Janet Jackson was onto something...

What if the owners of a brokerage were an array of well respected agents? And those owners made their livelihood off of their own individual businesses. What if they viewed their ownership as philanthropic work for their industry? No one that I am close with is investing in KW to get rich, but we're here to make sure an opportunity exists for any and all successful real estate brokers to own a business where they control 100% of their business and the direction of their success. As Janet Jackson said, "I'm in CONTROL! Never gonna stop. CONTROL! To get what I want. CONTROL! I like to have a lot. CONTROL! Now, I'm all grown up."

Seriously though, I handed my former brokerage close to $1M over the course of my ten year career with them... if not more. I had zero control of how it was spent. What most don't understand is the top 20% of the agents in Keller Williams ONEChicago are invited to be on a board that makes the majority of the decisions how the brokerage operates. We all decided by coming over to KW that we wanted to be the most democratic real estate brokerage in the city. Keller Williams gives me the tools and systems, and every broker decides how to spend your CGI. Everything is a la carte. I spend money only where I see value for my clients, their success, and MY business. Not the brokerage's business! It's a tighter ecosystem that allows me to work more efficiently towards my goals.