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COMPANY BACKGROUND

Piero Orsi President/CEO/Owner MBA, ABR, CRS, GRI, CRP, CRB, Broker Brings over 20 years of real estate experience to his company. Direct Office: 847-388-7500

Mariapia Orsi Co-Owner/Director of Children's Miracle Network Direct Office: (847) 634-1000

RE/MAX Showcase opened with four agents in 1993. Today we have four locations and over 120 agents.

Several of our agents are in the Top 30 for RE/MAX Northern Illinois and may have obtained the Broker's License and designations such as ABR, CBR, CRS, GRI, CRP, E-Pro or others. Designation achievements are a sign of an agent that continues to educate themselves to better serve their customers and clients.

RE/MAX Showcase encourages you to view its factual statistics when deciding on your choice for a Real Estate company to represent you in your life's single biggest investment.

In the year 2004, the combined production for our 4 locations totaled:

2,219 Total Closed Transaction Sides
$569,879,056 Total Closed Sales Volume

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network rocketed to another year of record activity in 2004, setting new one-year records for sales volume, sales transactions and new listings.

For the year, the network handled 68,821 transactions totaling $17.12 billion, compared to 2003 totals of 65,928 transactions valued at $15.34 billion.

The network also set new marks for residential activity for the year, closing 67,609 home purchases totaling $16.6 billion compared to the 64,595 transactions totaling $14.9 billion closed in 2003. Total sales for the network were up 11.58 percent for the year, while residential sales rose 11 percent.

For Re/Max Northern Illinois, 2004 was capped by a record-setting December. Sales of all property types were $1.21 billion, up 17 percent from the 2003 December total of $1.03 billion. Residential sales for the month rose 15.9 percent to $1.15 billion.

Re/Max Northern Illinois also posted a new record for property listings in 2004, with 46,390 listings achieved compared to 45,807 in 2003.

The average price of a home sold by Re/Max during 2004 was $245,962 up 6.6 percent from the average price of $230,713 recorded in 2003.

In December, the average price of a home sold by Re/Max was $242,368. That was 5.1 percent higher than the average price of $230,724 recorded in 2003.

Re/Max offices lead in real estate sales across Northern Illinois and have been number one in residential sales in the Chicago metropolitan area since 1989. For the last 10 years, one out of four homes sold in Chicagoland has been listed by Re/Max, an accomplishment unmatched by any other real estate organization.

RE/MAX Showcase:
Always at the forefront of our industry and second to none!

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TECHNOLOGY Custom laptop presentations of your home Virtual Home Tours on the Internet including the interior of your listings, just like a video Digital cameras allow our real estate professionals to photograph your property and an hour later, our high-speed digital color copiers and scanners enable you to have custom brochures ready to give out to prospective buyers 100% Internet driven and equipped with E-mail for ease and efficiency, at all of our office locations Computerized showing appointments allow our agents immediate notification by email when your listings are shown State-of-the-art digital telephone system allows callers to be connected live to our agents even when they are out of the office. You avoid leaving messages and waiting hours before calls are returned, and likewise, possible buyers can be assisted immediately, which will greatly increase activity on the sale of your home. Fully trained administration is kept up-to-date with the constant technology advancements and improvements All of our real estate agents have access to the activity on their listings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can receive activity reports emailed or faxed at anytime, before, during or after business hours. Your property will appear in the MLS and on the Internet, once the Listing Contract is signed, at several sites such as: www.remaxshowcase.com www.Realtor.com www.Remax.com www.RemaxNorthernIllinois.com www.HomeSeekers.com www.HomeStore.com www.ChicagoTribune.com

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RE/MAX Northern Illinois - Background

Re/Max Northern Illinois has been the leader in Chicagoland residential real estate since 1989. It is a network of 154 individually owned and operated, full-service real estate offices, with more than 3,800 Sales Associates.

REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS:
2205 Point Boulevard, Suite 100
Elgin, IL 60123
www.remaxnorthernillinois.com

GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES:
RE/MAX Northern Illinois is a region that encompasses approximately the northern one-fourth of the state of Illinois from the Wisconsin border to Interstate 80, and Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.

FOUNDED:
The RE/MAX Northern Illinois Region was founded in 1977.

OWNERS:
The RE/MAX Northern Illinois Region is owned by Roaring Fork Capital Partners of Denver, Colorado.

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS:
The Re/Max frachise network, having just celebrated it’s 31ST year of consecutive growth, is a global system of more than 5,409 independantly owned and operated offices with more than 101,753 Sales Associates. These Associates lead the industry in professional designations, experience and production while providing real estate services in residential, commercial, referral, relocation and asset management.

