Sean Goerss was raised in a real estate family, so by age 10, he was well versed in lockboxes and open houses. Over his lifetime, his parents were agents, broker-owners and had a hand in mortgage and title businesses, too.
That’s why it’s no surprise that Goerss, who has seen it all, feels eXp Realty is the place to be for his innovative 14 Moves company and has moved the bulk of his teams to eXp Realty.
14 Moves is based in Minneapolis and was named to the REAL Trends 2019 The Thousand Rankings list of Top 250 Real Estate Teams by Transaction Sides and Top 250 Sales Team by Sales Volume. Also, according to Goerss, 14 Moves was the No. 13 team globally with a large brokerage and made its top 20 list for the last two years.
Beyond the economics of eXp, Goerss said the freedom to expand the boundaries of your business is important.
“Whether you’re an agent or owner of a team or brokerage, eXp is completely frictionless. You can do business anywhere you want, with no restrictions or territories to worry about.”
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“The world is now digitally based, and eXp is the only truly digital-first brokerage. We have eXp World and Workplace, which are great ways to connect digitally,” said Goerss.
eXp World is eXp Realty’s virtual world in which eXp agents and staff members move about and communicate within a large online campus — similar to a video experience like The Sims — and have avatars designed to represent themselves. Workplace is a Facebook communications tool that eXp uses for the entire company to collaborate together across the globe.
“Does each agent really need an overnight desk space? Most will say no, and if some do, they can have their pick of physical offices,” said Goerss.”The digital world has really grown to support anyone to work from anywhere, and eXp gets that.”
One thing that Goerss mentions is the misconception that since eXp is a cloud brokerage, there are no physical aspects.
“Being digital-first doesn’t mean digital-only. There are real, physical agents and brokers to talk to. We still have Realtor opens and open houses. It’s still a people business even though we connect digitally.”
Goerss goes on to say that eXp is a logical choice for 14 Moves because of the economic benefits at every level of the business, especially for the agents.
“Our agents have the potential to save an average of $18,000 to $20,000 in splits and fees, per year,” said Goerss.
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Another reason Goerss likes eXp is the ability to expand without the costs or requirements of opening brick-and-mortar locations.
“Teams have a lot of expenses upfront, including broker fees, technology, rent, admin costs and labor,” said Goerss. “So if you want to expand to another town, in a traditional brokerage, you have to duplicate those expenses in each office. This is a major thorn in teams’ sides. It all adds up, and there’s no reason to have most of these expenses with the platform eXp provides.”
He concluded: “eXp has removed boundaries and barriers of where to do business, as well as drastically reduced expenses. And it has introduced new revenue streams. Our agents are loving the ability to have more life-work balance, and they’re just having fun!”
Goerss says his parents’ wisdom is what helps him look for new ways of doing business.
“As my mother says, ‘If you can earn more money per hour, you can you can spend more time with family and friends!’” and, he added, “eXp is the going to be the future of real estate for many smart agents who want to earn more in less time.”
