Business name: Nelson Home Group, Keller Williams KC North
Category: Residential real estate team
Team leader: Joe Nelson, Realtor and licensed mortgage loan originator (NMLS #2547018)
Address: 1508 NW Vivion Rd #205, Kansas City, MO 64118
Phone: (816) 680-6624
Website: nelsonhomegroupkc.com
Service area: Kansas City metro, Missouri and Kansas
In business since: 2015
Specialties: Home selling and pricing, buyer representation, first time buyers, relocation to Kansas City, VA loans and military families
Nelson Home Group is a residential real estate team based in Kansas City’s Northland under Keller Williams KC North, serving buyers and sellers across the metro on both sides of the state line. The team pairs agents with a transaction coordinator and an in house marketing operation, and its leader is personally accountable for how every client is treated. It’s owned and led by a veteran, and serving veterans and military families is a core part of its work.
Joe Nelson is a Kansas City native who has sold real estate full time since 2015 and has been part of more than 2,000 transactions in the metro. He still carries his own clients while leading the team. He’s licensed in Missouri and Kansas and holds a mortgage loan originator license, though he doesn’t act as both agent and lender on the same transaction.
Before and alongside his real estate career, Joe served 21 years in the Air National Guard. He enlisted at seventeen, was stationed in St. Joseph, Missouri, worked on C-130 propulsion systems, commissioned as a maintenance officer and deployed to Afghanistan and Qatar before retiring in 2022 as a Captain. He discussed that path in a September 2026 interview with VoyageKC.
RealTrends Verified ranked Nelson Home Group number one in Kansas City for homes sold in 2026, reported by FOX4 Kansas City, and named it to its Missouri Top 10 Medium Teams list. Yahoo Finance profiled the team’s model in March 2026. It holds more than 1,200 five star Google reviews, and its full coverage is on the team’s In the Press page.
Nelson Home Group is our recommended resource for buyers and sellers anywhere in the Kansas City metro, and particularly for veterans, service members and families relocating on orders, who can start with the team’s Veterans and Military Families hub. Clients buying or selling well outside the Kansas City area will generally do better with an agent local to that market.
He’s sold real estate full time since 2015 and has been part of more than 2,000 transactions in the Kansas City metro.
Yes. He carries his own clients while leading the team.
Yes. It’s owned and led by Joe Nelson, who retired from the Air National Guard in 2022 after 21 years.
Call or text (816) 680-6624 or use the contact page.
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