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United Real Estate Franchises Partner to Offer New Brokerage Model in Charleston

United Real Estate | February 20, 2023 | Read time : 04:00 min

United Real Estate to Offer New Brokerage Model in Charleston

In Charleston, a unique real estate residential model is being introduced by two United Real Estate franchise owners who have partnered. The new model is unlike traditional brokerages, their office provides training, award-winning technology, and brokerage support without charges as a commission split from the agents.

For Winston Velpula and Brenda Daly, the co-owners, Charleston was an obvious choice with tremendous opportunities in the city. With a flourishing economy propelled by the presence of Fortune 500s and prominent employers, Charleston boasts numerous well-compensated employment opportunities. Additionally, the city's income per capita exceeds the national average by 4%. Furthermore, the city's metropolitan population of 800,000 contributes to a robust real estate market, which some consider nearly impervious to economic downturns.

Daly and Velpula know how to develop informed professionals with skills to achieve clients' goals. United | Charleston offers thorough agent training, focus, skill, and service development. Real estate agents are taught to do their research to make sure the property and its surrounding area are a good fit for a client. Marketing plans are modified to reach more buyers and develop more valuations based on competitive research. The office is in Mount Pleasant, off state highway 17, at 735 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 100.

About United Real Estate

United Real Estate is a division of United Real Estate Group, established in 2011, and aims to solve the challenges agents and brokers face in maintaining profitability in a competitive marketplace. With its agent-centric model, brokers can provide their agents with scalable technology solutions that reduce delivery costs as their businesses expand without having to split commissions. In addition, the company offers updated training, marketing, and technology tools to brokers and agents under a transaction-based agent commission model. United Real Estate, based in Dallas (Texas), operates in 32 states with 148 offices and around 18,000 agents. The company's sales volume for 2021 was more than$21.5 billion.

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Local Demographics | Out-of-the-Box Location Intelligence Solution

Local Demographics provides up-to-date and meaningful insights into the population living around a location or in any defined area within the U.S. and Canada. This widget allows MLSs, brokerages, and end users to learn more about a specific location and its demographics.

The new SDK exists as an out-of-the-box solution ready for implementation that requires minimal development and design effort.

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