MetroBrokersTV: Welcome to Metro Brokers TV and we are here today with Jesse Sehlmeyer. Welcome Jesse.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: Nice to see you Mark.
MetroBrokersTV: Tell me your company name again Jesse.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: Vintage Homes of Denver.
MetroBrokersTV: And that is a Metro Brokers company that you are an independent shareholder and owner.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: It is and we are down here on Pearl Street.
MetroBrokersTV: So, prior to Metro Brokers, you were telling me before our conversation here, you were with another company.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: I was. Actually, started at Keller Williams for a brief time when getting into the real estate business.
MetroBrokersTV: Back then did you interview some other companies prior to making that choice?
Jesse Sehlmeyer: I did. I actually interviewed Metro Brokers, Coldwell Banker, and Keller Williams before making the decision.
MetroBrokersTV: And your decision with Keller Williams back then was...
Jesse Sehlmeyer: I think the main thing was just to get the initial agent training and support that Keller Williams had, but I knew that going there I wanted that support, but eventually wanted to make the move to having my own company since I come from an entrepreneurial background with my parents and other people. So, I knew that was something I was eventually going to do.
MetroBrokersTV: You were with Keller how long?
Jesse Sehlmeyer: Actually right to a year.
MetroBrokersTV: I see so many Keller Williams agents over here at Metro Brokers because of the platform that people get to operate under as... for being an entrepreneur.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: That's a great thing about Metro Brokers is you really have a true 100% concept where I have the freedom and flexibility to run my business and still have a powerful brand behind me as Metro Brokers is.
MetroBrokersTV: So, one of the things you were joking beforehand they didn't tell you about at Keller, they don't really talk about numbers.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: Right and the numbers was... that was a big shock and I think the reason why I left rather quickly from Keller Williams. Once I got that initial training, I could take my business background and then tie that to real estate and just realize that the fees for what I received after that initial training just really weren't in line with how I wanted to grow my business and run a company.
MetroBrokersTV: So, Metro Brokers still very much a 100% concept. Fees for services and you don't really have any corporate dogma on how to run your business.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: No. That's the beauty of Metro Brokers. I get to run my real company, and not a team, the way I want to, I get to brand it, I get out there with the consumer and Metro Brokers is there just as a support, as a overall powerful branded name in the marketplace and it is a very common brand that people know the stop sign and they know Metro Brokers and they get that piece of it and then I think it really balances out my business and my company, which we focus on mainly development, investment, and working in kind of the core areas of Denver. So, I think the two together it is a really successful combination for our company.
MetroBrokersTV: How about some tools that we provide for agents like the exclusive listings collection, the higher end sign?
Jesse Sehlmeyer: I think it is just a progressive thing for Metro Brokers to really look at the marketplace and realize that you need to have that perceived image in the marketplace when you are competing in the million dollar plus listing arena. So, I think it is just another step in being a progressive company.
MetroBrokersTV: Well, we appreciate you coming down here today Jesse. Great talking with you.
Jesse Sehlmeyer: Thank you.
