by JPAR Press & Media | Feb 12, 2020 | JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate
JP & Associates REALTORS® will be hosting its 6th Annual Seppe Awards Gala at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, TX on February 16, 2020.
Starting in JP Piccinini’s (JPAR Founder) living room just 8 short years ago, the Seppes have become one of the hottest parties in real estate and leaves REALTORS® and attendees feeling like they just took part in their version of the Academy Awards.
The Seppes were designed to recognize not only the production but also the service efforts of all JPAR REALTORS® and staff.
“JPAR agents are among some of the most productive agents in the country, and the Seppes are a chance to celebrate their success”, said JP Piccinini. “As a brokerage, we do all we can to provide them with the best-in-class technology, training, and support; but at the end of the day, it’s up to these agents to put in the work. Without their dedication, we wouldn’t be the company we are.”
The following nominees were selected as the best of the best out of JPAR business partners, staff, franchise owners, and a pool of over 2500 agents across the country. To the following JPAR family, congratulations on your nomination!
And the nominees are…
Sandy Setliff (staff) MVP Award
Staff Leadership Award
Mentor of the Year Award
D’ Angelo Service Award (community contributions and charitable works)
Franchisee of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Agent of the Year
Top Volume – Individual
Top Units – Individual
Top Volume – Team
Top Units – Team
Top Volume – Large Team
Top Units – Large Team
Top Volume – Enterprise Team
Top Units – Enterprise Team
Top Commercial – Team
Top Commercial – Individual
Business Partner of the Year
Agents that have qualified for the company’s Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, and Double Diamond “Circle of Excellence Award” (for sales) will also be recognized.
Oh, and did we mention? This year, Dallas’ own Emerald City Band, and famed, Texas country artist, Pat Green, will be rocking the night away for everyone to enjoy!
Open to the public, agents and those in the real estate industry are encouraged to attend. Tickets can be purchased at www.jparseppes.com
At JP & Associates REALTORS®, we’ve built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Texas is expanding nationwide and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, please, fill out the following:
by JPAR Press & Media | Feb 6, 2020 | Franchise, In The News, JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate
JP & Associates REALTORS® (JPAR) has recently announced a new CEO for its growing franchise division, in the person of Geoff Lewis, who currently serves as President of JPAR parent company Vesuvius Holdings LLC.
Lewis replaces the previous CEO of the franchising division, Frank Gay, who is set to serve as Executive Vice President of Sales.
Vesuvius Holdings CEO JP Piccinini stated on these movements within the company, “As we grow and we expand, we are always tasked with finding the best talent, putting the best people in place. The timing was just right because it was the beginning of the year and things were progressing.”
Prior to joining Vesuvius Holdings in 2019, Lewis served as President of RE/MAX until he retired from the company in 2018. With his new role in JPAR as a franchise division CEO, he is expected to play a more day-to-day role.
For Gay, his new role as executive vice president of sales will put him in a more active role in sales where he was known as a “natural-born closer.”
Lewis, in a statement, said he’s excited to apply his franchising experience more directly with the team that’s in place.
“JPAR Franchising had a strong year in 2020 and achieved the status of fastest-growing 100% commission franchise,” Lewis said. “We have proven that our transaction fee model combined with great technology and a productivity standard is the model agents and brokers are looking for.”
“Our rapid growth requires more time and effort not just on franchise sales but on franchise servicing and support,” Lewis added. “This is where I believe my prior experience as President of RE/MAX Holdings will help to propel the superior JPAR model into one of the brightest future brands in our industry. I plan to work closely with Frank Gay and our sales team to build JPAR into a world-class company.”
At JP & Associates REALTORS®, we’ve built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Texas is expanding nationwide and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, please, fill out the following:
by JPAR Press & Media | Feb 6, 2020 | Franchise, JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate, Weekly Newsletter
Vesuvius Holdings, LLC has recently announced the appointment of LaTascha Durden as Chief of Staff of the company and its subsidiaries, including JP & Associates REALTORS®.
Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Durden has served as the Director of Human Resources of Vesuvius Holdings, overseeing all aspects of human resource management and engagement. With over twenty years of experience, she has worked in both the public and private sectors and has a proven track record in establishing and developing human resource infrastructure and teams.
