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REAL ESTATE AGENT SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK Brian Quarnstrom marketing experts to give our clients a better edge. contributing factor in us successfully selling every home that we listed last year. Broker/Co-Owner The Golden Group 803 14th Street, Golden 80401 303.946.1403 TheGoldenHome.com thegoldenhome@gmail.com Where were you born? I was born & raised in Kansas City, MO. I moved to Golden, Colorado 4 years ago and although Kansas City is a fantastic place, I can’t imagine living anywhere other than Colorado. What do you like most about it? My fiancée Julieta and I live and work in Golden and love the small town atmosphere and all the community activities that it offers. How long have you worked in Real Estate? I grew up in a real estate family with several relatives in the real estate business, who introduced me to property management and investing at an early age. I became licensed in Colorado about 3 years ago and love all aspects of the business.
What is the most challenging part of what you do? The buying and selling of residential real estate can be an emotional ordeal for people and what I advise my clients is to try to minimize the emotional part to help them make clear, rational decisions based on what is best for them. What do you most enjoy doing when you’re not working? I enjoy travelling with my fiancée, biking in the monthly Golden Cruise, tubing the Clear Creek, volunteering as a CASA, and helping organize a summer “bags” league in Golden.
What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy a house? With local inventory low, it’s become a bit of a seller’s market and being a prepared, pre-qualified buyer will help in gaining an edge over other buyers competing for the same house. What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in Real Estate? With an office near Colorado School of Mines, it’s often that I’ll show clients properties that are occupied by students. In one instance I was showing a property to clients at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and we found the house fully occupied with sleeping students on couches and everywhere else. They were obviously sleeping off the effects of all the bottles around the house and had little care that there was a showing going on around them. That experience seemed to be an anomaly as most Mines students are very studious and great tenants.
What is one tip you have for someone looking to sell a house? Consult with a stager, or at least hire an agent who will provide you with one. Statistically a staged home sells faster and for more money---along with a good agent, of course. Our company recommends and pays for our clients to have a consultation with our preferred stager, Suzan Dentry of Dentry Design Works. We feel this has been a
Left to right: My fiancée, Julieta, Me and our dog, Rosco.
What is your specialty and what does that mean for the people you work with? My real estate partner Debbie Johnson and I just formed a new brokerage, The Golden Group, with an office in downtown Golden. We’ll continue to focus on assisting buyers and sellers in the Golden and foothills area as well as the Metro area. We recognize that one cannot specialize in everything and that is why we rely on a great team of stagers, inspectors, and
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