The Rudolph Family Real Estate Team

We Sell Any Home is a family business. It was founded in 2018 by Mario A. Rudolph and Julie DiLucia — a former Registered Nurse who decided that the skills she had built in patient care translated better than she had expected to the most stressful financial decision most families ever make. Since then, Mario's son, Mario P. Rudolph, has joined as a licensed Realtor, making us one of the few multi-generational family real estate teams in Western Pennsylvania.

This is the story of how the team started, what makes it different, and why families who worked with us once tend to call us again — and send their siblings, parents, and adult children.

Mario A. Rudolph — Owner & Founder

Mario A. Rudolph is the founder of We Sell Any Home and a Multi-Million Dollar Producer at Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the #1 real estate company in Western Pennsylvania and the largest privately held brokerage in the United States. As of April 2026 he has closed 174 transactions across Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland, and Butler Counties — ranging from $41,000 entry-level starter homes to $600,000+ luxury properties.

That range matters. Most real estate agents specialize in a single price band. Mario's career spans the full Pittsburgh market, which means when a family is ready to move up from their first home in Canonsburg to a larger property in Peters Township, he has pricing intelligence on both ends of the transaction. When a Mt. Lebanon seller is weighing whether to downsize into Mt. Lebanon's more compact inventory or move to Upper St. Clair, he has closed homes in both.

Mario's Zillow rating is 5.0 of 5.0 across 17 verified reviews. That rating has never dropped. He answers his own phone. He shows up to every appointment himself.

Julie DiLucia — Owner & Co-Founder, Registered Nurse Turned Realtor

Julie DiLucia spent years as a Registered Nurse before co-founding We Sell Any Home with Mario in 2018. The career pivot surprised a lot of people. It surprised her less.

The skills that define a strong RN — patience with people who are stressed, obsessive attention to detail in documentation, the ability to advocate for someone navigating an unfamiliar system where they feel powerless — turn out to be the exact skills that separate a good Realtor from a forgettable one. Julie's clients describe her the same way her patients once did: calm under pressure, explains things in plain language, doesn't let details fall through the cracks.

For Pittsburgh families — especially healthcare workers relocating to the region or first-time homebuyers who feel overwhelmed by the process — that background is a meaningful asset. Julie regularly guides clients through searches that last six, seven, sometimes nine months without losing patience or momentum. Buying a home is not a transaction she's trying to close fast. It's a decision she's trying to help a family get right.

Mario P. Rudolph, M.Ed. — The Next Generation

Mario P. Rudolph joined the team as a licensed Realtor after completing his Master of Education (M.Ed.) at California University of Pennsylvania. His educational background isn't incidental. It shapes how he works with first-time homebuyers — the single most common client type in the $180,000 to $320,000 Washington County market he specializes in.

First-time buyers don't need a hard close. They need someone patient enough to explain the difference between pre-qualification and pre-approval, why the inspection contingency matters, what PHFA down-payment assistance actually covers, and why a 2019 roof is not the same as a 1999 roof even if they both look fine from the curb. A former teacher is better suited to that conversation than a closer.

Mario P. specializes in Canonsburg, McMurray, Peters Township, and the entry-level and mid-market South Hills submarkets. He also handles luxury buyer representation when clients are ready for their second or third move.

The Family-Business Advantage

Most Pittsburgh real estate teams are structured like small businesses with revolving-door staffing. A lead agent closes the deal, assistants handle paperwork, and junior agents shadow showings. Clients get shuffled.

We Sell Any Home is structured like a family business, because it is a family business. Every appointment is handled by a Rudolph or by Julie. Nothing is handed off to an assistant. Every document is reviewed by an owner. Every negotiation is led by someone whose name is on the wall.

That model does not scale to 500 transactions a year. We are not trying to. We close roughly 20 to 25 transactions annually, which is the right volume for a team of three to do personally, well, without cutting corners. That is the ceiling we chose deliberately.

Howard Hanna — The Brokerage Behind Us

We Sell Any Home operates under Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. Howard Hanna is the #1 real estate company in Western Pennsylvania by market share and the largest privately held real estate brokerage in the United States, with offices across 15 states.

For our clients, the Howard Hanna affiliation means access to in-house mortgage, title, and insurance services; a 100 Percent Money-Back Guarantee on Howard Hanna listings; and the marketing reach of a national brand. The agents they work with are ours — the infrastructure behind us is Howard Hanna's.

What Our Clients Say

Our Zillow rating is 5.0 across 17 verified reviews. The words that appear most frequently across those reviews, and across conversations we have at the closing table, are a consistent set: patient, responsive, honest, calm, knowledgeable, family, trust.

Those are not marketing adjectives. They are the words clients choose when they describe what the experience felt like. They are the reason we grew the business from a two-person startup in 2018 to 174 closings six years later without spending a dollar on paid lead generation. Every transaction came from a referral, a sign, a listing that caught an eye, or a past client who sent the next one.

Ready to Work With Us?

Whether you are a first-time buyer figuring out what you can afford at today's 6.30% mortgage rate, a family ready to move up from a starter home in Canonsburg to a school-district address in Peters Township, or a seller thinking about listing in the spring 2026 market, we would like to hear from you.

Call 412-400-2243 and Mario will answer. Or visit our team page, check our current-month mortgage rate report, or read our Pittsburgh Real Estate FAQ.