About Franchise
Why Franchise With Homes & Land?
Homes & Land has been a proven marketing system for the real estate industry for over 40 years. A franchise is a great way to start your own business with fewer risks relative to bare-bones entrepreneurship. Homes & Land is also part of a very large, historically-stable segment of the U.S. and Canadian Economies.
According to the NAHB, the U.S. Housing market typically contributes 17 to 18 percent to U.S. GDP. Another growing segment Homes & Land serves is the home improvement segment with consumer spending totaling $120.7B in 2012 according to Harvard's Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) report.
We offer great products and services for the real estate market including: Full Size, Full Color Magazine Ads, a national real estate website, Featured Listings online, unique marketing tools and services, and much, much more.
Finance Information
Investments: $47,500 – $116,000
Franchise fee: $27,000
Royalty fee: 10.5%
Minimum Cash: $50,000
Net Worth: $150,000
Training and Support
Homes & Land provides initial training to all new franchisees as well as periodic ongoing training sessions, webinars, online training, and annual meetings.
Most of our successful franchise owners come from backgrounds other than real estate and publishing. Our extensive training program teaches motivated individuals everything they need to know to be successful.
The primary objective of our classroom and field training is to help you analyze your market, develop the appropriate business strategy, sell to new clients, and generate profits. In addition, we make sure you are capable of publishing a quality magazine that is consistent with the high standards of the Homes & Land network.
Franchisees Get Help Every Step Of The Way
- A full week of classroom training at our corporate office covers these topics:
- Introduction to the real estate industry
- Understanding our products
- Marketing your business
- Learning the sales presentation
- Distributing your magazine
- Setting up your office
- Your Regional Director will then join you in your exclusive territory to accomplish the following:
- Research and understand your market
- Analyze your distribution locations
- Fine-tune your sales presentation
- Make initial sales calls
- Network with prospects in the real estate community
- In addition, to help you get started we:
- Build a minimum of your first three issues
- Provide production training in a classroom setting
- The support never stops. We have an ongoing series of communication, training, and networking opportunities:
- Your Regional Director is a continuing resource for marketing consultations and product information
- Regional workshops and an Annual Business Conference
- A toll-free support line with consultants trained to answer technical questions
- New marketing materials to make selling advertising even easier
- A monthly newsletter filled with sales and marketing ideas
Partner Requirements
We're looking for franchise owners who are outgoing and have sales, marketing, and/or management experience, and who are results oriented. A person who can build relationships, lead a team, and who has the motivation to excel! You must have a minimum of $50k in liquid capital, and be ready to make a full-time commitment. Successful franchisees are competitive, hard-working professionals with the ability to follow our proven system.
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