Power Start Program - Build Your Business the RE/MAX Way
The Power Start Program is designed to help you build a successful real estate business. It provides you the systems and concepts necessary whether you are launching your career or simply taking it to the next level.
Powered by personality, experience and knowledge, topics in the Power Start Program cover a variety of areas including marketing, prospecting and personal development.
- Prospecting Systems
- Working with Buyers
- Seller Presentations
- Marketing and Promotion Ideas
- Building a Referral Based Business
The Power Start Program features hands-on training with each student associate completing workbook assignments. You receive reference materials plus a manual full of postcards, feature sheets and other promotional ideas that have been successfully used by sales associates in building their business. The Power Start Program is held 10 times a year, over a three-day period, in conjunction with RE/MAX of Western Canada - Sales Associate Orientation. For times and dates, please call our office at 604.988.8000 and ask for the Transition Co-ordinator.
Sales Associate Orientation (SAO) - Understanding the RE/MAX Crest System
- RE/MAX Crest Culture and History
- Advertising and Trademarks
- RE/MAX Crest Programs
- RE/MAX Crest Technology
- Referral Systems
This program is designed for sales associates new to RE/MAX Crest. The extensive orientation guides associates through all the tools and resources available within the RE/MAX Crest System. SAO is held 10 times a year. For times and dates, please call our office at 604.988.8000 and ask for the Transition Co-ordinator.
Brian Buffini's 100 Days to Greatness
Brian Buffini introduces an agent training program. Featuring a dynamic, step-by-step curriculum, it teaches the fundamentals of lead generation. 100 Days to Greatness will help you produce a consistent stream of high-quality referrals.
This is a 14-week training/accountability program, featuring the following:
- Five 90-minute video segments with specific action steps assigned each day.
- Step-by-step program on how to generate leads quickly and consistently.
- Course materials, including dynamic marketing tools and supplies for 100 days.
- An intense course in the fundamentals of doing business by referral, including specific dialogs and interactive role play.
The course includes a number of workbooks, videos and CDs. Dave Liniger, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of RE/MAX International has this to say about the program.
Brian Buffini's 100 Days to Greatness is an outstanding program for real estate associates at all levels of experience. For beginners seeking a solid foundation and that "path to success" and for veteran agents looking to take their careers to new and higher levels of production, Brian Buffini provides solid, useable and proven techniques for greatness in the real estate business. Unquestionably, this is a course I recommend for the serous and career-minded real estate agent.
RE/MAX Crest Satellite Network (RSN)
News. Views. Motivation. Education. RSN has it all. Four hours a day, five days a week.
No other organization has a communication tool to match the power of RSN. RSN education eliminates travel time and expenses involved in attending conferences and seminars.
RSN offers a number of courses and programs that are suited for new associates. Many of our offices tape programs and thereby create a library of training tapes. Topics include:
- Business Programs
- Sales Training
- Technology Training
- Web/Internet
- Motivational Speakers
- Accredited Courses
RSN courses fulfill requirements for a number of professional designations, including the ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative), CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist) and the new SRES (Seniors Real Estate Specialist).
Besides structured education and technology training, RSN features presentations by top industry educators such as Howard Brinton and David Knox and RE/MAX panelists share their expertise in all areas of real estate.
Looking for technology help? There are a number of programs available on RSN, with emphasis on Agent 2000, Microsoft Outlook, Publisher, Word, PowerPoint and Quicken software programs.
An Invitation from RE/MAX Crest ......
RE/MAX Crest agents dominate the market with their experience, their professional training and their individual performance. Their goals have remained unchanged since the beginning:
Create a working environment that will attract the best agents by offering them opportunities to succeed. To enable them to grow on a personal and financial level.
Why wait any longer? Decide on your future now and join the RE/MAX Crest team. Are you interested in becoming a real estate agent and eager to find out more about the exciting career possibilities at RE/MAX Crest? For further information
call 604.988.8000 and ask for the managing broker.
Benefits and Competitive Advantages of RE/MAX Crest Affiliation
Every program and service that RE/MAX Crest provides is designed to enable Associates to reap the maximum reward for their efforts and to help them reach their full professional potential. From national television advertising to a global referral network and from the RE/MAX Satellite Network to state-of-the-art electronic tools, RE/MAX Crest can offer you all of this and much more.
The RE/MAX Crest Concept
The name RE/MAX was coined from the words "real estate" and "maximums." In exchange for paying a management fee and a share of monthly office overhead, RE/MAX Crest Associates keep the maximum allowed amount of their commissions and receive the many benefits of RE/MAX Crest programs and services. RE/MAX Crest Associates share office expenses and a common identity and retain their earnings.
National Advertising
Prime-time RE/MAX images fill television screens in homes across North America generating more than 5 billion impressions annually.
Public Relations
RE/MAX Crest public relations takes many forms - from charity sponsorships to sports marketing.
