Tom Guest, 2011 President of Metro Brokers Inc., talks about how things are developing this year within the Metro Brokers real estate organization.

Metro Brokers is a unique company allowing agents to start up their own business for very little money to join a company that offers statewide recognition.  Metro Brokers offers 100% ownership to agents and brokers allowing flexibility to focus on their strengths in real estate and even loans, property management and much more!

Metro Brokers get a free website, professional video opportunites and an online presence through Metro Brokers Online.

Future goals for Metro Brokers this year include building membership and strong offices through the great support offered by the organization and imroving communication as a whole.

Tom Guest is a Broker/Owner of Key Masters Real Estate Company and has sold Denver real estate for 18 years.

Interviewer:  Hi, I am Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV.  Today in the studio, we have with us Tom Guest, he is with Key Masters Real Estate, and he is also our president of Metro Brokers, Inc.  Thank you so much for coming in, Tom.

Tom Guest:  You're welcome, Kathy. 

Interviewer:  You have been president since the beginning of January for 2011, and tell me how things are going so far? 

Tom Guest:  Things are going good.  You know it's been a real privilege and honor to be president of Metro Brokers.  We are an organization that elects their board of directors, we elect our president, so we are self run, we are self ruled, and it's been very enjoyable. 

Interviewer:  And you're still doing real estate at the same time.  So you've got a lot going on.

Tom Guest:  Yes. 

Interviewer:  What sort of activities are you involved in?

Tom Guest:  With Metro Brokers, I mean we do all of our planning, we have the triathlon coming up, I am involved with all kinds of activities that will span everything to build our business for Metro Brokers. 

Interviewer:  Real estate has been tough.  So, what are some of the challenges that we have been facing as in Metro Brokers?

Tom Guest:  Well one thing is our membership, membership numbers have been slipping last few years, but as it has in all organizations, the one thing we are trying to do is to build our membership to get our word out, to let everybody know how good we are as a membership organization, what we can offer them.

Interviewer:  Why should somebody join Metro Brokers?

Tom Guest:  One thing about Metro Brokers is we are unique in the business, compared to other companies.  We offer someone the entrepreneurship to where they can open up their own office; they can start as a broker associate, they can develop into a broker.  They can become an employing broker and they can become an office owner. 

Interviewer:  What are some of the other aspects of Metro Brokers that make it so enticing for people to join?

Tom Guest:  The things that make it enticing to join is that you can form your own business and you can have associates working for you.  So you can have your own business, this carries on with you forever, no one will take it away from you.  You can do your own business, you can be a loan officer, you can have loans, you can do property management, and you can do relocation.  So you form your own organization, you can do whatever you want within that organization and have your own agents working for you. 

Interviewer:  What are your hopes and aspirations for Metro Brokers while you are president?

Tom Guest:  Well a couple of things that we are looking at that are very important to us is to build our membership numbers.  So we want to build those back up into the 1500 range.  We want strong offices; offices are the key to our company and our success.  So increase the strength of the offices, improving communication, communication to the office owners, communication to each of our brokers from corporate. 

Interviewer:  We have great access on the web as well and websites for every individual involved in Metro Brokers, as well.

Tom Guest:  We do, we offer a free website, we also have metrobrokersonline.com and that is a complete website for the public to search for properties and offers all kind of opportunities for everyone to build our membership.

Interviewer:  Especially on the video aspects too, they can get interviewed and have a video presence as well. 

Tom Guest:  Yes.

Interviewer:  All right, well Tom thank you so much for joining us today, it's been a pleasure and good luck for the rest of the year. 

Tom Guest:  Thank you, Kathy.

Interviewer:  And for more real estate related videos like this one, be sure to tune into metrobrokerstv.com. 

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Meet Dwight and Rhonda Giles of Giles Realty in Greeley.  They have been Metro Brokers since 1996.

Rhonda has been in the real estate business since 1976 and likes the benefits of a larger company regarding marketing support, with the comraderie of a smaller business.

