co-CEO Adam Contos. The
company saw 12.5 percent
revenue growth in 2017.
By the second quarter of
2017, the total number
of RE/MAX agents had
grown by 5.7 percent from
the year before, to more
than 116,000.
For Van Winkle, being a
broker-owner means spend-
ing less time at open houses
and closing meetings. To be
successful in a large market
like his, he says, brokers
can’t sell real estate and
keep up with the demands
of recruiting and support-
ing agents. “The brokerage
owners I know who are the
most successful? None of
them sell real estate.”
—BRITTANY SHOOT