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It was an EXIT star-studded evening at the beautiful downtown Nashville Omni Hotel as EXIT Southeast hosted their annual sold-out event announcing top awards for franchisees, brokers and agents as well as six new franchises located in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.[caption id="attachment_3846" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl were joined at their annual awards event by EXIT Realty Corp. International Founder/Chairman Steve Morris and CEO Tami Bonnell[/caption]Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl were hosts for the event with 1,300 attending from all three states.  Prior to the event, Stacy joined EXIT Realty Corp. International CEO Tami Bonnell and U.S. President Craig Witt for a Facebook Live chat.
With a surprise emcee Sharron Richardson, EXIT Realty Corp. International’s V.P. of Broker Services, highlights of the event included entertainment by Country great Joe Diffie and motivational and inspirational words from EXIT’s Director of Leadership Bob McKinnon.  Click here for his follow-up video.
Recently named #1 region in North America, Kenny and Stacy announced six new franchises for owners Stacy and Shan Chitwood, Crystal Maurisa Jacobs, Tom and Jill Parham, Eddie Aeschliman and Brian Bell.[caption id="attachment_3845" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
At the annual EXIT Southeast awards event, Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl announced six new franchises as well as honored franchise, brokers and agents for 2017 accomplishments.[/caption]New EXIT Southeast offices for 2017 were also recognized: Connie and Monte Mohr, Crystal Jacobs and Patti Whalen, Karen Bills, Ben Parish, Tom Parham, Ruth and Leland Bennett, Judy Cox, Jason Martin, Chris and Stacey Booker, Larry McCauley, Pat McGowan, Jamie Knight and A. Omar. 
There are so many award-winning EXIT Southeast team members that we will be sharing this on the website in a two-part series.
This award is earned by the EXIT Southeast brokerages demonstrating excellence and leadership continually year after year by serving as a driving force in the real estate market through its creative approaches, professionalism and dedication to client services!
This award honors individuals who have excelled above the rest in all things EXIT Realty!
 This award is chosen based upon nominations and input from the franchisee and the agents!
These individuals are true leaders' leaders who have developed a cohesive team of unstoppable professionals!
This award is given to the brokerages that have shown potential as future rock stars!
 
This award is for a first-year agent who has gone above and beyond in production, sales, and exhibiting outstanding ambition for all things EXIT Realty.
These awards are based upon nominations and input from the franchisee and the agents and recognize team players motivated to succeed and to inspire those around them!
This is Part I of the awards blog.  If you are interested in joining an award-winning team of unstoppable professionals in Georgia, Kentucky or Tennessee, contact EXIT Southeast Regional Owner Stacy Strobl to find about more about investing in your own business by calling today at 412-LOVEXIT (412-568-3948).
Record-breaking is how EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl described 2017 and the Nashville Business Journal agreed naming them a finalist in their Best In Business honors.[caption id="attachment_3860" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
EXIT Southeast earned a 2018 Nashville Business Journal Best In Business finalist award, presented to Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl.[/caption]
Named #1 Region in North America by EXIT Realty Corp. International, EXIT Southeast was chosen as a Best In Business finalist by the Nashville Business Journal based on “Nashville-area companies excelling in business, from profitability to employee engagement to community involvement. To assemble our list, nominations were taken from the public, and then a panel of judges looked at a variety of criteria to determine our finalists.”Top business and non-profit leaders from the Nashville area attended the honorees lunch at the Omni Nashville Hotel with publisher Kate Herman as host.[caption id="attachment_3861" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
NBJ Publisher Kate Herman with EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Stacy Strobl and Kenny Lynn at the awards luncheon.[/caption]
When asked by NBJ the best routine for a productive day, Kenny shared with the business community that EXIT Southeast leaders begin the morning with gratitude.“Getting out of bed with a positive attitude is the best morning routine for a productive day. After experiencing a wreck and open-heart surgery in 2017, my partner, Stacy Strobl, and I begin the day with gratitude,” Lynn said.