That red and yellow Metro Brokers sign gets attention throughout the state of Colorado and brings business in!

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Interviewer:  You are watching another great episode here on metrobrokersTV.com and I am joined today in the studio with Rhonda Giles.  Rhonda, thank you for coming down and joining us.

Rhonda Giles:  Scott, thank you very much for having me.

Interviewer:  Tell us your story.  How did you get to become a Metro Broker?  Why did you choose Metro Brokers?

Rhonda Giles:  Well Scott, I have been in real estate for 34 years now in the Northern Colorado area, the entire time in Greeley and I have been with the big companies and I have been with small companies and the more I have got more familiar with Metro Brokers and their concepts and the independence and the independent companies working together did sound like a wonderful idea and that's what I really, really like doing is being independent, but yet working with other companies when we need to.

Interviewer:  Now, did you... what company were you with before Metro Brokers or were you... this is a small independent company?

Rhonda Giles:  I have been, in Greeley, I have been with both, smaller companies and the larger companies.  The last office I was with was New Horizons before I went to Metro Brokers.

Interviewer:  And then you decided to come around in[Phonetic] full force and with Metro Brokers and decided to open up an office in Greeley, correct?

Rhonda Giles:  Yes, that is correct.  Back in the early '90s, I got very involved at state level with the CRS Chapter, certified residential specialist, and as I was going through the different chairs and working throughout the state with CRS, I got to know a lot more Metro Broker people and they all impressed me and they all enjoyed so much that they talked to me about it many times about why I should join Metro Brokers and the details of opening Metro Brokers and bringing it into a town like Greeley and so we decided that's exactly what we wanted to do and we started a Metro Broker office in Greeley?

Interviewer:  And where is that office in Greeley?

Rhonda Giles:  We are located at 3835 West 10th Street in Greeley.  It is right next door to the brand new post office on West 10th Street or Highway 34, so a very good location and lot of exposure.

Interviewer:  And how is it going for you with Metro Brokers?  So, you haven't left, so you must be enjoying it.

Rhonda Giles:  Love it.  We opened our office in 1996.  There were just three of us when we first opened up.

Interviewer:  And how many brokers do you have in your office now?

Rhonda Giles:  Scott, right now we have approximately 10 brokers and we are growing.

Interviewer:  So, you definitely out there recruiting.

Rhonda Giles:  Recruiting and enjoying every minute of it.

Interviewer:  And let's talk about more of what you are doing up in Greeley.  You are trying to get the name out there.  Is there any special things you are doing to help out, to grow Metro Brokers up in Greeley?

Rhonda Giles:  Since we are one of the original offices in Northern Colorado, we are helping try opening offices in Loveland and in Fort Collins and promoting the ideas of independent companies working together.

Interviewer:  So, you definitely enjoy being your own boss.

Rhonda Giles:  Very much so.

Interviewer:  Any last thing that people should know about why they should be a Metro Broker?

Rhonda Giles:  Very much so ; it's we have got fantastic technology, the website, like the metrobrokerstv, ads, we supply... sponsor The Rockies[Phonetic], we just have a lot of publicity, a lot of coverage, a lot of exposure and we work well together as independent brokers working together.

Interviewer:  So, basically to sum it up, best name, best price in the real estate business today correct?

Rhonda Giles:  Definitely.

Interviewer:  All right.  From Rhonda's mouth to our own ears, it's the best name, best price in real estate.  For more great interviews, go to metrobrokerstv.com.

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Interviewer:  Hi.  I am Scott Shields with Metro Brokers TV and I am joined here in the studio today with Tom Royer.  Tom, thanks for coming down.

Thomas Royer:  Thank you for having me.

Interviewer:  Now, Tom, tell us about yourself.  You are up in the Northern Greeley Metro Brokers office in Northern Colorado.

Thomas Royer:  Right. Professional

Interviewer:  But how did you get started in real estate?  You weren't originally with Metro Brokers?

