The Real Estate Company of Kansas

What The Real Estate Company of Kansas does

The Real Estate Company of Kansas, LLC is a privately held, family-owned residential real estate brokerage headquartered at 227 Main Street in Halstead, Kansas. The firm operates a traditional full-service buyer- and seller-representation model, earning transaction commissions on residential home sales across ten central Kansas communities spanning Sedgwick and Harvey Counties — including Sedgwick, Newton, Valley Center, Maize, Halstead, Colwich, Bentley, West Wichita, and Burrton. Its four-person team is led by Owner/Broker Beth Ann Kingsley (30+ years in real estate) with cross-disciplinary expertise claimed across banking, mortgage lending, home construction, and home inspection; the team also includes Sales Associate Ed Kingsley, Office Manager/Agent Tiara Shields (who added property management duties after becoming licensed in 2021), and a fourth agent identified only as Mitzi.

The company's underlying technology is minimal and entirely non-proprietary: the public website (realestatecompanyllc.com) runs on WordPress with an off-the-shelf mortgage calculator plugin and a Facebook like-widget, and listings are syndicated through the Wichita MLS, Hutchinson MLS, Realtor.com, and Kansas.com. To capture hyperlocal search demand, the firm operates a portfolio of geography-specific owned domains (harveycountyrealestate.com, halsteadrealestate.com, burrtonrealestate.com, sedgewickrealestate.com, therealestatecollc.com). Distribution is field-led through locally embedded agents who participate in schools and civic organizations, supported by organic social presence on Facebook. There is no disclosed use of CRM, lead-routing, valuation, or AI-driven marketing tooling.

Revenue is generated exclusively via residential transaction commissions (buyer- and seller-side), with commission rates not publicly disclosed. The company is bootstrapped with no external investors, no parent entity, and no funding history, and reports no subsidiaries, partnerships, M&A activity, awards, patents, or regulatory actions. Customer base is entirely consumer — individual households transacting in central Kansas — with no enterprise contracts, named logos, or disclosed transaction volumes.

Name

The Real Estate Company of Kansas

Legal name

The Real Estate Company of Kansas, LLC

Website

https://realestatecompanyllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Real Estate Company of Kansas is a family-owned, four-person residential real estate brokerage in Halstead, Kansas that provides full-service buyer and seller representation across central Kansas communities, earning transaction commissions and supplemented by property management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJAAAA

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Residential Real Estate Brokerage

SECONDARYFSAEAJAA

Residential Real Estate Brokerage (Buy/Sell)

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Real Estate Advisory & Brokerage

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Home buying services
• Home selling services
• Property listing services
• Property management

Headquarters

HQ city

Halstead

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Sales Commission: Traditional real estate agency earning commissions on residential property transactions for both buyers and sellers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Real Estate Company of Kansas, LLC is a full-service residential real estate agency that represents buyers and sellers of homes across central Kansas communities. The firm supplements core brokerage with property management services and offers buyers and sellers an in-house breadth of expertise spanning banking, mortgage lending, home construction, and home inspection.

Product overview

The Real Estate Company of Kansas is a full-service real estate agency offering residential buying and selling services. The company provides expertise across multiple aspects of real estate including banking, mortgage lending, home construction, and home inspection. The core offering consists of real estate transaction services supplemented by an online mortgage calculator tool and property management services. Agents serve the Kansas communities of Sedgwick, Newton, Valley Center, Maize, Halstead, Harvey County, Colwich, Bentley, West Wichita, and Burrton.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Real Estate Buying and Selling Services
• Property Management

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Coldwell Banker (Anywhere Real Estate): National residential real estate franchise brand operating through independent affiliated agents in small and mid-sized U.S. markets. Comparable as a competing traditional brokerage option for Kansas sellers/buyers, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Keller Williams Realty: One of the largest U.S. residential real estate franchisors with heavy agent-driven, local-market model. Comparable in core product (residential brokerage via independent agents) but competes at a national scale with substantially more training, technology, and lead-generation resources.
• Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate: National residential real estate franchise with midwest footprint and traditional agent-based model. Competes for similar local Kansas buyer/seller relationships but at larger scale and with stronger consumer brand recognition.
• RE/MAX: Globally franchised residential brokerage with strong presence in small-town and midwestern U.S. markets. Directly competes for the same local Kansas buyer and seller pool the subject firm serves, with comparable commission-based agent model.
• Century 21 Real Estate: Long-established residential real estate franchise with significant midwestern and rural U.S. coverage. Overlaps with the subject firm on residential brokerage services for local Kansas home buyers and sellers, though at materially larger scale.
• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices: National residential brokerage franchise affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway, with growing presence in midwestern markets. Comparable on residential brokerage services and independent-agent model, though with stronger national brand and broader geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Compass: Tech-enabled national residential brokerage with proprietary platform, agent tools, and urban-centric growth. Not a direct Kansas competitor today, but represents the structural tech-driven shift threatening traditional local agencies like the subject firm.
• eXp Realty: Cloud-based, agent-centric residential brokerage operating across all 50 states including Kansas. Competes on lower overhead and agent-friendly economics and is gradually encroaching on small-town markets where traditional agencies like the subject firm operate.

Direct peers

• ReeceNichols Real Estate: Large regional residential brokerage operating across Kansas and Missouri with deep local roots and traditional agent-driven sales. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping Kansas geography, full-service residential focus, and community-oriented GTM motion.

Others

• Zillow (Zillow Homes / Premier Agent): Leading U.S. real estate portal and advertising platform that drives lead flow to traditional agents in Kansas. Not a direct brokerage competitor in the subject's market, but a critical channel and structural disruptor reshaping commission economics for small local agencies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheRealEsateCompanyLLC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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