Realty Plus Online CEO Featured as `Urban Pioneer'; Randy Lintecum Featured in Sacramento Regional Marketing Council Campaign.Business Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Realty Plus Online, Inc., the technology leader in online real estate transaction systems, today announced that Randy Lintecum, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Realty Plus Online, will be featured as an "Urban Pioneer" in the Sacramento Regional Marketing Council's campaign. Lintecum's participation comes just two months after he took the helm of this five-year-old real estate "dot com dot com - com " company. Realty Plus Online made local news last week with the Placer County rollout of CloseYourDeal.com(TM), the first secure Web site to automate the entire real estate transaction online. Over 1,100 real estate agents and 23 real estate service providers are participating in the Placer County rollout of CloseYourDeal.com. The Sacramento Regional Marketing Council (SRMC SRMC Short Run Marginal Cost SRMC Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (India) SRMC Strike Rescue Mission Coordinator SRMC Symantec Raptor Management Console ) marketing campaign is designed to change prevailing misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun. about the region and foster regional pride. The campaign markets the many positive, and often overlooked, attributes of Sacramento and the surrounding counties beginning with the surge of local economic and business development seen in recent year. The national campaign focuses on local "Urban Pioneers" -- people who have already blazed successful paths in various up-and-coming fields like biotechnology and Internet services. Lintecum was chosen as an Urban Pioneer due to his personal and business successes, as well as his entrepreneurial spirit. Lintecum brings to Realty Plus Online more than 25 years of technology and e-commerce experience growing and leading organizations that have achieved leading market share positions. "Realty Plus Online is revolutionizing the real estate industry by delivering the first Internet-based real estate transaction management system. Sacramento is the perfect environment for growing an Internet company because it provides access to a labor pool of young talented professionals as well as the funding resources and strategic business services that rapidly growing companies require to be successful," said Lintecum. Part of the goal of the SRMC's national campaign is to attract more spawning start-ups, company headquarters, and research and development facilities to the area by focusing on the strong elements already present here. Such development is anticipated to attract even more investor support, tourism, and highly educated employees. "Sacramento is the place to be these days," said SRMC Chair Roger Niello Roger Niello is a Republican of the California State Assembly since 2004. He represents California's 5th Assembly District, which includes the Sacramento County cities and towns of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Arden-Arcade, Folsom, North Highlands, McClellan Park, in a recent press release. "Our region is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of transforming California's economic and technological landscape. Change is in the air here. Everyone who lives here can sense it. We have all the elements of a young Silicon Valley, and we're growing up fast and smart." The national campaign began with the Olympic Track and Field Trials with a television commercial promoting the "Urban Pioneer" concept. The campaign will continue with Urban Pioneer advertisements, and in coming months it will run on an interactive Web site at www.sacramentoup.com. About the Sacramento Regional Marketing Council In 1999, the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO SACTO Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization ) Board of Directors allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. $50,000 toward the development of a communications strategy to favorably position Sacramento on the national stage. The effort crystallized crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. in January of 2000 with the formation of the SRMC, a non-profit corporation made up of public and private organizations throughout the region. The SRMC's goal was to create a regional image campaign that accurately reflects the dynamics of the Sacramento area and supports broad economic efforts. About CloseYourDeal.com CloseYourDeal.com is the first secure Web site to automate the entire real estate transaction over the Internet -- from listing the property to closing the deal. With CloseYourDeal.com, real estate agents, buyers and sellers, title and settlement companies, lenders, appraisers, and inspectors can easily collaborate in a secure Web environment. CloseYourDeal.com users can send messages, exchange documents, and manage the transaction from open to close. This automation reduces time to close, lowers transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). , and improves efficiencies. CloseYourDeal.com is free to real estate agents, brokers, buyers, and sellers, and will be rolling out in major cities nationwide this year. For more information or to take an online tour, go to: www.CloseYourDeal.com. About the Company Realty Plus Online, Inc. is the technology leader in online real estate transaction systems. Based in Sacramento, Realty Plus Online was founded in May 1995 by three professionals with 25 years of combined experience in the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern real estate market. Realty Plus Online's solutions are used by real estate service providers including multiple-listing services, real estate agents and brokers, title companies and mortgage lenders. Realty Plus Online is the only company with a complete online solution for all 12 steps in the real estate transaction process. Realty Plus Online's early success stems from its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Fusion MLS See multilevel security. (TM), a powerful and flexible Internet-based multiple listing service (MLS) system. Realty Plus Online's newest product development is CloseYourDeal.com, the first secure Web site to automate the entire real estate transaction over the Internet. Realty Plus Online is privately held and is backed by various strategic angel investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. . For information, visit our Web site at www.RealtyPlusOnline.com. Note to Editors: Realty Plus Online, Fusion MLS, and CloseYourDeal.com are trademarks of Realty Plus Online, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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