- Have you hit a ceiling?
- Skip the admin headaches
- Powered by Sellstate
- Support and training
- Award winning Powersuite
- Online training center
- Reinventing the franchise model
- Run your brokerage your way
- Own a franchise for less
- Franchisee testimonials
- Awards and recognition
- Meet our industry veterans
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Own a Brokerage Without Being Buried in Administrative Tasks
The first complete real estate brokerage system
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Have you hit a ceiling as
a real estate professional?
Real estate agents usually approach a limit. Their earnings stop growing as fast as they used to, while their time and freedom keep shrinking.
Maybe you have considered the idea of owning a brokerage or have already opened your own independent office. It can be a fantastic way to build a steady business, but, brokers can end up resenting all the administrative tasks that typically fill up their day.
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With Sellstate's revolutionary model you can potentially own your own brokerage for less than you are paying your current broker.
Skip the back
office headaches
Skip the back
office headaches
Nobody becomes a broker because they love extra paperwork. You do it looking to build a steady income, or to have an asset that you can sell when you are ready to retire. That’s why we are working to help real estate professionals across the country start or run a brokerage without any of the usual hassles. You won’t have to spend your days buried in
Accounting and finance
Back office administration
Processing 1099s
Paying commissions
Instead you get to regain control, spending your days recruiting and supporting your agents to help them grow their business.
Let Sellstate power your brokerage
By partnering with Sellstate you get access to our Centralized Processing Technology. It provides all of the tools needed to run an efficient real estate brokerage. Like:
Distributing commission payments
Collecting any necessary fees
Processing and distributing 1099 tax documents
Tracking and distributing revenue share payments
With Sellstate’s Centralized Processing Technology running behind the scenes, you are relieved of the typical administrative burdens most brokers face.
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All the support and training you need
Starting and running a brokerage shouldn’t mean guessing your way through various responsibilities. Sellstate offers the training and support that you need to operate a brokerage with minimal headaches. You will receive hands on support including:
01.
Accounting
Our Centralized Processing Suite handles the fee collecting, commissions and revenue share payments.
02.
Marketing
Resources to build your brand, generate leads, recruit top agents and grow your business.
03.
Operations
Everything from business planning to onboarding agents and business set up and training.
Support your agents with the award-winning Power Suite
Our award-winning Power Suite will help your agents maximize their sales. With the Sellstate Power Suite, your agents can automate the follow-up and marketing activities that usually drain their time. It allows them to automatically manage:
Property websites
Social media posts
Lead generation
Client follow-up
CRM platform
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Set your agents up for success
Provide all your agents the education needed to become successful through the best online training center in the industry. It contains material on everything from business planning, lead generation, prospecting, running open houses, closing sales and more. All designed to help your agents get up and running without requiring hours of hands-on help.
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Reinventing the franchise model
We feel that the traditional real estate franchises are due for an overhaul. For over 20 years Sellstate has been pioneering a new approach to franchising, giving brokers more support and fewer restrictions.
Run your brokerage your way
We want you to run your brokerage how you think is best. There are no rules about your commission splits with your agents, office requirements, monthly sales or performance standards. Unlike other franchises, you may even keep your own branding as the primary brand with "Powered by Sellstate" as the secondary. You have complete control over your branding decisions.
You can keep your own branding, building on the reputation you have built for yourself or your team. Or if you would prefer, you can use the Sellstate branding as the primary brand for your brokerage.
Only $8,000 to get started
The purchase price of a Sellstate Franchise is only $8,000. Compared to a DIY brokerage, that small fee saves you countless hours of figuring out the best approaches to your setup, technical and administrative challenges. Combined with some of the lowest fees in the industry, you could potentially run a brokerage for less than you are paying your current broker.
Listen to our CEO, Michael Darmanin explain the fees and why the Sellstate model is so unique.
Join our 70+ franchises
Sellstate has been in business for over 20 years, with over 70 franchises across the country. Our franchise partners say it best, so listen to their Sellstate experience
Awards and recognition
Sellstate’s unique technology and franchise model has received recognition across the industry.
Tech Titan Award
Recipient
SELLSTATE REALTY WINS THE 2018 RIS MEDIA TECH TITAN AWARD
FORT MYERS, FL, November 6, 2018 – During the 23rd annual RIS Media Power Broker Reception & Dinner held in Boston in conjunction with the National Association of Realtors® Conference and Expo, Sellstate Realty Systems was awarded with the Tech Titan Award. The Tech Titan Award is presented to brokerage leaders who have demonstrated an exceptional ability to adapt and integrate new and innovative tools and services within their organization to improve and enhance the overall consumer experience. The award was presented to Sellstate CEO, Art Darmanin who accepted on behalf of his entire company.
“I am truly honored and deeply humbled to receive this award, especially in the presence of elite industry leaders,” said Art Darmanin, Sellstate CEO during his acceptance speech. “At Sellstate, we strive to be on the cutting edge of technology and look forward to more innovation in the future. On behalf of the team, thank you.”
Since its foundation, Sellstate has continuously pushed to bring the best of technology to its members which translates into an exceptional experience for both the agents and their clients. Sellstate has taken this to the point where breakthrough technology is listed as one of the core pillars of the company.
“Technology is no longer an option,” said Darmanin. “It is a must have if you want to survive in the real estate industry. The world is changing fast and the technology of yesterday may not be what you need today. Because of this, you must continue to evolve your business and technology is definitely a big part of that.”
From Sellstate’s proprietary C.P. Technology to Power Suite to their industry leading website design, Sellstate continues to extend the boundaries of what technology can do to better serve their clients. Through this award, Sellstate has received recognition for an initiative that has gone on since the company began.
