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| United Country Real Estate | Prospect Equities | |
| Investment | 10935 - 50440 | 50000 - 999999 |
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| Royalty Fee | 6% - 12% | |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1925 | 2000 |
| Year Franchised | 1997 | 2010 |
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Business Experience Requirements |
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Financing Options |
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Training & Support |
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| Training | 4 day training workshop in Kansas City, Mo., must be completed within 60 days of effective date of Franchise Agreement. - Additional webinars, regional training sessions, and an annual training convention are held every year. | The Prospect Equities School of Real Estate offers a robust and complete set of curriculum designed to address today's pressing real estate issues. A variety of management and agent classes are available in classroom, online and self-paced platforms. With a highly trained team of agents in the field, and a smoothly running support staff in the office, plus training on an effective Platinum Club approach, your firm will win listings, justify the charge for your valuable services, and increase repeat and referral business. A small sample of classes include: -Listing Leaders -Buyer Power -Leasing Agency -Contract Negotiation -Agency & Contracts -The Customer's Strategy -Personalities -Red Flags in Real Estate -Title & Due Diligence -The Power of Finance -Insurable Interests -Business Planning -Marketing Yourself & Your Career -Social Media in Real Estate -FSBO's & Expired's -REO & Foreclosures -HUD and VA Overview -Short Sales -Luxury Living & Second Home Market -Commercial Real Estate -Investment Strategies -Property Management -Mortgage Lending Overview -Business Brokerage -Closing the Deal |
| Support | The CSS Lead Software is proprietary and exclusive to PE agents. Our unique engineered Information Technology software allows agents to locate potential property buyers and sellers by design. Agents can simply plug in the criteria of their "perfect client" and the software will generate the names, numbers, and addresses (pre-scrubbed) of the nearest matches for the ultimate customer-agent potential. Coupled with our Platinum Club Marketing Strategies, our CSS software is revolutionizing the way real estate agents obtain and convert transactions! PE Broker Resource Network - is committed to helping our member firms identity and implement referral strategies that will grow their business. The Network provides assistance in the placement and registration of referrals through a dedicated 800# referral help line along with programs to provide your clients with offers and services including mortgage, title, home warranty, insurance, construction, demolition, environmental services, home improvement retail chains and much more. Recruiting Programs/Benefits for PE Franchises Recruiting exceptional candidates for your firm, and building a benefits package to help retain them, can be a time consuming job. That's why we've pre-assembled the tools you'll need to execute a compelling, successful recruiting campaign and work to build programs and resources to help you attract and keep the right people. Since our inception, PE has experienced a less than 1% annual turnover rate. No other National Franchise System can say that. We retain the agents we hire. No other real estate franchise system can offer higher compensation along with the maximized support and ancillaries that PE offers. Become privy to the unique recruiting methods we have designed, implemented, and mastered to assist you in growing your office unparallel to the competition. No other real estate franchise system can recruit, train, and retain the level of agents that our proven history has accomplished over the years. | |
| Marketing | Our web-based personal marketing platform and wide variety of marketing programs, including home seller and buyer systems, personal promotion tools, business-building resources, and much more, will provide you with the means to reach and attract more customers. Advertising Prospect Equities supports your local advertising efforts with print advertising and a strong Internet presence. In addition, we provide you with the tools that will help you build a strong brand in your local market. HighEnd ProspectTM When it comes to obtaining and marketing upscale listings, we help your firm compete with HighEnd Prospect, our comprehensive luxury marketing program that includes a multi-media advertising component. We will bring national and regional exposure to your listings as well as support your local efforts with customized high-end materials. | |
