Keller Williams Realty Offers Important Career Advice to Real Estate Professionals

Keller Williams Realty is the fastest growing real estate company in the country...now the fourth largest. It is the company's unique agent-centric business model and unique profit sharing model, that has been the catalyst for the company's high level of agent productivity and agent retention.

(PRWEB) May 3, 2006 -- Keller Williams Realty®, has released The Dozen Deadly Secrets, which are 12 fundamental truths that, most real estate professionals either don't know or ignore when charting their careers. And, yes, they can be deadly -- if they don’t realize their value.

Secret #1

A real estate career is about the agent, and their success, not their company's.

A consumer survey conducted by the National Associations of Realtors® determined that 86% chose a real estate firm because of the individual agent. That fact is proven time and time again, every time an agent switches from one brokerage to the next, their clients follow. The agent is the reason people want to do business with the agent , NOT the company.

Secret #2

A real estate agent's career success is not democratic.

The agent will never build their career when somebody else is running their business.

Keller Williams® is more than a real estate company. Keller Williams' Agent Leadership Council seeks to empower everyone to get involved in the decision-making process of the company.

Secret #3

Successful teamwork can drive an agent's career achievement.

The truth is, most realtors aren't on a team. They're in a group, and their careers suffer as a result.

At Keller Williams®, we believe in TEAM. Together Everyone Achieves More. We believe that when we work in partnership, we benefit from each other's success.

Secret #4

As a professional, the agents should have a right to see 'The Books.'

Keller Williams® has paid out millions of dollars in profit sharing to its hard-working associates. Every office of Keller Williams® opens 'The Books' to their agents.

Secret #5

A company doesn't care about the agent's long-term success, or future.

In fact, we'll bet that nobody from another company has met with their agents about their long-term financial planning or wealth-building strategies.

Because the company's success has little to do with their agents' success, long-term.

Keller Williams® cares about the agent's career, and their future. Keller Williams® has, over the past 14 years, built a proven system that enables participating associates to build their income portfolio. Keller Williams® stands alone as the only real estate company that's serious about helping their associates plan for the future.

Secret #6

A successful real estate agent deserves to share in the company growth.

Building financial wealth for a realtor must be a cooperative enterprise. It requires both the company and the associate to work together for success, in a mutual effort designed to maximize rewards. This is how the Keller Williams® profit-sharing system is designed.

Secret #7

Smart realtors know, sooner or later, that they need to address the issue of equitable compensation. It's not what the agent grosses or even spends; it's what the agent nets. But an agent can't grow a business or career by cutting expenses. At some point the agent will have to invest money if they are going to grow.

At Keller Williams®, the agent can truly be a '100% real estate agent,' an agent can actually take home more than the commission they earn.

Secret #8

An agent's company makes the decisions for the agent.

The fact is, most real estate companies are designed so that their realtors work for the company, and are essentially treated like an employee.

Most real estate agents don't have say in how their company operates. The issue is that there are company decisions being made daily that could dramatically affect the agent's career.

We believe the agents want to be in an independent relationship within a supporting organizational structure. At Keller Williams® Realty, we provide a clear path for the agent to build their own business career within the company, with substantial income opportunities available to everyone.

Secret #9

It's the agent's career, but they are probably building wealth for others.

At Keller Williams®, we put the agent's career first. Because the company is best served by building the agent's career first, and putting the agent's image ahead of the company's. In this way, we all profit.

Secret #10

A company's training may not be designed to bring out the agent's excellence.

Most companies are out of touch with the needs of top aspiring agents. Most are not keeping pace with what the top mega agents are learning and sharing. And, sadly, most companies are reluctant to invest in the career training of their agents because they have no business opportunity for them.

At Keller Williams® , we provide a training and education program unparalleled in the real estate industry. The agent will receive the skills and tools to develop their career and reach their goals—and helping the agent do that is our goal.

Secret #11

An agent must choose their business partners wisely. Their real estate career depends on it.

In today's real estate industry, who speaks for the hard-working agents? Where are the "agent's rights" organizations? The agent has got to seek the best opportunities for their career. An agent nees a real estate organization that they can trust for support and resources.

The commissions an agent pays had better be to an organization that cares about the agent's success, as much as they care about theirs. After all, it's the agent's money. That's the Keller Williams® difference.

Secret #12

Real estate companies do not want their agents to discover Keller Williams® Realty.

As with all businesses, the real estate business is experiencing massive change. The trends are clear. Successful companies will treat their agents as stakeholders, and give them a say in how the business is run, as well as a decent share of the profits.

Most real estate company owners know about Keller Williams®, its innovative strategies and nationwide growth. They're boxed-in by their old thinking and business decisions. Therefore, they'd prefer their agents not discover Keller Williams® superior training, consulting, leverage, profit sharing, agent support and overall team environment.

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