Freedom in Advertising
While all RE/MAX Crest Associates contribute to group advertising funds, you determine how to invest in your own individual advertising and personal promotion. At RE/MAX Crest, it's the Associate - not the Broker Owner - who decides how much he or she spends on advertising and which media to use to best serve customers. Unlike agents with other real estate operations, RE/MAX Crest Associates receive the leads that their efforts generate, without paying any percentage back to their office.The independence and creativity of RE/MAX Crest Sales Associates are nowhere more visible than in personal promotion activities.
Build a Personal Sales Team
At RE/MAX Crest, you are free to hire licensed or unlicensed assistants, or create a sales team with members specializing in various aspects of the business - all within the overall management framework of the brokerage. This freedom enables you to build your business to any level you desire.
Advanced Business Training
Since it doesn't have to cater to inexperienced or marginal producers, RE/MAX Crest training immediately jumps to the top producer's core need - increasing business without increasing work time. All RE/MAX Central training focuses on this goal, whether delivered via the RE/MAX Satellite Network (RSN®), national and regional conventions or office-level training sessions. An increasing number of RSN® courses are worth credit for continuing education or professional designations. A typical RE/MAX International Convention includes more than 130 educational sessions, including numerous courses offering credit toward professional designations.
International Referral Program
The RE/MAX Referral Program has proved to be more successful than any other referral system in North America. Full-time quality Associates sending leads directly to other full-time quality Associates provide better service for customers and extra income for themselves. With the RE/MAX Web Roster on Mainstreet - which is updated daily - it's easy to find an ideal recipient and automatically generate and send referral forms.
Most Recognized Logo in Real Estate
The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon is one of the most recognized symbols in real estate, a reflection of large market share. The "Above the Crowd®" logo soars on RE/MAX advertising and promotion worldwide.
More Signs, More Ads, More Prospects
When an office is filled with top-producing agents, the result is more yard signs and advertising throughout the market and more customers walking into or calling the office. Momentum picks up even more because only competent professionals handle the floor - converting a high percentage of off-the-street business into listings and sales.
Experiment and be Creative
RE/MAX Crest Associates are innovators. They were among the first to aggressively embrace personal promotion and buyer agency and to adapt technology to the real estate sales process. New ways of doing business don't depend on top-down approval. The innovations start in the field and the RE/MAX Crest system responds with support. RE/MAX Crest Affiliates are encouraged to be the first to pioneer trends that lead to increased productivity.
Have all the Advantages of Owning a Business without the Disadvantages
At RE/MAX Crest, you enjoy the independence of running your own business without the hassle of keeping shared equipment running, handling staff payroll, getting the brokerage bills paid, dealing with business ownership tax issues and meeting other regulations that are among the day-to-day responsibilities of the broker. This arrangement frees you to focus on selling real estate.
Control Your Expenses
At RE/MAX Crest, you have complete control of how much of your income you put back into your business and how you allocate business expenses.
Benefit Fully from Business-Expense Tax Deductions
The maximum commission concept means RE/MAX Central Associates don't immediately lose a percentage of income - and thus the tax deductibility of that "expense" - to a broker.
Control Your Work Schedule
Having the freedom of being in business for yourself, you can set your own income goals at RE/MAX Crest and plan the use of your time accordingly. Convinced that leisure time is crucial to professional success, RE/MAX Crest encourages Associates to take time for other areas of their lives and to recharge their energies.
The Real Estate Leaders®
RE/MAX was the first network in the industry to pass the sales milestone of 1 million transaction sides in a single year. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX.
Repeat and Referral Customers
RE/MAX Crest Associates have built up reserves of satisfied customers. About 70 percent of RE/MAX Crest transactions result from repeats and referrals, quality prospects that require far less qualifying than new customers. The less predictable sources of business make up about 30 percent of the transactions of RE/MAX Crest Associates. When a recession hits, it's the salesperson with the contacts and the referrals who continues to thrive.
Specialize in Real Estate Sales, Not Marketing Unrelated Services
With RE/MAX Crest there is no pressure to market products or services in conjunction with the real estate transaction. There is no risk that the success of a transaction will be tainted by a customer's experience with a product or service over which the agent has no control. No mandatory home warranty programs. No home improvement projects. No hotel or car-rental pitches.
Enjoy the Pride that Comes with Running One's Own Business
RE/MAX Crest Associates are perceived as being independent entrepreneurs. This earns the respect of industry peers and other professionals in the community. And most important, it generates an intense internal pride that comes from making your own way.
Unlimited Opportunity to Succeed
At RE/MAX Crest, your success is limited only by your ability, determination, and hard work - not by restrictions one finds in conventional real estate companies. At RE/MAX Crest, quality people who are serious about excelling in the real estate business have the freedom to realize their full business potential. The professionalism and experience of existing RE/MAX Crest Sales Associates contribute to the success of each new Associate.
In addition, RE/MAX Crest name recognition, reputation for quality service, and market strength - rapidly becoming worldwide in scope - provide Associates a considerable advantage when competing for clients.
Take a Step Above the Crowd®
If you are interested in joining one of the fastest-growing real estate organizations in the world, call us at RE/MAX Crest at 604.988.8000 and ask for the managing broker.
