Hey, I'm Nick — a Realtor teaching you not to need one.
I’m a licensed Realtor and broker. I still love this work. But most buyers I meet are more than capable of doing it themselves — they just need someone honest to show them how. That’s the whole Academy.
I started coaching self-represented buyers after the industry’s commission structure came under national scrutiny, and buyers started asking a fair question: what exactly am I paying for? For some buyers, the answer is a great agent, and that’s money well spent. For capable buyers who’d rather run their own deal, the answer is a plan, the paperwork, and a coach in their corner. That’s what the Academy is being built to provide.
Since then I’ve coached 33 buyers across 17 states through their own purchases — first homes, investment properties, cash deals, and everything in between.
Nick Aufenkamp
FOUNDER · WORKING REALTOR
I’m a licensed Realtor and broker. I still run a local team for buyers who want full representation, and I’ve coached the ones who’d rather run it themselves — 33 so far, one on one, across 17 states, plus thousands more through the podcast and the videos. I’ve been quoted in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal on commission reform.
Dave Miller
COACH & CONTENT CREATOR · LICENSED REALTOR, WA + MN
Dave coaches self-represented buyers through their deals and makes much of the content that brings buyers here — alongside his own work as a licensed Realtor in two states.
Five principles behind every decision.
Capable, not reckless.
We only ever tell buyers to do what they can genuinely do well.
Specific over clever.
Real numbers, real deadlines, real forms. No hype.
In their corner.
Coach energy. Beside the buyer, never above them.
Respect the craft.
Good agents are pros. We're pro-buyer, not anti-agent.
Keep the commission.
Every dollar saved is the buyer's. That's the whole point.