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There are many benefits to affiliation with the RE/MAX brand, we have listed a couple dozen for you here. There is also a brief history of RE/MAX down below.

The Top 5 reasons are clear and easily appreciated.

1: RE/MAX offices sold 40% of all residential real estate sold in Brevard County last year.
2: Over 44% of all TV and magazine real estate advertising is RE/MAX.  People know that RE/MAX means real estate world-wide.
3: RE/MAX agents average over $3 million in annual sales
4: Free buyer and seller leads from remax.com
5: RE/MAX is the office of choice for experienced top producing agents, the result is a positive, successful atmosphere in any type of market.

If you really want to dig into more benefits of RE/MAX, there is a website set up just for that purpose. Just click the picture below.

More to think about:

• RE/MAX Technology is unmatched
• Remax.com works for you 24/7
• Leadstreet generates and manages leads for you
• Design Center has thousands of FREE marketing tools
• RE/MAX agents have more advanced designations
• RE/MAX ads dominate TV
• RE/MAX agents make more income

Other benefits include:

Brand Name Awareness  
RE/MAX Brand Name: Most Recognized Real Estate Brand & Logo in the U.S. & the World

Premier Market Presence
Market Share Leadership: #1 in 32 of Top 100 U.S. markets & Top 5 in 95 of Top 100 U.S. markets         
           
Group Purchasing including National & Regional Advertising     
Top Advertisements: Award Winning Television Advertising      
National Advertising Agency: National TV Commercials in Prime Time
On-Staff Public Relations: Company Reports Distributed to Mass Media Outlets & Public Relation Kits available to associates   
Advertising Kits: Professional Radio & Television & Print Ads that associates can purchase & personalize at Cost        

Group Purchasing & Economies of Scale      
REO & Asset Management Services     
Corporate Connection Program: Industry Unique Corporate Referral Program       
Approved Supplier Program: Quality Control Program for Suppliers, Order from Catalog or Online         
Vendor Discounts: Group Discounts from Industry Leaders such as Dell Computers, AT&T, Sprint...         

Technology 
Referral Roster: FREE Comprehensive worldwide Directory of associates, includes Search Engine for Selecting the Perfect Referral Partner    
Award Winning Web Site: www.remax.com is the #2 real estate website for web traffic to Realtor.com.  Agents receive free buyer and seller leads.         
RE/MAX Mainstreet: RE/MAX agents only website featuring 1000s of presentations, forms, flyers, logos and even on demand video training and motivational speakers. 
RE/MAX Satellite Network: Award Winning Educational Network featuring CE Courses, designations & motivational classes. All this is available at home, or in the office. 

Education, Support & Recognition     
International Conventions: The Ultimate Experience, Recognition, Networking & Education      
Associate Recognition: Annual Recognition for Top Producers on System-wide & Regional Basis         
Live CE Classes & Sales Rallies: Sponsored throughout the Region.  Typically free and generally includes breakfast or lunch      

1973:  Beginnings
At age 27, Dave Liniger, a top-producing real estate agent, decides to start his own company.  He names the firm RE/MAX, and combines his experience with the 100 percent concept and traditional organizations.  The 28th person he interviews is Gail Main, his first employee and future wife.  In the first month, they interview 204 people.  Only four Sales Associates join.

The RE/MAX staff consists of six secretaries and four Sales Associates!  At the end of year one they have accumulated debts of $300,000, and have 21 Sales Associates, eight offices and nine secretaries.

1975:  First franchise outside Colorado
The RE/MAX system ends the year with 88 Sales Associates.  The competition tries to eliminate this strange 100% concept company that now is number six in Denver.  Despite struggles, RE/MAX starts turning the financial corner with positive cash flow.  Dennis Curtin in Kansas City purchases the first franchise outside of Colorado, marking the beginning of RE/MAX franchising.  All debts are paid by the end of year.

1976:   100 Sales Associates
The year ends with 164 Sales Associates.

1977:    Number one in Denver, RE/MAX in Canada
The year ends with 480 Sales Associates.  Officers give a seminar tour in 100 cities across the United States.  The first regional master franchises are sold.  Don Fernie purchases the first Canadian franchise in Calgary.

1978:   100 offices; 1,000 Sales Associates; First RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon
RE/MAX ends the year with 122 open real estate offices and 1,180 Sales Associates.  North American Real Estate Magazine is published.  Growth of franchises begins to accelerate.  Western Canada becomes the first RE/MAX Region in Canada. The hot air balloon becomes an official corporate logo after the RE/MAX Balloon debuts at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival.  (Today RE/MAX has the world’s largest corporate hot air balloon fleet and one of the most recognized logos in North America.)

1980:   3,000 Sales Associates

1984:   5,000 Sales Associates

1986:  1,000 open offices and 10,000 Sales Associates
International Headquarters opens 26,000-square-foot facility in Denver Technological Centre.

1987: RE/MAX becomes the second largest real estate company in the U.S. RE/MAX incorporates its relocation division as RE/MAX International Relocation Services, Inc.

1988:  20,000 Sales Associates; Number One in Canada

1989:  25,000 Sales Associates close more than one half million transactions in 1989.  The RE/MAX Times starts publication.  The RE/MAX Balloon Festival is held in Englewood, Colorado  The RE/MAX Commercial Division is formed.

1993: RE/MAX technology
While passing its 2,000th office milestone, RE/MAX releases its innovative CD-ROM roster, went-on-line with CompuServe and offers more new advanced training programs and sponsors more continuing education courses than ever before.

1994:  RE/MAX Satellite Network; ABR
The RE/MAX Satellite Network debuts Nov. 1, the first service of its kind offered by any major real estate franchise organization.  Earlier in the year, RE/MAX joined forces with the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) to present a new buyer agency seminar leading to the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation. 

1995:  Global expansion; 40,000 Associates, with new developing regions in Southern Africa, Spain, Israel, Italy, Greece and Germany.  The organization establishes a home site on the World Wide Web. 

1997:  RE/MAX momentum continues to grow.  The organization passes the 45,000-Associate milestone early in year.  New RE/MAX regions are founded worldwide, in Singapore, Turkey and Northern Cyprus, United Kingdom – South and Ireland.  According to the annual “Big Brokers Report” of Real Treads magazine, RE/MAX has more top brokerages than the two closest competitors combined. 

1998:  Audited figures by Arthur Andersen show that RE/MAX Associates were involved in more than 1 million transaction sides in 1997, making RE/MAX the first real estate organization ever to pass that milestone.  Translated into an advertising slogan, the achievement allows RE/MAX to claim that, “No one in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX.”  RE/MAX surpasses 50,000 Sales Associates and 3,186 offices – a record year in franchise sales and Sales Associate growth.

2001:  4,069th RE/MAX offices are open around the world with 68,426 Sales Associates.

2008:  RE/MAX now has over 100,000 Sales Associates in 60 countries!

Below are a couple of YouTube videos telling the the history in a very interesting way!

This one is called This is RE/MAX Part 1. Very cool video on the early days of RE/MAX.

 

And of course.. This is RE/MAX Part 2.