Hello Everyone,
I'm new to the site. I recently passsed my Real Estate Exam, and am going through the application process. I have already completed my additional courses, to satisfy the 18 month requirements. I am in the stage of interviewing with, Real Estate Companies...
I'm in Southern California(North Orange County)and would like to work with a great company, that offers a decent split, but what's really important to me, is training, and a good support staff. If I could get a mentor that would be great too. I am new to the Real Estate side, but have experience on the lending side. Can anyone give me there pros and cons and the companies listed below

Keller Williams
&
Remax
&
Zip Realty

I'm sure the answer will vary due to many factors.

Several fellow agents that I know in my area absolutely swear by Keller Williams training. I believe that they call it KW University.

From my own experience:

The RE/MAX office I worked in offered NO training whatsoever. This was in the early 1990's (things may be different now). Only thing remotely akin to training was that you could watch the RE/MAX network on satellite if you wanted to. I've been a partner in a Century 21 office (1995-1997) and the training was basically Floyd Wickman tapes and little else.

I'd take a notebook and make notes on what each company offers. Also, ask each company if you can talk to one of their newer agents (6-12 months) and ask them how they rate the training.

Best of luck to you and welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the advice Gulf Winds

Im in the same position as you, except I'm interviewing in LA County. See my post in the "Agents & Brokers" forum on KW. I was very impressed during my visit with KW yesterday, the training seems very lucrative.

I also interviewded with Keller Williams, and loved them. The office staff seemed very nice, and there training seemed good. It also seemed to me that it was too good to be true. But as of yet, I have not heard anything bad about them...which is good, but I think I will continue searching.

I just posted this in the other thread, but since the same question came up again I thought I would post it here.

I signed up with KW last month. I just completed 1 week of new agent training. It was great!! In my office I will be continuing a 2 hour 4 day a week training for the next 2 months (not 100% of length). I done 2 weeks of that training already. Just to be trained is worth it to me. In my office the trainer was a mega agent from AZ who was doing 60 transactions a year. They also have online traning on their website. What I've learning is like gold, and I am not even a new agent. I became agent in 1998, and was doing about 13 transasctions a year in Southern California. There are several other people in my training class like me who is experienced and moved from other companies. I am envious of the new agents who are starting there, they have such a good start.
Regarding the recruiting, my office has told me how it works, and the benefits, however they did tell me not to make it my focus. They said if they were doing their job I would be happy there, and I would naturally tell others. Its not a big thing I have to do.

Thanks
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