Ryan's Re/Max Realty Business Card Collection
Brief History of the Re/Max Realty Franchise Network:
In 1973, Re/Max Realty was born in Denver, Colorado to Dave and Gail Liniger.
Re/Max is an acronym for "Real Estate Maximums".
In 1975, Re/Max established its first franchise outside of Colorado USA.
In 1978, Re/Max celebrated its fifth birthday and celebrated by launching its first trademark Re/Max hot air balloon.
In 1979, Re/Max came to Canada! Frank Polzler and Walter Schneider were the two Canadians to convince Lininger to start Re/Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada.
In 1988, Re/Max had over 20,000 Sales Associates and became the number one realty in Canada.
In 1997, Re/Max celebrated its 25th anniversary with 48,000 Sales Associates in 2,900 offices all over the world.
In 2004, Re/Max continues to grow in 38 countries and 69,825 Sales Associates.
My Interest in collecting Re/Max Realty Business Cards:
I have to admit that it was a local fellow collector in Sarnia, Ontario that collected the red, white and blue Re/Max Realty business cards before I did.
Edward J. Banik who is also a close friend and a business card trader here in Sarnia showed me many years ago his growing Re/Max Realty collection.
Ed Banik had a lot of Re/Max business cards so I thought I should sort the ones I had in my collection and compare the totals with Ed's Re/Max collection.
Once I sorted my Re/Max business cards by both Province and State, I noticed that I was missing Re/Max representation from many areas.
When I discovered how easy it is to access the addresses for any of the franchised locations I started my mailing campaigns.
The campaign consisted of a brief request to Re/Max agents mostly in North America along with a couple of my personal collector cards.
The request was simple. "May I have one or two of your business cards from each Sales associate in your office?"
Some Re/Max agents never responded but many did and still do.
A big thank you to all the Re/Max employees that have helped my collection grow.
My total Re/Max collection today consists of over 7,300 diferent Re/Max agents.
Below are my specific totals for both North America and the world.
Do I have cards from your geographic area?
Even if I do, please save any Re/Max business cards and send them to me!
Thank you.
Total Re/Max Cards to date:
Canada | ||
| Alberta (AB) | 314 | |
| British Columbia (BC) | 343 | |
| Manitoba (MB) | 20 | |
| New Brunswick (NB) | 68 | |
| Newfoundland & Labrador (NF) | 35 | |
| Northwest Territories (NT) | 0 | |
| Nova Scotia (NS) | 66 | |
| Nunavat | 0 | |
| Ontario (ON) | 384 | |
| Ontario - Sarnia | 70 | |
| Prince Edward Island (PE) | 10 | |
| Quebec (PQ) | 328 | |
| Saskatchewan (SK) | 39 | |
| Yukon Territory (YT) | 10 | |
Total Canada: 1687 | ||
United States | ||
| Alabama (AL) | 56 | |
| Alaska (AK) | 93 | |
| Arizona (AZ) | 189 | |
| Arkansas (AR) | 47 | |
| California (CA) | 1253 | |
| Colorado (CO) | 538 | |
| Connecticut (CT) | 84 | |
| Delaware (DE) | 35 | |
| District of Columbia (DC) | 7 | |
| Florida (FL) | 669 | |
| Georgia (GA) | 522 | |
| Hawaii (HI) | 68 | |
| Idaho (ID) | 96 | |
| Illinois (IL) | 683 | |
| Indiana (IN) | 163 | |
| Iowa (IA) | 51 | |
| Kansas (KS) | 44 | |
| Kentucky (KY) | 62 | |
| Louisiana (LA) | 48 | |
| Maine (ME) | 46 | |
| Maryland (MD) | 200 | |
| Massachusetts (MA) | 90 | |
| Michigan (MI) | 333 | |
| Minnesota (MN) | 124 | |
| Mississippi (MS) | 54 | |
| Missouri (MO) | 219 | |
| Montana (MT) | 70 | |
| Nebraska (NE) | 28 | |
| Nevada (NV) | 59 | |
| New Hampshire (NH) | 184 | |
| New Jersey (NJ) | 198 | |
| New Mexico (NM) | 53 | |
| New York (NY) | 97 | |
| North Carolina (NC) | 149 | |
| North Dakota (ND) | 8 | |
| Ohio (OH) | 144 | |
| Oklahoma (OK) | 116 | |
| Oregon (OR) | 41 | |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | 331 | |
| Rhode Island (RI) | 118 | |
| South Carolina (SC) | 70 | |
| South Dakota (SD) | 23 | |
| Tenessee (TN) | 106 | |
| Texas (TX) | 412 | |
| USVI | 14 | |
| Utah (UT) | 39 | |
| Vermont (VT) | 33 | |
| Virginia (VA) | 228 | |
| Washington (WA) | 184 | |
| West Virginia (WV) | 19 | |
| Wisconsin (WI) | 78 | |
| Wyoming (WY) | 22 | |
Total United States: 8598 | ||
Foreign & Misc | ||
| Foreign | 67 | |
| Unknown and Misc | 0 | |
Total Foreign & Misc: 67 | ||
The Total : 10352
