Addition of top-producing independent brokerage nearly doubles Real’s agent count in Austin
TORONTO & NEW YORK, January 16, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Real Brokerage Inc. (NASDAQ: REAX), a technology platform reshaping real estate for agents, home buyers and sellers, today announced that Ryan Rodenbeck, one of the industry’s leading thought leaders and host of the #RealtyHack podcast, has brought his top-producing independent brokerage, Spyglass Realty, to Real under the company’s Private Label program. With 140 agents and a 2024 sales volume of nearly $400 million, the addition of Spyglass nearly doubles Real’s footprint in Austin.
Real’s Private Label program enables independent brokerages to maintain their own brand while benefiting from Real’s technology and compensation programs.
A top producer who received the Austin Platinum Top 50 Realtors award for nine consecutive years, Rodenbeck launched Spyglass in 2008. He operated the brokerage as a small team until 2015 when his desire to leverage technology to offer experienced agents a platform to provide clients with an elevated approach to buying and selling homes prompted him to take the brokerage to a new level. Since leaving production in 2019, Rodenbeck has attracted more than 100 agents to Spyglass and led the firm’s expansion into Houston in late 2024.
Rodenbeck also leads #RealtyHack, a content platform that includes the #RealtyHack podcast and #RealtyHack Summit, Austin’s largest real estate conference, which attracts more than 400 agents. He is an incoming board member of the Austin Board of Realtors.
"Real’s trajectory provides us an opportunity to contribute to Real’s growth in central Texas while also expanding Spyglass," Rodenbeck said. "The Real Private Label program allows us to continue to go above and beyond what we currently provide while maintaining our brand as an independent brokerage that we’ve worked hard to build."
Spyglass has received numerous accolades. It was named Indy Broker of the Year by the Austin Board of Realtors in 2019 and has been ranked as a Best Place to Work by the Austin Business Journal for five consecutive years, including taking the top spot in 2024. Spyglass also is a multi-year recipient of several growth-related awards, including the Inc. 5000 and Austin Business Journal’s Fast 50.
"Spyglass Realty, under Ryan Rodenbeck's visionary leadership, epitomizes what it means to be both innovative and deeply rooted in service. Ryan's early adoption of technology, paired with a relentless focus on empowering experienced agents, has transformed the way real estate is done," said Real President Sharran Srivatsaa. "With Ryan’s commitment to leveraging leads and fostering a culture of referrals, it’s no surprise Spyglass Realty is not only redefining the gold standard in real estate, but also consistently ranks as one of the top employers in the city. We are thrilled Spyglass is now part of Real."
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Real (NASDAQ: REAX) is a real estate experience company working to make life’s most complex transaction simple. The fast-growing company combines essential real estate, mortgage and closing services with powerful technology to deliver a single seamless end-to-end consumer experience, guided by trusted agents. With a presence throughout the U.S. and Canada, Real supports more than 24,000 agents who use its digital brokerage platform and tight-knit professional community to power their own forward-thinking businesses.
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