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First Time Home Buyers Choose Leslie!

Metro Brokers agent, Leslie Parker loves to work with first time homebuyers!

Hi, my name is Leslie Parker; I am an agent with Metro Brokers Realty Innovations in downtown Littleton, Colorado.

I have been a realtor for 10 years and I absolutely love working with First Time Home Buyers. I like helping them looking for their funky neighborhoods, including Sherman Park in Littleton, Platte Park area of Denver, The Highlands area off of West 32nd, where first time home buyers are usually looking for high walk scores, where to shop, where to eat, where the bars are, lots and lots of fun to help.

I would love to help you find your first house. Call Leslie Parker at 303-797-9067 or go online to LeslieParkerRealtor.com.

Seniors Real Estate Specialist

Mary Barela-Cordova is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist who specializes in downsizing. She is the managing broker of Metro Brokers Bear Creek office and handles all types of residential real estate and is an expert working with banks and bank-owned properties, relocations and first time home buyers.

Interviewer: Hi, I am Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV and today we have in the studio with us Mary Barela Cordova and she is with BC Realty. Thank you so much for coming in Mary.

Mary: Hi Kathy.

Interviewer: Tell me a little bit about yourself and your business.

Mary: Well I'm pretty excited because my husband Mike and I just opened up our own Metro Broker office. It's the most recent Metro Broker office opened in the state of Colorado, last July we opened it and we now have 23 agents.

Interviewer: Wow! That's awesome.

Mary: We are very excited, it's a fabulous location, we're in Lakewood and we are right next to Bear Creek, which is great because our name is Metro Brokers Bear Creek.

Interviewer: Very good.

Mary: And then my office is BC Realty because of my last name Barela Cordova but I grew up in the BC, in the Bear Creek area.

Interviewer: Okay, so a lot of identification there.

Mary: Yes, yes so we are very excited.

Interviewer: How long have you been in the business?

Mary: I have been in the business 10 years, and I've been with Metro Brokers for seven and at about year six, no I'm sorry at about year five, I started looking into opening my own office, so we took a little bit of time. And a lot of thought, and lot of planning and it was all set perfect last year.

Interviewer: What about your experience in real estate, what sort of designations do you have in the 10 years you have been in the business, I'm sure you have probably done a lot.

Mary: I have done a lot, I'm a certified residential specialist, I'm an REO certified, which means I work with banks and bank owned properties. And I'm also an SRES, which is a Seniors Real Estate Specialist working with people that are downsizing and that kind of thing. So I also have that designation and I'm a managing broker. So I have eight associates that I manage personally. And one of the big things when we were opening our office is we wanted to make sure that we had people that were positive, energetic, caring people come to our office and that's what I'm looking for with my new brokers and actually I'm looking for more brokers now. So I'm on my way.

Interviewer: That's excellent, you are involved in your community, tell me about some of the programs that you are involved with?

Mary: My husband and I have always been supporters of Colorado Cerebral Palsy. So that's an organization that's very dear to our heart because we have some personal experience there with Cerebral Palsy. And we've always supported them and then once a year, they have an annual car show at the Arapahoe Community College right there in campus. We have a booth there, and we get our name out there, and we get to meet a lot of nice people and it's just for great cause.

Interviewer: So for real estate how is anybody going to get a hold of you?

Mary: Oh wait! We missed one more thing, The Seniors' Resource Center, I am a big supporter there, as well, I'm so sorry.

Interviewer: We know with your designation that's important because you have that kind of connection there.

Mary: Absolutely and I am, have been very involved there, my mother was a social worker there for 20 years and worked with people that have Alzheimer's and stroke victims and I volunteer there and I also helped them, they're building a new building. So I helped to raise money and give money and that kind of thing as well.

Interviewer: How can clients get a hold of you?

Mary: You can always reach me on my cell phone at 303-931-5871. And of course if you Google me, because this is, you know I'm way up there, you are going to see all my information, but certainly you can e-mail me as well at mary.bcrealty@comcast.net. Just like my name of my business.

Interviewer: Okay, well thank you very much for coming in and sharing all that with us.

Mary: Well you're welcome and thank you for asking me to be here and I look forward to helping Metro Brokers grow and now it's a great time to join, it's a fabulous corporation and we're always looking for excited, energetic realtors that want to work with us.

Interviewer: Good, Mary thank you very much for coming in today. We really appreciate, you sharing all that with us.

