Thursday, September 4, 2008

THE CUMMINGS COMPANY IN MOBILE CONVERTS TO REALTY EXECUTIVES BRAND


Addition of the Mobile office will give Realty Executives MidSouth Region coverage along the Gulf Coast with offices in Mobile, Gulf Shores and Daphne


Gulf Shores, AL (Grassroots Newswire) -- Realty Executives MidSouth is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Mobile. Realty Executives The Cummings Company, owned by veteran real estate developer and broker, Reid Cummings, and his wife Rebecca Cummings, opened last week at 2316-C Knollwood Drive in Mobile.


After moving back to Mobile in 1986, Reid Cummings has been heavily involved in Realtor association activities including his service as president of the Mobile Association of Realtors in 2000, Realtor of the Year in 2001, and participation in numerous association committees and leadership roles over his 22 year membership.


"In today’s market when we’re so inundated with negative media attention I felt like we needed to evaluate where our best opportunities for growth are and after much research I am confident that the Realty Executives brand has the capacity and stability to help us grow and provide exceptional service to our customers and clients," said Cummings. “Realty Executives is a company with great business ethics, good family values and the international support and connections we need. We looked at other companies and decided that the tools, systems and technologies offered by Realty Executives International were unsurpassed."


Over the years Cummings has distinguished himself as a leader in the real estate industry and has gained an enormous amount of experience in a variety of different areas including development, leasing, management, and brokerage of shopping centers, office buildings, warehouses, restaurants, movie theaters, waterfront properties and residential subdivisions. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of Real Estate at the University of South Alabama. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Real Estate in USA's Mitchell College of Business, and is a member of the President's Advisory Council at the University of Mobile.

Realty Executives The Cummings Company currently has 5 sales associates with the resources and plans to expand significantly in the coming year. "We plan on recruiting additional Executives to assist us in the development and sales of all of our development projects, including two new ones in Mobile,” said Cummings. “Snowden Place is a mixed-use single-family and townhome gated community on Cottage Hill Road, and Mobile Aerospace Park is a new light industrial and warehouse distribution park on Pleasant Valley near Montlimar Drive."

"I am so pleased that Reid and Rebecca have affiliated with Realty Executives because they possess a superior level of professionalism and are highly motivated entrepreneurs. Given that Realty Executives has the tools and systems designed for the highly productive professional practitioner of real estate, the Cummings Family will be able to build on their already successful business by providing an even higher level of real estate service to the greater Mobile area," said Randy McKinney, regional developer for the Realty Executives MidSouth Region.


For additional company information, please call Realty Executives, The Cummings Company at (251) 602-1941 or visit http://www.rexcummings.com/ or Realty Executives MidSouth Region, which consists of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, at (251) 949-5000, http://www.realtyexecutivesmidsouth.com/.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Randy McKinney Acquires Realty Executives Gulf Coast Brokerage

Gulf Shores, AL (Grassroots Newswire) August 14, 2008 - The Realty Executives MidSouth Region announced today that Randy McKinney, regional developer for Realty Executives in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, will now own and manage the Realty Executives Gulf Coast office. The company will remain at the same office location at 3479-B Gulf Shores Parkway, Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542.

The company currently has eleven Executives (sales associates) with the resources and plans to expand significantly in the coming year to better meet the needs of consumers.

McKinney has more than 25 years of real estate experience on local, regional and national levels where he has consistently established himself as a leader and educator in the industry and local community. He is a Certified Real Estate Broker (CRB), Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and was also recognized as the 1999 Baldwin County Realtor of the Year. McKinney also served as President of the Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR) in 2005 and has served on numerous committees in the Realtor organization including the Executive Committees for both AAR and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and is currently serving as the Regional Vice President, Region 5 for NAR.

"I have watched the Realty Executives name continue to grow globally in recent years and I am excited about the opportunities for the continued growth of the Realty Executives brand here in the MidSouth Region," said McKinney.

Drew Rambo, director of franchise development for Realty Executives MidSouth, will assume additional regional leadership to continue the organization's focus on growth and support of its franchisees. This will permit McKinney to reduce his travel schedule in order to focus on expanding and improving the local brokerage.

For additional company information, please visit http://www.realtyexecutivesgulfcoast.com/ or call 251.968.4300.

