To have fun Mom’s Day, we needed to showcase a few of our superb groups led by none apart from Mother.
Ford Fountain Workforce
With over 50+ years of mixed actual property expertise, the Ford Fountain Workforce prides themselves on longevity within the business and South Metro Denver. Delivering unparalleled service to every particular person and creating long-term relationships are prime priorities.
Q: How did the thought to work collectively come about?
Kathryn: In 2009, I made a decision to discover actual property alone. I needed to carve out my very own method and construct expertise independently, which I did for a decade. However after I discovered I used to be pregnant, it sparked a deeper dialog between us—about household, profession, and what we each actually needed long-term. It turned out we needed most of the identical issues. It felt pure, even inevitable, to formally be part of forces. So perhaps it was my concept, but it surely was additionally simply the best time.
Q: What was your relationship like earlier than going into enterprise collectively, and the way has it modified?
Wanda: We had been at all times shut. We made time for mother-daughter journeys and had a very robust bond previous to teaming up. Now that we’re in enterprise collectively, we’ve had to determine methods to separate our private {and professional} lives—and respect one another in each areas. It’s been one of the vital rewarding components of our story.
JoyFel Actual Property Duo
Felicia Jenkins and her mother Joyce Paloma pleasure themselves on offering first-rate service to their shoppers, making it a prime precedence. With a dedication to professionalism, their experience as a mom/daughter workforce helps them signify every of their shoppers’ finest pursuits.
Q: How did you get began in actual property?
Felicia: I received began in actual property due to none apart from my mom! She had simply switched brokerages to Fuller City and Nation, which quickly grew to become Fuller Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty [and was rebranded in 2008 as LIV Sotheby’s International Realty.] I used to be in my mid-20s and between careers when Joyce talked about that her new brokerage was hiring workers positions. I jumped on board and made my manner from the reception desk to advertising to a private assistant. After a few years with the corporate, Joyce requested me if I might wish to workforce up together with her. So, I received my license in 2012, and the remaining is historical past. It has been one of many best blessings in my life to work with my mother; a time I will cherish ceaselessly.
Stucy Group
Elaine Stucy and her daughters, Karina Stevens and Pleasure Nowakowski, have joined forces to create an enduring legacy inside the true property business and the Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty model. Elaine’s longevity within the business and keenness for her shoppers, coupled together with her daughters’ perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run, make this a varsity workforce.
Q: How did you determine to enter enterprise along with your mother?
Karina: There’s nothing like working along with your mother. You’ll by no means be extra challenged, extra protected, extra pushed, extra protected, extra afraid (ha!), and extra of a workforce. No one pushes you or loves you or defends you or throws you within the deep finish like her. You assume you realize somebody, however being collectively in a piece surroundings takes it to a brand new stage. I assumed I knew how extraordinary she was…after which I noticed her serve others, and – wow – push herself to develop. She units a tone. An ordinary of excellence and progress. And I’m on board!
After 7 years in a pharmaceutical laboratory, I felt the pull towards a extra relational vocation. It actually wasn’t for the love of “seeing homes” that I opted for actual property, however for an opportunity to do one thing that felt like a greater match and to work with my mother. And 21 years later, I’m so glad I did.
Q: Are there any advertising or know-how methods you disagree on attributable to generational variations?
Pleasure: Whereas we’re all totally on board with utilizing know-how to raise our enterprise, we sometimes method it from totally different angles. Elaine is considerate and deliberate, usually prioritizing instruments and methods that improve consumer relationships and uphold the high-touch service she’s constructed her profession on. I are typically extra experimental, wanting to discover rising platforms and automatic techniques that may streamline processes and develop our attain. These differing views result in considerate conversations—and sometimes, higher options. What by no means differs is our shared dedication to professionalism. We’re aligned within the perception that our advertising methods should at the beginning serve our shoppers, not simply comply with traits. By mixing innovation with expertise, we craft an method that’s each forward-thinking and grounded in belief.
Q: The place do you see your workforce within the subsequent 5–10 years?
Elaine: It’s a tremendous privilege to be in enterprise with my daughters. I used to be a single mother of their early years, they usually received to come back to work with me (I labored, they performed). It looks as if we at all times blended work and life. They got here into actual property with profitable backgrounds in different endeavors, so the work ethic and folks abilities had been already in place.
My dream is for them to determine the place they need to take our workforce and to get pleasure from that it would look totally different than I think about. It’ll nonetheless be a high-producing apply of excellence the place we put our shoppers’ pursuits first and proceed to pursue “higher” over “extra.” The Sotheby’s mystique is ingrained in us, so the thought of carrying with the model is a part of the legacy.
The Sheldon Workforce
A mom and son workforce, their data of the luxurious market, mixed with their broad geographical attain, masking Denver by El Paso County, they’re analytical and consultative, persuasive, and passionate. Cindy and Kyle work collectively to supply shoppers a workforce that may expertly deal with each a part of an actual property transaction, no matter dimension, kind, or complexity.
Q: How do your generational views affect your method to actual property?
Kyle: As a Xennial, my method to actual property is formed by what issues most to my technology—genuine connection, sensible know-how, and houses that help the way in which we really stay. I care about serving to individuals discover areas that replicate their values, whether or not meaning a walkable neighborhood, room for a house workplace, or energy-efficient options. I consider in being clear, responsive, and actual—as a result of shopping for or promoting a house isn’t only a transaction, it’s a serious life second!
Cindy brings a robust basis of expertise, belief, and long-term worth to each transaction. She believes in doing issues the best manner—by private relationships, considerate planning, and clear communication. With a concentrate on serving to shoppers make knowledgeable, assured choices, whether or not they’re downsizing, investing, or discovering a ceaselessly dwelling. For her, actual property is about constructing lasting connections and delivering outcomes with integrity.
Q: In the event you weren’t in actual property, what would every of you be doing?
Cindy: I’d in all probability be retired by now, however I keep in it as a result of I genuinely love the connections I’ve constructed and the enjoyment that comes from guiding shoppers by such significant milestones.
As for Kyle, together with his entrepreneurial mindset, he’d little question be rising one other enterprise. He’s at all times exploring new concepts, studying new abilities, and weaving that innovation again into every little thing we do in actual property.