Mary: You're welcome.

Interviewer: And for more real estate related videos like this be sure to tune in, online to Metro Brokers TV.

Maximize Profits with Mary Ellis

Starting a New Chapter in Life? Mary Ellis of the New Century Group can help smooth the way and meet your goals. Whether it's a new marriage, divorce, retirement or expanding your family, Mary can help you with all your real estate needs.

Interviewer: Hi I am Kathy Soltero with metrobrokerstv.com, and today we're in the studio with Mary Ellis, she is with the New Century Group. Mary, thank you so much for coming in today.

Mary: Thanks for having me.

Interviewer: Tell me a little bit about your business, how did you get started?

Mary: Well, you know I started doing property management when my children were babies as a more flexible career and then it was just kind of an organic transition into real estate sales.

Interviewer: What do you enjoy most about it?

Mary: Well you know real estate involves me and the most intimate details of people's lives, their homes, their money, their families and being involved with people while they are trying to make, meet some goals and make a new chapter their lives is very fulfilling.

Interviewer: Now you have told me about some recent transaction that you had or experience you've had...

Mary: Yeah.

Interviewer: How much that impacted you?

Mary: You know I really love to help people move on, for example I was just working with this lady and she was moving down to a smaller house, retiring after losing her husband and so she had told me her and her son's goal was to maximize profits while having an easy transaction. So they listened to my advice, they priced the home competitively, they cleaned it, they staged it, they went under contract in two weeks.

Interviewer: Wow!

Mary: It closed within six, without any issues.

Interviewer: It still can happen, can't it?

Mary: Right. Indeed.

Interviewer: What do you see are the trends in the business right now, what do you think is happening?

Mary: Well I really see that we're seeing problems in the higher-priced homes with short sales and foreclosures, so that has kind of moved up to a greater than $500,000 market. And also because of the issues with tight credit, we're not seeing as much new construction. So there is really is more resale business going on.

Interviewer: What are the types of customers that you kind of focus on in your business?

Mary: Well I like to say that I'm in the business of change. So typically I'm working with people who are starting a new chapter perhaps they're getting married or they're getting a divorce. They're having babies or their children are grown and moving out. Perhaps they have gotten a promotion or they are being transferred, they might be having financial difficulties or a windfall. So you know it's a fun time to work with people while they're in transition.

Interviewer: There are all kinds out there.

Mary: Yes.

Interviewer: And every reason to sell or buy a home.

Mary: That's right.

Interviewer: How can people contact you now Mary, most importantly?

Mary: Well my website is www.maryellis.com, that's M-A-R-Y-E-L-L-I-S or my phone number is 303-661-9999.

Interviewer: Mary, it's such a pleasure talking with you today, thank you so much for coming in.

Mary: You bet.

Interviewer: And for more real estate related videos like this one be sure to tune into Metro Brokers TV online.

3rd Annual Metro Brokers Triathlon is for Everyone!

The 3^rd Annual Metro Brokers TriathlON Friday is a fun event for families and professional triathletes, as well. Come join the fun on Friday night, June 3^rd, 2011 at Cherry Creek State Park. Register at metrobrokerstriathlon.com.

Interviewer: Hi I am Kathy Soltero with Metro Brokers TV. Today we are talking with Mike Bradley he is with Metro Brokers Eagleview Properties. Thanks so much for coming in Mike.

Mike Bradley: Thank you.

Interviewer: You are talking about one of my most favorite events and it is our 3^rd Annual Metro Brokers Triathlon.

Mike Bradley: Yes.

Interviewer: Coming up pretty soon too isn't?

Mike Bradley: Yeah, June 3^rd of 2011.

Interviewer: Very good, at Cherry Creek State Park and tell me how you actually came up with the concept?

Mike Bradley: Well Metro Brokers had traditionally held a golf tournament and that's about 60 people who participate, it's one day, it doesn't have a lot of visibility and I proposed the idea of doing something that's bigger, attractive to a larger audience, has more publicity and realized from doing triathlons on my own that there's just not a lot of opportunities to do a triathlon and so we came up with this concept, got approved and moved forward from there.

Interviewer: And how did it actually come together and be a reality for you?

