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Keller Williams Realty Continues Growth in 2007
Company reports positive numbers despite sluggish real estate market
AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 27, 2008) —Keller Williams® Realty Inc., the fourth largest real estate company in North America, announced positive growth numbers for 2007, showing an expansion in market centers to 659 and a growth in its roster of active licensees to 79,643. CEO Mark Willis emphasizes the significance of the company’s growth given the wellpublicized downturn in the real estate market. “Research shows that the U.S. residential real estate market peaked in late 2005. In 2006 and 2007, the market experienced a two year decline of more than 20 percent in closed units,” says Willis. Yet, during that same period, Keller Williams Realty’s sales increased 8.4 percent. That means that over the last two years our company’s market share has increased by 36 percent nationwide.”
“During the same two year period, we have seen a 42 percent increase in gross commission income and a 25 percent increase in the profit that we return to our associates through profit sharing,” adds Willis.“We have been overwhelmed by the positivity of our associates and their willingness to think outside the box to continue growing despite this market,” says Mary Tennant, president and COO. “We are optimistic that the trend will continue upward if we give our
associates the highest level of support and cutting edge tools.”
In 2007, the company implemented several new initiatives to assist its agents as the downturn in the real estate market became big news. The company launched Operation Heart to Heart 2, a training initiative designed to help agents and market centers survive in today’s market. Operation Heart to Heart 2 offerings included a new Website authored
by Keller Williams Chairman Gary Keller, (www.agentmountain.com) featuring audio, video and other materials relevant in today’s market; a new nationwide skills-based seminar tour, Thriving in a Shifting Market; a Web portal for scripts, training products and more; and new market-specific agent guidebooks that teach associates how to take advantage of the opportunities of the current real estate market. “Our goal in 2007 was to support our associates with the best educational opportunities in the industry so that they are positioned to gain market share and emerge from this market stronger than before,” adds Willis. “I am confident that our associates are going to make the most of this shift and will come out ahead as the dominant real estate brokers and agents in their local markets.” Along with support through Operation Heart to Heart 2, the company rolled out a variety of new technological offerings to associates. Through an agreement with WolfNet™ Technologies, Keller Williams’ IDX vendor, agents have the ability to display all MLS listings directly on their Websites – ensuring that once buyers are on their Websites, they won’t have to go anywhere else to search for properties within their market. The year also saw the development and cementing of Keller Williams new lead routing philosophy – dubbed, “My Listings, My Leads.” Rewriting the rules on how leads are distributed to its agents from online listings, the company applied this new philosophy to two of its technological advancements this year.
The Keller Williams Listing System (KWLS) provides agents with increased exposure for their listings online. When an agent enters their listing into the KWLS, the listing is automatically displayed on their own Website, their office Website, KW.com, as well as more than 100 popular home search engine Websites, including: Trulia, Google, Yahoo!, Homescape, Cyberhomes, AOL, Point2Homes, Unique Global Estates and Yuvie. Every lead generated from these listings goes directly back to the listing agent. KW.com was also revamped to serve as a property search engine for home buyers and a lead generation Website for associates. All inquiries on Keller Williams listings from KW.com are routed directly back to the listing agent. “What distinguishes the Keller Williams technology platform is that it is being developed
with an overarching emphasis on our associates,” says Dave Therrien, Chief Technology Officer. “We believe that our success lies in our associates’ hands, and our technology offerings are a strong reflection of that agent-centric culture.”
Keller Williams Realty Launches Company Wide Support Effort
to Combat Turbulent Real Estate Market
Operation Heart to Heart 2 delivers critical training at a critical hour
AUSTIN, TEXAS (November 19, 2007) — Keller Williams Realty, Inc. has announced the kick-off of a wide sweeping, action-focused, outreach program to bring tools and support as a response to the well-publicized turmoil within the real estate market. The effort is funded as a gift from the company’s leadership to its 77,000-plus associates across North America.
Coined Operation Heart to Heart 2, in the spirit of the company’s effort to support its Gulf States associates in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the program includes Web sites, teleclasses, live seminars and new training courses, all tailored to the reality of the current real estate market and designed to support office profitability and agent productivity.
“At the heart of our Keller Williams culture is the inherent responsibility to protect those we care about and shore each other up in tough times. Coming from a place of love and true understanding of how the market is affecting our people, Keller Williams Realty is launching an unprecedented support effort for our associates,” says Mark Willis, CEO.
