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Editor’s Pick — Real Estate Marketing Agencies 2026
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Driven Leads

#2 in Real Estate

Real estate lead generation shop running Google Ads, Facebook, Microsoft, and YouTube campaigns.

Google AdsFacebook AdsMicrosoft AdsYouTube AdvertisingGoogle Local ServicesDisplay Ads
Founded
2015
HQ
Bettendorf, IA
Team
6-15

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Founder

Meet the founder

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Nick Kremer

Founder & CEO

Nick Kremer is the founder of Driven Leads, a paid-media shop that positions itself as a real estate lead generation agency and extends that playbook to mortgage originators working the same local search terrain. The public founder story on the Driven Leads site is brief; the homepage, about, team and founder URLs all resolve to the same marketing template rather than a dedicated bio, so most of what a prospective client sees is framed around client-controlled spend, pacing and channel mix rather than Kremer's personal resume. What is clear from the site is the thesis that guides the firm: agents, brokers and mortgage professionals should own their pipelines through paid channels they can turn up or down, rather than rent leads from portals that resell the same contacts to competitors. That belief shows up in the agency's insistence that clients set their own budget and pace and in the 'Market Premier' bundle, which stitches Google, Meta, Microsoft, YouTube, Google Business Profile and Local Services Ads into a single omnipresence package. For a mortgage audience, the relevance is direct: the same local intent queries that drive buyer agent leads (neighborhood home searches, first-time buyer questions, refinance intent) also produce loan-officer opportunities when routed correctly. Editorially, Driven Leads reads as a practitioner-led paid-media shop rather than a brand-building studio, and readers evaluating it should treat Kremer's background as implied by the work product rather than documented on the site.

Editorial

Editor’s take

Driven Leads positions itself as a real estate-focused lead generation agency built around paid media performance across Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and YouTube. Their core approach centers on managed ad spend with an emphasis on cost-per-lead control, making them a natural fit for real estate professionals looking to scale acquisition through PPC and paid social channels. Client case studies featuring conversion rates and lead volumes speak to the agency's hands-on campaign management across the full suite of major ad platforms.
By the Editorial Team · May 2026

What they do

Services

Google Ads

Builds exact- and phrase-match keyword sets around local mortgage and real estate intent (rates, pre-approval, first-time buyer, refinance near me) and pairs ad copy to each query cluster so originators aren't bidding against themselves on generic terms.

Meta Ads

Runs Facebook and Instagram campaigns segmented by life-event and geo signals that correlate with home purchase and refinance timing, feeding loan officers mid-funnel leads that Google search doesn't surface.

Microsoft Ads

Treats Bing, Yahoo and AOL inventory as an older, higher-net-worth audience the agency considers particularly valuable for mortgage and real estate, running it as a complement to Google rather than an afterthought.

YouTube Advertising

Places pre-roll and in-search video against home buying and mortgage research queries, used primarily to keep originators top-of-mind during the long consideration window between first search and loan application.

Google Local Services Ads

Sets up and manages LSA profiles so loan officers and agents appear in the pay-per-call pack at the top of local search, with the agency handling verification, bidding and dispute management on unqualified calls.

Google Business Profile & Display

Optimizes GBP listings for local map visibility and runs display retargeting to re-engage site visitors who didn't convert, closing the loop on the 'omnipresence' Market Premier bundle.