Realtor opens new RE/MAX franchise

Pat Anderson has opened her own RE/MAX Plus franchise in Prairieville. Anderson spent the last eight years working for Villar and Company Real Estate before opening her business. While the local housing market is still a little sluggish, Anderson says she figured the time was right to open a real estate firm. “That way, we would be settled when the market does come back strong,” she says. Anderson’s firm has eight agents and carries recreational, commercial and residential listings. “We didn’t want to specialize in one particular area,” she says. “We don’t want to cut anybody out.” While several of the new real estate companies that have opened recently have been independent firms, Anderson says she likes the idea of being affiliated with a big national brand such as RE/MAX, because of the lead generation system and all the national advertising it does. Anderson says she hopes RE/MAX Plus doubles its agents over the next three years. —Timothy Boone