What is the biggest opportunity facing your company in 2018 the mid-state business publication asked? The duo answered.“Have you ever been to a retirement party for a real estate agent?   Working with EXIT Realty is a life-changing experience and attending these retirement parties reinforces this incredible opportunity. With our continued expansion, we are seeing this change people’s lives with the financial opportunity of creating their own business and being their own boss. This company was founded over two decades ago. Having just been named the #1 region in North America, we are excited to continue to grow and transform futures throughout the Southeast.”Here’s more on EXIT Realty Corp. International’s unique financial opportunities for agents, brokers and franchise owners.
Finding the right people to own a franchise in Kentucky and Georgia is the biggest challenge according to Kenny and Stacy."Our management team is working to replicate the success earned in Tennessee with these contiguous states. We are creating a snowball effect by working smarter, engaging a marketing company to build our grassroots effort, continuing to build on our core values and empowering our owners and brokers to help validate and tell this success story. We are building an important network of agents throughout the Nashville area and Tennessee. In the end, joining EXIT Southeast is by invitation only making us very careful in how we face this challenge of building and adding to our real estate team."[caption id="attachment_3863" align="aligncenter" width="584"]
With an incredible team of franchise owners, brokers and agents in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee, EXIT Southeast is positioned to make 2018 another record-breaking year.[/caption]
After quadrupling the number of EXIT Tennessee agents within the first three years of ownership, EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl recently earned 2017 Region of the Year and top in franchise sales for EXIT Realty Corp. International. Now a three-state real estate franchise development company, the team is passionate about growing businesses and empowering franchise owners and REALTORS® to own their present and future. With state-of-the-art technology, hands-on, interactive sales training and owner support, EXIT agents earn beneficiary & retirement residuals which Lynn said is revolutionizing the real estate industry with its three dimensional concept of taking listings, making sales and sponsoring - unique to the industry.Contact EXIT Southeast Regional Owner Stacy Strobl today for more information on becoming an EXIT franchise owner, broker or agent at 412-LOVEXIT (412-568-3948).
Special Guest Post by Jeramie Taber, Owner/Broker, EXIT Realty Bob Lamb & Associates
"Raise your hand," challenged Bob McKinnon, keynote speaker for EXIT Realty Southeast's annual awards banquet and his voice rang out over an audience of over 1,300 cheering real estate agents, brokers and owners - the largest attendance to date!
No ordinary speaker, Bob McKinnon now holds the position of Director of Leadership for EXIT Realty Corp International and also served as the Southwest Divisional President for EXIT. Bob had been in real estate for over 44 years, had owned multiple brokerages, and prior to coming to EXIT, was one of the players instrumental to building the C-21 Brand when it first started.
He is also a former United States Marine. How he became a marine and how it helped him in real estate was the subject of his talk at this banquet.
As a young boy growing up and lacking confidence, he shared a lack of interest in school. With parents who dreamed of him attending Pepperdine University in California, he also had no interest in that.To avoid this fate, Bob jumped in his jalopy car and drove straight to a United States Marine Recruiting station and enlisted on the spot! He remembers being one of 86 marines in that platoon standing in the back row in the middle when a big mean drill sergeant shouted, "ladies! There're of you in this platoon, and in 13 weeks, only six of you will be promoted to private first class! You know why? Because you six will be the best six in this entire group."
Bob said he doesn't know what came over him at that moment, and it certainly wasn't in his character, but something inside him made him raise his hand, and 13 weeks later, he was standing front row center with a stripe on his uniform along with five others promoted to Private First Class.
"The moment you finally decide you want something, and, the moment your hand goes up is the moment you begin a championship battle," Bob shared. "When you go after something big, you have to realize that it's ALL UP HILL. It's HARD. It's even sometimes painful. But we all must suffer one of two pains; the pain of discipline or the pain of regret! Your hand needs to go up! You need to fully commit!"
Bob reflected that four years ago following the recession, EXIT Southeast had 238 Agents in it. "Today, you are sitting in a room with over 1,300 agents. The reason why is (Regional Owners) Stacy and Kenny's hands went up!
