Priority development : North America
Countries/Regions already covered :

Full Time Professionals: Keller Williams Realty® is made up of top full time sales associates and supporting staff that are carefully selected to be part of our firm.

Knowledgeable: In addition to required education for licensing, our sales associates attend numerous courses through Keller Williams University to keep them up-to-date on current real estate trends and information. Our training is the most comprehensive in the industry.

Professional Standards: Our standards for performance are for the benefit of our clients and they are the highest standards in the industry. Our policy manual guarantees our professional standards.

Financing Power: Our sales associates and staff maintain a day-to-day contact with preferred lending institutions in their business area. This helps our buyers find the best possible financing.

Cost & Fees for : United States
Franchise Fee : 25K
Personnal investment : -
Total investment : 121K-252K
Royalty fee : 6%

The genesis for Keller Williams® Realty Inc. evolved out of Gary Keller's desire to build a company that valued ethics, integrity, and people. Gary founded the company on the premise that as a servant leader he would work for his agents, treat them as partners, and even share company profits with them.

However in 1983, Gary had difficulty securing loans to start the business he envisioned. So, he partnered with fellow agent Joe Williams to raise $42,000 in seed money, and incredibly, Keller Williams Realty earned more than $100,000 in profit its first year.

Through many struggles, Gary's commitment to building the country's most dynamic and profitable real estate franchise system grew even stronger. Today, Keller Williams Realty is the fifth- largest real estate franchise firm in North America. Since 1996, Keller Williams Realty has grown an unprecedented 40% each year in agent numbers, earned commissions, and profit sharing. In 2003, Keller Williams Realty shared $13 million in profits with its agents and administrative staff. The company earned nearly $800 million in gross commission sales in 2003 while commanding an unprecedented 33% market share in Central Texas.

Keller Williams Realty is founded on an “agents as partners” business model. Agents and staff have access to the company’s financial reports, share in up to 50% of company profits, and have a say in all decisions. Most real estate companies operate on a dependent model where the broker provides leads to sales people and then offers them a commission, or they operate on an independent model where agents receive minimal support from the broker but keep more of the commission. In contrast to these traditional models, the Keller Williams Realty model fosters a synergistic environment where both parties succeed through teamwork. This model encourages agents and brokers to share their best practices with each other and rewards associates who bring others into the company. It is these industry-changing philosophies that have rocketed Keller Williams past older, more established companies to claim a top-five spot in the real estate industry.

In 2004, Keller Williams Realty is poised to gross over $1 billion in commission income, and the company’s growth seems unstoppable. Currently, the company has more than 370 offices and more than 35,000 agents in the U.S. and Canada.

Training:
At Keller Williams University we believe that training is a life-long process, not an event. As stellar practitioners of the business, the founders and leaders of Keller Williams Realty seek out faculty members who bring expertise in all aspects of the real estate business and are gifted instructors as well.

Marketing:
At Keller Williams Realty we believe that real estate is a local business. Thus, our branding strategy is to provide you with systems and customizable products to enhance your image in your local market.

ProManage (our Agent Tools for Marketing) equips you with the best technology, the best content for marketing, and the best systems as taught in The Millionaire Real Estate Agent (8x8, 33 Touch, 12 Direct).

Business Experience:
- Industry experience
- General business experience
- Marketing skills

Keller-Williams Realty
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807 Las Cimas Pkwy., #200 - Austin - TX 78746 - United States