09/14/2026
Before Matt Widdows built HomeSmart, he was preparing for a very different career: firefighting.
But 25 years later, he sees more similarities between those two paths than you might expect. Show up. Assess the situation. Solve the problem in front of you. Help the person who needs it.
In a new RISMedia feature, HomeSmart Founder and CEO looks back at starting HomeSmart in 2000, building a different kind of brokerage model, navigating some of the biggest changes in real estate and learning when to trust the team around him to lead what comes next.
Read the full conversation with RISMedia:
https://www.rismedia.com/2026/09/10/matt-widdows-on-rising-to-every-challenge/