The vision was simple: Give more ownership and more earning potential to Realtors.
That’s where Summa Real Estate Group began. After selling real estate with traditional firms for more than 20 years, founder Tim Horst created a company in 2009 that gave Realtors a greater stake in their businesses. It was an innovation in the industry. Summa Real Estate Group was the first to provide passive income opportunities for its brokers, allowing Realtors to work on their business (instead of their business working on them), while providing real opportunities for retirement income.
After months of hard work, Summa Real Estate Group opened its doors. Just two years later, Summa now has seven locations and 140 realtors in two states. Today, Summa is poised to expand across the country.
At the core of the Summa story is an entrepreneurial drive, shared by the owners and realtors alike.
What does Summa mean?
Summa is Latin for “a Summit” or “the highest peak.” Tim wanted a name and logo that represented not only individual accomplishment, but teamwork and collective achievement. What better symbol than a group of people with the right equipment, setting out to summit a mountain together.
Succeeding in business is difficult without the right tools and training. Summa provides realtors with the most extensive and innovative set of tools to reach the summit of their business potential.
The New Model in Real Estate
Until now, a realtor’s income and opportunity reached as far as their next closed transaction. It is rare in the industry today, that realtors are offered a retirement income. Summa provides an opportunity for realtors to create a passive income for as long as they are licensed with Summa. This is not connected in any way to company profit or performance. This unique program can easily add thousands of dollars per month to the realtor, whether or not they close a transaction.
The Summa culture is very different from the typical real estate company model. This model promotes a realtor’s creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit. Thanks to our innovative passive income program there is a sense of shared ownership that promotes teamwork, longevity and gives opportunity to realtors that has never been seen before.
Summa believes that a properly trained realtor, given the right tools and sound opportunity, will not only excel in today’s real estate industry, but will enjoy themselves along the way. Summa is a positive group, where shared innovation helps the company and individual succeed.