GROWTH OF NUMBER OF AGENTS:
Re/Max Northern Illinois grew from 20 Sales Associates in 1977 to more than 3,800 in 2004. It was the first Re/Max Region in the United States to have more than 1,000 agents. Currently, it is one of the largest Re/Max Regions in the United States, even though it is one of the smallest geographically.

The Re/Max Northern Illinois network consists of more than 3,800 associates providing residential, relocation & commercial real estate services through 154 individually owned and operated offices throughout northern Illinois. The Northern Illinois region is part of the Re/Max International network, a global real estate system operating in 47 countries. It consists of more than 5,409 independently owned offices that engage 101,753 sales associates.

TERRITORIAL GROWTH:
The continued success of RE/MAX Northern Illinois during the past 27 years can be attributed to the company's aggressive expansion and the professional caliber of the agents it attracts.

The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network consists of more than 3,600 associates providing residential, relocation & commercial real estate services through 144 individually owned and operated offices throughout northern Illinois. The Northern Illinois region is part of the RE/MAX International network, a global real estate system operating in 47 countries. It consists of more than 4,600 independently owned offices that engage 87,000 sales associates.

EDUCATION:
RE/MAX Associates have a much higher percentage of professional designations than the industry average. RE/MAX Affiliates hold the majority of the real estate industry's CRP (Certified Relocation Professionals), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist); CRB (Certified Real Estate Broker); ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative); and LTG (Leadership Training Graduate)professional designations. RE/MAX Northern Illinois offers its own educational programs designed to keep its Affiliates informed of the latest laws, sales and listing techniques, and industry trends through a variety of avenues including the RE/MAX Satellite Network (inhouse, national learning channel), the internet and seminars and conventions.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Re/Max is the exclusive real estate sponsor of the Childrens\’s Miracle Network (CMN) and it’s second largest corporate sponsor. All funds raised in the Re/Max Northern Illinois Region benefit Children’s Memorial Medical Center in Chicago. In 2004 $231,000 was raised locally for Children’s Hospital. Re/Max is also the official real estate sponsor of the Susan B. Komen Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer.

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History of RE/MAX International

1973 - Beginnings

At age 27, Dave Liniger, top-producing real estate agent decides to start his own company, RE/MAX Inc., combining his experience with 100 percent concept and traditional organizations. The 28th person he interviews is Gail Main, his first employee and future wife. In the first month, they open six offices and interview 204 people. Only four Sales Associates join.

The RE/MAX staff consists of six secretaries and four Sales Associates! At the end of year one they have accumulated debts of $300,000, 21 Sales Associates, eight offices and nine secretaries.

1974

To prove that the company is "successful," Dave Liniger opens more offices and recruits a total of 42 Sales Associates. RE/MAX of America, Inc. is formed to organize the expansion of the RE/MAX system across North America.

1975 - First franchise outside Colorado

The RE/MAX system ends the year with 88 Sales Associates. The competition tries to eliminate this strange 100% concept company that now is number six in Denver. Despite struggles, RE/MAX starts turning the financial corner with positive cash flow. Dennis Curtin in Kansas City purchases the first franchise outside of Colarado marking the beginning of RE/MAX franchising. All debts are paid by the end of year.

1976 - 100 Sales Associates

The year ends with 164 Sales Associates.

1977 - Number one in Denver; RE/MAX in Canada

The year ends with 480 Sales Associates. Officers give a seminar tour in 100 cities across the United States. The first regional master franchises are sold. Don Fernie purchases the first Canadian franchise in Calgary.

1978 - 100 offices; 1,000 Sales Associates; First RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon

RE/MAX ends the year with 122 open real estate offices and 1,180 Sales Associates. North American Real Estate Magazine is published. Growth of franchises begins to accelerate. Western Canada becomes the first RE/MAX Region in Canada. The hot air balloon becomes an official corporate logo after the RE/MAX Balloon debuts at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. (Today RE/MAX has the world's largest corporate hot air balloon fleet and one of the most recognized logos in North America.)

1980 - 3,000 Sales Associates

RE/MAX Insurance International founded. Frank Polzler and Walter Schneider in Toronto purchase RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada.

1981

Rapid growth continues across the United States. Thirty Canadian Franchises are sold in six months. RE/MAX of America becomes RE/MAX International.

1982

Sid Syvertson and Steve Haselton buy the California Region, converting one of 10 largest real estate companies in the United States-600 agents.

1983

In October, Gail Main is seriously injured in a plane crash in Canada, two weeks before her planned marriage to Dave Liniger.

