Why Join EXIT Realty?

Before I joined Exit as a Regional Director I spent over 2 years as the Vice President of Sales for a large real estate franchise. I got a call one day from a Regional Owner for Exit Realty asking me if I would like to buy an Exit franchise. I agreed to meet and quickly came to realize that EXIT had a proven business model that would sell itself. For the next 3 months I worked out a deal to sell franchises for the regional owner and the rest is history. It has been the best move of my life!

Despite the challenges in the real estate industry over the past year, EXIT Realty of the Carolinas has continued to prosper, adding 9 franchise sales throughout North and South Carolina.

In recognition of the region's outstanding growth while exemplifying the philosophy and spirit of EXIT Realty, Steve Morris, EXIT Realty Corp. International's Founder and CEO, proudly honored Regional Owner Michael Washburn at EXIT's 2008 International Convention held in Nashville, TN.

"Michael is always optimistic and enthusiastic. He consistently demonstrates both his salesmanship and managerial expertise no matter what the market. He is an absolute compliment to our organization", said Morris.

"What seems to be exciting people about EXIT Realty," explains Michael Washburn, "is the understanding that EXIT has a better way to operate a real estate brokerage allowing the Broker to structure his office environment [in a way that] that fosters agent growth and productivity in any market".

EXIT Realty has enjoyed tremendous growth throughout North America. This growth is based largely on the strength of its recruiting and retirement benefits. The EXIT Formula provides sales associates a chance to earn a combination of residual income over and above their own transactions and an enhanced retirement and beneficiary benefit; all of which have been unheard of in the real estate industry until now.

For more information about EXIT Realty of the Carolinas, please call 803-309-3060. EXIT Realty of the Carolinas is located at 1165 Chuck Dawley Blvd, Suite 200Mt. Pleasant, SC.

For more information about EXIT Realty Corp. International, please visit www.exitrealty.com.

EXIT Realty Corp. International is very proud of the association with Habitat for Humanity, EXIT's charity of choice. "Our beliefs are very similar", says Cindy Szinegh, EXIT's Vice President of Corporate Services. "We both believe in giving a 'hand up' not a 'hand out' to people who want more in their lives. As EXIT provides a hand up to our Associates through training unmatched in the industry and the opportunity to enhance their income through residuals, Habitat gives a hand up by providing interest-free mortgages to qualified families who may not otherwise know the pride of home ownership".

A residual occurs when you do the work once and you get paid over and over again for that work done. Consider this...after the record is cut in the studio, the songwriter receives a financial payment every time the music is played by a radio station. Sam Walton built Wal-Mart into the largest retailer in the world by allocating his share structure of that company to his employees so that they would receive a "Piece of the Action". With Residuals, EXIT now provides this same opportunity. Everyone in the Corporation can receive a "Piece of the Action" for helping to build EXIT through sponsoring.

1. The commission split is way better, fees are lower, etc. You will make more money at Exit.
2. You can build for your retirement.
3. You can build a third stream of income by helping Exit build the business.
4. You can build a team of your own, a brokerage wihtin a brokerage so to speak.
5. You can build a death benefit for your family.
6. You can be coached by agents that are making $500K+/year.
7. You can be a part of the fastest growing real estate company in history. Can the opportunity get any bigger?
8. Last but not least, you will have me. That may sound a little egotistical but I don't mean it to be. You will have a cheerleader on your side that will be there to help. No competing agent...just your sponsor who wants you to do well. I am good at analyzing deals and helping people to figure out what to do to move the sale forward. It is my passion and I will always be there to help you when you need it.

Send me a note if you are interested in becoming an agent with Exit. My email is craigaugenstein@gmail.com.

If you are interested in learning more about Exit Realty please contact me. I have a short 20 minute presentation that I can do via GoToMeeting and answer all of your questions about the power of the Exit formula. Blurb me today!

