What is the Mobile App Fee for Counselor Realty intended to cover?
Counselor_Realty Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If your Office (or any Additional Office or Extension Office) is located in one of the aforementioned counties, or if you elect to utilize the Mobile App, you must pay us a Mobile App Fee equal to the costs incurred by Counselor to initiate and continue your Mobile App service, including one-time setup fees and monthly data/phone fees.
The amount of the Mobile App Fee may be increased during the term of the franchise by Counselor from time to time in its sole discretion.
At the beginning of each month, we will send you an invoice for the amount of the Mobile App Fee you owe us for the prior month, and you must pay us the amount of such Mobile App Fee on or before the 20th day of such month.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 9–13)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Counselor Realty's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Mobile App Fee covers the costs Counselor Realty incurs to initiate and continue a franchisee's Mobile App service. These costs include one-time setup fees and ongoing monthly data and phone fees.
For franchisees with office locations in the 11-county metropolitan area of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota (including the Counties of Scott, Wright, Isanti, Dakota, Anoka, Hennepin, Washington, Carver, Ramsey, Sherburne and Chisago), utilizing the Mobile App is mandatory. For all other franchisees, the mobile app is optional.
The amount of the Mobile App Fee can be increased at any time during the franchise term at Counselor Realty's sole discretion. Franchisees will receive a monthly invoice detailing the Mobile App Fee owed for the prior month, which must be paid by the 20th of the current month.