Coldwell Banker

In 1906, a 23 year-old real estate agent named Colbert Coldwell felt the need to establish honest, knowledgeable and professional real estate services after the devastating earthquake and fire that leveled San Francisco. Coldwell disapproved of the common practice of that day where real estate agents acquired properties for themselves, often from uninformed sellers at ridiculously low prices, and then resold them for large profits. In 1913, sales associate Benjamin Arthur Banker joined the company and became a partner the following year.