Mike Bradley: It took a while, but we got hooked up with a race director and he said, 'yeah, you can do this' and he put us in alignment with all the right resources and then we got a staff of volunteers and a great committee together and then Lodo's Bar & Grill jumped on as one of our bigger sponsors and they catered the whole thing. And our race director said you need something that's kind of unique to standout and a Friday evening event was what we selected, nothing is done on a Friday, and it works out so well.

Interviewer: Oh I think it does too, it's just awesome, and last year was my first year actually being there and I was just so amazed at how fun it is.

Mike Bradley: It's really good. Yeah.

Interviewer: It's just a great event and it's big... it's growing too isn't it?

Mike Bradley: Yeah it's a great, it's a family event, but it's also a USAT certified course. So we have professionals, we have amateurs, we have newbies, we have families that come out and do relay teams, it's just a great gathering on a Friday evening, it doesn't interfere with weekend activities and you know the publicity is great for Metro Brokers, but the sponsorship money, the registration money, all of it benefits and goes to the Adaptive Adventures charity, that's who we give that money to.

Interviewer: That's awesome. Tell me what's going to be a little bit different this year's event?

Mike Bradley: Well we are trying to improve it year to year and so this year we have a new timing company, we have a new race director, we have new trophies, and we have done something different with registration where all registration is either race day or online and there's no processing fees and then we are doing something that we have heard a lot of complaints about, the events shirt, one of the biggest complaints is that the shirts never fit, we have actual sizes, men's and women's sizes from double XL to our double extra small to triple extra-large.

Interviewer: Okay.

Mike Bradley: So if you register by May 13^th you get the exact shirt size that you want to get.

Interviewer: Is there an age that you have to be to be in this?

Mike Bradley: Nope, we have age... well it starts at age 14 and it goes up to whatever, but there are age brackets and then divisions for Athena which is the weight class for women and Clydesdale weight class for men, there's the newbie division and the physically challenged division as well.

Interviewer: Okay, so recap quickly for us some of the main things, its going to be on Friday the 3^rd...

Mike Bradley: Friday, June 3^rd at 6:00 p.m. start time.

Interviewer: Okay.

Mike Bradley: And we get started about four o'clock, everyone shows up, gets set up and then we're in the water at six.

Interviewer: Okay.

Mike Bradley: And all the registration is on metrobrokerstriathlon.com.

Interviewer: Okay very good. Thanks so much Mike it's so great to see you and we will see out on June 3^rd.

Mike Bradley: Great thanks for having me.

Interviewer: And if you do want more information about the triathlon; be sure to log onto metrobrokerstriathlon.com. Have a great day.

BNI-Old school tip, new school results with Metro Broker's Brian Macmillan

Brian Macmillan from Metro Brokers is a great young example of a proactive busines generation lifestyle. Are you still waiting around at home for someone to call you about buying or selling a house? You've all heard about "joining a leads group". This story will get a couple things straight. #1, you have to go out and get business. #2 They are not called leads Groups #3 Business is out there for the taking. #4 You need to take the bull by the horns and start your own club.

MetroBrokersTV: Welcome to Broker IPTV and today we are talking with Brian Macmillan and this is part of our Gen X Gen Y section in Broker IPTV where we talk to some of the younger producers and I mean people that are actually producing in the business. Brian is with Metro Brokers and Brian, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, like how long you have been in the business?

Brian MacMillan: This is actually the beginning of my fourth year in the business.

MetroBrokersTV :Great. So, tell me a little bit about your business? Where does most of your leads... where do most of your leads come from? Is it via Internet...?

Brian MacMillan: The majority of my leads actually come from my 1-800 call capture system and print marketing right now. We get a lot of buyer leads off that system, but then probably right below that would be my Sphere and then a BNI organization that I am a part of.

MetroBrokersTV : A BNI... why don't you tell me what that is?

Brian MacMillan: BNI is actually, it stands for Business Networking International. It is the world's largest referral network and about a year-and-a-half ago, I actually started a group up in the North Metro Denver up in Broomfield and we have had that going now for close to, I guess probably a year-and-a-half.

MetroBrokersTV : So, it is a referral group. It is not a leads group? How come they call leads group?

Brian MacMillan: Yeah, no. We call it definitely a referral group and there is a big difference. If you get a lead from somebody, they don't know you are calling. They don't know what your background is. How much... if you are not in real estate, you don't know what the production is, but a referral is something that is nice and warm. Those individuals know you are calling, they know they have been referred over to you highly, and they look forward to my call. So, there is a big difference and we try to weed those leads out actually.

