RVBrokers started the same place most hard lessons do: on the wrong side of a deal.
Our founder, Sean Hakes, never worked a dealer lot. He learned this business the expensive way, by buying and selling dozens of his own RVs and watching how the deals were really built. The pattern showed up every time. Dealers price a coach high, knowing full well the wholesale number is what the market actually pays. They make their money on the spread and, more quietly, on the loan, stretching the term until a too-high price turns into a comfortable monthly payment. The buyer drives off happy and upside-down at the same time, owing more than the rig is worth on a unit that is brutal to get back out of.
Sean got tired of watching good people get caught in that math, himself included. He started helping friends sell privately for the retail number instead of the wholesale gutting, then helping others buy without walking onto a lot alone, which felt like sitting down to a poker game where everyone else could see your cards. That habit became RVBrokers.
What we believe
We believe an RV is one of the biggest purchases most families ever make, and they deserve a pro in their corner for it. We believe the person inspecting a coach shouldn't get paid for telling you it's fine. We believe a tech should be able to fix your rig in your driveway instead of holding it hostage in a service bay for a month. And we believe in telling people the truth, even when the truth is "don't buy this one."
How we make money
Straight answer: we charge a success-based fee when we sell your coach, and a flat fee when we represent you as a buyer. Our inspector and mobile-repair partners charge for their work directly. We don't take dealer kickbacks. We don't mark up your financing. When you win, we win. That's the only arrangement we know how to live with.
Every other player in an RV deal has a reason to root against you. We're the one who doesn't. That's the whole company in a sentence.
Who you'll actually talk to
Real people, with real names and real years on the job. The folks who answer your call have brokered hundreds of sales, crawled thousands of roofs, and turned wrenches in more campgrounds than they can count. You're not getting a call center. You're getting someone who's seen your situation before and knows the way through it.
Here's what that looks like in practice. You call, and the person on the other end asks about your coach, your timeline, and what you're actually trying to do. Not a script. Not a pitch. A conversation. Then they tell you the truth, even when the truth costs us the deal. If your rig is worth more than you think, we say so. If the one you're about to buy is a money pit with a fresh coat of wax, we say that too. We would rather lose a sale than put our name on a bad one.
Why we stay independent
Plenty of people have asked us to partner up with dealers, lenders, and extended-warranty companies. The checks would be nice. We keep saying no, and we always will, because the second we take that money our advice stops being yours and starts being theirs. The whole reason this works is that we have no horse in the race except your outcome. Stay independent, and we can look you in the eye. Sell out, and we become exactly the thing we built this company to fight.
The kind of work we're proud of
The sale that nets a retired couple eleven thousand more than the dealer offered. The inspection that catches a soft floor and saves a young family from a loan they'd have regretted for a decade. The mobile tech who gets a stranded RVer back on the road in an afternoon instead of stealing their whole vacation. That's the scoreboard we care about. Do enough of that, and the business takes care of itself. That has been true since the first deal, and we have no plans to change the formula.