It is a very bold ad Greg. Your right, it might be viewed as making fun of a certain companies concept however many unproductive agents in that company are sold on the downline concept and the statistics of profitability speak the facts for average agent $. I am from the Austin market where that companies home head quarters is at & 38% of their agents did not sell a single house in 2010. I do agree w Mark. Its just fun we should just value each others creative marketing at times and not get upse
Propaganda. Completely ignorant. Shows they are worried about their 10 percent agent loss in 2010. They assume other company agents don't sell homes and just leave it as fact in this slanderous add. Makes them look very unprofessional. Sad really.
I am not in KW nor am I a realtor. I know people in Remax and Keller Williams. The Keller Williams people call themselves KW. Didn't know I needed to be in Keller Williams to use that reference. As far as I know, Keller Williams is the only company that uses the Network Marketing model. Obviously they don't say KW in the video so let's agree on your statement....they did not say KW.
My post was say why degrade others in the industry instead of building other up?
Why would you want to BRAG that there is one source of income, actually the "downline company" does have rather small amounts of income from the downline. Exit has no "downline" we are single level residuals......that converted into roughly 40k for me last year . Personally I like to work LESS and make MORE. I long ago past the point of being proud of selling X amount of houses. If Ican sell LESS and make MORE I am all about it. You know you re doing well when others pick on you :) THANKS !
I am not realtor but somehow found this video? Why do you need to degrade someone else in your own profession and make a video like that? Shouldn't all realtors support each other and make the professiona better? People will work with Remax or KW because of the people who they are associated with and if I saw this video I wouldn't even do business with Remax. Just take the high road and say we do things differently here.
@agelnortheast I find it interesting that "you're not in the business" however you somehow just happen to know that the video is in reference to Keller Williams and also just somehow happen to know to call then just KW.
HAHA re/max Marty is funny! Forgot one... office doesn't have a profit, no downline! Oh wait I mean no profit share! Oh wait I have another one... your broker/owner collects your rent/desk fees and keeps it ALL!
Janice,In my opinion they both work like an MLM, Lots of bodies & not enough sales.The average profit sharing check divided by all the agents is about $418 a year.Why not just sell an empty lot for the commission check,it's a lot easier than recruiting a couple dozen non producing agents for the company.
@burgerrealty I believe the numbers are showing that KW had MORE agents... many just parking their license.. but REMAX still does many MORE transactions...
I'm Business Development Manager for three RE/MAX offices in Canada. These ads are priceless and I'm going to use 'The Problem With RE/MAX" at our next career night.
After the relentless recruiting efforts that other companies throw at our agents, we need a little humor in this! You just can't argue with fewer real estate professionals outselling and outproducing larger groups. Isn't that what we are in the business to do?
OH... and if an agent gets a plaque for outselling you and having some fun while doing it, GIVE ME MY PLAQUE!
I think the J.D. Power survey proves that the 2 or 3% of KW agents that actually sell homes must be doing a pretty good job!
The video is designed to recruit agents and point out the fallacy of the downline. Considering how agressively KW has recruited RE/MAX agents, I think the video is right on target!
Where's the sense of humor people?? I don't even work with RE/MAX (yet) but this is great. Funny that they never mentioned KW but KW sure chimed in to the "Pyramid Realty" video huh??? KW may have more agents but half ever produce anything!! Quit crying will ya!
@Darrinjasz : You're right where selling in concerned, 2% is pretty much even. I didn't see ReMax even listed for the Home Buying portion though.
This is the last post I'll make on this point - I'd really like to believe that this video is a bit of a hoax. ReMax is a very respectable company and they do great work. In my ara, they have a good reputation and the agents I've met have been awesome. I have to believe that the Re/Max leadership would never condone a video like this. I hope.
@stewart4570 - Pretty sure the focus of a REALTOR is to help people buy and sell homes - the "plaque" you refer to so dismissively isn't the goal...only a side product of consistently assisting clients meet their objectives.
If you want excellent Broker support, Excellent staff support and a wonderful office environment, take a look at McEnearney Associates in the Metro DC area. You will sell houses while working at a great company.
As for part-timers, apparently they're doing a great job - congratulations KW on winning the J.D. Power and Associates "HIGHEST OVERALL SATISFACTION FOR HOME BUYERS AMONG NATIONAL FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE FIRMS" - for the THIRD year in a row!!
@stewart4570 On J.D. Powers: Like most surveys you may want to look at the internals. There is only a 2% variance between brokerages on a 1,000 pt scale.
KW does have many more agents than RE/MAX and still RE/MAX sells twice as many homes in the US as KW. RE/MAX 812,056 vs KW 385,005 and each RE/MAX agt averages 2.5x's the number of sales per year. RE/MAX 13.5 vs. KW 5.4
It's great that consumers have a choice. I know our clients expect a full time professional and thats what they get :-)
Would you like to work at Keller Williams where the owners split their profits with the producing agents? It's like all the benefits of ownership without the liability. That's nice, right? As KW is now larger than Re/Max in the US and potentially larger than Century 21 as of this year, I can definitely see where the envy comes from that would produce a video such as this.