Operation Heart to Heart 2 offerings include a new Website authored by Keller Williams Chairman Gary Keller, (www.agentmountain.com) featuring audio, video and other materials relevant in today’s market; a new nationwide, skills-based seminar tour, Thriving in a Shifting Market; a Web portal for scripts, training products and more (www.kellerwilliamsuniversity.com/h2h2); and regional courses to teach agents the do’s and don’ts of enhanced financing options for their clients.
In addition, the company’s annual convention, Family Reunion, has been refocused on an entirely new market-specific curriculum from Keller Williams’ training arm, Keller Williams University, including courses on:
1. Being an Opportunity Warrior: Role of the Agent as Lead Converter
2. Lead Generation in a Shifted Market
3. Seller Pricing Strategies
4. Seller Staging Strategies
5. Creating a Sense of Urgency in Buyers
6. Expense Management for Solo Agents and Teams
7. Cost Effective Leverage—Getting More Done with Less People
8. Lead Capture Conversion to Appointment
9. Internet Lead Capture Conversion to Appointment
10. Transaction Issues and Solutions
11. Creative Financing
12. Foreclosures, Short Sales and REOs
Office leadership teams also have new resources available to them including: lease negotiation and compensation specialists, regular brainstorming conference calls with top owners and brokers in the Keller Williams system and scholarships to training courses on how to maximize staff by hiring talent.
Mary Tennant, president and COO of Keller Williams Realty says, “Our company was born out of a extremely tough real estate market, and so we have no doubt that our roots will help us weather the challenges of today.”
Tennant says the level of support and caring encapsulated in Operation Heart to Heart 2 will continue throughout 2008, and even increase, if needed.
She adds: “Never before have our Keller Williams culture and training opportunities been more critical for our associates’ success. And never before has it been more important for us to reach out – both to each other and to the opportunity that will be created for those who persevere during this market.”
Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing
Launches Ground Breaking Initiatives
Drilling Down to What Really Works
AUSTIN, TEXAS (November 8, 2007) —More than 50 of the top producing real estate agents in the country gathered at Baylor University in Waco, Texas recently for the Inaugural Research Summit at the Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing. The Summit was led by Gary Keller, founder and Chairman of Keller Williams Realty, the fourth-largest residential real estate franchise in North America and a Baylor alumnus.
Focused on Getting Leads and Making Sales: What Really Works, the event represented an unprecedented step toward academic, quantitative research within the residential real estate business.
The Keller Center was funded through a $5 million donation by Keller in January 2007.
“The Millionaire Real Estate Agent [MREA] was actually the impetus behind the founding of the Keller Center,” said Keller. “While that book was a success on many levels, our research revealed that so much of what the real estate industry believes about what works is learned by word-of-mouth, or anecdotally, rather than being based on solid quantitative analysis.”
Attendees spent two days discussing what research needed to be done in the areas of Lead Generation, Lead Conversion and Branding with Baylor faculty, Keller Williams Realty researchers and course writers, and MREA co-authors, Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan.
Keller asked attendees: “If you could know one thing, that if you knew it, would have a tremendous impact on your business, what would it be?” The results of this masterminding will serve as the direction for the research that will be developed by Keller Center’s faculty in the coming years.
“The summit was a tremendous success and very productive. The agents in attendance confirmed resoundingly that they are most interested in issues surrounding lead generation and conversion, so that will be our first focus,” says Laura Indergard, associate director of the Keller Center.
“The Keller Center’s upcoming research initiatives will have a far-reaching impact among real estate professionals, “ asserted Sami Inkinen, COO and co-founder of the real estate search engine,Trulia.com, who was one of several real estate industry heavyweights in attendance. “Not only will the rigorous and methodological research approach create a framework for best practices that will help real estate professionals to become more productive and more savvy business people, it will also serve to improve the image of the entire industry.”
At the close of the Summit, Keller emphasized to attendees, “What you are a part of is historic. The research that Baylor University will do now, based on your input, will make a truly important contribution to the real estate industry.”
Keller graduated from Baylor University in 1979 with a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing, with a specialization in real estate and insurance. In 2006, the university honored Keller with its Distinguished Alumni Award. That same year, REALTOR® Magazine named Keller one of the Top 25 Most Influential Thought Leaders in real estate. In 2007, Inman News recognized Keller as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate.
