Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty - A Partnership Of Value (Volume 4 - Short)

A Partnership Of Value

Home is a place that represents unparalleled love and emotion. It’s our mission to bring the joy of home to every one of our clients with unrivaled expertise, passion and energy. As a company and a brand, we take pride in building an exceptional home that fosters successful agents. Coldwell Banker Village Green is a home where you are empowered to achieve your most ambitious goals and a community where you are championed by colleagues who believe in and inspire you.

home HISTORY

Coldwell Banker practically invented modern-day real estate. Founded in 1906 on the principles of honesty, integrity and always putting the customer first, we changed the industry then and continue to do so today. Village Green Realty has a threedecade history of following Coldwell Banker principles as a leader in Hudson Valley & Catskills Real Estate.

ETHICS

We look at every relationship and interaction through a lens of good ethics. Our agents are trained in ethics, and we hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards.

excellence

We believe that if you’re going to do something, you should be the best at it. In addition to symbolizing our passion for guiding people home, the star in our logo represents the truly exceptional nature of Coldwell Banker. Whether it’s a listing presentation for a potential client, a home staging for an open house or leading an office, excellence means conducting business at the highest possible standard. Every resource and learning opportunity we provide is purpose-built to help our agents be excellent in every facet of their business.

Built on ethics and expertise, We deliver excellence to our agents and clients; we make real estate experiences what they should be.

#1 in The Hudson Valley & Catskill Region MLS 2011 - 2021*

#1 in The Greene County Sales 2011 - 2021**

top 9% of coldwell banker companies

T3 Sixty ranks the Top 1,000 Us brokerages who together account for 1/2 OF THE total U.S. Real Estate Sales Volume

Ranked in the 2021 Power Broker Report

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RiS Media, The Definitive source for real estate news & information, ranked cbvgr in the Top 1,000 uS brokerages of 100,000+

We’ve spent a decade building traffic to VillageGreenRealty.com to over 43,000 visitors/month through SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Here’s how that compares with the competition:

Yearly Visits. VillageGreenRealty. com was the most visited local site amongst 2022’s top 9 brokerages in the Hudson Valley Catskills MLS.*

Locally Grown, Nationally Known, Globally Connected

Left to right: Carmel, Catskill, Kinderhook, Kingston, New Paltz, Red Hook, Windham, Woodstock

Coldwell Banker has been guiding people home for 116 years, and we’ve been doing it here in the Catskills & Hudson Valley for 3 decades. Through non-stop innovation and forward thinking, we’ve grown to become one of the most well-known and trusted names in real estate around the globe. Today there are more than 100,000 agents working out of offices in 41 countries and territories.

Coldwell Banker Village Green (2022)

Coldwell Banker Worldwide (2022)

Andorra

Argentina

Aruba

Bahamas

Bermuda

Canada

Cayman Islands

China

Columbia

Costa Rica

Curaçao

Cyprus

Dominican Republic

Egypt

England

France

Grenada

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Italy

Jamaica

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Panama

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Singapore

Spain

St. Kitts/Nevis

St. Maarten

St. Martin

Thailand

Turkey

Turks & Caicos

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uruguay

Virgin Islands (British)

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

A partnership of value

Real, transparent, quantifiable value

We believe in a true partnership with our agents. Some of the value we provide is impossible to quantify. How do you place a dollar value on the trust a California buyer will have in a Coldwell Banker Village Green Agent because they’re affiliated with a recognizable brand? Here are a few of the esoteric values Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty provides:

Unparalleled Global, National, & Local Exposure

#1 Most Visited Brand Online

National Television Advertising Campaigns

116 Years of Professional Standards & Practice

96% National Brand Recognition

13% Higher Sales Price Than The NAR Average

Multiple Office Locations Across The Hudson Valley & Catskills

Member of 6 MLS’s: HVCR, CGND, Mid-Hudson, GCAR, HGAR & OD

Robust NYC Referral Network

Most Visited Local Brokerage Site

Non-Competitive Principal Brokers & Managers

Business Planning & Personal Coaching

Some services and tools we provide are quantifiable. We offer agents technology, services and support that bolster their business. Here are the real-world costs of our offerings, based on a very moderate ten listings per year.

CB Village Green Value Market Price

Business Cards, Signs, Sign Riders

As part of our onboarding process we prepare you to do business. Our staff will order custom CB Village Green Realty business cards and sign riders with your information and have them shipped to the office for you. CBVGR standard and global luxury signs are always available for your listings

Fast Start Training Program

Delivered by Broker/Owner Candida Ellis, this one-week, small-group training program introduces agents to CBVGR, the Coldwell Banker brand, and the business of real estate. You’ll leave with a business plan for the year and a road-map for your career in real estate.

Achieve Maximum Productivity (AMP!)

Achieve Maximum Productivity (AMP!) is a productivity training that has boosted the effectiveness of agents nationwide. Participants focus on the critical activities proven to build skills and deliver sustainable results. Using a combination of activities, teamwork and prospecting, highly-engaged participants make solid contacts and book appointments.

CBU Learning Platform & Village Green Trainings

Through The CBU Learning Center and our own trainings we offer important programs that are designed to help you as you progress through your career, covering topics like maximized productivity, negotiating skills, listing presentations, team-building and more. Agents who participate achieve significant business growth.

On-Demand Systems Training

We have a staff member who is dedicated to fielding questions on our systems and tools from agents who need help and need it quickly. They’re available for on-the-fly questions and for scheduled oneon-one and small-group trainings.

The Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Brand

Coldwell Banker is a leader in luxury sales; Coldwell Banker agents sell over $168 million in luxury property daily. Luxury listings need special marketing, attention and exposure. The Coldwell Banker Luxury program offers exposure on ColdwellBankerLuxury.com for both luxury listings and luxury agents, an exclusive Luxury Certification and training program for agents who work in the luxury space, and an online networking site for Global Luxury Certified agents

Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Specialist Certification

We offer the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Certification course to top-level agents free of charge. As Certified Luxury Specialists agents have enhanced exposure on ColdwellBankerLuxury.com and access to Proxio, an exclusive marketing and social media platform for Specialists only.

Included $650

Included $1000

Included $500

Included $500/year

Included $1000/year

Included $1000/year

Included $500/year

A partnership of value

Lead Router

When it comes to converting internet leads to business, time is off the essence. Our exclusive Lead Router system calls you within seconds of a customer making an inquiry. Leads are routed to you based on the areas and price ranges you prefer to work in.

CRM

A good Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform is imperative for converting leads to clients. Our CRM allows agents insight into which leads are the most likely to transact, the actions those leads are taking on our websites, and allows for flexible follow-up.

Showing Appointment Center

Our appointment center is open 24/7, saving agents countless phone calls, emails, texts and missed business and providing best-in-class service to our clients.

Office Assistants

Other brokerages recommend personal assistants to low and mid-level agents. Our office assistants do everything those assistants would do. We train them on the systems agents use and how to provide excellent services to your clients. We find that their support is more than sufficient until an agent reaches a top 15 ranking in the MLS.

The Village Green Wizard - Transaction Management & E-Signature

The Wizard is CBVGR’s intranet site; it’s a paperless transaction management system that allows you to create listings and transactions, send documents to clients for electronic signature, order photography and marketing materials, communicate with office staff and management, see who is working on tasks related to your listings and transactions, register for trainings, view our calendar of events and download important information.

Coldwellbanker.com

You and your listings will be featured on ColdwellBanker.com. Coldwell Banker is the #1 most visited real estate brand online. ColdwellBanker.com has 38M yearly visitors (BHHS.com has 32M yearly visitors, Century21.com has 26M visitors and KW.com has 7M yearly visitors).* New leads from your listings are delivered to you via our Lead Router system.

Villagegreenrealty.com

You and your listings will be be featured on VillageGreenRealty.com, the area’s top performing brokerage website. New leads from your listings are delivered to you via our Lead Router system.

Agent Mini-Sites

Impress your clients and attract new ones with a customizable mini-site on our VillageGreenRealty. com. Our staff creates and updates your pages upon request. There’s no set-up hassle and no ongoing Search Engine Optimization, just a customizable online billboard for you and your services.

Included $100/month

Included $150/month

Included $50/month

Included $300/month

Included $70/month

Included $500/listing

Included $150/listing

Included $500/month

Profile Management

We create and update your profiles on important real estate sites like Zillow.com, Realtor.com, Crexi.com and ColdwellBanker.com, and manage your passwords.

Wealth Engine Database Growth

Wealth Engine helps agents find the right prospects to market to, collecting information on property ownership, real estate portfolio value, length in residence, interests, and many other datapoints that identify them as potential homebuyers or sellers. Agents can work with our marketing team to develop a farming list that fits their goals and market niche.

Database Management

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We make the hardest part of listing a property easy. Order a photo and 3D tour package through our intranet with a few clicks - our marketing team will schedule the shoot and provide you with completed assets within 72 hours of visiting your listing. Enhanced MAP $700/listing

Listing Quality Control

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Basic

Included in

Basic

Automated Digital Retargeting Ads For You

Included $500/year

Automated Digital Advertising For Listings and Sales

Impress and attract sellers with automated digital ads of your listings and sales. We cover one week of advertising to thousands of buyers and sellers, delivered on the websites they’re already visiting; because of our partnership with Adwerx, you can extend the advertising at a discounted rate

Included $150/listing

A partnership of value

Prospect Square - Email Marketing Solution

Prospect Square is a virtual town square and market data powerhouse, bringing together your contacts and all the ways to reach them into one central hub. It offers creation and delivery of email marketing campaigns, property marketing eBlasts, and Market Reports.

CBVGR E-Newsletter

Our e-newsletter keeps your sphere of influence engaged with you, your business and the area and has an open rate far above the industry standard. We create custom content for our audience and send it out to your database. You receive the responses.

Just

Listed/Just Sold Postcards and E-Flyers

Announcing listings and sales to your sphere of influence is a basic of any agent’s marketing strategy. Our administrative staff will place your order and customize postcards for you and send out e-flyers to your sphere of influence on request.

Customized Client Presentations

Listing presentations that are beautiful, professional, and customized to you. Need one customized for a far-off cleint? We’ll create an e-magazine version of your presentation that you can email anytime.

Custom Branding & Design

Our marketing team is available to assist you with custom design for print advertising, cross-media branding, custom signage and anything else you’d like to look great. We offer these services at a steep discount of $25/hour (compared with $75-$150/hour on the open market). Because they know you and they know real estate, the design process is streamlined.

Coldwell Banker Business Advantage

The Coldwell Banker Business Advantage program gives you VIP access to an assortment of products and services designed to assist you in taking your real estate business to the next level. Discounts include such everyday necessities as rental cars, pens and paper, cell phones, printers, and computers - vacations too!

Direct Deposit

Direct deposit helps you get paid faster. Our dedicated team of Transaction Managers processes your paperwork and transactions and pays you via direct deposit to your back account as soon as your file is complete.

Totals

For A New Agent Taking Advantage of Enhanced MAP, Assuming 10 Listings Taken In The First Year

CB Village Green Value Market Price

Included $200/month

Included in Basic MAP $500/mailing

Included $50/listing

Included $200/year

$25/hour $2,000/year savings

Included $1000/year savings

Included $50/year

Nominal MAP Fee

$42,140/ year

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