Recruiting REALTORS in MD, DC, VA

Pay $100 a month.  No split. 
Keep your hard earned commissions.

Today, everyone is tuned in to WIFM - "What's in it for me".  So, we offer our REALTORS money saving options to affiliate with us and they in turn offer money saving options to sellers to earn their business... a win:win for all.  So, what are YOU waiting for?

• E&O Insurance: $365 per year
• Broker licensed in: MD, DC, VA
• All listing, advertisement leads go directly to the responsible agent
• Full flexibility where you don't require manager approval for every step you take
• Exclusive 1:1 training from in-house industry veterans
• Freedom to work where you want, when you want without us making any demands on you
• Set your own flexible commission rates
• If your state allows it, offer fully disclosed buyer rebates
• No Tuesday meetings to ever worry about
• No Floor duty to have to sign up for
• Sales transaction fees based on monthly plan that you select
• Affiliate from anywhere:  E-Mail contracts via PDF, saving you a trip to the office.  We provide you with online contract submission checklists & instructions
• Quick Turnaround: Commissions paid to you within 24 hours
• Broker Updates via web: we use internet technology and webcams to meet, train & update our agents who never have to travel to the administrative office
• Direct Deposit: To ensure quick check turnaround, we accept direct deposits and pay our agents via online bill pay.  For more on how this works, please click here
• Your Dream Team:  Imagine recruiting 3-4 rookie agents to work on your dream team for only $100 per person, per month to the firm.  Locked in to you for a year via contract, your team works with you to create transactions.  As a team leader, you work out a split between yourself and your team members.  This is similar to you being the broker of your own "office" without any of the headaches.

Broker answers FAQ:

The administrative office is far from where I do business.
The internet and technology has changed everything.  I spent 15 years with RE/MAX in Rockville all the while living in Frederick (a distance of over 30 miles).  During this time, I worked from a home office and was a reasonably successful agent doing anywhere from 8M to 20M in annual sales volume, alone with no assistants.  In my home office I had internet access, a computer, printer, fax, PDF scanner, phone lines etc.  For listing appointments I went straight to the sellers house.  For buyer consultations, I arranged meetings in the offices of my preferred lenders (I had 3 lenders picked out in Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg for max. convenience to potential buyers).  The lenders were trained by me to sell me and my buyer brokerage benefits to the buyers while I sold the lender and the importance of applying for a pre approval right there and then - a win:win for all.  Best of all, my lenders all offered a rate match guarantee so my clients got the best of both worlds.

Get your faxes & voice mails e mailed to you anywhere
If you are often on the road as a top producing REALTOR or are a part-time REALTOR, you may want to setup an account with www.maxemail.com or www.ringcentral.com receive faxes and voicemail anywhere via email as PDF attachments and WAV files (ie. from other agents trying to sell your listings).  MaxEmail will assign you a telephone number which can accept fax messages and voice messages for you.  Anytime you receive a fax, it automatically gets e mailed to you as a PDF file.  Anytime you receive a voice message, it too gets automatically e mailed to you as a WAV file.  No more having to check your voice mail or fax machine.  This system notifies you and that too at plans starting at $10 a month. 

Where will I write contracts?
Every January, I would print out one set of ALL updated sales contract forms (via Zip Forms) and use that "master packet" to make dozens of contract packages which I always carried contract packets in a box in the trunk of my car.  My individually clipped packages contained any and all forms that I could need to "hand write" a sales contract anywhere.  I simply discarded the forms that were not relevant.  I routinely "hand wrote" contracts and my buyers were often impressed with my level of patience and taking my time with them, often boasting to their friends that their agent took the time to hand write a contract for them.  Contracts were written by me at open houses, in restaurants, Starbucks, Panera, on bar tables at places like Ruby Tuesday's, TGI Friday's, Houlihans, Timpano etc.  At other times, I would take my buyer clients back to the lenders office and whilst he/she worked numbers specific to the house my buyers were looking to buy, I used the lenders office resources to do work (ie. online ZipForms).

How to deliver contracts and checks to the office?
All our agents use PDF scanners and checklists that we provide to send in contracts via e mail.  Today, sheet fed PDF scanners (like the Fujitsu Scansnap pictured here) are replacing fax machines all over the world.  So no matter where you do business in the states we are licensed in (MD, DC, VA), you can affilate with us and never have to make a trip to the office.  For escrow checks, simply adding verbage to the contract that the escrow check is not to be cashed till after the typical 7 day home inspection contingency has been removed by the buyer, will allow you sufficient time to mail the check to us via first class mail with a sticky note that tells us when to call you before cashing it.  Alternatively, name a settlement company as the escrow agent in the contract.

Will my fees ever go up?
No.  Once you join us, your fees will never change. 

Is the company registered to sell HUD foreclosures?
We are registered with www.homesource.com (MD, DC) and with www.hmbiweb.com (VA) so our agents can sell HUD foreclosures in Maryland, DC & VA.

How do I order signs?
Once our agents pick the type of signs they want to order (ie. metal vs post vs directionals), depending on how many they want to order, they can go to national vendors like www.deesigncompany.com or other local sign company's (where one can order small quantities and save on shipping costs), we provide digital templates to fit the sign panels they choose to buy.  Sign templates are available for download at www.isellhousesrealty.com/signs

How do I order business cards?
Just like signs, our agents order their own business cards from templates that we provide.  Photo business card templates and non-photo business card templates (along with ordering instructions) are available for download at www.isellhousesrealty.com/businesscards.

What about other expenses?
Pay your own Association, MAR, NAR, MRIS dues.  Pay your own advertising and marketing fees.  We charge you nothing more that what you see outlined here.

If you have a fully equipped home-office, you belong at our firm.

What associations are you a member of?
As a broker, I am currently a member of GCAAR (Greater Capital), FCAR (Frederick), GBBR (Baltimore), PGCAR (Prince Georges), NVAR (Northern Virginia).  If you elect to join us from another area, I am more than happy to become a member of your current association as well so as to accomodate you.

If I switch from my current well known realty company, how do I overcome client objections about them never having heard of I SELL HOUSES REALTY?
All REALTORS utilize the same set of tools to get business done, ie. MRIS, Internet Sites, ZipForms, Lockboxes, Signs, Directionals, Flyers, Brochure Boxes, Open Houses, Advertising, Mail Marketing, E Mail Marketing etc.  Unlike at your current realty company, the BIG advantage you have with us is that you can offer your seller clients a totally customized commission plan to help them list and sell their house.  Charge whatever commission you like to get their business and get their house sold.  If your state allows it and if you fully disclose it in writing to all parties, you can even offer buyer clients incentives like commission rebates to buy houses through you.

I've got a webcam and a www.skype.com account.  Can we chat?
Sure.  Simply call me and we can schedule a live web cam session with one another in order to communicate 1:1 without you having to leave your home.  Alternatively, my contact information is - Pepi Khara, Principal Broker, Skype ID: pepikhara, Cellular: 301-418-0613, Office: 301-662-9000, Blackberry E Mail: pepikhara@comcast.net