Carry on Re/Max agent - go sell homes. One day, you may get a plaque.
@stewart4570 A KW office in my state (Idaho) was closed down after a lawsuit as all the agents were found to be owners and thus liable. So much for no liability. Also given the high number of part timers and low producers at KW liability is increased due to inexperience not to mention the effect that has on the reputation of the few pro's. RE/MAX is not for everyone but it is for full time top-producing agents. :-)
So the downline is really going to pay off? 38% of Keller Williams agents didn't close a single transaction last year. No downline money there. KW agent meets their cap, no downline money there. Recruit leaves KW for another firm, possibly RE/MAX....no downline money there. According to NAR, median tenure for a real estate agent is 5 years. KW recruit gets out of the business, no downline money there. Think I'll stick to selling houses.
So you think the downline will pay off? Recruited KW agent caps, no downline. Recruited KW agent leaves KW for another firm, no downline. 38% of KW agents didn't close a single transaction last year, no downline there. Recruited KW agent leaves the business after 2 or 3 years, no downline there. Think I'll stick to selling houses.
It is a very bold ad Greg. Your right, it might be viewed as making fun of a certain companies concept however many unproductive agents in that company are sold on the downline concept and the statistics of profitability speak the facts for average agent $. I am from the Austin market where that companies home head quarters is at & 38% of their agents did not sell a single house in 2010. I do agree w Mark. Its just fun we should just value each others creative marketing at times and not get upse
RemaxPlatinumTX 5 months ago
Propaganda. Completely ignorant. Shows they are worried about their 10 percent agent loss in 2010. They assume other company agents don't sell homes and just leave it as fact in this slanderous add. Makes them look very unprofessional. Sad really.
gregerlanger 8 months ago
It's just funny; don't take it too serious folks! Have fun, sell some house and continue helping people!
MarksHomeTeam 9 months ago
I am not in KW nor am I a realtor. I know people in Remax and Keller Williams. The Keller Williams people call themselves KW. Didn't know I needed to be in Keller Williams to use that reference. As far as I know, Keller Williams is the only company that uses the Network Marketing model. Obviously they don't say KW in the video so let's agree on your statement....they did not say KW.
My post was say why degrade others in the industry instead of building other up?
agelnortheast 10 months ago
Why would you want to BRAG that there is one source of income, actually the "downline company" does have rather small amounts of income from the downline. Exit has no "downline" we are single level residuals......that converted into roughly 40k for me last year . Personally I like to work LESS and make MORE. I long ago past the point of being proud of selling X amount of houses. If Ican sell LESS and make MORE I am all about it. You know you re doing well when others pick on you :) THANKS !
myagentjanice 11 months ago
I don't think KW was mentioned in this video...
1darcyg 11 months ago
I am not realtor but somehow found this video? Why do you need to degrade someone else in your own profession and make a video like that? Shouldn't all realtors support each other and make the professiona better? People will work with Remax or KW because of the people who they are associated with and if I saw this video I wouldn't even do business with Remax. Just take the high road and say we do things differently here.
agelnortheast 11 months ago
@agelnortheast I find it interesting that "you're not in the business" however you somehow just happen to know that the video is in reference to Keller Williams and also just somehow happen to know to call then just KW.
tlpb97 10 months ago
Love this!! Hank and Jed are awesome!
I'm actually in this. Guy with the beard and glasses behind Brent (REMAX guy).
regularguy5mb 11 months ago
HAHA re/max Marty is funny! Forgot one... office doesn't have a profit, no downline! Oh wait I mean no profit share! Oh wait I have another one... your broker/owner collects your rent/desk fees and keeps it ALL!
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Mitchellsells 1 year ago
Janice,In my opinion they both work like an MLM, Lots of bodies & not enough sales.The average profit sharing check divided by all the agents is about $418 a year.Why not just sell an empty lot for the commission check,it's a lot easier than recruiting a couple dozen non producing agents for the company.
brianslusser 1 year ago
Funny maybe but real life is often funny. Re max isnt too smart though, poking fun at KW just makes Exit look even better, thanks Re Max!
myagentjanice 1 year ago
@myagentjanice Exit is slowly going out of business. When agents stop selling homes they Exit the business.
scottksmith1 11 months ago
This video is Hillarious!!!
plawpurple1 1 year ago
LMAO
heidigolff 1 year ago
Stewart 4570....Curious, where did you get your numbers that KW is larger than RE/MAX? I've somehow missed that statistic.
burgerrealty 1 year ago
@burgerrealty I believe the numbers are showing that KW had MORE agents... many just parking their license.. but REMAX still does many MORE transactions...