1984 - 5,000 Sales Associates

1985 - RE/MAX Relocation established

Nearly 3,000 Sales Associates join the system, ending the year with 9,818. RE/MAX grows by 163 new offices, raising its total number of open offices to 813. RE/MAX International Relocation Services Division is established.

1986 - 1,000 open offices; 10,000 Sales Associates

International Headquarters opens 26,000-square-foot facility in Denver Technological Centre.

1987

RE/MAX becomes the second largest real estate company in the U.S. RE/MAX incorporates its relocation division as RE/MAX International Relocation Services, Inc.

1988 - 20,000 Sales Associates; Number One in Canada

1989 - 25,000 Sales Associates

RE/MAX Sales Associates close more than one half million transactions in 1989. The RE/MAX Times starts publication. The RE/MAX Balloon Festival is held in Englewood, Colo. The RE/MAX Commercial Division is formed.

1990

RE/MAX closes 636,366 transactions, representing $63.96 billion in sales, and pays just short of $2 billion in commissions.

1991 - RE/MAX of the Caribbean opens

RE/MAX posts its highest December and quarter franchise sales in the organization's history, 60 and 118, respectively, and ends the year with nearly 29,531 Associates in 1,870 offices. RE/MAX International Relocation Services, Inc., continues to grow and the system welcomes its newest region, RE/MAX of the Caribbean.

1992 - RE/MAX of Mexico; CMN; RRS

RE/MAX of Mexico opens and RE/MAX becomes the exclusive real estate sponsor of the Children's Miracle Network. The Registered Relocation Specialist (RRS) program is established. The RE/MAX Expansion, Advertising and Penetration (REAP) marketing program is produced. The network surpasses 32,000 Associates.

1993 - New RE/MAX technology

While passing its 2,000th office milestone, RE/MAX releases its innovative CD-ROM roster, went-on-line with CompuServe and offers more new advanced training programs and sponsors more continuing education courses than ever before.

1994 - RE/MAX Satellite Network; ABR

The RE/MAX Satellite Network debuts Nov. 1, the first service of its kind offered by any major real estate franchise organization. Earlier in the year, RE/MAX joined forces with the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC) to present a new buyer agency seminar leading to the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation. It also unveiled RE/MAX Agent 2000 software.

1995 - Global expansion; 40,000 Associates

RE/MAX goes global, with new developing regions in Southern Africa, Spain, Israel, Italy, Greece and Germany. The organization establishes a home site on the World Wide Web. The 40,000-Associate milestone is passed.

1996 - Awards; Office 2000; sports marketing; global expansion

The other four major real estate networks change either ownership or leadership within the year. RE/MAX excellence and stability is recognized with multiple accolades and awards, including the Franchise Relations Award from Income Opportunities, the highest honour any franchisor can receive. RE/MAX Office 2000 software debuts, keeping RE/MAX "Out in Front!®" in real estate technology. The RE/MAX North American Long Drive Championship and the new Team RE/MAX Racing spread the RE/MAX name through sports marketing. The global RE/MAX network continues to expand with the addition of its 20th region, Australia.

1997 - 45,000 Associates

RE/MAX momentum continues to grow. The organization passes the 45,000-Associate milestone early in year, moving ever closer to Premier Market Presence across the network. New RE/MAX regions are founded worldwide, in Singapore, Turkey and Northern Cyprus, United Kingdom - South and Ireland. According to the annual "Big Brokers Report" of Real Treads magazine, RE/MAX has more top brokerages than the two closest competitors combined. RSN continuing education courses are approved by 11 states. RE/MAX Cyberhomes links RE/MAX Web site users to RE/MAX listings in participating Multiple Listing Services. RE/MAX Associates raise $3.5 million for the Children's Miracle Network, a fund-raising high.

1998 - 1 Million sides

Audited figures by Arthur Andersen of 1997 Sales Associate residential sales production show that RE/MAX Associates were involved in more than 1 million transaction sides in 1997, making RE/MAX the first real estate organization ever to pass that milestone. Translated into an advertising slogan, the achievement allows RE/MAX to claim that, "No one in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX." RE/MAX expands into the Netherlands and Venezuela. The RE/MAX International Convention in Las Vegas marks the 25th anniversary milestone of the RE/MAX organization. RE/MAX sponsors the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship. The largest promotion in RE/MAX history… the attempt of Team RE/MAX to be the first to fly around the world in a balloon. RE/MAX International Co-Founder and Chairman Dave Liniger is one of the three pilots of Team RE/MAX. RE/MAX is the title sponsor of the mission. However, another team successfully achieves it before RE/MAX can make a second attempt. RE/MAX surpasses 50,000 Sales Associates and 3,186 offices - a record year in franchise sales and Sales Associate growth.

