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RE/MAX acquires master franchise for Texas

RE/MAX Buys Master Franchise for Texas

“As of December 31, 2012, RE/MAX of Texas, with its 4,300 agents and 260 offices, becomes the 11th Company Operated Region owned by RE/MAX, LLC of Denver. Richard and Jeanne Filip, owners of RE/MAX of Texas since 1996, agreed to transfer ownership of the Master Franchise for the state of Texas, but remain the owners of several individual RE/MAX brokerages.”

This is big news, for several reasons.

“The last time RE/MAX, LLC added to its inventory of Company Owned Regions was in 2007, when it purchased the Master Franchise for three regions; RE/MAX California and Hawaii, RE/MAX Florida and REMAX Carolinas.”

If you bought a house in 2007, what do you think it’s worth now? More than likely, less (way less) then what you paid for it. Now imagine buying 3 real estate regions. Ouch! That gives you some clue to the struggles RE/MAX have been going through the past several years. That being said with this acquisition it seems they have turned the corner and are ready to go on the aggressive. Maybe Dave has gotten his mojo back.

Speaking of NYC….

I also wanted to invite anyone who is attending Inman’s Real Estate Connect to join us at The Culture Club on Thursday night. The event will be hosted by our industry’s very own, John Heithaus and his Superstar Factory All-Stars. My company, W&R Studios, is co-sponsoring this event (along with RED-Real Estate Digital, Instanet Solutions, BuyerMLS and MRIS.) this year and would love you guys to come. Live music and dancing, what more could you want. So consider this your VIP invitation.

More details can be found here: Thursday Night Live feature the Superstar Factory ALL-STARS

See you in New York City!

Well, after a brief hiatus I’m back to keeping the world safe! On that note I Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be attending the Inman Real Estate Connect conference in New York City next week. I’ve also been asked to moderate the “Technology Track” on Thursday. I’ve got a superstar list of panelists and I hope you guys will come and check us out!

strong>Thursday January 17, 20031:15PM to 2:00PM

Technology case study
How to design software agents will buy — and use.

Susan Daimler, Co-Founder, Buyfolio
Matt Daimler, Co-Founder, Buyfolio
Moderator: Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, W&R Studios

2:05PM to 2:50PM

Technology best practice forum
Mission Impossible? How to market and sell real estate software

Steve Allen from UtahRealEstate.com
Mike Sparr, CEO and Founder, Goomzee
Dan Stewart, Founder, Happy Grasshopper
Moderator: Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, W&R Studios

2:55PM to 3:40PM

Technology case study
Innovating on a new platform for old use cases

Tony Cappaert, Co-Founder and CEO, Contactually
Caren Maio, Co-Founder and CEO, Nestio
Moderator: Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, W&R Studios

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Technology best practice forum
Overcoming the MLS hurdle: how to get the data and get to market

Mike Wurzer, President, FBS/Spark Platform
Seth Price, Director of Sales and Real Estate Marketing, Placester
Andy Woolley, Vice President, Homes.com
Moderator: Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, W&R Studios

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