An owner's read on Denver real estate.
Most agents advise on property. I have been buying, holding, and selling it here since 1994 — homes, rentals, and apartment buildings, through every market Denver has thrown at us. After hundreds of transactions, I now take a limited number of clients each year, by choice. The ones I take get all of me.
Selling the home you have lived in
The house you raised a family in deserves more than a listing pitch. You will get the number the market will actually pay, the two or three repairs worth making, and a plain read on every offer that comes in.
For sellersBuying, holding, or exiting rental property
I own long-term rentals and short-term rentals, and I have owned apartment buildings. Bring me a deal and you get an opinion from someone who has already made the expensive mistake, not a printout of comparables.
For buyers and investorsI am not the busiest agent in Denver. That is the point.
There is a category of judgment you can only get by owning. What a roof actually costs in year eleven. Which inspection objections hold up and which ones cost you the house. How a rental performs in February, not on a spreadsheet. Why the exit matters more than the entry.
I learned all of it as a principal — signing the note, carrying the vacancy, taking the loss in 2008 and staying in the business anyway. These days I keep my client list short on purpose. Volume is a brokerage metric. Judgment, availability, and a straight answer are what you are actually hiring.
A quiet practice
A handful of clients at a time means you get me — my phone number, my walkthroughs, my read on every offer — not a team member with my name on their card.
Three generations here
My family has lived in this city for three generations. I am not learning these neighborhoods from a market report.
- 1990University of Colorado, Boulder. Graduated and came straight back to Denver.
- 1994Licensed, and an owner. Began transacting and acquiring property in the same year.
- 2008Stayed in. Carried a portfolio through the collapse and did not leave the business.
- TodayCo-owner of Brix Real Estate. An active owner of long-term and short-term rentals, with a deliberately limited client roster.
Denver is not a market to me. It is home.
I graduated from the University of Colorado in 1990 and bought my first property four years later. I have been an owner ever since — single-family rentals, short-term rentals, and apartment buildings, managed through good markets and through 2008.
Somewhere in there I built a brokerage practice around the same work, and eventually co-founded Brix Real Estate with my husband Jeff, who is also our in-house counsel. What I do for clients is what I have done for my own account for three decades: read the property, read the numbers, read the contract, and say what I actually think.
I have raised three children in this city, one with special needs. It taught me to think about a house in decades — accessibility, adaptability, and who will live in it later. Much of my life outside the business goes to charitable work here in Denver; I would rather it stay quiet than become a marketing line. What it does mean for clients is a network built over thirty years of showing up — contractors, lenders, inspectors, attorneys, and property managers I would use myself, because I do.
Every contract crosses a lawyer's desk.
I co-own Brix Real Estate, a Denver brokerage with in-house counsel. Corporon & Associates, LLC serves as in-house counsel to the brokerage, and Jeff Corporon has been a licensed Colorado attorney since 1995.
Most brokerages hand you a stack of state forms and hope for the best. If something surfaces after closing, you are the one calling a lawyer and paying by the hour. We would rather catch it in the contract.
- Contract language and deadlines reviewed internally before anything is submitted
- Inspection objections written with an eye on what holds up later
- Title issues, easements, and disclosure problems flagged early instead of at the closing table
- Entity and titling questions answered inside the brokerage, at no additional cost
You want the number, not the flattery.
Plenty of agents will tell you what your house is worth in order to win the listing. I would rather tell you what it will sell for, and then go get it.
- OneThe walkthrough. I see the house before I give you a number. Photographs and tax records do not tell me what a buyer will feel in the entry.
- TwoThe number. Priced on live comparable sales and what is actually under contract right now, with the reasoning shown to you.
- ThreeWhat to fix, and what to leave. Most sellers overspend on preparation. I will tell you the two or three items that return money and talk you out of the rest.
- FourOffers, read properly. Price is the easy part. Terms, deadlines, and financing contingencies — reviewed by Brix's in-house counsel before you sign.
The long-held family home
Forty years of ownership, deferred maintenance, and a great deal of feeling attached to it. These need patience and a plan, not a rush to list.
Selling a rental you have held
Tenant status, lease terms, depreciation recapture, and whether a 1031 exchange belongs in the plan. I have sold my own.
Estate, downsizing, settlement
Sales that happen because of a life event rather than a market opportunity. Handled quietly, on your timeline, with counsel available inside the brokerage.
Advice from an owner, not an observer.
Whether you are buying a place to live or a place to earn, the standard of care is the same. The work is what differs.
Buying a home
Buying here is fast and unforgiving. Deadlines stack, objections get written badly, and most people sign the largest contract of their life without anyone on their side who reads contracts for a living.
- Full representation across the Denver metro
- Terms and deadlines reviewed by in-house counsel before submission
- Inspection objections written with an eye on what holds up later
- Lenders, inspectors, and title people I use myself
- Accessibility and single-level searches when the house has to work for decades
Buying income
I own long-term and short-term rentals and have owned apartment buildings. Bring me a deal and you get a real opinion, including the one where I tell you to walk away.
- Rentals, small multifamily, and value-add across the metro
- Underwriting that starts with the numbers and ends with the exit
- Short-term rental rules by jurisdiction, before you buy, not after
- Titling and entity questions handled with counsel involved
- 1031 exchange timelines coordinated so the clock does not beat you
Every listing in the metro. No account required.
Search live listings straight from REcolorado through the Brix map search — the same data every agent in Denver sees. No account, no drip campaign, no phone calls you did not ask for. Look as long as you want.
Then, when a property looks interesting, send me the address. I will tell you what the search cannot — the block, the roof, the tenant, and the exit.
Listing data courtesy of REcolorado. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all information should be independently verified.
Clients.
“Kristy sold our home in one day for over asking price. The entire process was seamless, strategic, and completely stress-free. She knew exactly how to position the house and handled everything with total professionalism. We couldn’t have asked for a better result.”
“I’ve done more than a dozen deals with Kristy over the years, and she has crushed it every single time. Whether it’s finding the right property, negotiating hard, or navigating complications, she consistently delivers. She’s the only agent I trust with my investment portfolio.”
“Kristy’s representation during the inspection and negotiation phase was outstanding. She protected our interests at every turn and guided us through a complicated process with clear communication and steady confidence. She got us over the finish line when things got difficult — we are so grateful we had her.”
References available on request. I am glad to connect you with past clients whose situation resembled yours — that is usually more useful than anything written on a website.
Let’s talk.
Tell me what you are trying to do. I will tell you what I think, and if I am not the right fit for you, I will say that too.
303-888-0904
Kristen@brixdenver.com
Direct line — call or text.
2675 Abilene St., Suite 200
Aurora, Colorado 80014
Licensed Colorado Real Estate Brokerage
Consultations are by appointment — at the Aurora office, at your property, or by telephone.
Bring the hard question.
The most useful first meetings are the ones where somebody puts the thing they are worried about on the table straight away — the number they need to hit, the tenant who will not leave, the house that has to work for a family member for the next thirty years. Start there.