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Does Counselor Realty provide any assistance in finding locations for Additional or Extension Offices?

Counselor_Realty Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

rements of the Franchise Agreement and then-current System standards.

1.2 Site Selection. You must select a site for your Office within 180 days after you sign this Agreement. After you notify us of a proposed site for your Office, we will have 30 days to review the site and to notify you whether or not we consent to your operation of the Business at that site. If we reject the site you propose, you will have an additional 60 days to locate a site that is acceptable to us. If you fail to do so, this Agreement will automatically terminate and we will refund your Initial Franchise Fee, less our expenses associated with reviewing the proposed site(s). After we consent to an Office site you propose (if at all), you must open your Business at that site within six months. If you fail to do so, this Agreement will automatically terminate and your Initial Franchise Fee will not be refunded. We may, in our sole discretion, grant extensions of the deadlines described above. Our consent to a site is not a guarantee or assurance as to the availability, suitability or prospects of an Office or Business.

1.3 Territory.

  • (a) While this Agreement is in effect, as long as you satisfy and maintain the minimum Office sales agent requirements set forth in Exhibit A to this Franchise Agreement, we will not ourselves establish or operate a "Counselor" office, or license another to establish or operate a "Counselor" office within the Territory. However, both we and other "Counselor" licensees may enter into, and provide residential and commercial real estate brokerage services within, the Territory; we do not grant you any exclusive right to operate a "Counselor" business in the Territory. If you fail to satisfy and maintain the minimum required number of agents in the Office on an ongoing basis, you may lose the exclusive right to operate a "Counselor" office in the Territory, your territory may be altered (as determined by Counselor in its sole discretion), or Counselor may terminate the Franchise Agreement.
  • (b) If Counselor has consented to any Additional Office locations, any sales agents operating out of any such Additional Office locations will be counted as part of the number of sales agents operating from your Office for purposes of Section 1.3(a).
  • (c) If Counselor has consented to any Extension Office locations, you must maintain the mutually agreed-upon minimum number of sales agents operating from such Extension Office. One of these sales agents must be a supervising broker. The minimum number of sales agents required to be operating in any such Extension Office is separate from and in addition to the minimum number of sales agents that are required to operate from any of your other Office locations (including any Additional Offices). If you fail to satisfy and maintain the minimum required number of sales agents in the Extension Office on an ongoing basis, Counselor may (in its sole discretion) elect to have you close the Extension Office or terminate the Franchise Agreement.

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 32)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to Counselor Realty's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for selecting the site for their office. After the franchisee notifies Counselor Realty of a proposed site for their Office, Counselor Realty has 30 days to review the site and notify the franchisee whether or not they consent to the operation of the Business at that site. If Counselor Realty rejects the site the franchisee proposes, the franchisee will have an additional 60 days to locate a site that is acceptable to Counselor Realty.

For opening Additional Offices within the designated territory or Extension Offices outside the territory, the franchisee must submit a request to Counselor Realty describing the location of such proposed Additional Office or Extension Office, along with any additional information Counselor Realty may require or request, and a one-time fee of $750 for each location. Counselor Realty then has 30 days to review the application materials and proposed location and notify the franchisee whether or not they consent to the opening of such office location.

Counselor Realty's consent to a site is not a guarantee or assurance as to the availability, suitability, or prospects of an Office or Business. The franchisee bears the risk of selecting a viable location. If the franchisee fails to select a site that is acceptable to Counselor Realty within the specified time frame, the Franchise Agreement may terminate, and the franchisee may lose their Initial Franchise Fee, less any expenses Counselor Realty incurred while reviewing the proposed sites.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.