About REALTY EXECUTIVES
Realty Executives International, Inc. is one of the fastest-growing real estate franchises in the United States, with nearly 15,000 sales associates and more than 800 franchisees. The Phoenix-based, privately held company has offices in 15 countries including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, France, Panama, Nicaragua, Australia, Israel, Greece, Poland, Indonesia and Singapore. Publications like Entrepreneur, Success and Inc. magazines have regularly ranked Realty Executives International as a leader in the real estate industry based on franchise growth, management stability and financial soundness. For more than 10 years, Realty Executives MidSouth Region, which consists of the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, has been responsible for awarding Realty Executives franchise rights and protected territories throughout the MidSouth and can be reached at (251) 949.5000 or http://www.realtyexecutivesmidsouth.com/.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

2008 MidSouth Regional Meeting

REALTY EXECUTIVES M I D S O U T H
2008 Regional Mini-Convention
October 13th and 14th at Gulf Shores Adult Activity Center
260 Clubhouse Drive, Gulf Shores, Alabama


Tentative Schedule

Monday, October 13th, 2008, Broker/Owner Day, 10:00am- 5:00pm:
· WELCOME & UPDATES
· BEST PRACTICES BROKER/OWNER ROUND TABLE
· WORKING LUNCH PROVIDED
· GRASSROOTS PR

· BROKERAGE PROFITABILITY
· RECRUITING & MARKETING TOOLS FOR BROKER/OWNERS (Including
the NEW Online Recruiting Presentation)

Tuesday, October 14th, Executive & Broker/Owner Day 9:00am- 5pm:
· WELCOME & UPDATES
· KEYNOTE SPEAKER, RANDY MCKINNEY, REGIONAL DEVELOPER
· COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
· LUNCH PROVIDED
· EXECUTIVE MARKETING & BRANDING, (Including the NEW REX 2.0 Online Ad Builder & NEW Buying & Listing Presentations)

Other Events to Participate In:
- 37th Annual National Shrimp Festival, Thursday- Sunday (10/9/08- 10/12/08), http://www.nationalshrimpfestival.com/
- CRS Financing course CRS 205, Thursday, 10/9/08 and Friday, 10/10/08

Accommodation Suggestions:
· *For golfing & shopping: COURTYARD BY MARRIOT AT CRAFT FARMS; Phone #1.800.360.9375 or local #251.968.1113
· On the Beach: PERDIDO BEACH RESORT IN ORANGE BEACH; Phone #1.800.634.7263 or local #251.981.9811
· Closest to Gulf Shores Adult Activity Center: LAQUINTA INN; Phone # 251.967-3500
· Or visit http://www.gulfshores.com/lodging/ for other lodging information

*NEGOTIATED ROOM RATE OF $109 AT COURTYARD BY MARRIOT. ROOMS HELD UNTIL SEPT. 12TH, 2008 AND ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.


Click on, print out & mail/email/fax the Registration Form below to Register or Call 1-877-963-9876. Look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Entrepreneurs Give Advice on How to "Bounce Back"

In August's edition of Entrepreneur magazine is an article by Carol Tice titled "Bounce Back". In it she interviewed entrepreneurs who have successfully made it through two recessions. They share how they not only survived these times- but thrived. Every one of them agrees that the discipline they develop in the downturn lays the foundation for their long-term success. Here are some tips on how to cope with a slow market:

1) Overhaul the Business Model: Assess whether or not your business model still makes sense and go from there.
2) Don't Stop Marketing: "You don't necessarily have to spend more money. You have to market smarter," said Barbara Weltman, co-author of Small Business Survival Book: 12 Surefire Ways for Your Business to Survive and Thrive
3) Cut Expenses: Slash your overhead, but do not lose critical personnel. Be creative with other ways to save beyond staffing - "You can barter for goods and services. If you normally travel [for business], maybe just video conference," says Weltman.
4) Keep the Cash Flowing: As revenue decreases, manage your cash flow more aggressively. Negotiate better terms with vendors and make sure your clients pay on time.
5) Find the Upside: "Don't assume demand has vaporized. It hasn't, but the way demand is getting met has changed," says Andy Birol of Birol Growth Consulting. Search for niches that are less affected by the downturn.

Use the discipline you have developed in the slower market to prosper as the economy recovers.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Baldwin County Real Estate in Comparison

Betsy McKinney of Professional Land Title in Gulf Shores sent out another email this morning. This is positive information for Baldwin County, Alabama. Click on it to enlarge...





Monday, July 21, 2008

Baldwin County Real Estate Outlook

Here is the second email. Looking forward to more...Click to enlarge.




Baldwin County Real Estate Statistics

These emails from Betsy McKinney, President of Professional Land Title in Gulf Shores are great. I decided to start posting them. Here is the first one... Click to enlarge.