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Assist-2-Sell was founded in 1987 by Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle E. Martin, who had been conventional real estate agents for 10 years prior to founding Assist-2-Sell. They did not want to spend a significant portion of their time looking for clients so created a discount real estate firm in the hopes
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Assist-2-Sell has two advertising options for clients to choose from. In the first option, "Direct to Buyer", the real estate agent acts like a conventional agent by marketing the property and dealing with the documents. In the second option, "MLS for Less", sellers get all of the benefits from the
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Assist-2-Sell started its franchise program in 1995. Every franchisee is managed and held independently. Assist-2-Sell provides coaching for its franchisees by teaching them how to establish and operate a
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