Eighteen agents, two managing brokers who still answer the phone, and a single office in River North.
Claire Marlowe opened the office in 1998 with one desk on Larimer Street and a handful of listings in Curtis Park and Five Points. Daniel Vance joined five years later after a decade in property management, and the two of them built the business the slow way: one client, one referral and one neighborhood at a time.
We keep the team small on purpose. Every new listing goes through a weekly pricing review, every buyer works with one agent from the first call to the closing table, and our managing brokers still take calls when an inspection report raises a hard question.
Most of our business today comes from people we have helped before and the friends they send our way. We think that is the only measure that matters, and every habit in the office exists to earn the next referral.
Our purpose
Claire Marlowe opens the office with one assistant and a handful of listings in Curtis Park and Five Points. Most of the first year is spent knocking on doors and learning every block.
Daniel Vance joins after a decade in property management and starts the rental and investment side of the business, which still manages homes for some of its first owners.
We add a foothills agent and a new construction lead as buyers move west and builders open communities around the metro area.
The team moves into its current office in River North, with a training room, a client lounge and space for eighteen agents.
A dedicated relocation lead and live video showings let out-of-state buyers choose a home with confidence before they arrive.
Every agent is licensed in Colorado and leads one specialty, so the person advising you does that work every day.
Claire opened the brokerage in 1998 with a single desk in a shared office on Larimer Street. She still lists a handful of homes each year, mostly for clients she first helped buy, and she leads the weekly pricing review that every new listing goes through before it reaches the market.
Daniel joined Claire in 2003 after a decade in commercial property management. He built the rental and investment side of the business, trains every new agent on contracts, and is the person most clients call when an inspection report raises a hard question.
Fictional team members for this demo. Every agent is licensed in Colorado.
A snapshot of the team today. (Illustrative demo figures.)
Every client gets one agent who answers the phone, explains each step in plain words and stays with the file until the keys change hands. Our coordinator handles the deadlines so your agent can handle you.
List price recommendations come in writing, with the sales behind them. If a house is priced too high to sell, we say so before it goes on the market, not three weekends later.
Deadlines, contingencies and disclosures go on a shared calendar and are checked by a second person before anything is signed, so nothing important slips while you are packing.
We point out insulation, windows, solar and heating systems on every tour, because the monthly cost of owning a house matters as much as the price you pay for it.
Renee T.Sold in Washington Park“Owen talked us out of two expensive projects before listing and into one cheap one. The house sold the first weekend, and the buyers mentioned the fresh paint in their letter.”
How we work, who you will work with and where we work.
(555) 318-4720All questionsYes. We are locally owned and not part of a franchise. Our two managing brokers founded the business and still work from the River North office every day.
We match you with the agent who knows your neighborhoods and price range best, after a short call about what you are planning. If you would like to meet two agents before deciding, just ask.
Often. We start with a planning call about budget, timing and the full monthly cost of owning, then introduce two or three local lenders if you have not spoken to one yet.
No. Everyone works from one office in River North, which keeps the pricing review, the contract checks and the people you speak to in one place.
The same way as before. Many clients call us years later about a refinance, a renovation or a rental, and we send a short value update every year if you would like one.
