Starting your realestate career with Remax

[Determination]

Is it a smart choice to join with Remax if you were a newly licensed realtor?
Pros and Cons?
Are cold calls very important?
Thank you for your future responses.
Cheers !

[RESteve]

Hi there!
It's important to make sure you put yourself in an environment that will be supportive of your goals and can help hold you accountable for achieving those goals as well.

As a new agent, I'd assume your needs initially will be focused on getting training and coaching with your first forms of lead generation. Does this Remax office you're interested in look to help you with this?

Just in the end make sure that the environment you put yourself in is conducive to your goals as a newly licensed agent, and keep those initial expenses as low as possible! Make sure you minimize all fixed expenses (rent, dues, etc.) and keep all discretionary expenses on the backburner (getting high class listing signs, fluff, etc.)

[SLP-NYCT]

Some people say to start off in a large office, but I saw way too many people get lost in the shuffle. However, if a small office does not offer training and one on one support, then that is no good either.

You need to interview the office as much as the office is interviewing you. You are new and you did not learn who to do this job in the classes you took for the licensing. That is where you are now. Still learning so find yourself a good teacher and worry less about the Name.

[Malok]

The broker makes more of a difference than the specific franchise.

If you have a market, or sphere of influence in which you can expect to generate sales immediately, you can do well starting at REMAX. If you don't know how you are going to generate sales, then you are probably better off being in a company that doesn't charge a monthly desk fee - at least until you figure out to generate the leads.

I don't do cold calling. Some people swear by them. Its really about you figuring out what works for you.

[Jaysonnhs]

I agree with Malok - it depends more on the broker than the franchise name. You need to get good training first - JMO.

The only thing I know for sure about Remax, other than the strong brand name, is that a few of their agents rank on the first page of Google for - City real estate - because of their thousands of reciprocal links they get from other Remax agents.

I went through several Remax agent link profiles and they were all Remax agent recip. links and or one-way links that seemed like they may have been setup in someway.

That could be one benefit, depending on how you look at it.

[Beachfront Steve]

Greetings from the Gulf of Mexico. I have been with RE/MAX since 1993 and have seen good people come and go. Call it what you want but we are in sales and with sales comes victory and defeat. I would recommend teaming up with a successful agent in your area and work for a year as a licensed assistant or junior team member. There are many good franchises and they all have good agents. Name recognition is a valuable asset and it does not have to be a major franchise. Some areas have very success "local" offices with a great reputation. The thing to remember is real estate is not a job, it’s a lifestyle. It may take several years to get your business up and running. It takes at least seven years for a doctor to get a practice up and running, many real estate agents are making more income in less time but not necessarily with less effort.

Have a five year plan and run the numbers to determine what you have to do to make a living. Most agents fall out before they do what they need to do to be successful. In some states if you can fog a mirror you can get a license, a license doe not make an agent.
Hope this helps and I am never to busy to work with your referrals.

[svrpaul]

Part of the joys of being married to a real estate trainer are being with different franchises.

Some franchises have national training systems in place more geared to training the important fundamental basics that everybody should know. (Coldwell Banker and C21 have excellent programs in place for Newer agents that teach the fundamental basics which are extremely important -- especially in many real estate markets.)

When we were with RE/MAX, the tools and training in place were more geared towards maintaining / improving client relationships that we Already had and not learning the basics. (We were expected to already know the basics.)

The most important thing is to be clear and up front with your new Broker and ask them what training programs they already have in place to get you jump started as a new agent.

[Chad mcbain]

It totally depends on the broker. I have been with RE/MAX for seven years and have been a two vastly different offices. The first had virtually no training but did have many top producing agents who for the most part were more then willing to give plenty of advice and unofficial training for free if you just asked. Sometimes you had to make an appointment but most were available. The second office wich I am currently at has many new agents and offers lots of training such as the full Buffini course and many sales seminars by the broker and top agents. They also are subscribers to the RE/MAX satelite network wich is a smorgasborg of info from many of the top agents and trainers in the business today. So RE/MAX could be a great place to be as you can't beat the name recognition, but if you get with the wrong broker it could also be death valley for new agents. As has already been stated interview the broker and find a good place for you. RE/MAX isn't going away so you can always go there once you are up and running if no local broker seems the right fit at this point.

[Eric Blackwell]

I'd echo the above advice.

It is the broker and what they are willing to invest in YOU and YOUR CAREER. Franchises can help SOME with Brannding and etc...but as many have said here, the broker is the key ingredient in getting you a good foundation.

Best;

Eric