Keller Williams: Welcomes former REMAX agent Kim Schuster

CONTACT: Cheryl Eskridge 262-439-8897 ext 202

ELM GROVE, WI (August 11, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that former REMAX Realty 100 agent Kim Schuster has officially joined the Keller Williams – Elm Grove office located on 12700 W. Bluemound Rd.

“Kim works hard for her clients and customers and she will have much success under our model that focuses on the agent rather than a company-centric brokerage.” said Cheryl Eskridge, CEO/Team Leader of KW-Elm Grove.

“KW’s ability to attract agents like Kim is solid evidence of the strength of our model and national growth. We are ecstatic to have her join us.” said Chris Slinker, Operating Principal for KW Elm Grove.

Keller Williams-Elm Grove official location is at 12700 W.Bluemound Rd in Elm Grove. This main office has several mega-agent offices located in downtown Port Washington and also Crivitz Wisconsin. A series of additional Milwaukee and outstate agents plan to join this office over the summer months and will be announced at those times.

To date over 45 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 76,879 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 and Century21, 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.