Realty Direct Franchise Corp.

Founded: 2001 Franchising since: 2003

44075 Pipeline Plaza, #320 Ashburn, Virginia 20147

Phone: (800)359-5220/ (703)327-2428

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 20 employee(s); 4 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2008	23	0	0	0
2007	30	0	0	0
2006	28	0	0	0
2005	17	0	0	0

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South carolina, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: By ZIP code/50,000 population

Total investment: $33.1K-47.7K Franchise fee: $19.9K

Ongoing royalty fee: 5% Term of agreement: 6 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	No
Startup Costs	No	No
Equipment	No	No
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $100K
Cash liquidity requirement: $50K
Business Experience:

• Industry experience
• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• 15% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 4 days
• At franchisee's location: 1 day

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support

• Co-op advertising
• National media

Other marketing support

• Templates

Franchise 500® rank:
#409 (2008); #459 (2007);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#96 (2008);

Top New Ranking:
#34 (2008); #48 (2007);