“Right from when we started Sellstate, it was important for us to leverage technology to provide a better level of service throughout the entire company.” Said Darmanin “Our C.P. Technology alleviates a large amount of back office administration workload from our brokerages allowing them to focus on building their business with quality agents and then affording them the opportunity to support them. Our Power Suite provides all of our members with all the tools necessary, many of which are fully automated, to best represent their clients whether it be through marketing of their existing homes or finding their next perfect one. Our new corporate website is a stunning achievement that combines many of the best features on the web and through our strategic alliances our monthly consumer reach for our listings now exceeds two hundred million unique visitors. By receiving the Tech Titan award, we are both extremely honored and at the same time very humbled. There are lots of great companies out there and to be recognized as a technological leader among them is something very special.”
The Tech Titan Award further establishes Sellstate as a leader in the industry. In 2016, Sellstate was labeled as “The World’s First Complete Real Estate System” in Real Estate Magazine ().
Sellstate Realty Systems Network, Inc. is a national real estate franchise. Based out of Fort Myers, Florida, Sellstate has expanded its operation into several states across the country. With a focus on high commission, breakthrough technology and revenue sharing, Sellstate strives to provide the best possible experience for its brokers, agents and their clients. Through its strategic alliances, Sellstate is able to provide clients’ listings with a monthly global consumer reach of two hundred million unique visitors. www.sellstate.com
Started by industry veterans
Neil Cresswell - Co-Chairman and Co-Founder
Neil was a top agent and ran a successful team in both Canada and the United States. He is a longtime broker/owner and a founding member of Sellstate. Neil’s mission is to help brokers achieve their highest goals, and achieve their desired lifestyle.
Neil Cresswell
Neil Cresswell co-founded Sellstate Realty in 2002 with Arthur Darmanin. Together they have created what RIS Media Magazine calls: “The World’s First Complete Real Estate System.”
Neil Cresswell has more than twenty five years in the real estate industry. His career has been extremely impressive to say the least. Having started real estate in his early twenties, Neil immediately rose to the top in sales for his entire area and quickly became one of Canada’s top real estate executives. Almost immediately after beginning his career, Cresswell became a broker/owner and eventually partnered in with Arthur Darmanin in the city’s most successful office before taking control on his own.
By age 28 and having already surpassed the accomplishments of most in the industry, he purchased regional rights for the second largest real estate company in Canada in the nation’s largest metropolitan city.
After enjoying all the success he could in Canada, Neil moved to Florida and quickly became one of the leading REALTORS® in the United States. His continued success as a REALTOR®, broker, owner and regional owner lead him to co-create Sellstate with his longtime friend and business associate, Arthur Darmanin.
Neil is involved with every aspect of Sellstate and has a personal mission to help brokers and agents achieve their highest goals with an eye toward developing a culture to exceed customer expectations. Neil Cresswell spends a large amount of the year traveling the country to support and educate brokers and agents.
Michael Darmanin - CEO
Michael combines expertise in marketing, data analysis, coaching, and leadership to lead Sellstate’s support, expansion, and technical innovations. He has spearheaded Sellstate Power Suite implementation, our C.P. Technology software, training programs, broker support, and branding initiatives amongst other tasks.
Michael Darmanin
Michael Darmanin is the Chief Executive Officer for Sellstate. He graduated with an Honours Baccalaureate in Commerce with Specialization in Marketing from the University of Ottawa, School of Management. Having attended one of the top four year business schools in Canada with International accreditations, Michael is well versed in a wide array of business techniques and strategies.
Prior to his studies in the area of management and marketing, Michael spent two years at the University of Ottawa studying in Computer and Electrical Engineering. The combination of marketing and engineering is what makes him the perfect candidate to lead Sellstate’s technological innovations.
He joined Sellstate in 2006 and has spearheaded the development of many of the marketing and technological advancements including brand image, web-site design, iPhone app creation, training programs, cloud based integration and is central to the current social media strategy.
Arthur Darmanin - Chairman and Co-Founder
Arthur has over 29 years of experience as a broker and franchisor. He built the largest brokerage in his area with 6 offices, in only 3 years. He later held an exec position managing 80 franchises with over 3,000 salespeople for one of the largest real estate companies in Canada. He co-founded Sellstate with a goal of helping brokers achieve their goals and desired lifestyles.
Arthur Darmanin
Arthur Darmanin has more than thirty three years experience in the Real Estate industry with over twenty nine years combined managerial experience at the Broker and Regional Franchisor levels.
Darmanin successfully managed several real estate offices before opening his own. Within three years he expanded to four very successful offices which controlled 51% market share. He then joined a 100% commission concept franchise and within two years, purchased the regional franchise rights to a territory which he successfully developed in a very short period of time. This extraordinary success led to an executive position on the corporate team where he managed 80 franchises with over 3000 salespeople in addition to maintaining his own regional territory.
Experienced in all facets of real estate including being a sales person, broker, instructor, former board president, franchisee and franchisor, Art Darmanin is involved in all aspects of the business concentrating on the design and continuous evolution of the Sellstate system, franchising, brokers support, administration, marketing programs, and promotions.
Highlights:
- Over 35 years experience in real estate
- Member of the executive team of one of the largest real estate companies in North America, managing thousands of agents and brokerages
- Built a successful region from the ground up
- Served as President of his association
- Managed his first real estate brokerage 2 years into his career
- As an independent broker, built the large brokerage in his market area with 6 offices in just 3 short years
- Member of O.R.E.A. Faculty of Education
Could Sellstate be right for you?
If you want to find out how Sellstate could support your broker ambitions, go ahead and book a call with our CEO — Michael Darmanin
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