Keller Williams Realty California Regions Get Back to Business
Agents and Offices Sort through Soot and Smoke to Support Each Other
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (November 1, 2007) — Last week, as Southern California reeled from the impact of rampant wildfires, Keller Williams Realty leadership and associates in the area mobilized and initiated California Cares…The Power of One. The program focused on ensuring the safety of all associates in the area, providing shelter and comfort to displaced families, and finally, getting back to business in a “smoky market.”
Spearheaded by Southern California Regional Director Belinda Barone, California Cares includes a training program designed to help associates tackle the already-slumping real estate market in Southern California, which has come to a stand still in the wake of the fires. More than 5,833 associates in 45 offices in the area are joining forces by focusing on training and committing to getting back to business.
Top-producing agents have come together to teach, inspire and answer questions throughout the regions. The training courses, offered at no cost to associates, dig deep into mindset, how the fires are effecting current transactions and answer any questions the associates may have. Barone also says that there will be a huge focus on lead generation — with compassion.
During difficult times, people unify most," says Barone. "Through California Cares we can give agents a direction and purpose to keep moving forward.”
Other components of California Cares include community outreach in the area, delivering clothes, house wares, and truckloads of other donated items to displaced families; fundraisers for Keller Williams Realty’s non-profit arm, KW Cares; and a weekly conference call with all regional leadership to keep the region working together to stay on track.
Chris Heller, operating principal of the Carmel Valley/ Del Mar office in San Diego, Calif., stresses that it is paramount to keep moving, despite market conditions and the natural disaster. “The best thing I can do for my associates, and the best thing we can do for each other, is stay productive.”
Tasha Manzano, team leader of the Carlsbad, Calif., market center says times like these remind her why she joined Keller Williams Realty. She says, "These are challenging times. But we are skilled people who have the capacity to rise to the occasion. The power of our vision, our values and our company will support us through this time."
Keller Williams Realty Luxury Homes Keller Williams Realty Stakes a Claim in Luxury Homes Market
4th Largest Real Estate Company Launches Luxury Homes by Keller Williams
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 18, 2007) — Keller Williams Realty announced today that it will be launching a new division of the company dedicated to serving the high-end home market.
The new venture, introduced at the company’s recent annual Mega Camp event, is the product of more than a year of researching and Masterminding by a group of Keller Williams leadership and associates.
“We know that when we listen to what our agents need, we develop the right product for them,” says Mary Tennant, president and COO of Keller Williams Realty Inc. “This program was built by our agents, for our agents. As an agent-centric company, we wouldn’t do it any other way.”
Luxury Homes by Keller Williams is a members-only program that gives eligible associates a designation as experts in serving luxury home buyers and sellers. The training component of the program will be provided by industry heavyweight, The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (www.luxuryhomemarketing.com), as part of a new partnership between the Institute and Keller Williams Realty.
Institute founder Laurie Moore-Moore says, “The luxury home market is out-performing the real estate market nationally, so the timing of the Keller Williams Luxury Homes program is absolutely perfect.”
The new program is spearheaded by Dee Shultz, a long time leader in the luxury homes market in Austin, Texas, and she says the new program will allow more KW associates to capitalize on the luxury homes market across North America.
“When you look at the luxury homes market – it’s been more stable than the real estate market as a whole, so we want to arm our agents to capitalize on that opportunity,” says Shultz.
“We know that this program will provide both a strong support system for our agents currently servicing affluent clients, and a firm foundation for growth to our associates who are looking to key into the market,” she adds.
When the program makes its official debut October 1, KW Luxury Home Consultants will be able to take advantage of new branding and marketing materials, an International Web presence (www.kwluxuryhomes.com) and agent-to-agent referral opportunities, as well as discounted pricing for advertising in targeted print publications including the Robb Report, DuPont Registry, Unique Homes, The Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times and The New York Times.
Mega Camp Sets the Stage for Success During Any Market
Proven models, leading-edge systems provide framework for success
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 5, 2007) — Committed to providing agents and market center leaders with targeted training and tools designed to build their businesses during uncertain real estate market conditions, Keller Williams Realty attracted more than 5,000 associates and guests to its annual week-long Mega Camp event August 20-24.