MetroBrokersTV : Well, I know you do a lot of production, so obviously these referral groups BNI must be worthwhile. Why don't you just tell us how often you guys meet?

Brian MacMillan: We meet on a weekly basis and every Wednesday morning 7.30 to 9.00 up at the Eagle Trace Golf Course in Broomfield. I actually... I think that is one of the main reasons why it so successful is we are in front of everybody on a weekly basis versus just go and do some networking event monthly and people forget about you. We are in front of our... what I call my sales crew, 19 other businesses that are looking out for my best interests on a weekly basis.

MetroBrokersTV : So, that is pretty hardcore, meeting every week. There is a lot of people that don't have the dedication to meet every week. Tell me about like who is in charge and we talked about how often you meet, but who runs the show?

Brian MacMillan: Well, we are setup very much like a more large organization is setup. We have got a President, which is myself and the only reason why I had that role is because I started the group. We have a Vice-President, as well as Secretary and Treasurer. Now, we have a Membership Committee that reviews all applications that come in. For future prospects, we have a Visitor Host, an Education Coordinator, a VET Coordinator. So, we have a pretty solid leadership team that all has its own duties to make sure that the group is run efficiently.

MetroBrokersTV : So, tell me a little bit about the format then and who presents and how they present? You said that BNI has got a model that says, "Givers Gain" right?

Brian MacMillan: Yeah, that is the main theme. If I give you a referral, you are going to go out and try to get me one back to say thanks, essentially. It really does work that way. I have noticed over the year-and-a-half anybody who gives me a referral I go out of my way to try to get them back with business.

MetroBrokersTV : Interesting. So, why don't you tell us your production year-to-date just from your referral group?

Brian MacMillan: Year-to-date of course three transactions. I have got one set to close next month under contract and then currently working with one active buyer and one seller.

MetroBrokersTV : Well, that is great considering most brokers are... I think we will see the 2006, 2007 stats are in.. are you aware that the average real estate broker in Colorado will have less than three transactions per year. So, it sounds like the referral groups are a great way to generate business and keep yourself in front of people?

Brian MacMillan: Yeah, what I found is, in our profession when a referral comes through it generally the sale price is going to be higher. So, we definitely see more on that side of things and my print[Phonetic] marketing that pulls kind of the lower bracket. We always have a better chance of capturing more qualified buyers through the referral network as well.

MetroBrokersTV : That is great. Well, I appreciate your time very much Brian. It was great talking with a successful practitioner such as yourself.

Brian MacMillan: Thanks Mark

MetroBrokersTV : Thank you.

Metro Brokers has plenty of new GENX brokers like Andy Schiff

metrobrokersTV : Today we are talking with Andy Schiff from Metro Brokers Dayn Fox and Associates Andy, thanks for being with us.

Andy Schiff: Thanks for having me.

metrobrokersTV : Tell me a little about your business. Where do you specialize? Are you kind of a farm Geographic guy, investor, what is it?

Andy Schiff: I do a little bit every thing Dan. I focus on primarily my personal sphere. So it takes me all around and all sorts of different deals, investors, first time buyers, little bit of every thing.

metrobrokersTV : Terrific. What led you in to this business?

Andy Schiff: Lets see here in 2001 when I finished my under graduate in metro, I had a couple firms recruiting me and because my past sales experience, they wanted meet to come in and do onsite sales and I joined, I ended up waiting till 20O2, finishing my under graduate degree and getting in to it and at the time it was that, I was getting recruited in to the business so I, it was appealing because of that but at the same time my past was in sales and I and I really liked helping people.

metrobrokersTV : You are 30-years-old. You are younger practitioner. Do you feel that gives you some type of competitive advantage?

Andy Schiff: It does a little bit Dan. I think in todays market, e-mail, Internet all those things, entering the market in the last five, ten years I had a little bit head start on some of the veterans that might have been in the business little bit longer.

metrobrokersTV : In those of us who are younger in the business will be glad that the older people dont know how to turn on the computer yet.

Andy Schiff: Yes.

metrobrokersTV : How about a mentor?

Andy Schiff: Mentor, probably in regards to Real estate it is most easily answered with my step father who is a Real estate Developer here in Denver. And he used to start me a great deal about Real estate and the opportunities in Real estate.

metrobrokersTV : We are tech guys?