Thomas Royer:  I originally started with Century 21 and spent nine years there, part of it was an owner and over time, I realized some of the people that had left Century 21 went to Metro Brokers and there was a reason for that and most of those people are very independent, you know, knowledgeable, trusting people and I felt that I can serve my clients better by doing that exact same thing at Metro Brokers.  It's not as possible to do it in a corporate environment, rules and regs[Phonetic] and I would rather do the job myself and make sure everyone is taken care of the right way.

Interviewer:  And how do you like it so far?

Thomas Royer:  Love it.

Interviewer:  And how long have you been with Metro Brokers?

Thomas Royer:  Oh, four years now.

Interviewer:  Okay.

Thomas Royer:  Yeah.

Interviewer:  So, you are loving it and you are finding that everyone is an experienced professional at Metro Brokers.

Thomas Royer:  They are fun to work with.

Interviewer:  They are fun to work with.

Thomas Royer:  Excellent to work with it.

Interviewer:  And your company name with Metro Broker?

Thomas Royer:  I Deal Real Estate Services.

Interviewer:  Okay.  Do you have a local expertise or area up in Greeley?  Do you do you know relo's[Phonetic], foreclosures or bits of everything?

Thomas Royer:  Really bits of everything.  One thing about the group that we work with is everyone is experienced in some shape or form in something and if I don't have that expertise, I can turn to one of my broker friends and ask for help, but mainly residential and very little commercial.

Interviewer:  But you do it though.

Thomas Royer:  Well, we could do it, yes.

Interviewer:  So, from Tom's mouth to your ear, if you need help, no matter what your real estate needs are, make sure you go to the Greeley office with Metro Brokers and they can help you up there.  Tom, thanks for coming today.  We appreciate your time.

Thomas Royer:  Thank you Scott.

Interviewer:  For more great interviews, point your browser to metrobrokerstv.com.

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Metro Brokers TV: Coming to you live at the floor of the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. This is an episode of Metro Brokers TV. Joining me right now is Doug DeWitt with Metro Brokers. Doug, thanks for coming down and talking with us today.

Doug DeWitt: You are very welcome.

Metro Brokers TV: How did you get started with Metro Brokers?

Doug DeWitt: You know I got started with Metro Brokers, honestly, from online as the first time I actually came in contact and then I found an office and the office that I found was here locally in Colorado Springs. Went and actually talked to the managing agent and really introduced me to the Metro Brokers.

Metro Brokers TV: In which office are you with and where is it located?

Doug DeWitt: I am located at the Metro Brokers Academy Broker's Office. It's at 6189 Lehman Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Tom Brunk is the office owner.

Metro Brokers TV: So, just going in... found us first online, going in, you liked the experience, so, what has Metro Brokers done for you so far to help you with your real estate career?

Doug DeWitt: Where I came from before, I came from Keller Williams and so the switch from Keller Williams to Metro Brokers, basically, it allowed me to open up my own office and so, my options out there were to obviously open up my own office under my own name or associate myself with Metro Brokers, which gives me the reputation that it has had since 1976 and the opportunity to kind of do my own thing and that's really where it has helped me in getting me started. So, it has given me a franchise platform instead of just going out on my own cold turkey, I have actually been able to have some structure and some help through Metro Brokers.

Metro Brokers TV: So, it is allowing you to do business your way, but at the same time still have a powerful brand recognition behind you to give you that extra boost and how is the real estate industry in Colorado Springs right now?

Doug DeWitt: Real estate in Colorado Springs is like most, but what we are finding is the opportunity to do a lot of more short sales. So, we are getting a lot of listings, which gives us more exposure. We are a little bit lucky down at Colorado Springs right now because we have the military at Fort Carson. We have an influx of Fort Carson folks coming in. So, that gives us a lot of buyers and a lot of buyer opportunities.

Metro Brokers TV: Well, that's great. I am glad that your success story with Metro Brokers has been a positive one. We are glad to have you. For more information about other success stories of Metro Broker agents, go to metrobrokerstv.com.

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