Your Managing Broker

Katie Kossev is Side’s managing broker for Texas. She brings two decades of experience recruiting, managing, and mentoring agents to the role.

Before joining Side, Katie served as CEO of her own consulting company, which helped real estate professionals navigate the act of going independent and growing their businesses.

Katie’s involvement in numerous industry organizations has shaped her into a dynamic thought leader and keynote speaker. She has been recognized as a nominee for Inman Innovator of the Year and has served as a longtime Inman Connect emcee and moderator. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Houston Association of Realtors and HRIS, and is a former TAR Director. Katie is a graduate of the Texas Real Estate Leadership Program.

As the industry’s only real estate brokerage platform, we partner with the very best agents, teams, and independent brokers to help them create and grow their own companies — without the time, cost, or risk of operating a brokerage.

Side makes it possible for great agents to:

Build a company on their own terms. You have full autonomy over your brand, team, and client experience; Side stays out of the spotlight and helps keep things running smoothly.

Launch seamlessly with expert support. Side’s brand specialists, strategic growth advisors, and intuitive transaction management technology make it easy to get your company off the ground.

Focus purely on clients and growth. Side handles brokerage operations, compliance, technology infrastructure, and payment processing, allowing you to spend time on what matters most.

Tap into a community of the industry’s best. When you partner with Side, you become part of a carefully curated network of top-performing agents who exchange best practices, collaborate across markets, and genuinely help each other succeed.