Derek J Kats, Realtor®️

Keller Williams Lincoln

derekjkats@kw.com

(402) 770-5021                              ⬇️

Derek has been ranked in the Wall Street Journal as a TOP-100 REALTOR in the USA, ranked as the #1 Keller Williams Agent in the Heartland Region, and is a paid real estate mentor to many Realtors and Investors nationwide. On a local level, Derek has been ranked as the #1 Realtor for Closed Sales (Units Sold), #1 Ranked Sellers Agent Realtor (Listings Closed), and the #1 Ranked Buyers Agent Realtor in the capital city of Lincoln, Nebraska. 

In his career, Derek has already sold 1100+ homes and set a Lincoln record by Selling Over 175+ Homes in 2017 alone... Though he didn't do it alone! Derek is quick to admit that he couldn't have reached this success without the help of his experienced group of listing agents, buyers agents, and dedicated admin staff to aid in such accomplishments.

 

Along with being a sales agent and real estate team mentor, Derek is also a co-owner of the local Keller Williams Brokerage in Lincoln, Nebraska. Keller Williams Realty Nationwide is ranked #1 in Agent Count, #1 in Dollar Volume Sold, and #1 in Units Sold.

Derek started his real estate agent career in early 2010 and unlike most overnight success stories, he didn't really do that great in his first few years. Though he found a few minor successes (as many agents do), he more importantly was finding flaws in the current real estate systems and models that had been handed down from old eras before him. After suffering from low sales, Derek decided to give 100% focus to improving his sales career and instead of learning from the old-brand real estate coaches and gurus like most others did, he began applying basic business practices he learned in his University business classes to his real estate practice... and by the end of 2014 became the #1 ranked buyers agent in his city with over 70+ sold homes.

Following that success, Derek immediately detoured from the systems and teachings of mainstream brokerages where he got his start, so he could put his theories on agent systems and his brokerage/team building skills to the test by founding his first upstart real estate brokerage, trendily named at the time "The Brokerage". Well those systems undeniably worked, Derek sold 120+ homes making it into the top 3 listing agents while retaining his ranking as the city's #1 Buyer's Agent... and more impressively, his upstart brokerage had become the fastest growing brokerage in his city with over 200% sales growth and landing multiple top agent recruits. With nearly overnight success, "The Brokerage" drew the attention of numerous large brand-name brokerages both local and national.

In early 2017, Derek merged "The Brokerage" with a Keller Williams Realty franchise in his city which was co-owned by the current Keller Williams Realty International Corporate President Mark King, as well as Keller Williams MAPS Coaching Founder Dianna Kokozka and Top-20 National Real Estate Coach Tony DiCello. It was an obvious fit and a decision that changed Derek's career forever, as well as finally gave him a network worth leaning on.

That same year, Derek received three of his highest honors by setting an astonishing local sales record with 179 closed transactions in one year as an individual agent (which still stands as a local record until today). With that sales record, Derek was ranked as the #1 Keller Williams Agent for individual transactions closed in the entire Midwest region (KW Greater Heartland), and was ranked in the Wall Street Journal as a TOP-100 Realtor in the USA! Derek helped Keller Williams Realty International rank #1 in Dollar Volume Sold, #1 in Units Sold, and #1 in Agent Count making them the #1 ranked company in all top three categories used to evaluate real estate brokerages nationwide.