Andy Schiff: Yes.

metrobrokersTV : What gadgets, what hardware are absolutely necessary to do real estate for you?

Andy Schiff: PDA, e-mail access from the phone and pretty powerful Desktop computer.

metrobrokersTV : Sure, how about the industry as a whole as a younger guy, visionary, where is it going?

Andy Schiff: I thought to say I think, the talk of Brokers being eliminated from transactions is because of the internet and the amount of research consumers can do on their own. I think thats almost a myth, I think if you look at the statistics today, they are still showing that 80% to 90% of people are still using an agent even though they might have found their house on their own. I think there are still going to be a broker interaction, I think there are still going to broker interaction, I think you just need to be more responsive and more electronically savvy.

metrobrokersTV : How soon for the recovery?

Andy Schiff: I am pretty optimistic about Denver on Realtors. So I am very optimistic about Denver, I think 1. You got to look at job market , if you look at the job numbers since 05 Denver has been in a great position. Not a great position, but a good position. And I think its just getting stronger in the last two years and adding jobs and if you look at where we had our major slow down in Denver was at 01/02. And that was you look at 01/02/03/04 numbers and jobs and we are losing more jobs and we are gaining in Denver. So I feel like we are some what protected but I think it is going to be a for a real that nationwide comeback in real estate, I think its going to be late 08, early 09 unfortunately.

metrobrokersTV : Andy, great talking with you, thanks.

Andy Schiff: Thank you very much. Its a pleasure.

Metro Brokers Gen X Cory Schwab is big on being found on the web

MetroBrokersTV :Cory Schwab of Metro Brokers Absolute Faith Realty talks about technology, tools and the genx geny producer. Today we are speaking with Cory Schwab from Metro Brokers, Metro Center Absolute Faith Realty and Cory, you are relatively young practitioner in the business. What areas do you specialize in?

Cory Schwab: I specialize in residential and investment properties.

MetroBrokersTV :How is that being going?

Cory Schwab: It has been going real good. It is a great time to be in the market right now.

MetroBrokersTV :Particularly if you are an investor as well I would imagine.

Cory Schwab: Exactly, especially if you are an investor there is a ton of property out there, there is a ton of property that needs some improvement and I think it is a great time to be buying.

MetroBrokersTV :And these guys look at primarily at foreclosures or they just looking to pick up things low coming and low.

Cory Schwab: A little bit of both, some people look at the foreclosures especially the ones that would want to do little bit of the fix and flipping and also I have some investors that are looking to pick up multiple units in the same area and hope so if later redevelopment in you are doing some rentals right now.

MetroBrokersTV :What led you to this line of work?

Cory Schwab: Just basically my own interest in Real estate. My partners and I and a couple other business started looking at some different properties and we thought it would be great to have somebody that was in the know and that could kind of come in from the back and do a lot of our own investing.

MetroBrokersTV :If they mention you are young practitioner, you are 30-years-old. Do you feel that that gives you an advantage in this business?

Cory Schwab: I think that biggest advantage would be just using that technological tools that are out there for us or our generation is little bit more comfortable as far as the web as far as using some PDA, some wireless applications, those types of things.

MetroBrokersTV :Well, now that you have mentioned that what hard ware do you think is essential for doing Real estate today?

Cory Schwab: I think just web presence is the biggest one. Consumers right now, are doing a lot of their own research. They are checking out houses before they even contact Realtors so if your presence is out on the web right now it is a great time to be pulling in those people and you can help them do the searches. You can help guy them to their sites where they can get more information, there is a lot of places out there that they can get a lot of the background information that they used to go to Realtors for. So we here for it all focus them in a right direction, make sure you are find in the right property.

MetroBrokersTV :Are you a guy who is on the web a bit using the Zillows and the red fins and things like that utilizing that information.

Cory Schwab: I definitely utilize all that information. I take when I am doing competitive market analysis. I take every thing I can find, the more information I feel the better you are able to present to your customers. They are looking for somebody who is an expert so you mind us well, got out there and use all the different engines you can.

MetroBrokersTV :How about a mentor, did you have one coming up?

Cory Schwab: Mentor would be D Faith Tharan from Metro Brokers Absolute Faith, Realty. I am actually working under her right now. She has been on the business about 9 or 10 years and she has been really helpful.

MetroBrokersTV :How about attracting new business? What strategies can you pass on other to people?

