{"id":2700,"date":"2018-05-24T14:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2018-05-24T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T22:41:05","slug":"southern-region-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/southern-region-acquisition","title":{"rendered":"Realty Executives International Acquires the Realty Executives Southern Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2702\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sourthern-Region-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sourthern-Region-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"530\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Pictured above, L &#8211; R: Ken Durkee, Patrick van den Bossche, Jeff Walters, Zig Ziegelman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realty Executives International has acquired the Realty Executives Southern Region, its largest territory covering five states: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This acquisition marks a year since corporate purchased the remaining shares of the company from former owner Rich Rector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purchase sets the course for an aggressive company growth strategy focused on acquisition of competitive brands, independent brokerages and Realty Executives Brokers who are looking to retire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realty Executives International purchased the Southern Region from their longtime Regional Developers Ken Durkee and Zig Ziegelman.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durkee and Ziegelman are military veterans and have been with Realty Executives for 20 years and 30 years respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Durkee plans to retire from the real estate industry to focus on his charitable outreach work, Ziegelman will remain with his Realty Executives brokerage in Lady Lake, Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe congratulate Ken and Zig for their years of service in both the military and as part of the Realty Executives family,\u201d said Patrick van den Bossche, President of Realty Executives International. \u201cWe are excited about how the timing of the Southern Region acquisition works perfectly with our growth strategy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRealty Executives International\u2019s acquisition of the Southern Region will coincide with the launch of an exclusive recruiting campaign throughout the region,\u201d van den Bossche said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This territory represents 16% of the U.S. population. The buy-back puts full control and growth efforts in the hands of the International team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realty Executives International\u2019s acquisition of the Southern region, coupled with the recent acquisition of Realty Executives Northern Arizona, is the first of many corporate acquisitions that are geared toward providing large brokerages and Regional Developers a retirement plan as the company prepares for aggressive recruiting in these areas, many of which are underdeveloped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe had the pleasure of visiting some of the Realty Executives brokers in the Southern Region in late March as part of the transaction and are extremely pleased with the energy and successes of those branches,\u201d van den Bossche stated. \u201cWe will be working closely with this network of high performing professionals to further expand our presence in the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realty Executives International will be at the Florida Realtors\u00ae 2018 Convention &amp; Trade Expo in Orlando, Florida,\u00a0<\/span>which will be held August 8th and 9th, in support of its broker\/owners, the region, and business partners, as part of its regional growth strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Realty Executives International has acquired the Realty Executives Southern Region, its largest territory covering five states: Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. This acquisition marks a year since corporate purchased the remaining shares of the company from former owner Rich Rector. The purchase sets the course for an aggressive company growth strategy focused &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/southern-region-acquisition\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Realty Executives International Acquires the Realty Executives Southern Region<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[596,595,119,212,593,213,594,120],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2700"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2700"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyexecutives.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}