| Operations | The Broker Office, if conducting any brokerage business, must be managed by an individual having a valid real estate broker's license for that state. If your Broker Office will only be conducting an auction business, and will not engage in real estate brokerage, the manager need not have a real estate broker's license but must hold any license required of auctioneers operating in any state in which you conduct auctions. Your Franchise Agreement does not require you to be such manager or participate directly in the operation of your Broker Office. We recommend, though, that you remain involved and informed about your Broker Office operations. The Broker Office manager must devote his or her fulltime efforts to such position. Such manager must attend and successfully complete the initial training workshop for new Broker Offices and any other training programs or seminars at which attendance is required. The Broker Office manager need not own an equity interest in a corporate or similar entity franchisee. In the event of the resignation, termination, disability, incapacity or death of your manager, a successor manager must be appointed and must attend and successfully complete our initial training. A tuition charge for a successor manager's attendance at such training (currently $895) is payable to us for the successor manager's lodging and meals as furnished to new franchisees in attendance You may operate the franchise granted you only as a United Country Broker Office. You are prohibited from offering or selling any products or services not authorized by us, and you may not use the Broker Office premises for any purpose other than operation of a real estate brokerage office or auction business unless consent for such other use has been granted by us and such other business is clearly identified as not operating under the Licensed Marks. We have the right to change the types of authorized products and services used or offered and sold in United Country Broker Offices, and there are no limits upon our right to do so. Franchisee shall appoint a full-time manager with a valid real estate broker's license to be in charge of the business operations of the Broker Office (the "Manager"). If the Broker Office shall only be conducting an auction business, and shall not engage in real estate brokerage, the Manager need not have a real estate broker's license but must hold any license required of auctioneers doing business in the State where the Broker Office is located. Franchisee shall cause the Manager to devote full-time efforts to such position. | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory | |
| International Expansion | Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| United Country Real Estate | |
| Prospect Equities | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| United Country Real Estate | |
| Prospect Equities | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| United Country Real Estate | 6% - 12% |
| Prospect Equities | |
| Advertising Fee | |
| United Country Real Estate | |
| Prospect Equities | |
| Year Founded | |
| United Country Real Estate | 1925 |
| Prospect Equities | 2000 |
| Year Franchised | |
| United Country Real Estate | 1997 |
| Prospect Equities | 2010 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| United Country Real Estate | 5-10 years. |
| Prospect Equities | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| United Country Real Estate | |
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Business Experience Requirements |
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Financing Options |
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| Equipment | |
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| Inventory | |
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| Receivables | |
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| Payroll | |
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Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| United Country Real Estate | 4 day training workshop in Kansas City, Mo., must be completed within 60 days of effective date of Franchise Agreement. - Additional webinars, regional training sessions, and an annual training convention are held every year. |
| Prospect Equities | The Prospect Equities School of Real Estate offers a robust and complete set of curriculum designed to address today's pressing real estate issues. A variety of management and agent classes are available in classroom, online and self-paced platforms. With a highly trained team of agents in the field, and a smoothly running support staff in the office, plus training on an effective Platinum Club approach, your firm will win listings, justify the charge for your valuable services, and increase repeat and referral business. A small sample of classes include: -Listing Leaders -Buyer Power -Leasing Agency -Contract Negotiation -Agency & Contracts -The Customer's Strategy -Personalities -Red Flags in Real Estate -Title & Due Diligence -The Power of Finance -Insurable Interests -Business Planning -Marketing Yourself & Your Career -Social Media in Real Estate -FSBO's & Expired's -REO & Foreclosures -HUD and VA Overview -Short Sales -Luxury Living & Second Home Market -Commercial Real Estate -Investment Strategies -Property Management -Mortgage Lending Overview -Business Brokerage -Closing the Deal |
| Support | |
| United Country Real Estate | |