Cory Schwab: Most of my business comes from referrals, and I do a little bit of direct marketing whether it be webcast type of e-mails or direct mail.

MetroBrokersTV :You talk to a lot of people, you meet a lot of people, what do you think or what is your kind of forecast for the industry?

Cory Schwab: For the industry overall like I said people are looking, they are getting a lot of information on their own on the web. But as far as the forecast in the market I feel like come and beginning of next year we are going to start to see a lot of people there were squeamish towards the end of this year about buying and selling. I think we are going to see a lot more of movement early 2008. It is a great time to be out there in the market right now.

MetroBrokersTV :Cory, thanks for being with us. Great having you.

Cory Schwab: Nice to meet you.

GEN X-Y Heather Ehret Faircloth Says the Real Estate Biz Is Still About Referrals

Broker IPTV: Today we are talking with Heather Ehret Faircloth form Fuller Towne and Country Properties this is the segment, we do called Gen X and Gen Y and we are really trying to talk with younger practitioners in the real estate business, so...

Heather Ehret Faircloth: Right, thank you.

Broker IPTV: you are Classified as younger, but do you feel like being younger in real estate business that has a traditional of older demographic benefits you?

Heather Ehret Faircloth: I do, I feel like a lot of the younger buyers, who are very savvy and using different way of approaching real estate trust me and feel like I understand where they are coming from. I mean most of the home buyers now are going on the internet and doing research for several months. Really trying to figure what area they want to be in and then deciding on the realtors, if they one is one. I think the smarter ones realize that we use a realtors you are going to end up saving money in the long run, there is a lot of thing you can do, you can do your own taxes, you can buy your own cars, if you got the professional involved, you are going to end up saving money and I think the younger people want a save money, but want that, they are smart, they want to be educated about what they buying.


Broker IPTV: How about mentor do you have one?


Heather Ehret Faircloth: There is the lot of people as you mentioned like in our industry most people are 51 - 55 old female. We have some real classy ladies at Fuller Towne and Country, I want to be Linda Behr when I grow up, but I really love the classiness of Joanne Ernstsen and Ann Ludwig and they have been fantastic to me. Really classy, very professional and really helpful when I have questions about certain areas that they definitely have the expertise in..


Broker IPTV: What methods are you using to attract business?


Heather Ehret Faircloth: Really just being out in about in the community, I think when people meet you and know you and trust you that's when going they are going to open to about making such a huge decision that is practicing real estate. I am really involved in nonprofits and I have three kids in three different schools. I have been involved in the Colorado La Cross foundation and I am just really involved in Volunteers Of America, I like to get out and about and that is pretty much I do, I always see the traditional open house which I love, that I am just meeting people and Floor call, but...


Broker IPTV: Are you a techie or you involved in technology, do you use it a lot, you like it?


Heather Ehret Faircloth: I use it? I use it more than a lot of people in our business do, but I don't consider myself a techie, because so many people in my age are way more savvy at it, I need to be more so, it's great for sending people properties and when people know what they want being able to say "hey, this is right on the market" and then if they want to see it going out. I don't do a lot of marketing online or anything like that. I wish I was more savvy.


Broker IPTV: How about your future plans and goals?


Heather Ehret Faircloth: Future plans and goals, I really want to have a continued successful career in real estate. I want to do ten million year definitely. I just want people that continue to recommend me that always the best thing when you pick up the phone call and some says "Hey so and so said you were great, we are looking to buy a house, so how can you help us out." So, I want to get continued referrals.


Broker IPTV: Sound good. Thanks you very much, great talk with you.


Heather Ehret Faircloth: Thank you.

Mile Hi Modern Team Proves "Architecture And Design" Can Be Your Brand

Mile Hi Modern Team Proves  "Architecture And Design" Can Be Your Brand

   

BrokerIPTV  :Today we are talking with Peter Blank and Craig Mayer from Fuller Towne and Country Properties and the Mile Hi Modern Team guys. Thanks for being with us.

Craig Mayer : You are welcome.

BrokerIPTV  :What is Mile Hi Modern Team, how did that get started give me the info?

Peter Blank : We started Mile Hi Modern with the focus on contemporary modern a Mid-Century Architecture. We felt that in the industry there was no real focus on that. Both, Craig and I coming from the very strong architectural background that is our passion, we really wanted to take that to a new level in the real estate world.

