Keller Williams Elm Grove: Welcomes campaign stop by US Senate candidate Ron Johnson today

CONTACT: CHRIS SLINKER -414-745-8540 ELM GROVE, WI (August 16, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that US Senate candidate Ron Johnson – R will be making an official campaign stop at the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office located at 12700 W.Bluemound Rd in Elm Grove WI from 5pm to 7pm today Monday August 16th.

The campaign stop will include a quick tour of the new Keller Williams Elm Grove office and a short private roundtable discussion with agents involved with the Realtors Political Action Committee. After the roundtable Ron Johnson will be introduced to the Realtors who attend by local State Representative Leah Vukmir-R who is currently running for the State Senate.

Christopher Slinker, Operating Principal of Keller Williams Elm Grove office added, “We are excited that Ron reached out to the real estate community and is working to get our economy back on track and healthy again. We are looking forward to the opportunity to share our ideas with him”.

Keller Williams-Elm Grove officially opened their doors on May 3rd of 2010. This announcement comes on the heels of a year of positive growth for Keller Williams Realty throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company outpaced the downward trend in the real estate market and grew in every category – opening 30 new franchises, ending the year with a 16 percent year-over-year increase in the number of contracts closed per agent and more than 79,000 associates across North America (up three percent). In addition, the company gave back more than $32.2 million in profit share to its agents. Keller Williams International operation is one of the more recent larger real estate companies to locate in the Milwaukee area and is locally owned and operated.