2026 The Thousand: The Gedalje Group Moves Into Top 10 After 468 Sides In 2025

Eric Gedalje has been a staple of the Lake Havasu City, Arizona, real estate scene since he made his first commercial real estate investment at the age of 19.

“No one in my family had ever owned a home, let alone invested in real estate, but I did it. And then I did like six more times, and then eventually I got my real estate license,” said Gedalje, the leader of the eXp Realty-brokered large team The Gedalje Group.

After his early days as a solo agent, Gedalje went on to form his team in 2016. Since then, the team has grown to 20 agents, who closed 468 transaction sides totaling $245 million in sales volume in 2025. This earned the team the No. 10 and No. 48 ranks in the nation for sides and volume, respectively, in the 2026 RealTrends Verified The Thousand rankings. 

Gedalje credits both the drive and productivity of his agents — each of whom average roughly 25 units per year — as well as his strong roots in Lake Havasu City for helping the team achieve strong results. 

While the team does have a Zillow Flex partnership, which Gedalje said is helpful for some agents with a less established business, he feels his team is best suited for agents with an established book of business looking to up their game. 

“Depending on the agent, their skill set and their personal book of business, the leads they receive from me or our online lead generation are individually tailored to what they need,” he said. 

Due to Gedalje’s hands-on leadership with his team members, he said he plans on capping the team at 20 agents. 

“Real estate sales is only part of my business. I started in the industry as an investor and that organically grew into real estate development,” he said. “So to keep the quality there for the agents and for them to still find value in being part of the organization, I think if there were more than 20 agents, it just wouldn’t be sustainable for me as a team leader.” 

As for the team’s high volume of production in 2025, Gedalje said much of the success comes from the self-discipline and lead generation skills of his agents. 

“A lot of my team members have come from firms or teams that gave them really strong foundations in the business — and we have seen them join us and just really take off,” he said. 

While Gedalje said the team is not set up to take on inexperienced agents, he does assign each new team member a mentor whom they can consult with as they look to further develop their own business. 

Looking ahead to the second half of 2026, Gedalje said that despite continued slow housing market conditions nationwide, his team is on track for potentially its biggest year ever. 

“I’m not superstitious — but I hate to even say it out loud — but we are on track for June 2026 to be our best month ever, and it looks like 2026 will be our best year by quite a distance,” he said. “I know the market is not as strong as some people hoped and that interest rates aren’t improving, but we are just keeping our heads down and continuing to work.”