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EXPANSION & GROWTH IN REAL ESTATE
Your Choice Real Estate expands Orange Park office, opens new Jacksonville location.
Orange Park, FL – Your Choice Real Estate has announced the expansion of it's Orange Park facility and the opening of a new Jacksonville office located on the southside at 9770 Old Baymeadows Road.
While many other real estate firms are getting smaller or even closing their doors, Your Choice Real Estate continues its growth and expansion in the Jacksonville, Florida Real Estate Marketplace. The company continues to defy the odds by boasting record numbers of new customers in the first quarter requiring additional office space.
"We are very proud of the accomplishments of our growing team" said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. "The growth just keeps coming as more customers hear about our menu of services, customers love choices. And now we can better serve our customers on the east side of the St. Johns River. This is a very exciting time for our company".
Your Choice Real Estate is also aggressively hiring new agents and offering very rewarding compensation packages. Agents are free to work from home and are not required to perform floor duty, caravan tours or pay desk fees.
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage representing both buyers and sellers. A key offering is MLS Assist, which provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com for a low flat fee. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
REAL ESTATE ON ICE
Your Choice Real Estate sponsors Jacksonville Barracuda’s Hockey.
Orange Park, FL, March 11, 2008 – Your Choice Real Estate sponsors Jacksonville Barracuda’s Minor League Hockey team.
The Barracuda’s are part of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) and compete with six other teams from the south including the Columbus Cottonmouths, Fayetteville FireAntz, Huntsville Havoc, Knoxville Ice Bears, Twin Cities Cyclones and the Richmond Renegades. The SPHL playoffs begin March 27th, 2008.
"We are very excited about sponsoring the Barracuda’s as they enter the playoffs. We look forward to sponsoring this fantastic organization the future" said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. "The impact that this hockey team has on the community is growing. Hockey was a way of life for me growing up and I really hope that it continues to catch on here in Jacksonville."
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage representing both buyers and sellers. A key offering is MLS Assist, which provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com for a flat fee. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
YOUR CHOICE REAL ESTATE IS RECOGNIZED FOR INTERNET MARKETING EXCELLENCE
ORANGE PARK, FL, February 5, 2008 - Nationally renowned real estate marketing and technology speaker and REALTOR.com® Vice President, Max Pigman, has presented to Phillip Jones of Your Choice Real Estate, the "Real Estate Online Marketing Award of Excellence". The Award of Excellence recognizes top agents who consistently provide great marketing services on behalf of their buyers and sellers.
“There are always some real estate agents who distinguish themselves from other agents by doing a little more for their sellers. In particular; when the home they are selling is placed on a well trafficked site such as the 1st ranked REALTOR.com®,1 even simple efforts like having more photos displayed, crafting better descriptions or adding a full motion video, can make a home stand out from competing properties,” says Max Pigman, Vice President of REALTOR.com®.
The excellence award was presented to Phillip Jones at a recent real estate marketing and technology seminar that demonstrated cutting edge techniques for leveraging the Internet and technology in real estate marketing.
Phillip Jones says, “My seller clients appreciate how I can help bring more attention to the unique selling attributes of their home and ultimately help attract more qualified buyers. Buyers are also appreciative of a well presented home that has a better description and more ways to learn about the property before arranging an appointment. While it’s certainly an honor to receive this award, I think ultimately it would be a disservice not to make REALTOR.com® and the Internet part of your standard home marketing plan. Some day soon most agents will see it as a must have requirement instead of something special. We’re already seeing that change”
“The extra steps agents like Phillip are taking on behalf of their clients is the reason we thought it worthwhile to call out the effort we have seen these agents make online and to recognize them for providing these added value services,” says Mr. Pigman.
REALTOR.com® is just one of the many ways Your Choice Real Estate is leveraging recent trends in home buyer online behavior to their clients benefit.
Your Choice Realty is a full service real estate brokerage based in Orange Park, Florida representing both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
Zbark.com STOPS PROVIDING FLAT FEE LISTINGS IN FLORIDA
Your Choice Real Estate obtains endorsement and continues to grow
Orange Park, FL, February 1, 2008 – Your Choice Real Estate announced that has been recommended by Zbark.com to fulfill flat fee MLS needs in the Northeast Florida market. Zbark previously served the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and Orange Park real estate market offing flat fee listings. Your Choice Real Estate has offered its flat fee program called “MLS Assist” since 2005 in northeast Florida.