JP Piccinini, CEO of Vesuvius Holdings and founder of JP & Associates Realtors remarked, “LaTascha’s leadership has helped us grow our staff by more than 95% in record time. As we grow, her role will be imperative in increasing the benefits and skill set of our staff, while facing growing enterprise challenges in the human resources arena. I am confident each member of our company will benefit greatly from having her leadership as our Chief of Staff of Vesuvius and its subsidiary companies.”
Durden stated, “I am elated to be joining the Board of Directors during this time of growth and innovation. I have a deep respect for the company’s board and leadership team and I am honored to be appointed to this important role.”
At JP & Associates REALTORS®, we’ve built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Texas is expanding nationwide and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, please, fill out the following:
by Mark Johnson | Jan 29, 2020 | Franchise, JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate, Uncategorized
Number-one independently owned brokerage in Texas and one of the country’s fastest-growing franchise offerings to provide industry-leading transaction management and back-office solutions via TransactionDesk powered by Lone Wolf Technologies’
FRISCO, TX – January 30, 2020 – In a bold move, JP & Associates REALTORS® (“JPAR”) has announced that it will provide Lone Wolf Technologies’ (“Lone Wolf”) enterprise platform to its 45 offices and 2,500 full-time associates across 11 states. This platform, the only one of its kind in real estate, combines back office and transaction management to simplify the real estate transaction experience for everyone involved.
Lone Wolf’s enterprise platform is built on TransactionDesk and brokerWOLF, the company’s fully integrated transaction management and back-office and accounting solutions, and houses top tools for forms, eSignature, file review, accounting, commissions, agent management, and business intelligence. The platform ensures that both agents and the back office, who historically have worked in siloes on transactions, can collaborate in real-time. It also opens the door to a growing marketplace for agents and brokerages where they can connect a wide range of upstream and downstream services directly to their Lone Wolf platform.
With all of these tools available in one place, JPAR can dramatically increase the speed, accuracy, and simplicity of its franchise affiliates and brokerage transactions, extending these benefits to over 25,000 consumers in the coming year.
“We’re proud to help JPAR bring a connected technology system to all of their locations,” said Jimmy Kelly, CEO of Lone Wolf. “Too much of today’s technology can’t connect, leaving agents and brokers to cobble together a process beset by added data entry and time-consuming tasks. Our transaction and back-office solutions connect agents and brokers to ensure their technology does for them what it needs to do: make their jobs simpler. It’s wonderful to see our technology doing just that for JPAR.
JPAR is the country’s fastest-growing 100% commission real estate firm in Texas according to REAL Trends, and in its first year of franchising, has already established franchise operations in 11 states. Mark Johnson, CEO of JPAR’s corporate-owned offices, said, “the firm’s decision to choose Lone Wolf comes after an extensive evaluation of the industry’s leading technology providers based on a number of factors, including product functionality, flexibility, and future plans.”
“We’re so excited to provide Lone Wolf’s enterprise platform and TranscationDesk to our family of companies, associates and customers,” said JP Piccinini, Founder of JP & Associates and Chairman of Vesuvius Holdings, its parent company.
According to Johnson and Piccinini, the decision to choose Lone Wolf came from a strong belief in the company and its platform. Like JPAR, Lone Wolf is deeply committed to improving the overall experience for the consumer, the next generation of real estate professionals, franchise owners and the brokerage.
“We’re confident that its platform, in the hands of our associates, will do exactly that,” said Piccinini. “Working together, we can continue to revolutionize the real estate experience in Texas and across the United States.”
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About Lone Wolf Technologies
Lone Wolf Technologies, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, is the North American leader in residential real estate software, serving over 1.3 million real estate professionals across Canada and the U.S. The company offers an ecosystem of technology products designed to simplify the entire transaction process, including software for back-office and transaction management. Each element of this ecosystem enables brokerages, agents, MLSs, and associations to operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and increase opportunities for profitability. Lone Wolf’s head office is located in Cambridge, ON, with additional offices in Dallas, TX, London, ON, and Fraser, MI.
