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WHY INDEPENDENT?  
The Facts Are As Clear As Black And White…

When choosing to affiliate with a real estate company that is the right fit for you, consider Raben Real Estate, and find yourself in an environment that values the individual identities of both the associates & clients - an environment ripe for your success.

INDEPENDENT
 

FRANCHISE
 
  • Retain more profitability per transaction and deploy resources locally where they can have the greatest results
  • Continue to hold the Number One market share position in many more markets than the competing franchisees, due to the power of the local brand in a local business
  • Build their brand rather than someone else's
  • Control the service & reputation associated with brand, and deliver based on that accountability
  • Are true stakeholders in the local community, a reality that consumers appreciate and respond to
  • Have unlimited opportunities to grow business through ancillary services that drive local profitability.
  • Can use the brand and listing content to create the local real estate Web site of choice
  • Drive the direction of the business, and turn on a dime to meet local market needs
  • Are empowered by RELO® resources to control relocation and referral business
  • Pay a percentage "off the top" of every transaction they produce for services that may never benefit them locally
  • Are subject to an agenda set by a large conglomerate, which cannot tailor its programs to individual companies and marketplaces
  • Use their skills to build a national brand that may own or franchise their competitors
  • May be impacted by brand and identity issues and inconsistent service delivery that affect their local reputation
  • May be perceived as community "outsiders" who are part of a national chain rather than local stakeholders
  • Are often required to feed the franchise’s ancillary operations and their bottom line
  • Have local Web sites that are overshadowed by the national site, with name similarity that makes it difficult to find the local firm
  • Are constrained by bureaucracy and corporate red tape.

For your own confidential interview, contact Gil Raben at 1-605-342-7272 or email at realty@rapidcity.com


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