Below is an excerpt from the Zbark.com announcement issued by Michael Thomas;
ZBARK.com ANNOUCEMENT
Effective February 1, 2008 Zbark.com will no longer provide Flat Fee MLS service to the Jacksonville & St. Augustine region.
For your Flat Fee MLS needs we strongly recommend using Your Choice Real Estate, located in Orange Park, FL. Your Choice Real Estate is a very strong local company with an excellent reputation. The owner of the company is Phillip Jones and he will personally offer you the same first-rate service you have received from me and my staff. His contact info is listed below for future reference.
Click here to list your property for only $349 until it sells with Your Choice Real Estate
Phillip Jones, Broker/Owner
Your Choice Real Estate
151-18 College Drive
Orange Park, FL 32065
Phone: (904) 298-2679 Ext 501
Toll Free Direct: (866) 923-9990
Fax: (866) 923-9990
Email: pjones@ycre.net
Website: www.ycre.netI have enjoyed serving you in the past and look forward to future opportunities to work together again. If you have any questions about this change or would like to discuss other matters with me feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Michael Thomas
MLS Assist provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com. To date Your Choice Real Estate has over 285 MLS Assist customers.
“The response to our MLS Assist service has been tremendous” said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. “This consolidation improves our local market presence and has already contributed to our earnings growth. In 2007 we were very fortunate to see our revenue grow by sixty-two percent; we hope to continue this trend in 2008.”
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage headquartered in Orange Park, Florida. Your Choice Realty represents both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. Your Choice Real Estate through its website www.ycre.net, allows customers a host of online tools to buy or sell property. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
GOING GREEN IN REAL ESTATE
Your Choice Real Estate goes green with launch of new website.
Orange Park, FL, January 9, 2008 – Your Choice Real Estate launches new website (www.ycre.net) that saves time, money and continues drive to be a green company.
YCRE.NET is not a typical real estate website. Most real estate websites allow you to read information about the company’s agents, current listings and other generic real estate data. The opportunity for customer participation is often limited to requesting more information and then waiting for a call or email back. Your Choice Real Estate through its website www.ycre.net, allows customers a host of online tools to buy or sell property.
With the official launch of Your Choice Real Estate’s new website, www.ycre.net, the company offers a level of interaction for the consumer that is unprecedented in the industry. At the company’s website, customers can submit all the information for their property. This process is more efficient and saves time, expense and environmental impact of having an agent drive to the property simply to collect data and sign paperwork. The listing agreement is drafted in PDF and emailed to the customer for their signature. Customers can then digitally sign their listing agreement and email it back, enabling a fully paperless transaction.
Your Choice Real Estate continues its efforts to be a green company by allowing their agents the freedom to telecommute. Agents are not required to attend sales meetings or go on ‘caravan’ tours. “I’m amazed that legacy real estate companies still require agents to come to the office at least once a week for sales meetings and caravan” said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. “Caravan tours are a huge waste of energy often involving up to a dozen or more cars driving around from house to house for 4-5 hours every week. We don’t do caravan tours as it is not a good use of our time and a terrible waste of gas.”
Your Choice Realty is a full service real estate brokerage based in Orange Park, Florida representing both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
YOUTH BASKETBALL & CHEERLEADING TEAMS GET HELP FROM LOCAL CHURCH & REAL ESTATE COMPANY
Your Choice Real Estate supports First Baptist Church’s Upward Basketball program
Orange Park, FL, December 13, 2007 – Your Choice Real Estate sponsors Upward Basketball & Cheerleading at First Baptist Church of Orange Park.
Upward basketball and cheerleading is a nationwide program specifically designed for K5 through eight grade boys and girls that promotes salvation, character and self-esteem in every child. Members of the community have the opportunity to coach a team, referee a game, share devotion and develop relationships in order to reach people who will participate in the program.