The prior accomplishments of EXIT Realty Corp. International's Founder/CEO Steve Morris included working for another brand, earning all kinds of awards and breaking records. One day, Bob explains, Steve asked the question, "what would it take to reinvent the real estate business," and his hand went up.
"I want to ask you all here tonight, is there anyone out there wanting to see their lives change? Wanting to achieve a new level of success? If so stand up!" Bob challenged.
Applause broke out as people stood! "Folks, at EXIT Realty, we want you to raise your hands up!"
EXIT Realty Bob Lamb & Associates earned #1 brokerage of the year for EXIT Southeast and highest grossing office in the United States for EXIT Realty Corp. International where Jeramie Taber is a owner/broker focusing on residential real estate sales and development in Rutherford County and the Greater Nashville area.
Contact EXIT Southeast for franchise opportunities in Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky as well as information on becoming an agent or broker today by calling Regional Owner Stacy Strobl at 412-568-3948 or please fill out this form below.
An unstoppable trajectory for real estate success is how EXIT Realty Corp. International describes the four years since EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl acquired the sub franchisor rights to Tennessee in fall of 2013 and then added the states of Kentucky and Georgia. 
Profiled in the latest addition of The EXIT Achiever's cover story, the international magazine for EXIT Realty Corp. International, the dynamic duo describe their commitment to EXIT Southeast as “going all in. We felt we had to lead by example,” explains Stacy.
Kenny and Stacy had previously been business partners in a mortgage company which grew to locations in seven states.  However, they wanted to expand into real estate brokerage and did a lot of research before determining EXIT was the best choice.
 
“I’d never seen anything like EXIT’s residual income business model,”  says Kenny. (Click here for a video explanation.) "We investigated all the major franchise organizations and EXIT Realty stood out.”  After spending a year and a half building the Tennessee franchise, Kenny knew their talents and passion could easily expand into building and supporting which is how they pursued the opportunity of regional ownership.
There were definitely some challenges in the beginning, says Stacy.  “Being the new kid on the block, we were going to have to stop telling them what we were going to do; we just had to show them.”
Streamlining growth and finding the right person for the franchise opportunity has been critical to their unprecedented growth which the magazine story reflects “includes selling more franchises than any other region in 2017.”  At the international convention in fall of 2017, EXIT Southeast earned #1 region in North America.  
“When I’m in front of people, they are not buying EXIT in the beginning, they’re buying us, our vision and where we are going with this,” Kenny says.  Adds Stacy, “we see people as more than a franchise sale. We know them personally. We know their families. It makes a difference because they truly feel like we’re family."
 
To find out why Kenny and Stacy have handed checks BACK to potential franchise owners, read the full story by texting ACHIEVER to 85377 to get your FREE mobile edition on your smartphone OR visit achiever.exitrealty.com.
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Why have EXIT Southeast Regional Owners Kenny Lynn and Stacy Strobl handed checks back to potential franchise owners? Read the full story by texting ACHIEVER to 85377 to get your FREE mobile edition on your smartphone OR visit achiever.exitrealty.com.[/caption]
 
If you are interested in joining an award-winning team of unstoppable professionals in Georgia, Kentucky or Tennessee, contact EXIT Southeast Regional Owner Stacy Strobl to find out how to invest in your own business. Give her a call today at 412-LOVEXIT (412-568-3948).
Welcome to EXIT Southeast's first quarter 2018 newsletter with the latest quarterly rankings for EXIT Southeast. The twelve-page update includes tons of helpful information as well as a great article highlighting how EXIT Realty residuals financed international travel of EXIT Realty Elite co-owner Kel Williams. 
Click on the image below and scroll down to check out these stories and more in quarterly newsletter.
If you are interested in joining an award-winning team of unstoppable professionals in Georgia, Kentucky or Tennessee, contact EXIT Southeast Regional Owner Stacy Strobl to find about more about investing in your own business by giving her a call today at 412-LOVEXIT (412-568-3948).