About JP and Associates REALTORS®
At JP & Associates REALTORS®, we’ve built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Texas is expanding nationwide and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, please, fill out the following:
by Mark Johnson | Jan 28, 2020 | Franchise, JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate
“We are very excited for the opportunity to bring over to South Florida the unparalleled levels of professionalism and service that we offer,” says Giuseppe “JP” Piccinini, founder/owner of JP & Associates REALTORS®. “Those in South Florida can be assured that Chris [Schlitz], Lisa, and their team of passionate real estate professionals possess those same values, as well as an unparalleled knowledge and experience in the real estate market.”
After making its mark in Georgia’s metro Atlanta area, JP & Associates is undergoing an expansion with JP & Associates REALTORS® South Florida Living officially starting its operations in the bustling South Florida market.
“There is so much activity going on in South Florida’s real estate market and there is so much potential for JPAR to thrive and stand out,” says Christopher “Chris” Schlitz, owner/managing partner. “We are eager to carry over JPAR’s success in Atlanta here in South Florida. We are confident that our realtors and clients will very much appreciate our unique business model that puts the agent in the forefront, our world-class resources, and quality support at a low-cost.”
Since entering the real estate industry in 1991 at Atlanta, Chris Schlitz has been involved in numerous transactions and successful enterprises. He has worked alongside his wife Lisa who has been an agent and team leader for over 25 years serving clients in both Florida and Georgia.
The couple has been based in South Florida for over 20 years and has owned and managed several lucrative real estate franchises, including offices in Florida at Wellington and West Palm Beach.
Chris Schlitz is also a noted industry leader and veteran, having served as the vice president of Sales & Operations for Expert Realty of South Florida and a director for national, publicly-traded brokerage ZipRealty (eventually acquired by Realogy). He is also a recipient of an Eagle Award for running the fastest-growing RE/MAX brokerage in Georgia.
“South Florida is a thriving and competitive real estate market, but we are very confident that JP & Associates REALTORS® South Florida Living will become a formidable player in the area’s real estate industry,” says Geoff Lewis, CEO of JP & Associates REALTORS® Franchise Division. “We have confidence in Chris and Lisa and their team in establishing a successful brokerage. We look forward to seeing his agents thrive.”
About JP and Associates REALTORS®
At JP & Associates REALTORS®, we’ve built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia is expanding nationwide and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, please fill out the following:
by Mark Johnson | Jan 24, 2020 | Franchise, JPAR, JPAR News, Press and Media, Real Estate
JP & Associates REALTORS® (JPAR) Founder and CEO of Vesuvius Holdings, JP Piccinini, and JPAR and Vesuvius Holdings President, Geoff Lewis, were recently honored as among the 2020 Swanepoel Power 200.
Published annually by T3 Sixty, the publishers of the Real Estate Almanac, the list features the most powerful leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry that have made an impact on the industry over the past year.
The 2020 edition of the list sees Piccinini in the 92nd spot for having founded the company in 2011 and the remarkable growth it has seen since, with 1,500 agents currently doing nearly $2.7 billion in annual sales while operating an agent flat-fee model.
Lewis, who became Vesuvius Holdings president in 2019, is at rank 159 in the list, in which he was cited for his role in overseeing the 46 JPAR offices across many states such as Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and the Carolinas. The publication also cited Lewis’ previous work in RE/MAX for 13 years, having served as its president as well.
In choosing the people who comprise the 2020 list, Stefan Swanepoel, editor in chief of the Swanepoel Power 200, remarked, “Power is not a popularity contest. It is not based on a single statistic such as headcount, office count or revenue…The SP200 is based on a great deal of research. Our team analyzes hundreds of bios, annual reports and transactional and sales volume data. We send hundreds of requests for additional information, personally verifying announcements, stats, and actions that took place over the past year.”
The Swanepoel Power 200 is considered to be the most meaningful and accurate reflection of power and influence in the residential real estate brokerage industry.
JP & Associates REALTORS® has built a company that focuses on putting agents first. Opening in 2011, JPAR is taking the real estate industry by storm and earning accolades such as Top 10 Hottest Franchise (according to Inc.), a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree (2019: #1004), and the Fastest-Growing 100% Commission Brokerage and Franchise in the USA (according to Real Trends 500). Since offering franchise services in 2018, JPAR has expanded to 11 states in addition to the brokerage in Texas.
JPAR operates multiple offices across Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, is expanding nationwide, and offers franchising opportunities for entrepreneurial real estate professionals.
To learn more about becoming an agent or franchising, visit www.jpar.com.