“Upward Sports gives children an opportunity to play and learn the value of teamwork in an atmosphere that emphasizes the winner in every child” said David Tarkington, Pastor at First Baptist Church. David went on to say “I so appreciate those local organizations that sponsor Upward Sports at our church. Their sponsorship shows a desire to make a positive impact in families and the community and allows us to offer more opportunities for children.”
“We are excited about sponsoring First Baptist’s Upward Sports programs again this year. We look forward to sponsoring this meaningful program in the future” said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. “The work that First Baptist is doing to help the community is admirable and should be a model for other churches in the region and around the country on how they can have a real impact.”
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage representing both buyers and sellers. A key offering is MLS Assist, which provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com for a flat fee. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com.
For more information about Your Choice Real Estate and their services visit their website, www.ycre.net; contact their office by telephone at 904-298-2679; or email at info@ycre.net.
LISTING PROPERTY IN FLORIDA NOW MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER
Your Choice Real Estate announces fall promotion on popular Flat Fee MLS service
Orange Park, FL, September 22, 2007 – Your Choice Real Estate announced that it will be offering its highly successful MLS Assist service for a promotional rate of $249. The promotion period will begin October 1, 2007 and run until the end of the year. MLS Assist was first introduced in 2005 in northeast Florida.
MLS Assist provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com. To date Your Choice Real Estate has over 235 MLS Assist customers.
"We are very excited about the promotional pricing and expect to increase market share and volume by at least twenty percent by year end" said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. "Our customers appreciate our approach to assist them with the sale of their home, while allowing them to continue to sell on their own as a FSBO. With our promotion, we are not diminishing the service level in anyway to our customers. This more aggressive pricing further solidifies our position as the BEST VALUE in real estate!"
Your Choice Real Estate plans to open it's next office in the Orlando market covering the central Florida region in 2008 and has long range plans to franchise the business model throughout the US and Canada.
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage headquartered in Orange Park, Florida. Your Choice Realty represents both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. Your Choice Real Estate through its website www.ycre.net, allows customers a host of online tools to buy or sell property. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
LOCAL SCHOOL & REAL ESTATE COMPANY TEAM UP TO HELP STUDENTS
Your Choice Real Estate sponsors Grove Park Elementary silent auction
Orange Park, FL, September 15, 2007 – Your Choice Real Estate sponsors Grove Park Elementary School in their silent auction to help raise nearly $2000 for local students.
Grove Park Elementary hosted this year’s silent auction fundraiser at First Baptist Church of Orange Park. First Baptist Church has adopted this local school in the community to assist and provide resources that parents and local government cannot meet. The fundraiser which was held on September 15 raised $1935 for the school.
Colette Wyant, Principal said: "The staff and faculty of Grove Park Elementary wish to extend our heartfelt thanks for the donations you provided to our silent auction. The community, vendors and our own teachers were very generous with the items donated for our silent auction."
"We were honored to be asked to participate in this event and support the local community, we look forward to helping again next year" said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. "The work that the folks at First Baptist are doing to help this school is admirable and should be a model for other churches in the region and around the country on how they can make a difference, one school and student at a time."
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage representing both buyers and sellers. A key offering is MLS Assist, which provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com.
NO MORE LIMITS – LIST UNTIL YOU SELL, NO HIDDEN FEES
Your Choice Real Estate eliminates the 1 year time limit on listings
Orange Park, FL, August 28, 2007 – Your Choice Real Estate announced that it will be offering its highly successful MLS Assist service with no time limit. The updated programs are effective September 1, 2007 and will grandfather all existing customers into the newly revised program.
MLS Assist was first introduced in 2005 in northeast Florida. MLS Assist provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com. To date Your Choice Real Estate has over 220 MLS Assist customers.
"The marketplace has changed and we have responded, sometimes customers need more time to achieve their goals and we support them in their efforts. Our goal is to help our customers in anyway possible." said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. "Our customers appreciate our approach to assist them with the sale of their home, while allowing them to continue to sell on their own as a FSBO. Our new and improved program further solidifies our position as the BEST VALUE in real estate!"
Your Choice Real Estate plans to open it’s next office in the Orlando market covering the central Florida region in 2008 and has long range plans to franchise the business model throughout the US and Canada.
