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Coyt Rains Real Estate

Serving Southwest Ohio Since 1947

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THE HISTORY OF

COYT a. Rains real estate

The history of Coyt A. Rains Real Estate began in 1947 when Coyt A. Rains was licensed as a real estate salesman by The State of Ohio. Mr. Rains became the manager of Lewis A. White Real Estate in 1950. Lewis A. White was a multi-office real estate company based in Cincinnati.

Mr. White retired in 1964 and Mr. Rains purchased the Hamilton office. The company name was changed to Coyt A. Rains Real Estate in 1965. Mr. Rains’ philosophy was, don’t work for the commission work for the best interest of the client. He always said if you have enough satisfied clients the commissions will be there. He also stressed that we should always treat the client the way we would want to be treated if we were the client.

After Mr. Rains acquired ownership of the company he added an insurance agency to the business. Many of our current clients began their relationship with us as insurance customers.

From 1950 till 1969 the office was located in the Rentschler Building in downtown Hamilton. For a short time in 1969 and early 1970 the company was operated out of Mr. Rains’ home while a new office was being remodeled. In 1970 the office was moved to its current location at 289 North Erie Highway, Hamilton, Ohio.

Coyt F. Rains, the current owner/broker of Coyt A. Rains Real Estate, joined the firm in 1972. Coyt Jr. concentrated on the real estate side of the business while Coyt Sr. concentrated on growing the insurance side of the business. The insurance agency grew to become a significant part of the company. In the mid 80’s, when Coyt Sr.’s thoughts turned to retirement, he sold the insurance agency so Coyt Jr. could concentrate on the real estate business.

Coyt Sr. retired in 1985 and Coyt Jr. led the company into the age of cell phone, faxes, computers, PDA’s and digital cameras. The company and the way we do business is drastically different now than it was when Coyt Sr. joined Lewis A. White in 1950. But our philosophy and attitude have not changed. We still treat the client the way we would want to be treated if we were the client. And we work for the client not the commission.