We serve as Broker for referral agents who no longer actively list or sell real estate. Our referral agents work on a referral basis only.
We first want to provide a viable alternative for those licensed real estate agents that are not wanting to pursue real estate full-time; while keeping their real estate license current and have the opportunity to legally earn referral fees. Secondly, we want to provide high quality service to buying and selling customers referred by our referral agents.
As a licensed real estate brokerage company, we are qualified and charged with the responsibility of serving as Broker for thousands of licensees. We are not, however, a conventional real estate brokerage firm–no one within our organization ever directly represents a buyer or seller. All buyers and sellers are placed with full-time real estate agents qualified to handle the leads and commit to meeting the specific needs and desires of the customer.
Since we are an independent organization, we allow and encourage our referral agents to select the firm and agent they want to handle their referrals.
If our referral agent does not have a choice, then we will use our vast resources to place the lead with a firm that has a proven track record and can best meet the needs of the customer. Independence and the ability to work with the best full service real estate firms has helped us provide a truly superior level of service to buyers and sellers, and to best meet the needs of our licensed agents.
There are several reasons why our referral agents are not allowed to directly represent buyers or sellers. In our opinion, to professionally handle the many details associated with a real estate transaction requires a full-time commitment. Real estate is not a part-time profession.
Further, since we are not a member of the National Association of Realtors® (nor of any local boards), we do not provide the services needed to successfully service customers and clients directly. We do, however, have the personnel, skills, tools, computer tracking system, and experience to successfully service customers and clients on a referral basis. We offer a very economical and viable alternative to real estate licensees not wanting to pursue real estate as a full-time career. Due to the large amount of business we place through full-service professional real estate firms, we can receive a superior level of service for customers placed with them. We do not represent just one transaction to the real estate office, but potentially hundreds of closed transactions.
Beginning in 1987, we have grown to be one of the largest real estate organizations in the country. With almost 2,000 licensed referral agents, we manage thousands of referral leads each year all across the country. We currently hold licenses in seven states: IL, IN, MI, NJ, NY, OH & PA. While our program is uniform among these various states, in order to comply with each state’s specific real estate licensing laws, certain variations may apply.