973 as "a pad of paper and a dream" is now a global real estate franchise network that spreads across 65 countries and eight territories, on six continents. - Network size
The revolutionary RE/MAX Concept of enabling real estate professionalsto maximize their business potential has evolved into an organization of more than 116,000 Sales Associates in more than 7000 offices and 63 countries worldwide.
- RE/MAX Sales Associates
RE/MAX Associates, on average, lead the industry in production, experience, and professional designations. - The RE/MAX Balloon logo
The red, white and blue RE/MAX Balloon, with its "Above the Crowd!®"slogan, is one of the most recognizable business logos in the world. With nearly 90 RE/MAX Hot Air Balloons around the globe, RE/MAX has the world's largest balloon fleet. - An industry leader
RE/MAX is the No. 1 real estate organization in Canada and in the United States. - Global expansion
The first RE/MAX region outside the United States and Canada was the Caribbean Basin, opened in 1991. It was followed two years later by RE/MAX of Mexico. In 1995, RE/MAX expanded into Southern Africa, Spain, Israel, Italy,and Germany. Since then, RE/MAX regions have become established in across Europe, in Asia, and in Australia. - Record RE/MAX production
In 1999, RE/MAX Associates were involved in more than 1 million sales transaction sides within a single year in the United States alone – an industry milestone. The audited production figures represent the most transaction sides in a single year ever recorded by any real estate network. The RE/MAX network has repeated the feat every year since. - The RE/MAX Concept
RE/MAX stands for "real estate maximums."
In exchange for paying a management fee and a share of the monthly office overhead, RE/MAX Associates keep the maximum allowed amount of their commissions and receive the many benefits of RE/MAX programs and services.
By offering Associates maximum commissions and maximum career freedom, RE/MAX influenced competitors to re-examine and adjust their own policies toward sales agents, thus dramatically changing the industry.
As the network grew, renowned for its top producers and quality service to consumers, so did support programs, making RE/MAX a dynamic force in real estate education and technology.
The organization was one of the first real estate companies to have its own proprietary television network and one of the first in the industry to develop a site on the World Wide Web.
- Committed to real estate service
In a business environment of mergers and acquisitions, RE/MAX is the only major real estate network still owned and directed by its founders.
- More than 32 Years Above the Crowd
RE/MAX - now an established industry leader - will celebrate its 33rd anniversary at the 2006 RE/MAX International Convention. Young in years but mature in experience, RE/MAX looks ahead to even greater development and success in its next quarter century.
Community Involvement
Community involvement is highly valued at all levels of the RE/MAX organization - from individual Associates to RE/MAX offices, regions, and RE/MAX International.
RE/MAX cause marketing and charity fund raising take on many forms:
- Most recently, RE/MAX has become a national co-sponsor of the Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program at Komen Race for the Cure® events.
- The RE/MAX organization has been the official real estate sponsor of the Children's Miracle Network since 1992.
- Each year, about 20 charities host fund-raising golf tournaments at Sanctuary, the private course of RE/MAX International co-founders Dave and Gail Liniger.
- RE/MAX International is the first major sponsor of The Wildlife Experience, a conservation and community center promoting understanding of the natural world and its conservation through art and education.
All these venues and more represent the RE/MAX network's commitment to community involvement, serving the public beyond its real estate needs.
Everybody Wins
The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX
By Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan
Publication Date: Dec. 3, 2004
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Order your copy of "Everybody Wins" at Barnes & Noble today.
There’s never been a book quite like this before. Because there’s never been a company quite like RE/MAX.
Harkins and Hollihan originally set out to identify and study the top “High-Growth, High-Impact” public companies in the world. Entry to the club wasn’t easy: at least 20 years of sustained annual growth (not through acquisitions), a strong global presence, a top-shelf reputation and a clear mission to be No. 1. They narrowed the list to Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Nokia, BMW, Toyota and Canon.
Then Harkins met Dave Liniger.
The author quickly realized that RE/MAX surpassed every company investigated in virtually every criterion save one: RE/MAX was private.
But the RE/MAX story was just too compelling to pass up. When Liniger finally agreed to let RE/MAX be added to the study, the authors essentially started over. The result is a comprehensive picture of an amazing real estate franchisor, its colorful chairman Liniger, and other key contributors who represent the many hundreds of individuals who have been critical to the network’s success.
The authors focus upon what they term the "everybody wins" principle in which the RE/MAX organization leverages the success of each individual to help drive the success of all. The final chapter illustrates how the original six comparison companies have embraced similar guiding concepts to achieve success.
"Everybody Wins" is a valuable work for business professionals, a must-read for every RE/MAX Associate, and an eye-opener for the thousands of real estate professionals looking to improve their careers and lives.
Call Deb today to learn more about her involvement with RE/MAX and with it's commitments in the area: 651-407-7864 or 651-983-0121, or e-mail deb@debcasper.com
