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Introduction

8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 500/600
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
U.S.A.
Telephone: (303) 770-5531
Toll Free: (800) 525-7452
Fax: (303) 796-3599
Web site: http://www.remax.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1973
Employees: 83,000
Sales: $3 billion (2002 est.)
NAIC: 531210 Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers

RE/MAX International, Inc. is one of the largest real estate companies in the world. RE/MAX specializes in residential real estate transactions, operating a franchise network comprising more than 4,600 offices located in 44 countries. RE/MAX sales agents receive 100 percent of the commission on their home sales rather than the traditional 50 percent received by agents working in conventional brokerage firms. The company's compensation system attracts top selling agents whose earnings are sufficient to pay for monthly franchise fees and other overhead expenses.

1. Introduction
2. Origins
3. Troubles from the Start: RE/MAX in the Early 1970s
4. International Expansion in the 1990s
5. Principal Subsidiaries
6. Principal Competitors
7. Further Reading
8. Copyright Page
9. About Page