East Valley Real Estate Services, Az – United Brokers Group

Happy New Year!

I am pleased to share that we had another great year. It was because of the absolute hard work of our entire team that we have accomplished so much in such a small amount of time. Sometimes it is hard to believe that we are only a 2.5 year old company! For those of you that came to the Christmas Party, I am hopeful that you had a good time. I shared some statistics that night, but for those that could not be there, I wanted to take a moment and recap some of our accomplishments for 2011 and also share our plans for 2012:
In 2011 UBG collectively closed over $5,000,000 in commissions opposed to 2010’s figure of just under $4,000,000
We closed 400 more units in 2011 over 2010, with just over 2,100 units closed
We have opened two new branch offices: Gilbert and Tempe (Tempe is actually online Today)
We have continued to develop leadership within the company. The broker expertise keeps getting better and better all the time with Heidi having key support from people like Laurie and Tracey. It’s a strong team.
I am especially pleased with our staff of hard working ladies. They are really into helping and supporting our agents and we are blessed to work with them.
We finished the year with exactly 155 agents. I am very pleased with that number and we have a very strong roster. We have worked very hard to ensure that all of our agents are plugged in and working the business. In fact, we have 36 of our agents that have Associate Brokers licenses. That is 23% of our roster! Very impressive.
Heidi was asked to be on the SEVRAR Executive Committee as the Finance Chair and she started her John Maxwell Leadership and Training Certification.
Jeff along with Kim Espinoza were certified as Buffini Certified Mentors.

Plans for the future in 2012:
We will be working toward improving our roster to well over 200 agents in 2012
This month, we will be rolling out our financial tracking system through Google. Agents will be able to track production, units, GCI, and their cap status.
After the financial segment is completed, we will be rolling out our company intranet, where agents will be able to access all real estate applications from one screen, view training videos, share vendor information, view contract checklists, see the company shared calendar.
We will be fine tuning our Gilbert and Tempe offices and we will begin to start to look north for our next location. We will be looking at areas such as north Tempe/Scottsdale, and Mesa. However, controlled growth will be key. We will not move onto new locations until we feel like our business processes and systems are working extremely well.
We will begin Peak Producers in late January from Brian Buffini
We will continue to focus heavily on helping our agents become highly profitable through training, coaching, and masterminds.
We will not deviate from our growth strategy which has always been to be extremely careful on who we affiliate with and making sure that they fit our culture of teamwork and integrity.
We will continue to work hard to develop leaders within the company and help those leaders be successful within their roles.
Heidi and I feel very fortunate to be in business with all of you. You are our extended family and we cherish our relationships with you. Thank you for your support this past year. I can tell you that I am personally very excited about 2012. More units will be sold….not just a little, but a lot. In fact, consumer confidence is improving all of the time. As far as I am concerned, we have weathered the storm….in fact….we just haven’t weathered it…we have persevered through it. Now it is time to really kick in the after burners and UBG will completely shine in 2012. It’s our time, let’s take this opportunity and SEIZE IT!

Truly,
Jeff

Every six months or so, United Brokers Group agents go down to the St. Mary’s Food Bank to help feed those in Arizona who are hungry. Did you know that Arizona ranks the worst in the entire country in youth hunger. Twenty six percent of kids in Arizona under 18 suffer from a lack of food. They often times do not eat all weekend. They get their school lunches during the week, but there is no food on the weekend. If you are thinking about supporting those that are hungry, go down to St. Mary’s Food Bank and make a difference. Here is a picture of our team helping out at the Food Bank.

UBG Making a Difference in Helping the Hungry