Bio

Vija Williams is the Head of Industry for PLACE, an all-in-one real estate platform that provides technology and business services to the top 1% of real estate agents across the US and Canada. PLACE currently supports and partners with agents and teams from a variety of brokerage brands all across the US and Canada in over 100 unique markets. She is president of Ben Kinney Brokerages. Under her leadership the eight offices had explosive growth: climbing from 1,330 agents to over 1,700, amounting to a 23% increase in agent count and 25I% growth in sales volume. Vija also owns and runs Vija Real Estate powered by PLACE. This team of residential real estate specialists focuses on the move-up and luxury segments in the Seattle, Washington market. Vija is a co-founder of “Her Best Life,” a national women’s group that hosts annual events and is comprised of some of the top female business leaders and influencers in the nation. She is the co-host of the Empire Building podcast with Wendy Papasan, Sarah Reynolds and Seychelle Van Poole since June 2020. This national podcast has surpassed 300,000 downloads in two years and won the prestigious Inman News “2021 Podcast of the Year”. Vija has hosts regular webinars to train real estate agents that have been viewed over 250,000 times in the last two years. She is considered a real estate insider and thought leader. She has taught and presented on most major real estate main stages in the US: Inman Connect, Keller Williams Mega Camp and Family Reunion, Zillow, BuiltHow, and local, regional and national events. http://vija.com http://place.com http://benkinneycompanies.com http://vijarealestate.com http://herbestlife.com https://www.inman.com/2018/10/05/ben-kinney-companies-hires-vija-williams-as-director-of-growth/ https://www.inman.com/2021/05/24/the-new-normal-what-if-the-brokerage-of-the-future-isnt-a-brokerage-at-all/