About RE/MAX Satellite Network

Nov. 1, 1994, marked the debut of the RE/MAX Satellite Network, the first and still the only such service offered by any major real estate franchise company. The centerpiece of RE/MAX technology, RSN has revolutionized the RE/MAX organization, disseminating training, professional education and the entire corporate culture across the international network.

Without the time and expense of travel, RE/MAX Associates and administrative staffs benefit daily from RSN educational programming. It is available in many RE/MAX offices, and U.S. agents can receive it at home. And it's free, whether received in an RSN office or at home.

The culmination of decades of RE/MAX experience, RSN is the ultimate educational and synergizing medium, created to keep RE/MAX top producers "Out in Front" into the new millennium.

Network-wide Communication
RSN is the fulfillment of a RE/MAX dream of instantaneous communication. Created within a year's time, the satellite network broadcasts educational programming directly to more than 1,400 RE/MAX subscriber offices, representing approximately 40,000 Associates. This includes our Bellevue office.

Designation Courses
Since the network's inception, RSN has presented Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) and Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) courses. Thousands of RE/MAX Associates have participated in RSN broadcasts of Real Estate Buyer Agency Council (REBAC) courses leading to the ABR designation. RSN also offers courses providing credit toward Certified Finance Specialist (CFS), Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) and Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designations. RSN viewers registering for the courses can earn credit toward those professional designations.

Continuing Education Courses
RSN regularly airs live continuing-education courses. In states that approve these courses for CE credit, they are open to any licensee whether or not they're affiliated with RE/MAX.

Currently the 100 Days of Greatness program qualifies for Continuing Education "clock hours" in Washington State

Technological Training
RSN is also the major medium for computer training and use of other RE/MAX technologies, including AgentOffice, Broker BackOffice Pro for RE/MAX Series, and RE/MAX Mainstreet. Also regularly offered is training for software products such as MS Publisher, MS Word, MS Outlook, and MS PowerPoint.

Educators and Motivators
From panels of RE/MAX superstars sharing their expertise to taped presentations of top industry educators and celebrity motivators, RSN programming multiplies educational opportunities for RE/MAX people. Programs on personal promotion and recruiting have been produced in Spanish.

The RSN Program Guide
The rich variety of RSN programming is showcased in the glossy, four-color RSN Program Guide, published quarterly.

RSN Videos
The star of RSN's series of home videos is the award-winning "Kids' Survival Guide to Moving." Other RSN productions include real estate basics for support staff, and adult survival guides to buying a home and moving. RE/MAX Satillite Network Features

• Advanced training in technology, management and marketing
• Interactive presentations on timely real estate topics
• Profiles of superstars and industry experts
• Consumer-oriented tips and techniques
• Training for RE/MAX Broker/Owners, Sales Associates, Assistants and Office Staffs
• Motivational speakers
• 60 hours of quality programs per month
• Original programming
• Flexible scheduling
• Live and taped programs
• Up-to-the-minute RE/MAX news
• Benefits

  • Designation and continuing education courses
  • Each office can build a tape library
  • Reduced travel time and expense
  • Learn at one's own convenience

Advantages of Affiliation with RE/MAX

National Advertising
Prime-time RE/MAX images fill television screens in homes across the United States and portions of Canada, generating more than 5 billion impressions annually.

Public Relations
RE/MAX public relations takes many forms both nationally and locally - from charity sponsorships to sports marketing through events like the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship and the Peachtree Road Race.

Freedom in Advertising
While all RE/MAX Associates contribute to group advertising funds, you determine how to invest in your own individual advertising and personal promotion. At RE/MAX, 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 Associates receive the leads that their efforts generate. The independence and creativity of RE/MAX Sales Associates are nowhere more visible than in personal promotion activities.

Build a Personal Sales Team
At RE/MAX, 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.

Negotiate Commission Rates
Sales agents with conventional companies work within a rate established by the brokerage. It's different at RE/MAX, where you have the flexibility to negotiate commission rates with customers.

Advanced Business Training
Since it doesn't have to cater to inexperienced or marginal producers, RE/MAX training immediately jumps to the top producer's core need - increasing business without increasing work time. All RE/MAX 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. 

Experiment & Be Creative
RE/MAX 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 system responds with support. RE/MAX Affiliates are encouraged to be the first to pioneer trends that lead to increased productivity.

All the Advantages of Owning a BusinessWithout All of the Risks & Expenses
At RE/MAX, 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, 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 Associates don't immediately lose a percentage of income - and thus the tax deductibility of that "expense" - to a broker.

Set & Attain Your Own Goals
At RE/MAX, you create your own business plans and set your own goals. No manager will tell you how many sales you need to make or whether it's appropriate to pursue a particular professional designation. You schedule your own vacations and work under your own pressure, not someone else's.

Work When You Want to Work
Having the freedom of being in business for yourself, you can set your own income goals at RE/MAX and plan the use of your time accordingly. Convinced that leisure time is crucial to professional success, RE/MAX encourages Associates to take time for other areas of their lives and to recharge their energies.

Personal Promotion
At RE/MAX, Sales Associates have the freedom to be creative with unlimited promotion and advertising to generate a continual stream of qualified prospects.

Prosper in Any Market
RE/MAX synergy, services, the maximum commission program, referral and repeat business, and real estate experience, enable RE/MAX Associates to survive - and even flourish - in down markets.

Industry 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 & Referral Customers
RE/MAX Associates have built up reserves of satisfied customers. About 70 percent of RE/MAX transactions result from repeats and referrals, quality prospects who require far less qualifying than new customers. The less predictable sources of business make up about 30 percent of the transactions of RE/MAX Associates. When a recession hits, it's the salesperson with the contacts and the referrals who continues to thrive.

Choose Your Specialty
Being in business for yourself at RE/MAX, you have the flexibility to choose your listing and sales specialties. A glance at the RE/MAX Referral Roster shows more than 20 residential and commercial specialty areas declared by RE/MAX Associates. These include auctions, buyer brokerage, condominiums, farm and land, luxury homes, military, new construction, relocation, rentals, and vacation and resort properties - the entire property and housing spectrum.

Specialize in Real Estate Sales, Not Marketing of Services
With RE/MAX 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.

Build Your Real Estate Portfolio & Save Commission
When selling property in your own portfolio, you want to keep the maximum gain possible - not forfeit a big chunk of a commission to your broker. Why sacrifice personal investment returns to fund your broker's retirement instead funding your own?

Worry-free Vacations
At RE/MAX, it's not going to be the new kid who fills in on a suddenly sensitive deal because the broker thinks the experience will do him some good. When you are away from work, only competent professionals are there to shepherd transactions forward.

Pride of Business Ownership
RE/MAX 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, 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, 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 Sales Associates contribute to the success of each new Associate.

• In addition, RE/MAX name recognition, reputation for quality service, and market strength - rapidly becoming worldwide in scope - provide Associates a considerable advantage when competing for clients.