Team OBS is an ‘OBS’ provider created by two of the leading experts in the real estate automation arena. With a combined 40 plus years of experience, working with many of the top real estate organizations in the country, these two executives realized that too many broker owners were not benefiting from the technology that has been available to larger real estate organizations for years.

They also realized that more than ever, brokerage firms of all sizes must have a solid, integrated business solution that is not only easy to use but affordable. After many months of investigation and research, they came to the conclusion that the best business solution is one that the brokerage firm doesn’t purchase or even use.

As a result of their experience and research, the Outsourced Business Services era was born and Team OBS’s first offering was created. Referred to as SalesTrax this innovative outsourced business solution will provide brokerage companies of all sizes with a new ‘option’ for managing their business.

Reviewing the biographies of these two top executives clearly illustrates why they are uniquely qualified to usher in a new brokerage service that will instantly bring with it a high level of quality and excellence.

Team OBS Founders

Ron Hurak, CCIM

Ron Hurak’s background was in electronic engineering but his entrepreneurial spirit lead him into real estate in 1974. Within a few years, Ron along with his wife and partner started their own real estate brokerage, specializing in new home sales. In 1981 Ron received his CCIM designation and soon after joined the CCIM faculty.

Ron’s educational background still held a fascination with electronics so back when IBM PCs and Microsoft were unknown names and personal computers were still kits purchased from electronic hobby stores or Radio Shack, Ron entered the real estate technology era and in 1978 developed one of the first automated listing systems.

Thirty years later, Ron is known as one of the top experts in real estate back office automation and his product Profit Power© (www.profitpowersystem.com) is used by many of the top real estate firms in the country. Industry leading real estate real esate organizations such as Alain Pinel Realty, Century 21 Town & Country, Coldwell Banker Bain, Coldwell Banker United, GMAC Carlson, GMAC Koenig & Strey, GMAC Pacific Union, Howard Hanna, Houlihan Lawrence, Prudential California, Real Estate One, Realty USA and many other elite real estate brokerages have benefited from Ron’s vision, expertise and dedication to service.

Every year Profit Power and Ron’s team of professional experts assist real estate organization in processing or managing:

• Billions of dollars in real estate sales
• Millions of back office transactions
• Ten of thousands of sales associates
• Hundreds of millions of dollars in commission payments
• Millions of dollars in escrow funds
• Tens of thousands of dollars in agent receivables

Ron Hurak can be reached by emailing him at ron.hurak@teamobs.com or calling him at 519-381-4243. Ron works and lives in Canada, just one minute from the US/Canadian border.

Aaron Taylor

Aarons educational background is mechanical engineering, he received his bachelor's and master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University at Buffalo and originally had thoughts of completing his doctorate in engineering and becoming a university professor, but like Ron, his entrepreneurial nature had him change course.

Aaron has worked in the computer industry for over 16 years, initially starting out as a database programmer Aaron quickly developed network installation skills and hardware knowledge to service the small business market. Aaron was very successful in becoming the primary IT source for many firms, writing the management software to run the core business, building their networks and supporting their PC's.

Over the years as database technologies evolved, and LAN focus moved from Novell to Microsoft, Aaron started to focus mainly on Microsoft Access database solutions and Microsoft server software (NT 4.0). In 1999 Aaron formed his company Lantrax© (www.lantrax.com) and started offering internet services such as web hosting, email, and interactive webs sites with back end databases supplying content and online catalogs. In early 2000 Lantrax started to offer Citrix connectivity, allowing multiple client offices to share a common application out of the Lantrax data center. In early 2001 Lantrax was incorporated and Aaron started to assemble a team of the best industry talent to grow Lantrax and offer multiple discipline IT solutions to the growing client list.

For the past seven years, Lantrax has been the exclusive service provider for Profit Power and continues to provide unparalleled support services to Profit Power clients throughout the country. Aaron’s organizational skills and talents have allowed Profit Power to excel to new heights since his involvement by developing a series of related services including:

• the Profit Power Learning Center an on-line training school
• data-bridges to export Profit Power data to third party organizations such as Realogy and Prudential
• multiple listing downloads that import into Profit Power’s database to eliminate the repetitive task of re-typing listing data
• data-conversion services to convert data from antiquated business solutions into Profit Power
• Profit Power hosting services to eliminate the need for brokerage firms to implement elaborate in-house systems
• consulting services to assist Profit Power customers in planning implementation strategies, designing new functions and integrating the brokerage firm’s other third-party business solutions into Profit Power

Broker1 (www.broker1suite.com) is another initiative that was created under Aaron’s vision. Broker1 provides a series of hi-tech business solutions including a “Do Not Call” registry service, an “agent intranet portal” referred to as the Agent Resource Center and LeadTrax which is the “lead management” solution of choice for many top brokerage firms including John L. Scott, Real Estate One, Watson Realty, Prudential Gary Greene, to name just a few.

To contact Aaron Taylor you can email him at aaron.taylor@teamobs.com or calling him at 716-929-0000. Aaron works and lives in Williamsville, NY a few miles from Buffalo.