Doug Labor

For most people buying a home is the biggest investment they make, and the worse thing than paying too much for a property is buying the wrong property. I take pride in educating my clients on the market, understanding why they are wanting to own a home, exhausting the market to locate the best properties that meet their needs, then helping them negotiate the best price and terms. Retaining an experienced broker like myself, with over 30 years of experience, is not going to cost a buyer any more than using a new broker, so they should look for the most knowledgeable and experienced broker they can find.

Hire a broker who is going to provide an honest value for the property and logical and proven method to get it sold in the time they want.

Anyone from first time homebuyers to those who are very wealthy. I have worked with clients who made a purchase decision the first day we looked at properties, to clients who took five years and even longer.

It was their first time to Steamboat Springs. The husband waited in the car while the wife came in to get some information on the market and my services. The husband called the next day to set up a meeting, we then went out to look at three homes and he paid $1.2m for a property we saw the next day. No pressure and they love the property.

I was waiting for my top security "Q" Clearance for a government job at a nuclear weapons plant and had a year before it would be completed. I always wanted to get my real estate license so I took classes and started to sell real estate in Summit County, CO. About six months into the clearance I got a call that they were closing the plant down and my clearance was suspended. I had no problem with that because I was living in the Rockies and doing quite well in real estate in a very short time.

I have a very analytical mind. I'm not one to sell someone anything. I enjoy educating clients on the market and letting them decide on what is best for their needs. Before starting my own real estate office I held executive-level real estate sales, marketing and development positions at major ski/golf resorts around the US and have a very in-depth knowledge of most aspects of resort real estate.