Assist-2-Sell: North America's Largest Discount Real Estate Company Adds 21 Franchises.RENO, Nev. -- Assist-2-Sell(R), North America's largest residential discount real estate company, added 21 owner-operated franchises in October 2005 -- bringing its total to 552, an increase of more than 10 percent since mid-summer of this year. Today's announcement came four months after Assist-2-Sell (www.assist-2-sell.com) founders and co-owners Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle E. Martin announced that the number of owner-operated franchises had surpassed 500 for the first time. The total had reached that benchmark six months earlier than company projections. "Our strong, steady growth is fueled by satisfied home sellers who use Assist-2-Sell, benefiting from high-value services at a low flat fee," LaMeres-Pomin and Martin said in a joint statement. "Demand continues to strengthen at a steady pace." LaMeres-Pomin and Martin said the new owner-operated franchises opened in October are in: Apache Junction, Ariz.; Fullerton, Hemet, Indio, Perris, San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. and Whittier, Calif.; Cutler Ridge Cutler Ridge, uninc. town (1990 pop. 21,268), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla., a growing residential and commercial suburb of Miami. , Golden Gate, Lakeland, New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach (smûr`nə), city (1990 pop. 16,543), Volusia co., NE Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon; part of the Intracoastal Waterway) and on Ponce de Leon Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1903. , North Miami and Pompano, Fla.; Cicero and Orland Park, Ill.; Bloomington, Minn.; Wildwood Wildwood, city (1990 pop. 4,484), Cape May co., SE N.J., on an island off Cape May; settled 1882, inc. as a city 1911. It has large commercial fisheries and is a popular summer seaside resort with many vintage motels and other buildings from the 1940s–60s. , Mo.; Las Vegas; Lenoir City, Tenn.; and Olympia, Wash. During 2004, sellers saved a record $165 million using Assist-2-Sell's "Full Service with $avings(R)" process, which enables them to save thousands of dollars in commissions compared to paying 6 percent. Assist-2-Sell franchises provide the services of a professional real estate broker, for a low flat fee. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Reno, Nev., Assist-2-Sell is able to charge low fees thanks to its high-volume system, backed by an experienced team of real estate professionals that handles everything from advertising and showing the home to overseeing the closing process. |
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