Our Story
In 2004 John and Kristi Horton combined their backgrounds in sales, marketing, business, management, and entrepreneurship and became realtors at RE/MAX Services in Evansville, Indiana. After spending five years at RE/MAX, the Hortons moved their business to ERA First Advantage Realty in Newburgh, Indiana. Soon after becoming the top producing agents in the office, gaining more knowledge of the industry, and reaching high ranks in the Newburgh and Evansville areas for real estate, the Hortons moved their business to Keller Williams, the largest real estate company in the United States. This move was made with their clients' best interests in mind—under Keller Williams policy, all incoming calls are directed to our team. This means that clients can trust that any inquiries about their home will go straight to the team that knows the most about your house and not a front desk receptionist or another agent who may try to steer them away to other properties listed for sale.
The Horton Team has since brought on Kristi Raben (New Construction / Buyer Specialist), Zack Chaykowsky (Buyer Specialist) and Sarah Key (Office Manager) to continue better serving their clients. The Horton Team also uses virtual assistants to help create an organized and creative presentation of every home the Horton Team works with. With a dynamic team composed of talented specialists competent within a wide range of fields, the Horton Team is capable of handling any transaction with the professionalism and care needed to provide you with the best possible buying or selling experience in the five southwestern Indiana markets of Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick County.

We're so proud of our real estate team for making the distinguished list of REAL Trends top agents in Indiana! Thank you to all of our past clients, friends, and family for helping us meet this great accomplishment. We're looking forward to ranking even higher next year!
Meet the Horton Team
Aside from our combined backgrounds in sales, marketing, business management, and entrepreneurship, as well as our agents’ diverse strengths and focus on their duties, the main difference between the Horton Team and other real estate agents is that we specialize in each aspect of the buying or selling process. We are directly involved in our business and the goals of our clients, whether they are buying, selling or both. The agent that tries to wear all of the hats is restricted in their time and ability, resulting in a much lower level of client service. We work hard so that we can be better agents, as we are constantly investing and training on new systems, procedures, marketing opportunities, and technologies to ensure a better experience and outcome for our clients.
How Do You Build This Success?
Through the combined efforts of our diverse team, we’re able to meet the criteria of all home buyers or sellers in terms of personality and team specialties. Some of these characteristics include:
Superior Familiarization with our Markets
We constantly analyze the local markets, pulling statistics associated with neighborhoods, subdivisions, and pricing points to better understand the market and communicate with our buyers and sellers. No agents know more about the local markets than the Horton Team.
Desire to Follow Through
If we say we will do something, we will do it. We back up this guarantee with an easy-out clause—if you are ever unhappy with our services, simply withdraw your listing or interest in working with us. You are not bound by a six month listing agreement or loyalty agreement to shop with our buyer agent.
Organization
While other agents may lose track of your listing or buying interest, the Horton Team utilizes various programs and processes to stay on top of the tasks necessary to satisfy each client. Our task management systems ensure that we will provide you with optimal results in the shortest amount of time possible.
Sincere Listening and Advising
Instead of simply saying what you want to hear, we offer the best advice specific to your needs and concerns. During our walkthrough or consultation of your listing or home preference, we will ask as many questions as necessary to fully understand your buying or listing aspirations.
Team of Licensed Agents
When you choose to work with the Horton Team, you receive the advice and skill sets of MULTIPLE experts for the price of one. We each specialize in our own fields of expertise, creating a system and environment guaranteed to deliver the optimal customer experience throughout the entire buying or selling process.
Honesty and Credibility
We will always be honest and upfront with you. Our reputation with clients and fellow real estate agents is critical. We use a team format to guarantee the best results—this means we work to find you the best prices or offers in the shortest amount of time with the least amount of hassles.
The Horton Team is your expert solution to all things realty, whether it’s unique insight on pricing strategy, financing options, marketing, home staging, recommendations on updates or improvements, and everything in between. Contact us today to learn more about buying or selling your Newburgh or Evansville home in Warrick or Vanderburgh County.
Communication
Our number one customer service priority is to keep you adequately informed at all stages of the buying and selling processes. We pride ourselves on the commitment to communication we strive for in every stage of the transaction. Although we may have many buyers or listings that are active or under contract at one point in time, we treat each client as if they were our only one. We take your wants and needs into account when tailoring our communication methods to you. While there are certain occasions or items that may require face-to-face discussion, we keep in contact with clients via email, text, and phone call several times per week on a regularly scheduled basis. Using our task manager programs, we will keep you up to date on items such as showing feedback, snapshots of the current market, statistics on your home's online viewing activity, upcoming transaction steps, and many more updates associated with marketing and selling your home. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, we are always just a phone call away. You can reach us anytime by calling 812-518-0411 to talk or schedule an appointment.
Real Estate Expert Advisors
The Horton Team focuses their real estate business in five counties in southwestern Indiana, which include Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick County. We advise our clients on all parts of their buying or selling process while making note of your goals. Every client wants to receive the most value (either through buying or selling) in the shortest amount of time with the least amount of hassles. It’s our job and desire to help our clients achieve those goals. With over fifteen years of experience as real estate agents, we have the expert skill set to properly advise you and help you accomplish these goals.
Marketing Pros
If you shop the area, you’ll see that no other real estate agents market their houses as much as we do. While this does expose your house to the most amount of buyers possible, advertising alone doesn't sell the house—it still boils down to location, price, condition, and your competition. We make use of several tools to get your home in front of buyers and other agents; some of these include creating your own single property page, retargeting with internet advertising, and recording virtual 3D tours of your home with our Matterport Pro 3D camera, a technology similar to Google Earth that allows prospective buyers to take a virtual tour of your home. To see this technology first-hand, visit our list of current listings.
Buyer and Listing Specialists
When it comes down to it, the difference between the Horton Team and other real estate agents is our level of personalized commitment. Rather than handling all clients at once, we use a team format to designate roles—this frees up our time and allows us to specialize in one field. This ensures that your listing or preferences as a buyer will be handled by a specialist who is dedicated to your needs. As a seller, you can be assured that we will make ourselves available to market, show, and sell your home when a buyer wants to view it. Spreading job responsibilities among our team members generates the greatest value for the client, but our team ethics go beyond financial gains. We’re committed to finding you more than just a house or selling your current one. We’re committed to finding a home where you can build your forever memories or new owners for the house where you first made yours.
Testimonials
The Horton Team at Keller Williams has served their real estate clients in south west Indiana since 2004. Below is a sampling of the reviews. If you would like to leave your review for the Horton Team click here.

