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The Difference Is Experience
Our team of experts has participated in over 800 acquisitions and mergers with purchase prices in excess of $1.5 billion. We bring over 55 years of M&A experience specific to the real estate industry. We are capable of handling everything from your small merger or partnership buy-out up to the largest, most complex transactions in the industry.
Our experience in being owner/operators, senior executives with multiple brands, and leaders in the industry allows us to bring a unique perspective unmatched by other advisory services. Our practical knowledge allows us to properly value the most important assets of your organization: your reputation and people.
Comprehensive M&A Advisory
Acquiring More Profit: Online Course!
Learn the keys to successful real estate mergers and acquisitions in our new online course, “Acquiring More Profit.” Victor Lund and George Slusser guide you through each chapter of the book and share with you the lessons they have learned while doing 1000’s of M&A transactions.
Included in the course are digital copies of the book and the Implementation System and over 7 hours of video instruction.
Recent Insights
Brokerages: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
A recent Mergers and Acquisitions workshop, hosted by WAV Group, revealed a startling truth: many brokerages are undervaluing their businesses by overlooking a critical asset—buyer agreements.
Broker Invite: What is the value of buyers under contract?
Historically, listing agreements held more weight in the value to the brokerage than a buyer contract. Is that changing?
Growing Your Brokerage Without Recruiting
The fastest growing firms seeking growth are deploying two primary avenues: merging with congruent brokerages and expanding into adjacent businesses.
A New Era of MLS Mergers and Acquisitions Arrives
There is very little clarity today about the fast spreading news that Realtor Association shareholders of RE Colorado have given notice that they intend to sell their shares of the MLS to a private equity firm. The Realtor Associations want out of their investment, and it doesn't really matter why. To date no MLS has ever been sold to private equity investors. Some MLSs have been sold outright to fellow Associations and MLS, but to our knowledge, we never seen private equity enter this space until now. This could set off a wave of transactions if private equity starts to pay attention to the profitable business models of Multiple Listing Services.
The 11 Positive Side Effects of Brokerage M&A Stimulates Financial and Operational Growth
WAV Group has had the opportunity to collaborate with many of our clients to discuss the 11 positive side effects of successful M&A, since the publication of our book Acquiring More Profit.
Best Way to Build Your Brokerage M&A Strategy
Exploring the question of being a buyer or seller of your company is the best way to understand as to whether you are in fact the buyer, and when you might be the seller.