Mark Willis, CEO, Keller Williams Realty, emphasized that real estate markets such as the current one, ”offer untold opportunities for agents to differentiate themselves on the basis on skills, service and knowledge,” and urged attendees to refine their resolve to sharpen skills and “make lead generation a daily discipline.”
Indeed “understanding the need for two to three hours of lead generation every day is central to success in real estate,” emphasized Gary Keller, co-founder and chairman. “You need to get focused on the one thing that is going to make your business thrive in this market,” Keller emphasized.
Introducing Keller Williams University’s (KWU) new Lead Generation 36:12:3 course as the “new cornerstone of KWU’s curriculum,” Mary Tennant, president and COO, pointed out that the intensely researched curriculum provides a proven pathway for agents to:
Close at least 36 transactions,
In 12 months,
By committing to 3 hours every workday on lead generation,
Lead Generation 36:12:3
“This groundbreaking course is our most important new focus as a company right now,” added Willis. “It’s about arming our agents with practical guidance and a set of skills to raise productivity and to help them to generate a consistent and continuous pipeline of leads.”
Mega Camp also provided a forum for the introduction of the new Luxury Homes by Keller Williams program. Slated for an Oct. 1, 2007 debut, Luxury Homes by Keller Williams will provide qualifying members with access to international networking capabilities and distinct branding and marketing opportunities.
Of course, no major Keller Williams Realty event would be complete without the company’s signature cultural component. KW Cares, a 501(3)(C) nonprofit created to support associates throughout North America during times of severe hardship, grossed more than $250,000 during Mega Camp. Revenues resulted from ticket sales to a Kenny Loggins concert sponsored by KW Cares, live and silent auctions and general donations.
Keller Williams Realty Case Study now part of Stanford and Yale’s core MBA curriculum
Distinct cultural and economic models presented as inherently intertwined
AUSTIN, TEXAS (July 11, 2007) — Keller Williams Realty Inc., announced today that both the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Yale School of Management have added a Keller Williams Realty Case Study to their core MBA curriculums.
Completed earlier this year by Brian Tayan, research associate with the case writing office of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and James N. Baron, Ph.D., formerly with Stanford, who since the publication of the study has taken a professor of management position at the Yale School of Management, the case study describes the economic and cultural models that have led to the success of Keller Williams Realty.
“Case studies are fundamentally teaching materials,” Tayan explains. He adds that he anticipates that the most predominant impact of this case study will be a realization among MBA students of the “significant impact that culture can play in the strategy of an organization.”
“This level of recognition from two such prestigious universities is among the greatest honors that this company has ever received,” emphasizes Mo Anderson, vice chairman, Keller Williams Realty. “It’s a reflection of the combined talents and unique contributions of all of our associates throughout North America.”
Anderson was on hand at Yale when the case study was first presented to students at the Yale School of Management by Dr. Baron.
Baron noted, “One of the things I heard from several students was how refreshing it was for them to hear the perspective of a highly effective executive with a leadership style so different from the formulaic one they encounter over and over throughout business school.”
Having spent a considerable amount of time talking to associates and interviewing top executives at Keller Williams Realty, Tayan notes that the Keller Williams “business model and culture operate very much in conjunction with each other. The company’s culture has not been developed for the sake of it.”
Keller Williams Realty has become the fourth largest and fastest growing real estate agency in North America by building a culture that rewards its agents as partners through its profit sharing program and by empowering its agents to fulfill the company mission of ‘building careers worth having, business worth owning and lives worth living.’
“The Keller Williams Realty case study should serve as a source of pride for associates throughout the organization and a validation of the way the company is proceeding,” Tayan says. Noting the distinct business model and rapid growth of Keller Williams Realty, he adds, “I’m surprised that more has not been written about it.”
Keller Williams Realty Rewrites Rules for Brand Strategy
Research reinforces impact of agent-centric philosophy
AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 23, 2007) — Keller Williams Realty ranks among the top five established and recognized real estate brands, according to the recently released Swanepoel Trends Report 2007, published by RISMedia.
While other national real estate franchises spend tens of millions of dollars every year inundating the airwaves and print media with professionally crafted consumer advertising campaigns designed to establish their brand as the best, Keller Williams Realty “has never spent a dime on national advertising to consumers,” says Gary Keller, chairman and co-founder, Keller Williams Realty.
