The Carolinas ERA franchisee acquired Winston-Salem's Blue Door Group Real Estate, founded in 2020 by the agent it once picked to open its local office.
In 2016, Eb Moore picked Jodi Tate to open ERA Live Moore's Winston-Salem office. Ten years later, the brokerage has bought the company she left to build.
ERA Live Moore, a Carolinas ERA franchisee, said Oct. 27 that it acquired Blue Door Group Real Estate, which Tate founded in 2020 with the Moores' support. Terms were not disclosed, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. Blue Door keeps its name as an ERA Live Moore company, and Tate will build a builder services line for the larger firm. The company said she sold after recognizing the challenges of running a small firm.
ERA Live Moore has 13 offices and more than 600 real estate professionals, per the Journal. The deal fits a steady pattern of brokerages consolidating under franchise flags.
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