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Starting today, consumers will enjoy an entirely new experience on remax.com, the most visited real estate franchise website. RE/MAX is the first real estate franchisor to provide a consistent web experience across desktops, tablets, and smart phones. As the culmination of a strategic, yearlong roll-out of new consumer-focused technology tools, the new website will build [...]
Blaze Pizza, a pioneer in the fast-casual artisan pizza category, today announced the appointment of Rod Lucio as Vice President of Real Estate. In this role, Lucio will spearhead the company’s real estate development and acquisition, bringing Blaze Pizza franchises to markets across the country, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Miami, Denver, and [...]
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has purchased Prudential’s real estate division. Prudential Southeast Alaska Real Estate will be part of this transition to Berkshire Hathaway. Once the transition is complete the Juneau-based real estate firm will use its new owner’s name. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is expected to be available in 2013. Berkshire Hathaway affiliate HomeServices of [...]
Better Homes and Garden Real Estate recently announced the addition of IBR Realty, a Minnesota brokerage serving St. Paul, Minneapolis and Alexandria, to its growing franchise network. Now operating as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate All Seasons, the brokerage is led by broker/owners Kevin and Linda Sharkey, who have owned and operated IBR Realty [...]
Florida restaurateur John Metz, who owns and operates 40 Denny’s restaurants, said in order to avoid having to provide health care for his employees, he will cut back his workers’ hours. “People are trying to find ways to avoid the penalties and to avoid having to pay for ObamaCare,” Metz told FoxNews.com. “Everyone’s looking for [...]
HomeVestors, also known as the We Buy Ugly Houses® company, is equipping its 260 franchise owners in 36 states with a mobile app that helps them to accurately evaluate a property, develop a list of repairs that need to be made and accurately estimate the cost of repairs so that home purchase decisions can be [...]
Everything is bigger in Texas and this year Dickey’s Barbecue has gone “big” on franchise sales. The world’s largest barbecue franchise has sold 138 new franchises to date in 2012 and is on course to open 100 new stores this year with franchise sales up 21%. “Dickey’s is recognized across the nation as a proven [...]
Franchisee: An individual who purchases the right to operate a business under the franchisor’s name and system. Franchisor: The parent company that allows individuals to start and run a business using its trademarks, products and processes, usually for a fee. Franchise fee: The initial fee paid to a franchisor to become a franchisee, outlined in [...]
Mitra QSR KNE, LLC (Mitra) and its capital partner, Chalak Growth Capital Fund, LLC (Chalak), recently closed on a large acquisition of KFC/Taco Bell units in the Northeast part of the United States for an undisclosed amount. The transaction includes 78 KFC units, 39 KFC/Taco Bell co-branded units, and 3 KFC/Long John Silver’s co-branded units. [...]
The name Berkshire Hathaway, synonymous with business icon Warren Buffett, is positioned to become a well-known residential real estate brand here following Buffett’s purchase Oct. 26 of one of the country’s largest real estate brokerage networks. Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its HomeServices of America unit, bought a majority stake in the Prudential and Real [...]
Famous Dave’s, (NAS: DAVE) , leveraging its range of build-out and service models designed to fit virtually any real estate space, announces its largest deal signed this year. The Minneapolis-based, 185 -unit award-winning barbecue and restaurant concept continues to accelerate growth as it recently signed deals for 16 units in San Diego/Los Angeles/Ventura County and [...]
Remax Associates is the new real estate franchise in town. The Park City business is part of a larger franchise made up of five locations. The branch in town opened two months ago, after a slice of the local housing market and building its team. Branch Broker Al Barbosa, who runs the team of 17 [...]
One of Murfreesboro’s leading real estate companies, Exit Realty Bob Lamb & Associates, has been honored by Exit Realty Corp. International with two top national awards. Exit Realty Bob Lamb & Associates received recognition as the “Largest Grossing Single Office” in the United States for the time period of July 1, 2011, through June 30, [...]
Lubbock-based Real Living Real Estate, owned and operated by Greg Garrett, will begin operating under the new brand name Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in January. HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and Brookfield Asset Management announced Tuesday they have partnered to form a joint venture. Warren Buffett is chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. [...]
Paul Bennett Education: B.S. Bentley University, accounting Family: Married to Julie; three daughters, Allie, 10, Kimberly, 8, Payton, 4 Experience: Owned a real estate franchise with my brothers; current owner Bennett’s Store, Kennebunk, 19 years; sophomore legislator. Biggest issue facing the district/region: The state budget, with zero based budgeting by departments set into motion by [...]
Perhaps the most bullish indicator for U.S. housing is Warren Buffett. The legendary investor has been buying up real-estate brokerages around the country as he bets on a housing turnaround. Now, he is partnering with Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian real-estate investor, to more than double the size of his brokerage business. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Noah [...]
In February, Warren Buffett said he’d buy a “couple hundred thousand” single-family homes if he could. Now he is putting his company brand on a new realty company to help people buy homes. HomeServices of America Inc., an affiliate of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has partnered with Brookfield Asset Management to create a new franchise real [...]
The nation’s largest used car franchise company has entered the Memphis market. Carmel, Ind.-based J.D. Byrider has inked 30,900 square feet at 2580 Mount Moriah Road, marking the company’s second Tennessee dealership. J.D. Byrider buys cars, SUVs, trucks and vans that are typically five to 10 years old at auction. An average of $1,500 is [...]
Eric Barron is looking for a few a good men (and women).The CEO of Keller Williams (KW) New York is focused wholeheartedly on the people of his business as the franchise looks to expand further in Manhattan. “I feel that it is my job to bring focus and structure to the chaotic world of real [...]
Realty ONE Group, a Las Vegas brokerage company that expects to post $4.5 billion in sales in the tri-state area of California, Nevada and Arizona in 2012, has opened its first franchise in Temecula with a seasoned real estate executive and a $1 buy-in. Kuba Jewgieniew, chief executive, said the franchise that Temecula-area real estate [...]
REALTOR® Ryan Fay recently joined Prudential Howe & Doherty. He will focus on residential real estate sales in the Andovers and the Merrimack Valley. Doug Howe, Broker/Owner, Prudential Howe & Doherty commented on the appointment, saying “Ryan shares Prudential Howe & Doherty’s commitment to quality and customer service. We are excited to have him join [...]
Realty ONE Group Affiliates, Inc., today announced the debut of its first franchise: Temecula-area real estate icon Barbara Baker will open a new office as “Realty ONE Group Southwest.” (41463 Margarita Rd., Ste. 100, Temecula, 92591) “Having Barbara on board – and as our very first franchisee – is an amazing coup, and proof that [...]
REI Wise, commercial real estate’s leading online provider of marketing and financial analytic services, and Keller Williams Realty Inc.’s commercial real estate division, KW Commercial, have signed a multi-year agreement to integrate REI Wise’s commercial software into Keller Williams Realty’s industry-leading, complete lead-to-close business solution, eEdge. Keller Williams, the second largest real estate company in [...]
For many military families, searching for a new home every few years is a reality. And for the spouses of many military personnel, so is searching for a new job. A newly formed company, Cherry Wings Realty, is hoping to make both experiences a little easier. Christine Stalsonburg, who has started the real estate brokerage [...]
Rebekah Snipp worked in the oil industry in a variety of executive positions at Enron before the company folded, which made her become a Realtor so she could control her own destiny and not be linked with the challenges of corporate America. She began her real estate career 10 years ago, working for a franchise [...]
