A Career in Real Estate

If you are considering a career in real estate or making a move from

your present real estate company, join the best: Royal LePage.

Listed below you will find information outlining why Royal LePage is

the best choice when it comes to choosing a real estate company. If you

are interested in more information, please complete our Information

Request Form, and we will be pleased to provide you with additional

information on having a career with Royal LePage.

• The tools that help you

• Technology and the Internet

• Referrals and Relocation

• Marketing and Advertising Tools

• Professional Management and Administrative Support

• Training and Development

• Purchasing Power

• Compensation and Benefits

The tools that help you

What a real estate company does is give your agent the tools to help

do their job better, thereby ensuring you receive the best service possible.

And that's what Royal LePage does best.

Our 85 years of experience in helping our sales reps service the

real estate needs of Canadians has taught us a lot about support.

That's why we give you the agent a unique set of tools. We call t

hem Power Tools:

• A trusted and familiar name

• National and community advertising support on TV, radio,   newspapers, magazines, and outdoor The power and support of a national residential referral network, further augmented by our strategic U.S. alliance with Genesis, North America's premier referral network

• The National Relocation service--Canada's largest relocation company with offices coast to coast Affiliations with broker and relocation companies worldwide

In1995, we went global with the Royal LePage bilingual website

(www.royallepage.ca) featuring:

• more than 10 million hits per month

• listings, updated daily, for more than 24,000 properties for sale nationwide If your home is listed with Royal LePage, it'll be on-line, too. Your very own homepage.)

• all listings linked by email to our offices or the listing agent

• full profiles on many of our sales representatives

• Virtual Reality tours of selected homes

• a mortgage calculator for each listing
   

All together, they're the tools that let your sales representatives work harder for you. Who would have imagined there's all that behind one little lawn sign?

Technology and the internet

Your most valuable sales tools can't even be held. But they can be surfed.

Royal LePage launched our bilingual Internet Web Site, www.royallepage.ca,

in October of 1995, and within a year, the site had generated

millions of dollars worth of transactions. Every month, we receive more

 than 10 million 'hits' from qualified buyers, sales representatives and

people interested in learning more about the company.

Currently Royal LePage has had the most comprehensive Canadian

national real estate site on the web. It features:

• more than 75,000 individual pages listings, updated daily,

• for more than 24,000 properties for sale nationwide

• virtual reality tours of selected homes

• colour photographs with slide capabilities of homes

• property searches by on-line maps, by city names and by postal codes

• all listings linked by email to our offices or the listing agent

• full profiles on many of our sales representatives

• a category identifying multi-cultural sales reps - currently  representing nearly 50 languages

• House Price Survey information at your fingertips

In 1996, the site was awarded the bronze Ace Award for Advertising

Creative Excellence in the Interactive Mass Media class. Now you

can put that success to work for you: Royal LePage has made

Web design and consulting services available to assist you in the design of your own web page - by the same team who constructed our massive site.

Referrals and relocations

As you know, once your sign is in place, the real action begins. But

here's the good news. With Royal LePage, you're not alone. You

see, as a company we believe that while internal competition is

healthy, cooperation can be profitable. That's why Royal LePage

offers you:

• The power to access buyers through our National Relocations   Service - Canada's largest relocation company with offices coast to coast. They administrate the transfers of over 5,000 employees per year  through a solid base of over 400 corporations and government agencies.

• A national residential referral network further augmented by our   strategic U.S. alliance with Genesis, North America's premier referral network.

• Affiliations with broker and relocation companies worldwide.

• A comprehensive residential referral database and directory, listing every Royal LePage office and sales representative across the country.

• Royal LePage Commercial Real Estate (Canada's largest national commercial real estate brokerage business)

• Royal LePage Professional Services (which includes Canada's only  national real estate appraisal group)

• Brookfield LePage Property Management - Canada's largest facility and property manager with a portfolio under contract of over 53   million square feet

Marketing & Advertising Tools

No real estate company ever sold a home to a family, or sat late at night

comforting an anxious couple. No, that's your strength. It's what makes

you a great representative. What makes us a great real estate company

is that we have the tools, resources and support to help you do that

job even better. What kind of tools, you ask?

Power tools:

• Branded national advertising support through TV, radio, print, and outdoor Local advertising and promotional campaigns targeted to the particular community or market

• The award winning Royal LePage Website (www.royallepage.ca)

• The power and support of a national and international network of  sales representatives and services

• The Leading Edge, our Royal LePage internal newspaper Access to:

  • A personal marketing program to get your name out in your neighborhood

  • Professional, presentation pieces

  • Promotional merchandise

  • Top notch customer information pieces

  • Instant messaging *May not be available in all markets

  • 24 hour paging service *May not be available in all markets

  • Our internal 'Intranet', to provide you with easy, instant access to confidential

  • information to help you build sales

As a real estate company we think the best way to attract a great sales   representative is to know what our job is. We're not in the business of selling real estate. We're in the business of selling the people who sell the real estate. You are our customers. Our job is to help you look after your business needs so you can concentrate on your clients, and your bottom line. That's why when you work with Royal LePage you enjoy the benefits of:

• A full-time, non-competing manager, available around the clock. Because a house can be bought or sold at any time.

• Access to a management team for any assistance you might need, such as business planning and personal marketing.

• An expert support and administrative team to help you oversee the finer points of any sale or purchase. Not to mention other day  to day necessities such as assistance in producing ads, taking messages,  typing, and the layout of feature sheets - even the confidential  management of corresponding with your database.

Training and Development

We believe that the most effective way to maintain our competitive edge in

this industry is to be dedicated to knowledge. That's why Royal LePage

offers ongoing, relevant training programs to all levels within our

organization, from the sales team (both experienced and new to

the industry) o management. Currently the areas of education and

training include:

• enhancing entrepreneurial skills·

• public relations and marketing

• developing superior presentation skills

• self development awareness

• technological proficiency

Also important is recognizing the benefit of networking. That's why you'll

find programs that help our corporate and Associate Broker sales

teams to meet and enhance their business and referral opportunities.

Actual training is provided through a number of means, including:

• a resource centre for books

• audio and video cassettes

• self-training programs

• seminars

Purchasing Power

Real Estate is a business of numbers. And the sheer size of Royal LePage

 can put numbers to work for you where it counts the most: your bottom

line. That's why Royal LePage provides you with substantial savings and

preferred pricing on:

• Computer equipment and software

• Communications tools, including cellular phones, paging equipment, long distance services

• and Internet access

• The printing of marketing and promotional materials and forms,  including: business cards,

• letterhead, envelopes, calendars and direct marketing tools

• Canada Post Admail, and various courier services

• A variety of sales and presentation tools, including cameras,  batteries, lock boxes, etc.

• Office supplies

• Imprinted promotional items and thank you gifts

• Group discount advertising rates and prestige space in local newspapers; negotiates

• advertising rates in other local news media

Royal LePage also gives you access to strategic alliances with a number of companies including movers, that offer you and your customers value added services on key products.

Compensation and Benefits

Bottom Line: What's in it for you?"

When it comes to payday, we believe you should be the one who calls the shots. Royal LePage offers you flexible compensation plans with options you can tailor to your needs. We offer everything from the traditional incremental plans to high-split plans to work-at-home plans. (*not available in all areas)

Benefits, which include extended health care, dental care, life insurance and long-term disability are available to you with the Royal LePage carrier. Plus, there are optional benefits that can include your dependent family. Of course, industry standards insist that everyone provide a medical history and be subject to an examination.