ABOUT US

Welcome! This is the place for you to read the full story of Rich Curtis real estate and how it has evolved over the last 17 years. For those of you who watch all the extra content on your DVD’s and love behind the scenes specials, this page is for you. For the rest of you who landed here accidentally and just want to give me a call to get started, or read about buying or selling a home click the buttons below:

Rich Curtis Real Estate began as Realty Executives of Folsom and El Dorado Hills where I started my journey as an agent. In 2005, I had just transitioned from being a raft and mountain guide and decided to start a new career in Real Estate. Very shortly thereafter you may remember the world went to heck in a handbasket and the great recession began. Realty Executives of Folsom and El Dorado Hills shut down and I continued with my independent real estate brokerage, Greenway Properties.

Greenway Properties officially began in 2006 and was the first and only Green real estate brokerage in the state of California at that time. Driven by research to try to make my wife’s asthma better, I found out about all the toxic chemicals involved in our building supplies and became an expert on all things “Green Building” with an emphasis on indoor air quality. If you have questions about solar, solar leasing, passive solar, healthy building supplies or ways to remodel while making your home healthier for your family I’m happy to help you with that. 

Our business practices were also green. We printed on 100% recycled papers, using both sides of each piece of paper from the office before it is recycled and going as paperless as possible. At the time I was also serving on the California Association of Realtors state level green task force working to green the business practices of our state trade association and all realtors in the state of California. With that task force we were able to take over 300 pages of mandatory disclosure documents and move them from paper books to a PDF format thereby removing a massive amount of paper waste from real estate transactions in California. 

As busines grew over the years, I needed more help and infrastructure and began needing the back end services of a major national brokerage. This brought me to joining the fastest growing, agent owned real estate company in North America, EXP Realty. I brought Greenway Properties to EXP 3 years ago and have been very happy with the services they provide to me and allow me to provide to my clients. 

I have been in this business so long that my original website predated the iphone. It did not have response design and was terrible to use on a mobile device. As we embarked on designing and building a new website reflective of the services I provide it struck me that almost all of my business is from return clients and referrals. Those people tell others “you need to work with Rich” and they have used the Greenway Properties name less and less over the years. It is for that reason, that with this new site launch I have officially changed the business name. I am now; Rich Curtis with EXP Realty. The ethos of Greenway Properties is still with me in everything I do from our inspection process to our Covid procedures, your family’s health and safety is always my first priority, but the name Greenway Properties will now sunset. 

In this newest evolution of my 17 year (so far) journey serving the real estate needs of Placerville and the surrounding foothills. I am pleased to continue to provide you a concierge level real estate experience for everyday working people in El Dorado County. 

Thank you for reading this far! Most importantly, thank you for being part of the Rich Curtis Real Estate family.