Keller Williams Realty Shows Affinity for Winners
Aliso Viejo, CA. September 21st, 2005 – Kathleen “Katie” Wyatt, winner of the Grand Prize Award for Season II for the Real Estate Apprentice Grant competition announced today that she has signed a contract to join Keller Williams Realty of Wichita, Kansas beginning September 23, 2005. “We are very excited about partnering with Katie Wyatt”, said Keller Williams’ Team Leader Penny Johnson, “Having the Real Estate Apprentice Foundation choose Katie as the Season II Grand Prize Winner delights us at KW,” she added. Kendra Shearer, the Season I Grand Prize Winner also had signed on with Keller Williams of Marietta Georgia on May 3rd. Based on the current trend it appears that the National Real Estate Franchisor Keller Williams Realty has their eyes securing top producing new rookies before the other national Franchisors do. Other National Franchisors did however also secure quality new agents when Coldwell Banker and Century 21 each had two of their rookies reach the finals and RE/MAX, Prudential and Weichert Realtors® each enjoyed one in the final top 10.
When Katie was asked why she had chosen Keller Williams she replied: “The order of Keller William’s core values of God first, family, and then business aligns with my own. I was particularly impressed with Keller William’s care and internal support system that provides critical assistance to those within the KW family. The compassion of the company is evident in how the program is structured. Community involvement and the heart of the corporate vision are important to me. Their business vision of helping agents build businesses worth having is evident in the training material, education system and the mentoring that is provided for every agent. From Rookie to top producer, each agent is welcome and provided with tools for phenomenal success that fit their own personality style and strengths. I am very learning based and the mentoring tools, technology and information in a variety of mediums is just amazing. Their core values support and encourage me in my efforts to offer excellent customer service, build fantastic and positive personal relations and grow a caring and profitable business that gives back to the community. I also love the passion and enthusiasm of the Team that wants me to play with them. I feel that it would be almost impossible to fail utilizing their approach and philosophy. They have encouraged my heart and validated my vision of my own life’s purpose.”
Founded in 1983, Keller Williams® Realty Inc. is an international real estate franchising company with 464 offices located across the U.S. and Canada. Keller Williams began franchising its offices in 1991, and followed this with years of strong growth. Keller Williams is the fifth-largest real estate franchisor in North America. The company has succeeded by treating its 42,691 associates as partners and shares its knowledge, policy control, and company profits on a system-wide basis. Keller William’s goal is to be in 500 market centers, with 50,000 agents and the production of 5,000 millionaires. Keller Williams’ revenues in 2004 were in excess of $1.3 billion, profit sharing in 2004 was over $28 million and the average annual agent growth rate is 52%.
When asked what special qualities she saw in Katie Wyatt, her Team Leader Penny Johnson responded by saying: “We have seen Katie buy grocery bags full of books, not only to launch her career but to enhance her own personal life. She is extremely learning based, and has the innate ability to touch people’s hearts and to move an entire room of people. Her belief system and work ethic exemplify the values and culture of Keller Williams Realty. We are thankful to welcome her to our company.” “The talents and gifts which God blessed Katie Wyatt with and her generous spirit will enable her to maximize all of the career enhancing gifts from the Real Estate Apprentice Grant to benefit not only herself but others as well” she added.
According to the Foundation’s Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Martin Oliver: three new Keller Williams rookie agents: Daphne Jackson, Roland Castillo, and Terri Romere, were also among the Top 1% of Semi-Finalist applicants (6 of 30) chosen to compete for the Real Estate Apprentice Grant Award for Season II (January - June 05). “In a super competitive industry, many new agents never get their careers off the ground. Our selection of these three Keller Williams applicants was based on multiple criteria, not the least of which was their demonstrated excellent sales or listing results given their short time in the business,” said Oliver.
The Real Estate Apprentice Grant Program is open to all new real estate students that are US or Canadian citizens or legal residents that have taken or will be taking a real estate licensing course or who became licensed as a new agent during the six month grant season period (January 1st to June 30th 2005) or 90 days preceding this period. Applicants do not have to already work for a real estate brokerage company and company affiliation pays no role in the judging process. Interested persons can apply online at www.RealEstateApprentice.com. Every six months inaugurates a new Season. The competition is judged on the basis of answers to essay questions, which demonstrate: Salesmanship and communication skills, entrepreneurial spirit, integrity, creativity, and uniqueness. Every six months 12 leading Judges select 10 new winners. Their bios can be viewed at: http://www.realestateapprentice.com/judges.cfm
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The Real Estate Apprentice Grant sponsors include: First American Corporation –Hobbs/Herder Advertising and Design –Thomson Learning –Success Strategies Institute –McLean International –RealtyU® –iSucceed Online Real Estate Mentoring –The Real Estate Cyberspace Society –Create-A-Plan Real Estate Business Planning, RIS Media and Broker Agent News. Companies interested in providing their products or services to the Grant Finalists should contact Dr. Martin Oliver at Dr.Oliver@ReApprentice.com or at 949-349-9394 ext 107.
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More About The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation
The Real Estate Apprentice™ Foundation is a non-profit venture that provides 20 bi-annual grants, totaling $250,000 every year. Grants are sponsored by various leading real estate companies, service providers and industry leaders including: First American Corporation – The nation’s leading provider of business information: Hobbs/Herder Advertising and Design – A household name in real estate agent corporate identity and branding; Thomson Learning – A global publisher of books in real estate, law, tax and accounting; Success Strategies Institute – A premier real estate coaching company; McLean International – A respected real estate organizational structure business systems implementation company; RealtyU® the nation’s largest network of Real Estate Schools; iSucceed the nation’s largest online real estate mentoring service; CourseDates.com – a course scheduling service; The CyberSpace Society – The 1st name in online conventions and cyber information; CreatAPlan real estate business planning calculated to guide you toward a desired outcome; and RIS Media and Broker Agent News, both highly respected names in real estate news reporting. Companies interested in becoming sponsors should contact Dr. Martin Oliver at Dr.Oliver@ReApprentice.com. For more information visit www.RealEstateApprentice.com
More About Keller Williams Realty
Founded in 1983, Keller Williams® Realty Inc. is an international real estate company with more than 380 offices located across the U.S. and Canada. Keller Williams began franchising its offices in 1991, and following years of phenomenal growth and success, Keller Williams is currently the fifth-largest U.S. residential real estate firm in North America. The company has succeeded by treating its 35,000-plus associates as partners and shares its knowledge, policy control, and company profits on a system-wide basis. For more information visit www.kw.com
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