BrokerIPTV  :How is that been working out?

Craig Mayer : Excellent has been very good notch for us. We started this in 2004 business has been phenomenal.

BrokerIPTV  :Are is there a lot of contemporary architecture in Denver? Is this a good city for that?

Craig Mayer : Well what you...

Peter Blank : Contrary to what you might think. Denver does have an amazing variety and the significant number of Contemporary and Modern Style Homes. We have estimated it is probably less than 2% of the overall housings stock, but that is a significant number of houses, if we can create that is our dominant notch.

BrokerIPTV  :What defines Contemporary Architecture?

Craig Mayer : Contemporary Architecture is really - and there is a different between Modern and Contemporary. Modern really by definitions started in the 30s and 40s within of our great architects and it really, meant clean lines, very horizontal, broad, lots of glass, relation between indoor and outdoor space. Contemporary Architectures really architecture of the day, that has to do with more style and fashion. So, a contemporary house in the 80s is not necessarily modern. It was Contemporary 80s, Contemporary for day. So, there is the differentiation all though a lot of it does kind of translate well to each other.

BrokerIPTV  :Where do you guys want to be then in that definition?

Craig Mayer : We are in both and so - we are both and also lots of Mid-Century, we focus on and we also concentrate on new construction today. As new the builders and new processing have been Green Technologies that are coming in, that are very modern and thought process very modern in the way building practices are done today.

Peter Blank : I just would like to add on that. I think Mid-Century Modern is an incorporate to many things that are very contemporary in what home buyers are looking forward today. There were open floor plans, lots of glass, indoor, outdoor, so to living those are almost timeless attributes that buyers are looking for.

BrokerIPTV  :I got a 70s brady bunch style. I mean if I don't fall into your category can I still hire you guys?

Craig Mayer : Well sure actually a lot of our sellers like the way we do business. In the way we talk about their properties. So it may not fall under the Mile Hi Modern Model per say, but definitely false into our normal real estate which is Fuller Towne and Country Properties.

BrokerIPTV  :Guys, interesting subject we could talk for a longtime if I had, thank you very much for joining us...

Craig Mayer : You are welcome...

BrokerIPTV  :Really appreciated, good luck to you.

Peter Blank  : Great, thank you Dan.

Diane Czarkowski Of Fourstar Realty A Boulder Success Story

BrokerIPTV  : Today we are talking with Diane Czarkowski from Fourstar Realty in Boulder. Diane, thanks for being with us.

Diane: Thanks for having me.

BrokerIPTV : We called this gEn X, gEn Y interview. We like talking with younger practitioners, because the demo of the average real estates agent is a little bit older, but do you feel being a younger person in real estate is an advantage for you?

Diane: I am not sure it is really my age per say, but I think that I have a unique situations where I can identify very easily with my clients. I have kids. They range in age from 2 to 20. So, I know pretty much about every kind of school and after activities and extra curricular activities that they do. I have siblings and older parents, so definitely know all about the emptiness that down sizing type of market, people they are interested in low maintenance homes. 00:01:09 [Music] 00:01:13

BrokerIPTV  : Now, how about the mentor was it someone who can help you gets started in the business?

Diane: Well, I guess the way I got started in the business is this my love for the real estate market not just as a real estate agent, but as an investor I truly believe that a lot of the most successful people that around, specially been on states, have invested in real estate and I really believe in that.

BrokerIPTV  : How about technology, are you a tech geek?

Diane: Yeah, I rely a lot on technology, I think especially with just all the task they are associated with doing real estate transactions, the computer is essential in gathering data and billing contracts, scheduling showings.

BrokerIPTV  : What do you think the industry is going?

Diane: I think that they will be using technology even more so to like I said to accomplish their tasks and make us more able to be sufficient with our time and productive, but I think that there is also always going to be a demand for personal service and just the knowledge that comes from interactive with the person when you are in a home. It is been statistically proven that staging helps several home and keeps it off the market for as long as it is were in empty house and that certainly involves being there and getting to know the property.

BrokerIPTV  : Your goals, future plans?

Diane: I think is to really continuing to build my client base and work with more clients. I am always working and continue my education. So, probably getting as couple of designations in some specialty areas would be great.

BrokerIPTV  : Diane, thanks, great talk with you.

Diane: Me too.

BrokerIPTV  : Appreciate it.

Diane: Thanks.