Guarantees	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Guarantees
Guarantees	15. Guarantees In May 2015, the Company entered into a guarantee of the full and prompt payment and performance when due of all obligations due to a financial institution under a commercial line-of-credit agreement and note entered into by the Company’s equity-method investee, a residential mortgage operation in which the Company has a 50% interest (the “Guarantee”). The term of the line-of-credit agreement is 13 months and the total amount of advances requested and unpaid principal balance cannot exceed $15,000,000. The line of credit bears interest at the financial institution’s base rate. The Company had entered into a similar guarantee during May 2014, which expired as of May 2015. The outstanding balance on the line of credit was approximately $5,222,000 and $4,548,000 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company did not incur any payments under this guarantee during the year ended December 31, 2015, or in any prior periods. In connection with the sale of RE/MAX Equity Group on December 31, 2015 as described in Note 5, Acquisitions and Dispositions, the Company sold its entire interest in, and transferred all of its obligations related to, the Company’s equity-method investments for which the Guarantee relates to. Consequently, the Company is no longer obligated by the Guarantee as of December 31, 2015.

15. Guarantees

In May 2015, the Company entered into a guarantee of the full and prompt payment and performance when due of all obligations due to a financial institution under a commercial line-of-credit agreement and note entered into by the Company’s equity-method investee, a residential mortgage operation in which the Company has a 50% interest (the “Guarantee”). The term of the line-of-credit agreement is 13 months and the total amount of advances requested and unpaid principal balance cannot exceed $15,000,000. The line of credit bears interest at the financial institution’s base rate. The Company had entered into a similar guarantee during May 2014, which expired as of May 2015. The outstanding balance on the line of credit was approximately $5,222,000 and $4,548,000 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company did not incur any payments under this guarantee during the year ended December 31, 2015, or in any prior periods.

In connection with the sale of RE/MAX Equity Group on December 31, 2015 as described in Note 5, Acquisitions and Dispositions, the Company sold its entire interest in, and transferred all of its obligations related to, the Company’s equity-method investments for which the Guarantee relates to. Consequently, the Company is no longer obligated by the Guarantee as of December 31, 2015.