Texas agent Ben Caballero breaks world record with $2.46 billion sales volume

May 26th, 2021 – Houston Agent Magazine – Texas-based real estate agent Ben Caballero just broke his own record for home sales volume by individually selling 6,438 homes worth more than $2.46 billion in 2020. A current Guinness World Record title holder, Caballero has been ranked the No. 1 real estate agent in the U.S. since 2013 by RealTrends. 

Caballero, who heads the Dallas-Fort Worth-based firm HomesUSA.com, was originally recognized as a Guinness World Record holder in 2016 when he sold a total of 3,556 homes. He then broke his own record in 2018 when he sold 5,801 homes; he received another Guinness World Record for this achievement for the “most annual home sales transactions through MLS by an individual sell side real estate agent.”

Although he hasn’t been awarded the Guinness World Record for his 2020 sales, Caballero plans to formally apply for a third record title. 

Caballero told Houston Agent Magazine that he specializes in working with home builders directly to sell homes rather than with home buyers and homeowners who are looking to sell. After working as a home builder himself for 18 years, he developed a platform in 2007 that allows him to automate much of the repetitive processes of updating new build information. His staff enters new homes and updates information into their appropriate Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in order to help builders sell homes…more


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