Author :

Gair Maxwell

You are standing at a crossroads in life.

Well, you are not actually standing, probably more like sitting in front of your computer screen. Its two o’clock in the morning, everybody else is in bed and you are wide awake and wrestling with a mental fork in the road that has you wondering what you should do for the rest of your working life. Which way do you turn? Up until this point, control has always been in the hands of somebody else. They decided on your roles, tasks and responsibilities as well as how much you were compensated. But now, a twist of fate and circumstance has led you to this place, where you are beginning to explore other opportunities.

Lately, it seems you have been doing a lot of talking to yourself.

Asking yourself a lot of questions.

Constantly.

“What type of career could I get into that I would actually enjoy?”

“Is there a way to transfer my skills and experience to something else?”

“How could I be part of something that would add real meaning and value to other people?”

“When do I get to be in control of my own financial future?”

Perhaps, you are the type of person who has always possessed something of a revolutionary spirit. You frequently question the status quo, often wondering why people do so many things the same way over and over again.

Deep down, you ponder things like there must be better ways to power vehicles, preserve the environment and elect politicians (well maybe that’s going a little too far!) but , you do think that with a little imagination, there are so many things that could be done so much better.

More than a decade ago, Ken LeBlanc started thinking the same way about the traditional real estate industry. While still attending university, Ken posed an interesting question to his buddies in business class; asking would it be possible to take photographs of homes that people wanted to sell – without using an agent - and post them on an internet web site?
“Could people who wanted to sell their homes privately, do so with resources similar to those offered by high-priced real estate agents but at a fraction of the price?”

“Would consumers actually pay for a web-based service that would help them keep more money in their pockets – cutting out the agents’ commission?”

“Could that prove to be a viable business model?”

This real estate revolution, that began as an innocent conversation among business students has transformed into a franchise system that grew faster in its first ten years than Tim Hortons and Subway combined. The initial insight to marry buyers and sellers on the web; carefully nurtured over the years, has resulted in PropertyGuys.com becoming the uncontested, undisputed market leader in the new, emerging Private Sale industry.

Can you see yourself joining this revolution?

Have you ever seen yourself, owning a business that is on the cutting edge of what will be tomorrow’s reality?

Would you like to be part of something big, before it gets huge?

As of 2008, new franchisees with PropertyGuys.com are enjoying unprecedented benefits of a system growing by leaps and bounds every month. Through its’ enormously popular on-line portal, PropertyGuys.com offers consumers a full range of real estate services with innovative technology allowing buyers and sellers to connect more efficiently. At the National Home Office in Moncton, NB, franchisees enjoy a one-of-a-kind learning experience through an orientation and training program known as PropertyGuys.com University (PGU). This five day experiential odyssey allows you to hit the ground running in your market and comes complete with professional accreditation. The PGU experience is followed by professional coaching with a detailed, phased-in program that includes a personal coach to assist in your growth and development as a business owner.

On a national level, the PropertyGuys.com revolution continues to gather momentum. The company has been recognized with the 2008 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Franchise Association, rolled out an eye-catching, award-winning, visual re-brand, complete with a provocative radio advertising campaign that has delighted listeners from coast-to-coast. And each year, to revisit what has been accomplished, to celebrate and set a course for the future, franchisees gather for unforgettable annual conference that forges the many friendships and bonds within this national family.


Does this sound like a potential opportunity for you?

Have you given any thought to being in a position to write your own ticket and operate the kind of business that helps people save thousands of dollars and thanking you for it?

But make no mistake. If you think buying a franchise is a ticket to easy street, think again.

Buying a franchise is like buying a vehicle and expecting it to drive itself. As Ken LeBlanc explains, “PropertyGuys.com can offer franchisees a great car and some gas to get you going, but as anyone in our franchise system knows, you will need to get in and drive it”.

So as you sit at the crossroads, and contemplate which fork in the career road to take, perhaps, you can see yourself in the driver’s seat; one of more than a hundred franchisees leading a Canadian real estate revolution that is sweeping the nation and saving consumers millions of dollars.

The internet has created unprecedented opportunities in business.

At PropertyGuys.com, you will discover the time for revolution has never been better as disenchantment over a broken, fundamentally - flawed traditional real estate system continues to bubble and rise to the surface of collective thinking. The pages of history reveal that any revolution – political, social economic, business or cultural - always results from a combination of the right time, and the right people in the right place.

Can you see yourself in that place?

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. MAHATMA GHANDI