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PMZ Real Estate is a California-based real estate brokerage founded in 1947 in Modesto, California.

PMZ Real Estate has established a large local presence in California as well as a national and international presence through its partnership with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a global network of over 500 real estate firms with 4,600 offices and 140,000 sales associates in 30 countries around the world. PMZ Real Estate represents Leading Real Estate Companies of the World in Central California.

History

Early Years

Paul Zagaris grew up in the coal mining camps of Wyoming. After his father died in a mining accident, he was forced to work in the mines. In 1947, after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he moved his family west to California's Central Valley. It was here he obtained his real estate broker's license and started his business, PMZ Real Estate.

Expansion

Present

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 * 1998: PMZ.com is launched (before search engine giant Google)
 * 2005: PMZ President, Michael Zagaris releases his first book, The PMZ Way: Strategies of Highly Successful Real Estate Agents
 * 2009: PMZ Real Estate creates free iPhone application. The program combines iPhone GPS location information with Multiple Listing Service data about houses for sale in whatever area the iPhone user happens to be. Users can pull up instants information regarding houses for sale or rent within any desired radius.

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