Meet Tom Staats

What you can count on

With years of experience guiding Kansas City buyers and sellers, and the support of Keller Williams Realty Partners, Tom focuses on the things that help clients: being responsive, explaining the process clearly, and getting the details right.

Before real estate: a builder’s mindset

Real estate isn’t Tom’s first venture. Over the years he started and sold several businesses, and for a decade he served as a partner and managing director of Drive5 Sports Center, an 85,000-square-foot youth sports facility in the Overland Park area. That background (building something, running the day-to-day, and seeing deals through from start to finish) shapes how he works with clients today: organized, attentive to the details, and steady through negotiation and closing.

He has also spent years coaching basketball (at the high school level and with youth teams that competed nationally), often after hours, simply out of a love for the game and the people he worked with. It is the same patient, follow-through approach he brings to helping you buy or sell a home.

A note on the golf-inspired brand

Tom is a golf enthusiast, and he takes the same approach to real estate that he does on the course: patient, precise, and steady, without ever rushing your shot. That's where the fairway greens and easygoing feel of the site come from. It doesn't mean he only works with golfers, though: Tom helps buyers and sellers at every price point, from first homes on up, and golf-course communities are simply one of the many places he loves helping folks find the right fit.