“We put our agents first at all times, which means the focus is on their name and their brand,” Keller explains. “Our company was founded on the belief that real estate is a local business and our agents businesses are built on the strength of their local reputation, not the company or the brand the agent is affiliated with. This research proves, once again, that if you encourage your people to build their own business, the market will respond. We know that it’s our agents businesses that build our brand, not the other way around.”
Keller Williams Realty has become the fourth largest and fastest growing real estate agency in North America by building a culture that rewards its agents as partners through its profit sharing program and by empowering its agents to fulfill the company mission of ‘building careers worth having, business worth owning and lives worth living.’
”We built this company based on the conviction that the company worked for its people,” says CEO Mark Willis. “We believe that if we devote our attention to educating and treating people right, they will build this company beyond our wildest dreams,” Willis explains. “That has proven to be the case many times over.”
Keller Williams Realty convention addresses
technology trends, market shifts
More than 9,000 real estate agents seek timely training at “Family Reunion” in Las Vegas
AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 7, 2007) — More than 9,000 real estate agents gathered in Las Vegas in February to learn business-accelerating tactics at Keller Williams Realty International’s annual convention, “Family Reunion 2007 – Full Speed Ahead.” In addition to offering its traditional lineup of real estate education and networking opportunities, Keller Williams Realty fine-tuned its 2007 program to address the new realities of operating a real estate business in today’s technology-driven market.
To reinforce its commitment to cutting-edge business practices, the fourth-largest residential real estate franchise in North America announced at Family Reunion three new alliances with leading technology companies: WolfNetTM and online search engines Trulia and Google Base. These partnerships will help Keller Williams Realty associates gain better control over how and where their property listings are posted on the Internet. The alliances also will increase the visibility of Keller Williams Realty listings on the Web.
At the core of Family Reunion were more than 150 breakout training sessions that addressed a range of topics, from how to attract investor clients to how to leverage technology to market your business. The instructors at Family Reunion also took a hard look at how recent market shifts across North America have impacted the industry, and how real estate professionals can build their businesses no matter the status of their local economies. Several of the breakout sessions outlined specific models and systems that agents can follow to ensure their businesses continue to gain momentum. The sessions offered insight into buyer and seller behaviors and provided scripts and action items specific to hot and soft markets.
During their State of the Company address, Vice Chairman Mo Anderson and President Mark Willis noted Keller Williams Realty’s record-breaking growth rates despite a sluggish 2006 market.
“Our agents broke records in total gross commission income earned and in profit share,” Willis said.
“As always, our No. 1 commitment is increased personal earnings by our associates,” said Anderson. “In 2005, we broke $2 billion in total commissions earned, and in 2006, we broke $2.5 billion. That’s a 16 percent one-year increase.”
Willis said that, in 2005, the company shared a profit of $48 million with its associates; in 2006, Keller Williams Realty shared more than $52 million.
“The way we measure our health as a company and the way we validate that we are in partnership with our associates is to measure the profits we share,” he said, adding that profit share is projected to increase to $65 million in 2007.
In addition, the Anderson and Willis noted that the company’s agent count grew to 72,595 in 2006 — a 27 percent increase from 57,146 agents at the end of 2005.
In his annual Vision Speech, Chairman Gary Keller looked beyond the company’s success and addressed the economic state of the real estate market on a whole. Keller noted that “when you’re used to a boom market, even a slightly unbalanced market can feel like a profound decline into a bad market.” He said that while new home and existing home sales in North America have done better than predicted in the past few years, 2007 will look a little different.
“Based on this year’s predictions, the best you can hope for is a flat market,” he said.
Yet, Keller’s outlook remained optimistic.
“Successful agents shouldn’t care whether the market is up or down; they should act like it’s always down, because a down market forces you to focus on what really matters,” said Keller, explaining that agents should always focus on the basics — getting the listings, generating new business and leveraging the resources of their professional networks.
Also at Family Reunion, Millionaire Systems, publisher of bestsellers The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, introduced the third book in its Millionaire Real Estate series. FLIP: How to Find, Fix and Sell Houses for Profit generated 2,800 in sales at the Keller Williams Realty event and ranked as the 10th bestseller on Amazon.com on Feb. 12 after its first full week of sales. Authors Rick Villani and Clay Davis were on site to sign copies of the book.
As is the tradition at Family Reunion, the company’s charitable arm, KW Cares, hosted its annual silent auction, raising $103,000 for the 501(c)(3) organization. Founded by Vice Chairman Mo Anderson in 2003, KW Cares assists Keller Williams Realty associates and their families in times of extreme hardship. The auction included more than 220 items that were donated from Keller Williams Realty regions across North America.
