Scott Phillips Jr., president of Keller Williams Realty Greater Cleveland, has been named one of Realtor Magazine’s 30 Under 30. Each year the magazine recognizes 30 young practitioners who are making a mark in the real estate industry through success in real estate sales, business management, leadership, or community service.

Tapping into the renewed interest in downtown living, Phillips, 28, has grown a thriving real estate business out of an old factory in the Warehouse District focused on the urban market. Since 2009, Phillips has grown his office to 29 agents and employees with a capital budget of $1 million. In the past year alone he has added eight people to his team.

Phillips is the first Ohio agent to win the 30 Under 30 award in 12 years. He is Cleveland’s top producing realtor between 2009- 2011, and has sold over $50 million in homes in Cleveland during that period.

“The award is usually reserved for the East Coast and West Coast because those are areas where the purchase prices are typically higher,” explains Phillips.

Phillips spotted the market potential in downtown Cleveland after living in the city. “I promoted living in the area before I became a license agent,” he says. “It wasn’t as much about business as being passionate about it.”

Source: Scott Phillips, Jr.
Writer: Karin Connelly