Meet Steve

Four decades in real estate. One family name.

Broker/Owner of Roma Real Estate — a licensed builder, a Greek-speaking Charlottean, and 1,515 closings deep.

The name on the door.

The name Roma honors Stergios Katsaros, who left Beletsi, in the Greek region of Thessalia, and reached Ellis Island in May 1907 at just seventeen years old. The ship that carried him was named The Roma. Generations later, the family name marks both the homes his descendants build across Charlotte and the brokerage that represents them.

Steve Katsaros opened Roma Real Estate Inc. in 2022 as a sister company to his son Bill's custom-home business, Roma Homes. Bill calls him his “Consigliere” — the broker who represents his listings and offers counsel when it's needed. Steve also helps friends and family across the Charlotte area buy and sell their homes.

A Wayne State graduate and Division-I scholarship pitcher, and a lifelong entrepreneur — supermarkets, a deli, a corner store — he has spent a lifetime learning the true value of a well-built, well-bought home. Faith and community have long been part of the story too: for nearly two decades Steve served as Youth Athletic Director at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

Role
Broker / Owner, Roma Real Estate Inc.
Represents
Roma Homes — Custom Builder
Experience
Licensed since 1980 · Broker & Builder
Languages
English & Greek (fluent)
Market
Charlotte & Greater Mecklenburg
NC License
#325147 · Firm #C-33603

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And for Charlotte's Greek families, a broker who speaks their language — fluently.

“Μιλάω ελληνικά.”

Steve Katsaros · Broker / Owner

By The Numbers

A career measured in closings.

1,515
Personal Transactions Closed
Michigan MLS, 2003–2026
$96.4M
Personal Sold Volume
$100.4M listed · $96.4M sold
96%
Average Sale-to-List Price
Across the full 1,515
40+
Years In Real Estate
Licensed 1980 · full-time since 2003
2015 – 2023

Managing Broker, KW Metro

Ran a Royal Oak, Michigan office of more than 300 agents closing over 1,200 transactions a year — recruiting, training, and standing behind every file that left the building.

Through the housing crisis

Director, HUD & Foreclosure Division

Chosen by Real Estate One — the largest brokerage in Michigan — to lead its HUD & Foreclosure Division, quarterbacking more than 1,300 sales across 30 offices.

Personal production figures from Steve's MLS Agent Production & Inventory Report, 01/01/2003 – 08/06/2026. Michigan record; his Charlotte portfolio is shown separately.

The Long Way Round

How the judgment was earned.

Late 1970s

His first HUD foreclosures

Before the license, before the title — a teenager learning how distressed property changes hands, and how much of the work happens before anyone signs.

1980

Licensed

Steve takes his real estate license at a moment when Michigan is teaching everyone hard lessons about what a house is worth.

1990

Builds his own home

A licensed builder himself, Steve builds his family's dream home from the ground up — and never stops reading houses the way a builder reads them.

2003

Full-time practice

Real estate becomes the whole job. Everything after this point is on the record: 1,515 personal transactions and counting.

Through the crisis

Real Estate One, HUD & Foreclosure Division

The largest brokerage in Michigan puts him in charge of its HUD and foreclosure work — more than 1,300 sales across 30 offices, in the years when getting it wrong cost families their homes.

2015 – 2023

Managing Broker, KW Metro

Royal Oak, Michigan. More than 300 agents, over 1,200 transactions a year, and a reputation built on being the person the hard files get handed to.

2022

Roma Real Estate opens in Charlotte

Steve founds the brokerage as a sister company to his son Bill's Roma Homes — the same family name over both doors.

Designations

Credentials earned over a career.

Eleven designations — and what each one actually does for a client. Open any of them.

ABRAccredited Buyer's Representative
The National Association of Realtors' credential for agents trained to represent the buyer — not the seller — through the whole search. What it means for you: when it comes time to negotiate, Steve is working your side of the table, and he has been formally trained to do it.
PSAPricing Strategy Advisor
Advanced training in comparative market analysis — reading comparable sales, adjusting for condition and finish, and defending a number to an appraiser. What it means for you: your list price is built on evidence rather than a guess, which is the single biggest lever on how fast and how high a home sells.
RENEReal Estate Negotiation Expert
A formal negotiation certification covering multiple-offer situations, escalation terms, and repair negotiations after inspection. What it means for you: the moments where a few thousand dollars is genuinely on the line are the moments he has trained for.
SFRShort Sales & Foreclosure Resource
Certification in bank-owned, short-sale, and lender-approval transactions — deals that follow different rules and much slower timelines than a normal sale. What it means for you: if a distressed property is the right buy, he knows how one actually closes.
e-PRODigital Marketing Certification
NAR's certification in online marketing, listing syndication, and digital client service. What it means for you: your home is presented properly in the places buyers actually look first — the listing feeds, the photography, the search portals.
MRPMilitary Relocation Professional
Training in VA loan requirements, PCS timelines, and the particular pressures of a military move. What it means for you: service families get an agent who understands the benefits they've earned and the deadlines they can't move.
CDPECertified Distressed Property Expert
Specialist training in the options available to owners facing hardship — short sale, loan modification, deed in lieu — and how each affects credit. What it means for you: if the situation is difficult, the conversation starts with real options instead of a listing agreement.
NHCSNew Home Co-Broker Specialist
Certification for representing buyers in new construction, where the contract is written by the builder and the process runs on the builder's terms. What it means for you: as a licensed builder himself, Steve reads those contracts and those job sites the way the other side does.
BICBroker in Charge
North Carolina's supervisory license level — the broker legally accountable for a firm's conduct, trust accounts, and every agent under it. What it means for you: the person handling your transaction is the one who answers for it, not an agent reporting to someone else.
HUDHUD / Foreclosure Specialist & Instructor
Federally-listed HUD foreclosure specialist — and an instructor who taught the process to other agents while leading a division that closed more than 1,300 of them. What it means for you: four decades of transactions that had to be right the first time, because a government file offers no second chances.
GMARInstructor, Greater Metro Assoc. of Realtors
Selected to teach continuing education to other licensed agents through the Greater Metro Association of Realtors. What it means for you: a working measure of standing — the people who do this for a living asked him to teach them.
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Four decades, at your service.

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