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage headquartered in Orange Park, Florida. Your Choice Realty represents both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. Your Choice Real Estate through its website www.ycre.net, allows customers a host of online tools to buy or sell property. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
SELLING A HOME JUST BECAME MUCH EASIER FOR FLORIDIANS
Your Choice Real Estate expands its MLS Assist to statewide coverage.
Orange Park, FL, July 9, 2007 – Your Choice Real Estate announced that it is now offering its highly successful MLS Assist service throughout Florida. MLS Assist was first introduced in 2005 in northeast Florida. The company’s expanded offering is a result of increased demand and newly forged partnerships.
MLS Assist provides sellers access to the very powerful MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database and Realtor.com. Using MLS Assist, sellers retain the opportunity to sell their property on their own while gaining the benefits of exposure to thousands of agents on MLS and millions of buyers on Realtor.com. To date Your Choice Real Estate has over 200 MLS Assist customers.
“The response to our MLS Assist service has been tremendous” said Phillip Jones, President and CEO of Your Choice Real Estate. “Our customers really appreciate our approach to assist them with the sale of their property, while allowing them to continue to sell the property on their own. Our increased exposure throughout the state will lay the foundation for additional locations to open in the future. Once new locations open, we will offer our complete menu of services via those offices.”
Your Choice Real Estate plans to open it’s next office in the Orlando market covering the central Florida region in 2008 and has long range plans to franchise the business model throughout the US and Canada.
Your Choice Real Estate, founded in 2005, is a full service real estate brokerage headquartered in Orange Park, Florida. Your Choice Realty represents both buyers and sellers. Sellers have the flexibility to choose the services they need and only pay for the services they select. Your Choice Real Estate through its website www.ycre.net, allows customers a host of online tools to buy or sell property. The company also has strategic partnerships with other real estate brokerages throughout the U.S.
YOUR CHOICE REAL ESTATE HELPS SELL HOMES FOR MORE BY USING REALTOR.com®
ORANGE PARK, FL APRIL 2, 2007 -- According to recent research by the National Association of REALTORS®, 83% percent of home buyers say photos and detailed property descriptions are the most useful features when searching for homes online.2 Your Choice Real Estate is taking advantage of this trend for its clients with its recent commitment to enhance all properties it markets with multiple photos and customized property descriptions on the #1 real estate site1, REALTOR.com®. With changing real estate market conditions, Your Choice Real Estate is giving consumers what they want most online and providing another reason why home sellers and buyers must insist on using Your Choice Real Estate, Inc.
Listings on REALTOR.com® with six photos are viewed 299% more often, on average3 and rise to the top when searched by number of photos. And because Your Choice Real Estate enhances all of its clients’ properties on REALTOR.com® with multiple photos and detailed property descriptions, these properties also receive this high-impact placement on other popular Web portals such as AOL® and MSN®, helping reach the largest audience of home buyers for its clients.
Your Choice Real Estate understands that it is vital to reach the over 6.6 million consumers4 each month who, on average, spend 82% of the time they search for a home online on REALTOR.com®1. With 77% of all home buyers using the Internet at some point in their search for homes1, Your Choice Real Estate is working to make sure its clients’ homes are promoted where more consumers are searching online.
Visit www.ycre.net or call 904-298-2679 or email info@ycre.net to see what Your Choice Real Estate is doing to help homeowners in your community sell their homes for more.
1 Media Metrix – Based on reporting of the time online users spent during 2005 on REALTOR.com® and other comparable real estate aggregation sites and excluding sites of franchisers/brokerages.
2 2005 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
3 Compared with non-showcase listings (listings without multiple photos). Based on REALTOR.com® internal analysis of Showcase Listing Detail Page Views per Listing vs. Non-Showcase Listings Detail Page Views per Listing, for January 31, 2005.
4 Media Metrix – reporting the average number of unique visitors to the site each month of 2005.
Your Choice Real Estate, Inc. 151-18 College Drive, Orange Park, FL 32065
Phone: (904) 298-2679 or (888) 490-0671 Fax: (888) 518-2444 Email: info@ycre.net