This year’s Family Reunion keynote speaker was best-selling author Ken Blanchard. Blanchard’s The One Minute Manager® has sold more than 17 million copies and has been translated into 27 languages. The Family Reunion concluded with the Eighth Annual Inspirational Brunch. Led by Anderson, who is largely credited for building the Keller Williams Realty culture, the brunch program honored everyday heroes within the Keller Williams Realty family.
Keller Williams Realty plans to host its 2008 Family Reunion at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Feb 10-13.
Nationally recognized real estate leader donates $5 million
to Baylor University to advance the study of residential real estate
AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 6, 2007) — Gary Keller, chairman of Keller Williams Realty Inc., the fourth-largest residential real estate franchise in North America, has donated $5 million to his alma mater, Baylor University, to fund a new research center. He says the Keller Center will take residential real estate research to a whole new level.
“The goal of the Keller Center will be to study the issues that are pressing for real estate companies and agents in today’s marketplace,” Keller says. “For all the awesome research that is already out there, there is an equal amount that is still not being done.”
Terry Maness, dean of Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business, adds: “We have conducted literature reviews of academic work in real estate marketing, and very little of it has dealt with buyer-seller relationships. That is, why do people really buy? How do they consider the role of the agent? What influence does the Internet have on information search processes and subsequent purchase decisions? These are the kinds of questions we will be answering.”
Kirk Wakefield, chairman of Baylor University’s marketing department, says the Keller Center is “an exciting opportunity to be entrepreneurial in a space or niche to which no one else in academia has really paid much attention.”
“The buyer-seller issues in real estate are important not only for agents at real estate agencies, but also on a broader scale for marketers and salespeople in a variety of settings,” he says.
Keller says he commends the real estate studies being conducted at institutions such as the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, the National Association of REALTORS® and REAL Trends Inc.; however, the Keller Center will explore the industry through both the eyes of the agent and the consumer.
Adds Maness: “Other real estate programs focus on the aggregate economic issues related to real estate, such as interest rates, pricing, et cetera. We will focus on the factors that influence individual home buyers in their decisions, as well as marketing and management issues that are important to real estate agencies and small businesses.”
Keller says that he is “honored and humbled” that Baylor University shares his interest in advancing the study of residential real estate.
“I see this as being a very synergistic partnership between higher education and the private sector. The result will be more-relevant findings that will enlighten the residential real estate industry as a whole,” he says.
According to Baylor University spokesperson Cynthia Jackson, the Keller Center will operate under the auspices of the Hankamer School of Business. The university is currently searching for a research writer, who will join a research team of business school faculty members. The Keller Center will begin its first project in August.
“My hope is that the Keller Center will put Baylor University on the map as the definitive resource for comprehensive, in-depth studies that can bring insight and value to residential real estate professionals,” Keller says.
Keller graduated from Baylor University in 1979 with a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing, with a specialization in real estate and insurance. In 2006, the university honored Keller with its Distinguished Alumni Award. That same year, Realtor Magazine named Keller one of the Top 25 Most Influential Thought Leaders. In 2005, Inman News recognized Keller as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate.
About Keller Williams Realty Inc.:
Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is the fourth-largest real estate franchise operation in North America, with more than 600 offices and more than 74,000 associates in the United States and Canada. The company’s agent-centric culture emphasizes access to leading-edge education and promotes an economic model that rewards associates as stakeholders and partners. Keller Williams Realty, which began franchising in 1990, is growing by more than a thousand agents a month. Keller Williams Realty associates place high value on professional education and a full-time commitment to real estate sales. For more information, visit Keller Williams Realty online at (www.kw.com).
About Baylor Business:
The Hankamer School of Business holds to a visionary standard of excellence whereby integrity stands shoulder to shoulder with analytic and strategic strengths to build leaders, not simply careers. In the Ethics rankings done by BusinessWeek magazine, the undergraduate business program is ranked 3rd in the nation. Among private business schools, the undergraduate program is ranked 22nd by U.S.News and World Report and 23rd by BusinessWeek. Baylor’s Entrepreneurship program is ranked 14th by U.S. News and its Accounting program is ranked 18th by Public Accounting Report. Visit (www.baylor.edu/business) for more information.
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