Striking Gold Again and Again, The Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Way
(May 1, 2009) –RE/MAX Gold, a Northern California-based network of 25 RE/MAX offices, completed 10,073 transactions in 2008, making it the No. 1 independent real estate company in California and the second largest RE/MAX franchise worldwide.
Never lost on the transaction-turning company is the importance of maintaining wellness among its many agents, which was the focus of RE/MAX Gold’s “Healthy, Wealthy and Wise” event at the downtown Sacramento, Calif., Sheraton Hotel, Thursday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“As a company, we want to provide our agents with information and education that will enrich their lives both professionally and personally,” said Bev Kendall, Executive Vice President and Broker of Record for RE/MAX Gold. “That’s the driving force behind our “Healthy, Wealthy and Wise” theme this year.”
More than 25 organizations participated, including Metro Gold, a division of Prospect Mortgage, which has long been the strategic lending partner for RE/MAX Gold. Our Metro Gold team showed up in full force, greeting, meeting and sharing wealthy and wise strategies with more than 400 RE/MAX agents.
“RE/MAX Gold is a hugely successful and caring real estate company that always brings energy, excitement and enthusiasm to every event,” said Anna Ruotolo, Prospect Executive Vice President who has long helped foster our company’s multilayered relationship with RE/MAX Gold. “It was fantastic to see, and a sharp contrast to all the negative media that’s covered the region.”
RE/MAX Gold treated attendees to two fantastic speakers, renowned real estate trainer David Knox and Billy Mills, the second Native American ever to win an Olympic gold medal (10,000 meters at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan). They were the perfect complement to each other.
Knox, who races cars professionally and is well known for his quote, "Let go of the outcome and you'll create more income," laid out strategies to help Realtors survive in a changing market. Meanwhile, Mills’ inspirational story underscored the importance of staying focused and never taking your eye off the prize.
Until capturing Olympic glory, no runner from North America had won the 10,000 meters, nor was Mills expected to change that dreary outcome. But Mills, a believer in visualization or "imagery," did not permit a negative thought to enter his head as he worked toward the biggest race of his life. He had for some time before been visualizing a young Native American boy winning the long-distance challenge against the world’s greatest runners. He created that picture in his mind over and over again. If a thought about not winning came into his mind, he would spend hours erasing the negativity. There could be only one result!
Prospect’s Pat Mackin is First Vice President and an area manager dedicated exclusively to growing the RE/MAX Gold/Metro Gold partnership. There was never any doubt that Metro Gold would be a major sponsor and participant to help enhance RE/MAX Gold’s culture of Health and Prosperity.
“RE/MAX Gold is a standout company that regularly provides first-class, no-cost valued-added events for its agents,” Pat said. “Providing their agents with access to outstanding services is the kind of healthy, wealthy and wise thinking they’re all about. We, of course, were extremely proud to be the only mortgage lender at the event.
“Equally impressive,” Pat added, “is how RE/MAX Gold respects the time of its agents and its business partners. On a Thursday morning, they were able to attract more than 400 agents, provide them with a lot of great information, motivation and direction, and yet everybody was back in their home offices working by afternoon.
“That’s why RE/MAX Gold is No. 1. They’re organized, focused, have great values, and above all, they respect people.”
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