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burgerrealty 1 year ago
I'm Business Development Manager for three RE/MAX offices in Canada. These ads are priceless and I'm going to use 'The Problem With RE/MAX" at our next career night.
sutherlandrealestate 1 year ago
After the relentless recruiting efforts that other companies throw at our agents, we need a little humor in this! You just can't argue with fewer real estate professionals outselling and outproducing larger groups. Isn't that what we are in the business to do?
OH... and if an agent gets a plaque for outselling you and having some fun while doing it, GIVE ME MY PLAQUE!
talk2scottwellman 1 year ago
I think the J.D. Power survey proves that the 2 or 3% of KW agents that actually sell homes must be doing a pretty good job!
The video is designed to recruit agents and point out the fallacy of the downline. Considering how agressively KW has recruited RE/MAX agents, I think the video is right on target!
MartyREMAX 1 year ago
The video is designed to recruit agents. Considering how aggressively KW has pursued RE/MAX agents, I think the video is right on target.
MartyREMAX 1 year ago
Where's the sense of humor people?? I don't even work with RE/MAX (yet) but this is great. Funny that they never mentioned KW but KW sure chimed in to the "Pyramid Realty" video huh??? KW may have more agents but half ever produce anything!! Quit crying will ya!
zippy12ify 1 year ago
I am a RE/MAX agent and it's hard to believe they stoop to this level. Class act, NOT.
How about just eliminating the negativity?
spmartin 1 year ago
have a sense of humor folks!! not making fun of other companys when it's the truth! RE/MAX rocks!
janinekimble 1 year ago
they sound like the Catholic church trying to get their member back
Evangelina4270 1 year ago
What is this crap.. Stop making fun of other company's please . (:
AliceCullenFan09 1 year ago
@Darrinjasz : You're right where selling in concerned, 2% is pretty much even. I didn't see ReMax even listed for the Home Buying portion though.
This is the last post I'll make on this point - I'd really like to believe that this video is a bit of a hoax. ReMax is a very respectable company and they do great work. In my ara, they have a good reputation and the agents I've met have been awesome. I have to believe that the Re/Max leadership would never condone a video like this. I hope.
stewart4570 1 year ago
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remaxfirstchoicemd 1 year ago
@stewart4570 - Pretty sure the focus of a REALTOR is to help people buy and sell homes - the "plaque" you refer to so dismissively isn't the goal...only a side product of consistently assisting clients meet their objectives.
fakedasmyle 1 year ago
If you want excellent Broker support, Excellent staff support and a wonderful office environment, take a look at McEnearney Associates in the Metro DC area. You will sell houses while working at a great company.
MsAnnieStar 1 year ago
Which office was that, by the way?
As for part-timers, apparently they're doing a great job - congratulations KW on winning the J.D. Power and Associates "HIGHEST OVERALL SATISFACTION FOR HOME BUYERS AMONG NATIONAL FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE FIRMS" - for the THIRD year in a row!!
All the best guys!
stewart4570 1 year ago
@stewart4570 On J.D. Powers: Like most surveys you may want to look at the internals. There is only a 2% variance between brokerages on a 1,000 pt scale.
KW does have many more agents than RE/MAX and still RE/MAX sells twice as many homes in the US as KW. RE/MAX 812,056 vs KW 385,005 and each RE/MAX agt averages 2.5x's the number of sales per year. RE/MAX 13.5 vs. KW 5.4
It's great that consumers have a choice. I know our clients expect a full time professional and thats what they get :-)
Darrinjasz 1 year ago
Would you like to work at Keller Williams where the owners split their profits with the producing agents? It's like all the benefits of ownership without the liability. That's nice, right? As KW is now larger than Re/Max in the US and potentially larger than Century 21 as of this year, I can definitely see where the envy comes from that would produce a video such as this.
Carry on Re/Max agent - go sell homes. One day, you may get a plaque.
stewart4570 1 year ago
@stewart4570 A KW office in my state (Idaho) was closed down after a lawsuit as all the agents were found to be owners and thus liable. So much for no liability. Also given the high number of part timers and low producers at KW liability is increased due to inexperience not to mention the effect that has on the reputation of the few pro's. RE/MAX is not for everyone but it is for full time top-producing agents. :-)
Darrinjasz 1 year ago
@stewart4570
So the downline is really going to pay off? 38% of Keller Williams agents didn't close a single transaction last year. No downline money there. KW agent meets their cap, no downline money there. Recruit leaves KW for another firm, possibly RE/MAX....no downline money there. According to NAR, median tenure for a real estate agent is 5 years. KW recruit gets out of the business, no downline money there. Think I'll stick to selling houses.
MartyREMAX 1 year ago
@stewart4570
So you think the downline will pay off? Recruited KW agent caps, no downline. Recruited KW agent leaves KW for another firm, no downline. 38% of KW agents didn't close a single transaction last year, no downline there. Recruited KW agent leaves the business after 2 or 3 years, no downline there. Think I'll stick to selling houses.
MartyREMAX 1 year ago