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Interviewer:  Welcome to Metro Brokers TV.  I am here today with Joe Bingham from Metro Brokers Bingham & Company.  Joe thanks for being here.

Joe Bingham:  Hi Kari, how are you doing?

Interviewer:  I am good thanks, how are you?

Joe Bingham:  Great.

Interviewer:  Good.  Now you are a top producer in the real estate industry so tell me how did you become a Metro Broker?

Joe Bingham:  Well I've been in the business 32 years.  The first nine years I was with major brands, Coldwell Banker and RE/MAX which are good companies, but after about nine years my production level was such and my customer service was such that I felt I could do a better job as an independent broker and so in 1989 I became Bingham & Company, Metro Brokers.

Interviewer:  Great.  So how do you run your own office, you have the power and resources of a big brand...

Joe Bingham:  Absolutely.  In the old days, in the old model of real estate you really were dependent on a big-big company to do the advertising and that type of thing. In the last 20 or 30 years with the internet and multi-list and all the innovations in our industry, the small independent broker can do everything and some more than the big brokerages can. So in our model where you are a small independent broker but yet you are part of a big brand of Metro Brokers, you get the best of both worlds- both for you and your customer.

Interviewer:  Okay, now is everyone a broker or do you have associates as well?

Joe Bingham:  Well we actually, most of us are brokers and independent owners of their own brokerage, but we do have associates, but the difference between our associates and let's say at a big company. At a big company you'd be one of 500 salespeople with really no direct link to the owner and the managing brokers. At Metro Brokers, as individual brokers, we average one to three associates, so they have a direct connection to the owner, so the customer generally gets better service.

Interviewer:  Okay.  Metro Brokers sounds like it offers great advantages to its members.

Joe Bingham:  Absolutely.  When I go to the National Convention of REALTORS®, the other brokers in the country are amazed at our concept. They understand that the trend is towards independent brokerages but they are all kind of left hanging in that they don't really have a brand and any type of central identity. When I tell them that Metro Brokers is the best of both worlds; you can be an independent broker and give better service to your customers but yet have the brand that's recognized throughout the whole state- the brokers across the country are always amazed and they are excited for us and they wish they had it in their state.

Interviewer:  Where can agents more information?

Joe Bingham:  You go to Metro Brokers Online or call (303) 843-0100 and also online at Join Metro Brokers.  We are all over the web, we are everywhere, we are easy to find, or you can go to anyone of our 60+ offices in the state and talk to the owner of that office, and they are more than happy to tell you all the advantages of Metro Brokers.

Interviewer:  Wonderful.  Well Joe, thank you so much for joining us today.

Joe Bingham:  Thank you.

Interviewer:  For more real estate related videos, please join us online at Metro Brokers TV.

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Mike Bradley, Mark Harrison, and Tom Guest present a check from the proceeds of the 3^rd Annual Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday to Matt Feeney of Adaptive Adventures.

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Larry Carr, Founding Father of Metro Brokers receives an award as Metro Brokers celebrates its 35th Anniversary.   Tom Guest, President of Metro Brokers and the 2011 Board of Directors present a plaque to Larry Carr with Carr & Company who reflects on the growth and success of Metro Brokers in Colorado. 

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An interview with the youngest and oldest competitors at the 3^rd Annual Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday held at the Cherry Creek Reservoir.

Interviewer:  We are here at the Metro Brokers Triathlon, third annual, and we are at Cherry Creek Reservoir.  And I am here with some unique contestants today, this is a three generation team, and we've got Wes, Gary and Chase, and who was the winner today?

Gary Smith:  Chase.

Wes Becker:  Chase was the winner, he beat me by six minutes and I think he beat Gary by, I don't know how many minutes.

Gary Smith:  A long time, an hour maybe.

Interviewer:  So, have you guys competed in triathlons before then?

Gary Smith:  No.

Wes Becker:  Chase has.

Chase Becker:  I am still a rookie but, yeah when I was seven I competed in triathlons.

Interviewer:  Well that's great.  So how old are you now Chase?

Chase Becker:  I'm 12.

Interviewer:  Excellent.

Gary Smith:  Maybe the youngest and I am maybe the oldest?

Interviewer:  Yeah, you are 70?

Gary Smith:  Yes.

Interviewer:  Great, then we probably do have the oldest and the youngest as far as competitors.

Gary Smith:  Maybe.

Interviewer:  So what do you guys think of the venue overall for the triathlons?

Gary Smith:  Excellent.  Well I thought it was really good support, and you know, for people who can't see very well, they are pointing "this way" and it was really, it was just right, it was right. 

Wes Becker:  There was a beautiful Colorado spring evening you know, so it was beautiful, spring evening.

Gary Smith:  No wind, great sport, haven't had the food yet.

Interviewer:  Well its great food, it's food from Lodo's, one of our sponsors they have sponsored us, I believe every year we have put this venue on.

Gary Smith:  Wow it's a great one.  We'll be here again next year if you do it.

Interviewer:  Awesome.

Wes Becker:  We might be up for a cold beer, if they have a cold beer.

Interviewer:  They have beers over there.

Wes Becker:  Chase can't have a cold beer but Gary and I will drink his.

Interviewer:  Well, hey we appreciate you guys supporting Metro Brokers, and all the charities that this venue supports too, so hope to see you next year.

Wes Becker:  Thank you guys, you have put on a great event, thank you very much.

Gary Smith:  Yeah, it's a great, great company too by the way Metro Brokers we try to use you anytime we have a house to sell.

Interviewer:  Awesome.

Gary Smith:  You guys are the best as far as in the real estate business, that's for sure.

Interviewer:  Experienced caring professionals.

Gary Smith:  Yes.

Interviewer:  For more information about Metro Brokers, make sure you put your browser to metrobrokerstv.com.

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Tom Guest, President of Metro Brokers speaks to us from the 3^rd Annual Metro Brokers Triathlon. The event drew over 200 participants who competed at the Cherry Creek Reservoir.

Interviewer:    Welcome to the 3rd Annual Metro Brokers Triathlon.  I am here today with Tom Guest.  Tom Guest is the President of Metro Brokers and Tom, what do you think of the event so far?

Tom Guest:  Oh, this is the most fantastic event I have ever been to.  This is so exciting.  We've got over two hundred people, biking, and running and in the water and it's just an excellent event from Metro Brokers.

Interviewer:  Yeah, it looks like the weather is a little more conducive today; it looks like we got a new record that came in.

Tom Guest:  It is, it is.  The swim was very good, because the water is nice and flat, less wind, so it was a good event, all around very good.

Interviewer:    So what's been the feedback so far from the people you've talked to, here at this event versus say running a golf tournament?

Tom Guest:  Oh, they love this event.  The participation is great; we are getting more activities and more activities out to the whole community, so it's very good.

Interviewer:    Excellent.  I noticed a few more handicapped participants this year too?

Tom Guest:   We did.  We had one that I actually helped into the water and I provided a chair for him so he could change his prosthetics.  And he came out of the water and now he's already gone to the biking and he's on the course right now, so I'm waiting to see how he does.

Interviewer:    Great.  Well, it's a great event Tom, and we appreciate everything you do for Metro Brokers too.

Tom Guest:  Thank you.  I love it.  Thanks for the event.

Interviewer:    For more video about Metro Brokers, please check out metrobrokerstv.com.

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