Even though he was only recently licensed as a Realtor®, Noah Kelley grew up in the business. His father, Dan Kelley, has been a licensed real estate agent longer than Noah’s been alive, so he watched his dad through the years and ultimately decided to follow in his footsteps.
“On top of personally going through multiple real estate transactions from the ripe age of 24, I carry my father’s 30-plus years of experience in the field with me,” said Kelley, Team Lead of Quest Realty Group brokered out of Nebraska Realty. “I believe my personal and second-hand experience combined with my genuine passion for my line of work makes me one of the strongest local Realtors in the area.”
The Quest team—named largely because Kelley’s brand is associated with advising and assisting clients on their quest to achieve their real estate goals—was officially established in May 2024. The inception of the idea, however, happened many years ago when Kelley was still just a kid.
Watching his father run his own business and do very well for himself as well as watching his mother run her own successful small business empowered him to want to do the same. “Having that mindset always made me wonder why my dad never expanded his business by starting a team, especially when they started becoming popular within the industry,” Kelley said. “When I asked him, he would always say he simply just never wanted the stress of dealing with running a team, and I would counter back with something along the lines of us starting our own real estate team.”
Fast forward to post-college where Kelley found himself running his own small marketing agency before exploring real estate investing. He said he wasn’t enjoying his day-to-day in the marketing world but found significant joy in real estate investing. He decided to get his real estate license, shut down his marketing agency, and begin working with his dad.
After spending some time working solo in the field and countless hours of planning his team’s brand, Kelley finally made the decision to start Quest Realty Group. Since then, they’ve grown into a team of three including father and son, with plans to grow into something much larger in the years to come.
To this date, they’ve closed nearly $90 million in sales and have been entrusted with millions more in the first month of 2025. Much of Kelley’s success comes from him wanting to work with everyone and anyone interested in purchasing or selling real estate. He’s proud that he’s helped investors buy homes for less than $70,000, and he’s equally proud to have worked with clients to purchase and sell homes worth more than $2 million.
“We really enjoy working with everyone; however, when it comes to higher-end real estate, I strongly believe we have a special advantage with the network of affluent clientele we work with, our market experience, and understanding our marketing capabilities.”
Acknowledging that the hardest part about working in real estate is finding clients, Kelley said setting himself and his business apart from competitors is of extreme importance. “One of the main reasons I feel we have a lot of success with our clients is because of our experience within our local market,” he said. “Having a team with over 37 years of combined experience and nearly $90 million worth of real estate sold puts a lot of people at ease right out of the gate. It’s a steppingstone to building trust and confidence with our clients.”
Kelley said he and his team work with all types of real estate—existing, new construction, commercial, land. They strive to be a one-stop shop for real estate related needs. While they primarily focus on residential, they’ve carefully formulated strategic partnerships with some of their brokerage’s strongest agents to handle commercial transactions and land deals.
“My attorney is also a licensed real estate agent at my brokerage and handles our team’s commercial deals,” Kelley said. “He has closed over $1 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions and is one of the best resources in town. For our land deals, we partner with one of our land brokers from Nebraska Realty’s land brokerage, American Legacy Land Co. This setup ensures that our clients at Quest Realty Group are greeted with the most experienced agents and are poised for a successful outcome.”
While he enjoys many facets of the real estate experience, Kelley said his favorite part of every transaction is the satisfaction he feels by helping his clients achieve their goals. “For many, real estate transactions can be a very stressful and sometimes prolonged event, so I often see people in a vulnerable state,” he said. “I do my best to support them along the way. At the end of the transaction when everything is all said and done, I experience the most rewarding part of my career—the satisfaction of knowing I facilitated a favorable transaction for my client, seeing their gratitude and celebrating the relationship I’ve just begun with each individual.”
For more information about Quest Realty Group, contact Noah Kelley at (402) 515-2322,
NoahKelley@NebraskaRealty.com.