| Prospect Equities | The CSS Lead Software is proprietary and exclusive to PE agents. Our unique engineered Information Technology software allows agents to locate potential property buyers and sellers by design. Agents can simply plug in the criteria of their "perfect client" and the software will generate the names, numbers, and addresses (pre-scrubbed) of the nearest matches for the ultimate customer-agent potential. Coupled with our Platinum Club Marketing Strategies, our CSS software is revolutionizing the way real estate agents obtain and convert transactions! PE Broker Resource Network - is committed to helping our member firms identity and implement referral strategies that will grow their business. The Network provides assistance in the placement and registration of referrals through a dedicated 800# referral help line along with programs to provide your clients with offers and services including mortgage, title, home warranty, insurance, construction, demolition, environmental services, home improvement retail chains and much more. Recruiting Programs/Benefits for PE Franchises Recruiting exceptional candidates for your firm, and building a benefits package to help retain them, can be a time consuming job. That's why we've pre-assembled the tools you'll need to execute a compelling, successful recruiting campaign and work to build programs and resources to help you attract and keep the right people. Since our inception, PE has experienced a less than 1% annual turnover rate. No other National Franchise System can say that. We retain the agents we hire. No other real estate franchise system can offer higher compensation along with the maximized support and ancillaries that PE offers. Become privy to the unique recruiting methods we have designed, implemented, and mastered to assist you in growing your office unparallel to the competition. No other real estate franchise system can recruit, train, and retain the level of agents that our proven history has accomplished over the years. |
| Marketing | |
| United Country Real Estate | |
| Prospect Equities | Our web-based personal marketing platform and wide variety of marketing programs, including home seller and buyer systems, personal promotion tools, business-building resources, and much more, will provide you with the means to reach and attract more customers. Advertising Prospect Equities supports your local advertising efforts with print advertising and a strong Internet presence. In addition, we provide you with the tools that will help you build a strong brand in your local market. HighEnd ProspectTM When it comes to obtaining and marketing upscale listings, we help your firm compete with HighEnd Prospect, our comprehensive luxury marketing program that includes a multi-media advertising component. We will bring national and regional exposure to your listings as well as support your local efforts with customized high-end materials. |
| Operations | |
| United Country Real Estate | The Broker Office, if conducting any brokerage business, must be managed by an individual having a valid real estate broker's license for that state. If your Broker Office will only be conducting an auction business, and will not engage in real estate brokerage, the manager need not have a real estate broker's license but must hold any license required of auctioneers operating in any state in which you conduct auctions. Your Franchise Agreement does not require you to be such manager or participate directly in the operation of your Broker Office. We recommend, though, that you remain involved and informed about your Broker Office operations. The Broker Office manager must devote his or her fulltime efforts to such position. Such manager must attend and successfully complete the initial training workshop for new Broker Offices and any other training programs or seminars at which attendance is required. The Broker Office manager need not own an equity interest in a corporate or similar entity franchisee. In the event of the resignation, termination, disability, incapacity or death of your manager, a successor manager must be appointed and must attend and successfully complete our initial training. A tuition charge for a successor manager's attendance at such training (currently $895) is payable to us for the successor manager's lodging and meals as furnished to new franchisees in attendance You may operate the franchise granted you only as a United Country Broker Office. You are prohibited from offering or selling any products or services not authorized by us, and you may not use the Broker Office premises for any purpose other than operation of a real estate brokerage office or auction business unless consent for such other use has been granted by us and such other business is clearly identified as not operating under the Licensed Marks. We have the right to change the types of authorized products and services used or offered and sold in United Country Broker Offices, and there are no limits upon our right to do so. Franchisee shall appoint a full-time manager with a valid real estate broker's license to be in charge of the business operations of the Broker Office (the "Manager"). If the Broker Office shall only be conducting an auction business, and shall not engage in real estate brokerage, the Manager need not have a real estate broker's license but must hold any license required of auctioneers doing business in the State where the Broker Office is located. Franchisee shall cause the Manager to devote full-time efforts to such position. |
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Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| United Country Real Estate | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Prospect Equities | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| United Country Real Estate | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory |
| Prospect Equities | |
| International Expansion | |
| United Country Real Estate | Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama |
| Prospect Equities | |