Report from the REMAX International Convention in Las Vegas (March 3-7 2008).

By all accounts, the attendee count was substantially down from previous years. Most of the growth in real estate brokerage activity seem to occur outside of the United States. Canada and some European countries seem to take most of the awards in terms of production and business growth.

The founder of REMAX, Dave Liniger, spoke mostly of the trends in the industry that he had experienced since starting the company in the 70’s (things will turn around in the US markets).

As at all International conventions, there were plenty of training opportunities to go around. However, overall, the convention organization lacked the “fine tuning” that you would expect from an organization the size of REMAX.  I’m not convinced they had their “eye on the ball” this year. Low energy and disorganized events were common.

Great speakers such as Les Brown and Marcus Buckingham (NOW, Discover Your Strength) brought most of the energy to the event.

Next year, same place …MGM Grand in Las Vegas..See you there!