About RSVP Brokers ERA
Family-Owned Real Estate Brokerage in Washington State
Our Story
RSVP Brokers ERA is a family-owned real estate brokerage serving communities across Washington State. Founded in 2004 by Steve Kloetsch and his son Andy Kloetsch, RSVP has grown from a two-person operation into one of the largest brokerages in the Pacific Northwest, with around 250 licensed brokers, registered offices in Bellevue and Seattle, and brokers serving buyers and sellers in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, Thurston, and surrounding counties.
RSVP is affiliated with ERA Real Estate, part of Compass International Holdings, giving brokers and their clients access to a global network spanning more than 2,300 offices in over 30 countries. The brokerage has been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal, named to its Hall of Fame, and is a RealTrends Verified firm.
The RSVP name has roots that go back a generation before real estate.
Steve Kloetsch was still a kid when his father, Quentin Kloetsch, was starting a construction business and needed a name for it. Steve recalls, "My father opened some mail and came across an invitation to a party. As he read it aloud, he said the word 'RSVP.' From a child's perspective, it immediately sounded like the kind of business name my father was looking for: short, simple, easy to remember, and easy to spell. So I said, 'Why not use RSVP?'" The company became RSVP Construction, and the name stuck.
Years later, when Steve and his son Andy set out to build their own real estate firm, they carried the family name forward. "I like to say that for our family, sawdust is in our blood," Steve explains. "It takes sawdust to build a home, and homes are, of course, a central part of what real estate is all about, whether you're building them or selling them."
"I like to say that for our family, sawdust is in our blood. It takes sawdust to build a home, and homes are, of course, a central part of what real estate is all about."
Steve and Andy started RSVP in 2004 as a two-person brokerage, working directly with buyers and sellers while developing the systems, processes, and culture they wanted to bring to a larger team. By late 2008, they began welcoming their first brokers. Growth came quickly, from two brokers to ten, then twenty, forty, fifty, and onward. Within a few years, RSVP had become one of the largest independent brokerages in the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS).
In September 2021, RSVP affiliated with ERA Real Estate, gaining access to global tools, training, and a referral network that stretches across more than 30 countries. Steve and Andy chose ERA because, as Steve puts it, ERA was "a company very focused on the agent." This affiliation made RSVP one of the largest companies in the ERA system.
What We Stand For
| Support | Care | Culture | Education | Tools |
RSVP doesn't run on any formal mission statement. "I've been involved with mission statements over the years in the corporate world," Steve says, "and they frequently end up as a plaque on the wall that doesn't really drive much of what the business does." Instead, RSVP runs on core values that show up in how the company actually operates.
Andy describes the foundation in five words: Support, Care, Culture, Education, and Tools. "These are the foundations of our business and the key components of a successful agent's business," he says.
At the center of all of it is care. "We deeply care," Andy says. "It isn't something you experience until you're with us. But we care about you and your life."
That philosophy shapes everything from the brokerage's fee structure to how it invests in technology. RSVP is one of the lowest-fee companies among any global brand, and that's by design. Andy puts it simply, "We work hard to avoid much of the smoke and mirrors that agents pay for and never use." Every tool, every service, and every dollar of overhead is evaluated against a straightforward question: Does this actually help our brokers and their clients?
RSVP does not comment on its competitors. "Our focus is not on what they're doing but on what we're doing," Steve says. "Every day, our brokers work hard. They do it because they love real estate and they love people."
"We deeply care. It isn't something you experience until you're with us. But we care about you and your life."
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