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ELM GROVE, WI (September 15, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that former Meno.Falls Shorewest agent Gabrielle Borowski has officially joined the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office. Gabrielle Borowski relocated from the Menomonee Falls Shorewest office.
“Keller Williams Elm Grove has seen astonishing growth, the addition of Gabrielle and the personal connections she has in the Metro Milwaukee market is again, solid evidence of the true success of this first Milwaukee area offices.” said Todd Butzer, North Central Regional Director for Keller Williams International. Keller Williams focuses on training, coaching and providing the tools to help agents build their own businesses.
Christopher Slinker, Operating Principal of Keller Williams Elm Grove office added, “Gabrielle is fun, energetic and a perfect fit for us at KW Elm Grove. I was very pleased to get the call from her and I am excited at her opportunity for career growth with us. I look forward to assisting in her success.”
Keller Williams-Elm Grove officially opened their door on May 3rd, and currently have over 53 agents who are active or have committed to the company. The office location at 12700 W.Bluemound Road is the first-ever approved office for Keller Williams in the Greater Milwaukee area.
A series of Milwaukee and outstate agents plan to join this office over the summer months and will be announced at those times. To date over 53 agents have switched or agreed to switch from other companies in the Milwaukee Metro area. Keller Williams has the most lucrative agent starting pay split program available (70, 80 or 90%, with 100% after approx $2.5 million in production) for agents in the Metro area. KW has superior technology/online resources for the their agents, in most cases agents experience 35% increases in commission splits compared to the major companies in competition with KW. Keller Williams prides itself on sharing up to 50% of all office profits with the agents who work in the office, offering No Desk Fees, No Transaction Fees and class ‘A’ business space for its agents to work in. Keller Williams also charges 0% on all relocation and referrals that it provides for its agents.
This announcement comes on the heels of a year of positive growth for Keller Williams Realty throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company outpaced the downward trend in the real estate market and grew in every category – opening 30 new franchises, ending the year with a 16 percent year-over-year increase in the number of contracts closed per agent and more than 80,000 associates across North America (up three percent). In addition, the company gave back more than $32.2 million in profit share to its agents.
In addition to recently becoming the 2nd largest real estate company in the U.S., surpassing Re/Max & Century 21, according to Steve Murray at REAL Trends, Keller Williams Realty received the highest overall satisfaction ratings from home buyers among the largest full-service real estate firms from J.D. Power and Associates for the second year in a row, and was ranked as the No. 1 real estate franchise on the 31st Annual Franchise 500 list by Entrepreneur magazine.
