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Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Assist 2 Sell adds 29 franchises Assist 2 Sell, North America's largest residential discount real estate company, added 29 new franchises from Jan. 1 through April 30.Along with the opening of South Dakota's first Assist 2 Sell franchise in Rapid City, the expansion brings the total number of Assist 2 Sell franchises in 43 states and Canada to 242, up 13.24 percent from Dec. 31, 2002. Assist 2 Sell cofounders and co-owners Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle E. Martin announced the franchise totals. "Our growth remains steady, strong and consistent," LaMeres-Pomin and Martin said in a joint statement."The expansion of the Assist 2 Sell franchise system has been energized by our company's excellent reputation for high quality, value-oriented customer service." Assist 2 Sell (www.assist2sell.com) franchises provide the services of a professional real estate broker, for a single, low flat fee.Assist 2 Sell's "Full Service With $avings" process enables home sellers to save thousands of dollars in commissions compared to paying 6 percent. Assist 2 Sell projects it'll have at least 500 locally owned and operated franchises in the United States and Canada by the fourth quarter of 2005.Growth remains on track to meet that projection. Owners of new Assist 2 Sell franchises attended the company's training school at its corporate headquarters in Reno, Nev.The company requires its franchise owners to be experienced residential real estate brokers. A privately held company, Assist 2 Sell was founded in 1987. The company is able to charge low fees thanks to its high-volume system, backed by an experienced team of real estate professionals that handle everything from advertising and showing the home to overseeing the closing process. Besides the Rapid City, S.D., franchise, other Assist 2 Sell franchises opened in the following communities during the first four months of 2003: Arizona Glendale, Sun City West; California Arroyo Grande, Fallbrook, Fremont, Irvine, Oceanside, Palm Desert, Port Hueneme, San Luis Obispo, Temecula; Connecticut New Milford; Florida Cocoa, Deerfield Beach, Miramar, Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra; Georgia North Atlanta, Roswell, Savannah; Maryland Crofton; Massachusetts Pittsfield; Mississippi Meridian; North Carolina Wilson; Missouri Jefferson City, St. Peters; Oregon Grants Pass; and Texas, Denton. Gary Marshall is the broker of the local Assist 2 Sell office located at 111 Petrol Point, in Peachtree City.They can be reached at 770-487-9195 or on the Web at www.assist2sellrealty.com.
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