Is Ross Speed a licensed real estate agent in Texas?

Yes. Ross Speed holds Texas real estate license number 625854, issued by the Texas Real Estate Commission, and practices under Compass. License status, class and affiliated brokerage are searchable free of charge in the TREC public license holder database.

What is Ross Speed's background before real estate?

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and began his career in appraisals. That appraisal training is the foundation of how the team approaches pricing, positioning and negotiation.

What is The Speed & Neuren Group?

It is a residential real estate team at Compass in Austin, Texas, co-founded in 2021 by Ross Speed and Lindsay Neuren. The team has surpassed $1 billion in combined sales volume and has been ranked the number one Compass team in Austin since its inception.

What awards has Ross Speed won?

With the team: the Austin Business Journal's number one real estate team for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the Austin Board of Realtors number one Team Award in 2023. Individually and before the team: Platinum Top 50 Winner from 2016 through 2025, Austin Business Journal Top 25 Agent from 2017 through 2022, and the Austin Board of Realtors Accelerate Award in 2020.

What areas of Austin does Ross Speed work in?

He works the greater Austin market with the team, concentrating in Westlake and West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Tarrytown, Lakeway and Lake Travis, Bee Cave, Steiner Ranch and the surrounding Hill Country, along with the Austin luxury tier generally.

Does Ross Speed work with buyers as well as sellers?

Yes. His listed specialties at Compass include buyer representation, relocation and consulting alongside general agency. On the buy side, the appraisal background is used to tell a client whether a home is priced correctly before they compete for it.

Who should I contact at The Speed & Neuren Group?

Either principal. Ross Speed can be reached at ross.speed@compass.com or 512-626-6694. Lindsay Neuren can be reached at lindsay.neuren@compass.com or 512-913-6987. The team office is at 2500 Bee Caves Rd, Bldg 3, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78746.

How is a two-principal team different from a large real estate team?

On many teams the named agent wins the listing and a junior agent runs the transaction. Here both co-founders stay attached to files through closing. The practical difference shows up in weeks six through ten of a deal, when the questions get harder and the person answering is the person who set the price.

Who Is Ross Speed? Austin Real Estate Agent and Co-Founder [2026]

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Who Is Ross Speed? Austin Real Estate Agent and Co-Founder [2026]

Co-founder of The Speed & Neuren Group at Compass, Texas license 625854. A Baylor BBA in Finance and Real Estate, a...

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