About Keller Williams® Realty

Founded in 1983, Keller Williams® Realty Inc. is an international real estate company with more than 350 offices located across the U.S. and Canada. Keller Williams began franchising its offices in 1991, and following years of phenomenal growth and success, Keller Williams is currently the fifth-largest U.S. residential real estate firm in North America. The company has succeeded by treating its 90,000-plus associates as partners, and shares its knowledge, policy control, and company profits on a system-wide basis.

The office in Fayetteville is one of the company's newer offices. Established in September of 2004 with high-quality, experienced agents who know the NW Arkansas market well, the tradition continues and brings new vigor to the real estate community of NW Arkansas.

 

Why Use Keller Williams® ...because your move matters

Full Time Professionals: Keller Williams® is made up of top full time sales associates and supporting staff that are carefully selected to be part of our firm.

Knowledgeable: In addition to required education for licensing, our sales associates attend numerous courses through Keller Williams® University to keep them up-to-date on current real estate trends and information. Our training is the most comprehensive in the industry.

Professional Standards: Our standards for performance are for the benefit of our clients and they are the highest standards in the industry. Our policy manual guarantees our professional standards.

Financing Power: Our sales associates and staff maintain a day-to-day contact with preferred lending institutions in their business area. This helps our buyers find the best possible financing.

Prequalified Buyers: At Keller Williams®, we work to protect buyers and sellers by obtaining pre-qualifying information on all potential buyers. This service helps buyers know if they might be qualified to purchase a new home and it helps sellers know if their purchaser may be qualified to purchase a home.

Inventory Knowledge: In order to be successful in working with buyers, each Keller Williams® office maintains a large inventory of brokerage and new homes for sale. Our associates are always aware of all the available properties within their market.

Total Commitment: Our commitment to you is this: We will always strive to provide professional real estate services to the very best of our ability.

The Keller Williams Philosophy:

Win-Win	Or no deal
Integrity	Do the right thing
Commitment	In all things
Communication	Seek first to understand
Creativity	Ideas before results
Customers	Always come first
Teamwork	Together Everyone Achieves More
Trust	Starts with honesty
Success	Results through people

 

Company History

The genesis for Keller Williams® Realty Inc. evolved out of Gary Keller's desire to build a company that valued ethics, integrity, and people. Gary founded the company on the premise that as a servant leader he would work for his agents, treat them as partners, and even share company profits with them.

However in 1983, Gary had difficulty securing loans to start the business he envisioned. So, he partnered with fellow agent Joe Williams to raise $42,000 in seed money, and incredibly, Keller Williams earned more than $100,000 in profit its first year.

Through many struggles, Gary's commitment to building the country's most dynamic and profitable real estate franchise system never flagged. Today, Keller Williams is the fifth- largest real estate franchise firm in North America. Since 1996, Keller Williams has grown an unprecedented 40% each year in agent numbers, earned commissions, and profit sharing. In 2003, Keller Williams shared $13 million in profits with its agents and administrative staff. The company earned nearly $800 million in gross commission sales in 2003 while commanding an unprecedented 33% market share in Central Texas.

Keller Williams is founded on an “agents as partners” business model. Agents and staff have access to the company’s financial reports, share in up to 50% of company profits, and have a say in all decisions. Most real estate companies operate on a dependent model where the broker provides leads to sales people and then offers them a commission, or they operate on an independent model where agents receive minimal support from the broker but keep more of the commission. In contrast to these traditional models, the Keller Williams’ model fosters a synergistic environment where both parties succeed through teamwork. This model encourages agents and brokers to share their best practices with each other and rewards associates who bring others into the company. It is these industry-changing philosophies that have rocketed Keller Williams past older, more established companies to claim a top-five spot in the real estate industry.

In 2009, the company’s growth seems unstoppable. Currently, the company has more than 600 offices and more than 90,000 agents in the U.S. and Canada and has passed Re/Max to become the third largest real estate firm in North America.

 

Source: Keller Williams® Realty website