Ben Caballero is an American entrepreneur, real estate professional, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com.[1] He holds the record in the Guinness World Records for real estate sales.[2][3][4][5] In 2015 Caballero became the first real estate professional to exceed USD $1 billion in home sales in a single year.[6] In 2018 he became the first real estate professional to exceed $2 billion in home sales in a single year,[7] a threshold he surpassed again in 2019[8] and 2020.[9] Between 2004 and 2021, Caballero was the real estate agent of record for approximately 48,000 property sales and $17 billion in cumulative transaction volume.[3]
Career edit
Caballero was ranked as the top individual U.S. real estate agent in 2022 for total transaction dollar volume and total number of real estate sales transactions by RealTrends as published in The Wall Street Journal.[10][11] He has been ranked the top individual U.S. real estate agent in both categories every year since 2013.[8][9][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Over the course of 2018, Caballero broke his own 2016 Guinness World Records title for “Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent” as he sold 5,801 homes totaling $2.27 billion in volume.[24][7]
Two years later, in 2020, Caballero exceeded his 2018 record, earning him recognition from Guinness World Records for a third time. Over the course of 2020, he sold 6,438 homes totaling $2.46 billion in volume.[25][5]
Caballero was named Most Innovative Real Estate Agent by Inman News in 2013, a finalist in 2016 and 2018, and an industry influencer in 2017.[26][27][28]
Caballero became a real estate broker at the age of 21 and was a home builder for 18 years.[6]
References edit
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- ^ "Agent Lands in Guinness World Records for Sales". Realtor Magazine. 2018-05-17. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
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- ^ Santana, Steven (2022-05-05). "Texas realtor breaks own Guinness World Record with $2B in home sales". San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio, TX. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ a b Wells, Lindsey (2022-05-04). "Caballero sets third Guinness World Record for home sales". Houston Agent Magazine. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ a b Lerner, Michele (2018-06-05). "Meet a record-setting real estate agent". Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ a b "Ben Caballero Breaks Own Record for Most Annual Home Sales Title by Selling 5,801 Homes". RealTrends. October 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "2020 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ a b Khan, Alsha (2021-05-26). "Texas agent Ben Caballero breaks world record with $2.46 billion sales volume". Houston Agent Magazine. Houston, TX. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2022 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2022 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2020 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2019 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2019 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2018 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2018 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Dutton, Judy (2018-05-21). "Realtor Tells Us How He Sold a Record-Setting 3,556 Homes in One Year". Realtor.com. Chicago, IL. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "2016 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2016 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2015 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sides". Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2015 RealTrends The Thousand—Individuals by Sales Volume". Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Inman. "'America's best real estate agents' ranked by Real Trends". Inman. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ Inman. "Top agents, agent teams averaged more than 140 transactions in 2012". Inman. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "Guinness World Records—Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent - current". 31 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Guinness World Records—Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent - current". May 5, 2022.
- ^ Inman. "Announcing: 2013 Innovator Awards winners". Inman. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ Taufen, Amber. "Innovator finalists: Most Innovative Real Estate Agent 2". Inman. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "Inman | Inman Real Estate Influencers 2017". Inman. Retrieved 2019-06-07.