Dan Williams, Scottsdale Mayor W.J. "Jim"Lane, Thuy Pham
The audience of 300 community leaders, realtors, volunteers, hospital executives, friends and family gasped when Dan Williams, President of The Williams Real Estate Company surprised the onlookers by pledging $1million dollars to Phoenix Children’s Hospital at the Grand Opening of his new company in April 2009.
“I’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time, states Dan.
Our new real estate company is going to buck the trend of negative real estate news by action and not just words.
We’ve already donated over a quarter of a million dollars to local charities and our plans are to raise our company donation level to $100,000 per month.
“In a market where consolidation of real estate offices plague the Valley, the new real estate model developed by Dan Williams is creating a positive buzz about their philanthropic foundation of “Growing Our Community,… One Home at a Time.”
Every real estate transaction has a donation built-in for a local Valley charity. In the first 120 days since opening its doors, The Williams Real Estate Company has attracted 25 new Valley agents who share the same vision of doing good while doing their real estate business.
Since creating this concept years ago, Dan Williams own business has sky rocketed “just by giving back”.
“For years, I’ve been asked to move to firms because of my production levels, and I interviewed them. Nothing came close to Dan Williams and his vision for The Williams Real Estate Company. It’s amazing to blend your business with the community and feel rewarded on both fronts.” States Susan Roberts, Realtor® with TWREC.
Williams plans to hire 50 more Valley agents in 2010 with his new program and to train those agents to build their business with a charity in mind.
Many Arizona charities are starting to hear about the program and meeting with Williams to align with one of their agents.
Recently, The Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) held its annual Foundation Breakfast where Dan Williams and Denise Resnick, Founder, met to learn more about The Williams Real Estate Company’s format to help Valley Charities.
Denise Resnick invited his company to tour their offices and new training facility to learn first-hand about how both of their organizations could benefit by working together.
Dan Williams says, “This is a long term mission that our agents and their clients can embrace every time they work together. Agents are encouraged to select a non-profit organization based on their own personal passion.”