Keller Williams Realty
Helping to make life worth living, one client at a time

This past February, Keller Williams Knoxville West won the award for the most successful new Keller Williams office across the USA and Canada! Team Leader and Broker, Sharon Laing, won the coveted “Black Belt” Team Leader Award (the top award in this category.  There have only been 12 awarded in the history of the company) and she remains the #1 Team Leader in the Southeast Region.   Along the way to earning these awards, the company grew from 21 agents to 121 agents, in the process selling over $91.7M in real estate in East Tennessee last year alone (all while the Knoxville market declined 13%). And although the numbers speak volumes, the true success comes when agents and, in turn, clients’ lives are changed.
“Our agents turn the stress, fear and uncertainty of difficult times and a turbulent market into confidence, strength and compassion,” says Holli McCray of Keller Williams Knoxville West.
The third largest real estate company in the United States and only 12,500 agents from becoming the biggest in the country, Keller Williams is built on the belief that clients choose agents, not companies. That’s why Keller Williams does not believe in charging agents for costly, national advertising campaigns. Instead, the real estate firm’s resources go to helping agents build their own brands. In turn, this agent-centric business model helps ensure a better buying experience for clients.
To maintain this level of service, Keller Williams offers various training courses in its West Knoxville office. These real estate training courses, which are taught by brilliant Keller Williams leadership, are available to each and every agent in the Knoxville market. The belief is that the more agents know, the better they can serve the Knoxville market.
Unlike other real estate companies, Keller Williams offers profit sharing, which was designed to reward agents for working together, creating an environment of sharing that enables agents to serve their clients better.  Committed to treating associates as stakeholders and partners, Keller Williams Realty has created a unique profit sharing program in which close to 50 percent of their profit is given back to the agents who help build it!  Keller Williams Knoxville West paid over $115k back to their agents in 2009!  These agents are vested in their profit share program after 36 months with the company. 
Keller Williams Knoxville West, a debt free company, is also constantly ahead of the curve where technology and marketing are concerned.  Baylor University houses the Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing for Keller Williams International and Keller Williams Knoxville agents are among the beneficiaries of this research. This means KW agents have the knowledge to help investors find better investments, help sellers sell for more money/less stress and help buyers purchase more wisely.

The Market of the Moment: Short Sales!  
Everyone wants to know what a short sale is these days!  Expert Short Sale Agent John Verdeaux calls it the “ultimate real estate win-win!”  From condos to luxury homes, short sales are the answer for anyone who can no longer afford their mortgage and may be facing foreclosure or contemplating bankruptcy.  Short sales can be the answer… and the commission is paid by the bank!  For more information on Short Sales, visit www.KnoxvilleForeclosureHelp.com.

Mission: To build careers worth having, businesses worth owning and lives worth living.
Vision: To be the real estate company of choice for a new generation of sales associates and real estate owners.
Values: God, Family, then Business