Assist-2-Sell: North America's Largest Full Service Discount Real Estate Company Adds 69 Franchises.Business Editors/Real Estate Writers RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003 Assist-2-Sell(R), North America's largest full service residential discount real estate company, added 69 new franchises in 2002. The expansion brings the total number of Assist-2-Sell franchises in 42 states and Canada to 219, up more than 43 percent from Dec. 31, 2001. Assist-2-Sell cofounders and co-owners Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle E. Martin announced the franchise totals, as Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur Magazine is a publication that carries news stories about entrepreneurialism, small business management, and business opportunities. This magazine is published monthly, with a total of 12 issues annually. (No special extra issues are published. named Assist-2-Sell among the top 500 franchise companies. The magazine ranked Assist-2-Sell at No. 203 among businesses in a variety of industries. "Our company remains positioned to handle its tremendous growth," LaMeres-Pomin and Martin said in a joint statement. "Assist-2-Sell continues to carefully manage its well-planned, large-scale expansion with efficiency, as we achieve our goal of helping increased numbers of home sellers." Assist-2-Sell (www.assist2sell.com) franchises provide the services of a professional real estate broker, for a single, low flat fee. Assist-2-Sell's "Full Service With $avings(R)" process enables home sellers to save thousands of dollars in commissions compared to paying 6 percent. Assist-2-Sell projects it'll have at least 500 locally owned and operated franchises in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada by the fourth quarter of 2005. In mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 2002, LaMeres-Pomin and Martin projected the company would have at least 300 franchises by the fourth quarter of 2003. Growth remains on track to meet that projection. Owners of new Assist-2-Sell franchises attended the company's training school at its corporate headquarters in Reno, Nev. The company requires its franchise owners to be experienced residential real estate brokers. 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. , Assist-2-Sell was founded in 1987. The company is able to charge low fees thanks to its high-volume system, backed by an experienced team of real estate professionals that handle everything from advertising and showing the home to overseeing the closing process. The following states received these numbers of new Assist-2-Sell franchises in 2002: California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , 14; Florida, 7; Texas, 6; Georgia, 5; Colorado, 5; Missouri, 3; Tennessee, 3; Nevada, 2; Idaho, 2; Connecticut, 2; Virginia, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; Illinois, 2; Iowa, 1; North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , 1; Nebraska, 1; Indiana, 1; Hawaii, 1; Maryland, 1; Oregon, 1; New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , 1; Arizona, 1; Minnesota; 1; and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , 1. Two franchises opened in Canada. |
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