To understand what makes RE/MAX the number one real estate organization, one must first understand a little bit about conventional real estate business.

The listing or selling agent at most real estate offices receives 50% of the total commission. The office gets the other 50% for operating expenses, advertising, etc. New agents in the office get their business from answering phone calls that are generated from the office’s listings. This is not a bad way of doing business, but it does have some fundamental flaws…

1. Any agent can work at a conventional office. If you list your home with a part time real estate agent, you risk listing with someone with little or no experience. You want someone who has made selling homes their career.
2. The office is the one who pays for the advertising, not the agent. So, your home is less likely to get the marketing platform it deserves when it bids up against other listings in the office.
3. When and ad call comes in on your home with a conventional office, the call goes to whoever answers the phone, not necessarily the listing agent.

RE/MAX is designed around agents with full time careers in real estate. Each agent is personally responsible for advertising and marketing the home, so the home receives personalized attention from day one. At RE/MAX, the agent you are working with handles all advertising and sign calls. After all, your listing agent knows much more about the home than any other agent, and has the most interest in selling it.

RE/MAX agents pay a monthly office fee to be part of our organization. In return they receive the highest commission plan in the industry and control of their own real estate career. At RE/MAX you won’t get a part time agent who sells a few houses per year. You will get an agent who has made real estate a career.

RE/MAX On the River is proud to be recognized as the leader in real estate in the greater Newburyport area and affiliated with such a powerful world wide brand.