1999

RE/MAX opens its 3,200th office and expands into Austria - the 30th country!

2001

4,069th RE/MAX offices are open around the world with 68,426 Sales Associates. RE/MAX expands into Belize, its 38th country!

2002

"We started RE/MAX with no capital and have never gone to public markets to grow. (RE/MAX is the only major real estate network still owned and operated by its founders.) Even so, our associate numbers have increased every month of our history. That's 360 consecutive months of growth - though six U.S. presidencies, three major recessions, and all the rest.", said Chairman and Co-Founder of RE/MAX International, Inc. (The REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL January/February 2003)

2003 - REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATION HONORS CO-FOUNDERS OF RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL

The Council of Residential Specialists 2003 President Bill Sloan, CRS, announced that Dave and Gail Liniger, the co-founders of RE/MAX International, received the Special Achievement Award at the national real estate organization's Inaugural Dinner, Nov. 8, held during the National Association of Realtors® Conference in San Francisco. The Special Recognition Award honored the Linigers for their lifetime commitment to the Council of Residential Specialists.

"Dave and Gail initiated the paradigm shift in the business philosophy that sales agents could receive 100 percent of their commission fees from the sale of homes," Sloan says. "That was a major change in thinking for the profession, in which traditionally agents and brokers split the commission fees. Dave and Gail have also encouraged RE/MAX agents to take CRS Courses and earn the CRS designation. With their strong support of the Council, 20 percent of our entire membership works in RE/MAX offices throughout the world. That is by far the highest number and percentage of agents from any single franchise organization among our 40,000 international members."

Dave Liniger is an internationally recognized speaker and has appeared in print, television and radio throughout the world. Gail Liniger was honored as one of the top 10 U.S. women for her outstanding achievements in business, the arts and public service. Her recovery from a near-fatal crash of a small private plane in 1983 has served to inspire people everywhere.

2004 - RE/MAX REACHES 100,000 ASSOCIATES

A milestone for RE/MAX International has been achieved - 100,066 sales associates now claim RE/MAX as their real estate career home.

"The year end goal for 2004 was to reach the 100,000 mark," said Daryl Jesperson, chief executive officer of RE/MAX International. "Of course, it is exhilarating to reach that objective early. Such phenomenal growth is a demonstration of the dedication and commitment from the dynamic leadership of region owners, regional directors and of course, the individual broker/owners and mangers throughout the network."

77,184 of the associates are in the United States, while 13,994 are in Canada. The third largest RE/MAX population is in Europe with 5,627 followed by South Africa at 1,533, Australia with 749 and New Zealand at 419. 100,000 agents means RE/MAX has grown over 14.5 percent already in 2004 - almost 2.5 percent more than in 2003. Jesperson now predicts nearly 15 percent net gain in agent growth for 2004, and again in 2005.

In addition to these 100,066 independent real estate associates, RE/MAX offices around the world employ approximately 30,000 support staff. "The wonderful part of all this is the multitude of friendships that are developed in the RE/MAX family. Everyday, we observe camaraderie and mutual respect among agents around the world with a wide array of ethnic backgrounds, languages and personal interests. The real estate industry is like no other, and we are proud to be associated with every single RE/MAX affiliate."

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THE RE/MAX HISTORY
Highlights

• Late 1960's Dave Liniger Real Estate Sales, Tempe, Arizona
• (Mar) 1973 Determines to combine best of 100% and traditional firms. Signs 4 of 204 original prospects. Oil crunch slows business - under capitalized.
• (Nov) 1975 First franchise outside of Colorado.
• 1977 Franchising was now a common practice. Don Fernie flies from Calgary to investigate.
• 1978 Balloon as corporate symbol. First Canadian office opened by Don Fernie.
• 1980 Toronto offices first in Eastern Canada. Robert Cherot J. opens in Edmonton, there are now 16 offices in Alberta, 1 in Saskatchewan.Insurance program begins at RE/MAX International.
• 1982 Cherot purchase regional franchise for Western Canada as it becomes available.
• 1987 RE/MAX becomes number one in Canada by earned fees.

LEGACIES AND TRADITIONS

• 80/20 rule, attract top producers, no part-timers;
• Self-employed independence "for yourself but not by yourself" - 100% concept; Referral network;
• Hot Air Balloon fleet and logo;
• Recession proof - 1973-74, 1981-82, 1994-94;
• Long range targets 30% market USA - 40% Canada;
• 50,000 - 70,000 Associates doing 1,000,000 transactions.

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