Shane Bonaparte
They were very professional in dealing with me, keeping me informed on the progress of my property, if someone liked it or did not like it and what we can do to improve it’s saleability.

Betsy Corley
John & Kristi Horton really know how to get the job done and get it done extremely well! We would recommend them to anyone who is looking to buy and/or sell property!!

Jared Raben
I bought my house right on time, before the market went crazy! It was a smooth and easy process and would refer The Horton Team to anyone in the market looking to buy a house.

Rick Fletcher
They was very helpful when buying our first house i highly recommend them.

Madison Everett
As a first home buyer, they were extremely helpful and patient with us throughout the whole process. I would highly recommend them to any first home buyer!

Carrie Shaw
I can’t even begin to explain how wonderful Kristi and the whole Horton team are!!! They were very helpful in every step of the process of purchasing our new home. If you are looking for an agent I highly recommend Kristi!! We will definitely be using them again in the future!

Eric Mousseau
Great people just leave the selling up to them it’s so worth the commission you pay. They are all over it.

Jennifer Arnold
The Horton Team has been wonderful in both helping us find our new home and sell our previous one. They were very patient with our questions in the process and helped make sure we found exactly what we wanted in our new home.

Sonya Fenwick
I have worked with the Horton team many times over the past 20 years. They are knowledgeable, helpful, and have the resources to help you sell your home. When buying a home they truly listen to what you’re looking for. I highly recommend the Horton team for any of your real estate needs.