Breckenridge Real Estate Blog

Finally a Company for Agents, By Agents, Run By Agents.

An exciting opportunity is underway in Summit County. Lead by Nationally recognized Top Award Winning Agent Jeffery McClintock. McClintock a local Summit County broker for the past several years has decided to expand his team and bring an economic model to Summit County agent’s that is a win/win, a win for clients, a win for ownership and a win for the agents on his team. McClintock’s corporate office is based out of Highlands Ranch with Keller Williams Executives with over 230 agents strong has agents working in Metro Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs and Ft Collins was ranked in 2006 by Real Trends #444 out of more than 80,000 top real estate offices in America, based on closed units and #475 based on volume.

Keller Williams Realty International, the fourth-largest real estate franchise in North America with over 72, 303 associates and 591 market centers attributes the company’s steady growth rate in the midst of a shifting market to Keller Williams Realty’s agent-centric, learning based business model and razor sharp focus on technology and the internet, according to Keller Williams CEO Mark Willis.

McClintock plans to offer to agents on his team a 70/30% split limiting the amount agents pay in company dollar to $18,000 a year, based on commission from leads that agents self generate and an maximum annual franchise fee of $3,000. After the $18,000 cap and franchise or royalty fee is satisfied agents will receive 100% of commission dollars until their anniversary date with the team. Monthly office fees will be $45 a month and agents will not be charged a transaction fee. Agents will have the opportunity to work on Site sales in Summit County for Summit County Mountain Homes, a client of McClintock’s which will have one of it’s 5 semi-custom model homes displayed on Highway 9 approximately 3-4 miles south of Breckenridge in Spring of this year. Agents will be eligible to participate also in sales leads generated from investment seminar’s and web leads.

This is an incredible career opportunity for real estate agents in Summit County because agents usually have much lower splits and do not have the ability to cap in terms of commissions they split with their broker. Many firms charge agents the equivalent of a second mortgage every month just for the opportunity to work there, regardless if they sell a home or not. Keller Williams Realty also allows agents to profit share with ownership, which allows agents to add a passive stream of income to their regular commissions, enhancing their personal wealth and retirement planning. “Treating agents as business partners is one of our core values”, says McClintock.

The National Association of Realtors® reports that 79% of today’s homebuyers surf the Internet for properties prior to contacting an agent. McClintock who owns and manages several websites including RealEstateColorado.net received over 27, 000,000 hits in 2006 and dominates organic search terms in Goggle, MSN and Yahoo along Denver’s front range, SummitCountyMountainProperty.com and ColoradoMortgageGroup.com, also hold numerous top search engine rankings by maximizing a number of key organic search terms in Breckenridge and Summit County. “Two reasons homes sell…price and exposure”, McClintock said. All properties entrusted to us to sell by our clients will have their properties marketed through each of the websites. With over 40% of Summit County Buyer’s coming from the front range this is a huge advantage and “ I’m excited for what that will mean for both clients and agents,” McClintock is quoted as saying.

Keller Williams Realty is known for attracting some of the most talented people in the industry who teach on-going course work through Keller Williams University. KW offers agents both on-line and class room instruction to help them excel in the industry. Mastermind sessions are also available to agents looking to build their skills through seminars led by Gary Keller, Mark Willis, Mary Tennant or Dave Jenks. Rich collaborative peer-group sessions allow you to share problem-solving techniques and hard-won wisdom, while learning powerful new ways to succeed in business.