Founder
Erin Holowach
Partner, Mom, Friend, Leader & Serial Entrepreneur
Erin Holowach and her husband Travis are serial entrepreneurs in the Edmonton business community. Erin began her entrepreneurial journey at a young age, being raised a grain farm just outside Edmonton. Growing up, Erin not only learned a lot about entrepreneurship and the value of a dollar, but also developed her strong work ethic and love for real estate and adventure.
From 2002 to 2009, Erin & her husband Travis grew ComFree to 98% brand awareness, 1 out of 3 homes in Edmonton were listed with ComFree. ComFree offered a fully supported private sale, with everything needed to sell privately. In 2009, Erin & Travis decided to merge and them ultimately sell to a larger corporation. The vision behind the merger was a Canadian wide ComFree, but partners in the merger had other ideas. This brought an end to the era of ComFree Commission Free Realty.
Over the next 12 years, Erin and Travis were involved in multiple startups, mergers, sales and real estate investments and developments. In addition to growing businesses, Erin continues to be involved in multiple entrepreneurs organizations, leadership summits, and business coaching, helping other leaders and entrepreneurs grow and operate their business to their fullest potential.
Growing ComFree was the most rewarding part of Erin’s career. In the pursuit of following their passion, Erin & Travis decided to bring back the vision of ComFree, rebranded as homeFree. homeFree is designed to once again be a fully supported private sale, a missing alternative in the real estate market.
Parallel to Erin’s entrepreneurial journey, Erin is mom to Jax (18), Raeyah (17) & Liv (14). Erin and Travis have loved the freedom that entrepreneurship has allowed their family. But everyone in the Holowach family knows that this freedom doesn’t come without challenges, hardships & very thick skin. In raising teenagers, Erin has found herself telling her kids to follow their passion and happiness and success will follow.
These words have never been more true as Erin & Travis decided to launch homeFree!
In this episode, Kelly interviews serial entrepreneur Erin Holowach. In the early 2000s, Erin and her husband Travis launched a revolutionary realty service called ComFree. In April 2023, a new opportunity presented itself, l...