Most people come out of the presentation and say one of two things:

1. "Wow, that's neat, but Exit is not for me."
2. "Wow, that's neat, keep talking, what's the next step?"

Get your questions answered by contacting me today!

The Man In The Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what the man has to say.

For it isn't your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.

You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum
And think you're a wonderful guy.
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.

He's the fellow to please-never mind all the rest,
For he's with you clear to the end.
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass.
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you've cheated the man in the glass.

-Anonymous

Lets say you work as an agent for EXIT. You introduce Mary to your broker and she is recruited as a salesperson. This introduction is called sponsoring at EXIT Realty. As Mary's transactions close, you are paid an amount equivelent to 10% of Mary's gross production as a special bonus. This is paid from EXIT's head office and is deducted from the broker's portion of the commission. In this example, Mary earns $100,000 annually. This means you will receive $10,000 in bonuses. In the EXIT system, sponsoring can be done in any office right across the continent and it continues for as long as the agent introduced stays and produces business.

In the example, let's say you sponsor in nine more agents producing the same amount of earnings. You would then benefit financially to the tune of $100,000 annually. This amounts to $1 million dollars over 10 years. These bonuses are over and above your commission. They fill in the gaps between closings and provide you with abundant cash flow streams heretofore unavailable in real estate and you become totally recession proof as a result.
The broker of the office benefits also because everyone in the entire system in North America has a vested interest in the growth of his or her office. And to top it all off, sponsoring bonuses are now paid out by e-business.

Taking a page from the insurance sales industry, where he'd worked, Steve Morris built a franchise by giving each sales associate a share in the success of the entire enterprise. Exit offers sales associates 10 percent residual bonuses from the corporation on the transactions of other associates they bring to the company and mentor. This unusual compensation offering has enabled Morris to grow the franchise to 1,007 offices and more than 30,000 sales associates in less than a decade. Exit's training is also getting rave reviews with its emphasis on mentoring and coaching as well as classes. After a stint with The Permanent, Canada's third-largest real estate company at the time, Morris joined RE/MAX in 1984 and within a year was named Top Manager in North America by the franchise. During his tenure, he was also named Broker/Owner of the Year for multiple offices. A dozen years later, Morris launched a model that gave associates a shot at more than 100 percent earnings through residuals.

December 2006

Reprinted from REALTOR® Magazine by permission of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.

Since I started with Exit in January of 2008 we have opened 4 new Exit Real Estate offices in the Columbia, SC area. Exit is now open in Lexington, Irmo, Chapin and West Columbia. We have also opened a new office in Aiken, SC.

Here in Columbia we just got word that Re/Max is closing two offices (one downtown and one in Chapin).

Don't you want to know why real estate agents love Exit Realty? Contact me today and let's talk!

Or visit me at the Exit booth next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the SCAR Convention in Charleston. The South Carolina Association of Realtors Convention is held September 15,16,17.

Exit of the Carolinas had a booth at the North Carolina Association of Realtors Convention last week and I had the opportunity to hear Les Brown speak to this group of Realtors. What a great speaker! In fact, Les is one the the top 5 speakers in the country.

Here are a few of his quotes that I noted during the speech:

"Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?"
I thought this was great. Are you the type of person who sets back and feels what the temperature is int he market or do you SET the temperature in the market?

"Life is a fight for territory"
Something is going to grab your attention. Make sure that the right things are grabbing it.

"We might be through with our past...but our past isn't through with us."
We all make mistakes. Recognize your mistakes and try to move on. Don't let the past haunt you and affect your present.

"It hasn't come to stay...it has come to pass."
In talking about the real estate market (or the economy in general) his words are meant to remind us that things will no always be like they are now. Hunker down and fight knowing that nothing last forever.

"It's not where you are...it's where you are going."
Have a plan, work the plan, dream about your future.

"If you do what is hard, your life will be easy. If you do what is easy, your life will be hard."
There is no substitute for hard work and perseverance.