James Zobel

Phone 303.744.6200   E-mail jez1967@aol.com   Fax 303.744.6590 Address 420 Downing Street Denver Colorado 80218

Recipe for Real Estate

Ingredients:
Attention to Detail and Negotiating Skills
Customer Service
Tenacity and Enthusiasm

Start with Attention to Detail and Negotiating Skills
I hold a law degree from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, which provided me with years of practice in detailed reading, writing, and analysis. Paying close attention to the details is second nature to a survivor of law school! I love taking the skills I gained from law school and honed through years of legal work and using them to benefit my clients, whether it is in writing a contract, doing a comparative market analysis, or negotiating every step of the real estate process.

Add Customer Service
As a young man, I held the position as the lead server in the dining room of the prestigious Castle Pines Golf Club. Attending to the needs of our clientele, which included former Presidents, demanded both acute listening skills and the desire to go the extra mile to be sure everyone was well taken care of. I believe that nothing is more important in the real estate business, or in any business, than taking good care of people.

Mix in Tenacity and Enthusiasm
During my undergraduate years at Colorado State, I worked at a small microbrewery in Fort Collins. While in school, I worked my way up to the position of Assistant Brewmaster. Because my interest in creating recipes and brewing beer was so great, I pursued a post-graduate degree in Fermentation Science and returned home to Virginia to open my own brewery. During this time, the early 1990’s, only two microbreweries existed in Virginia and state laws were very restrictive. It required two years to complete all of the licensing requirements and to get the plant put together. This same enthusiasm and tenacity gives my clients an edge, whether we are looking to buy just the right property with pristine woodwork or working together to sell in a challenging location.

Combine
Makes one creative, intelligent, well-rounded Realtor. Serves many and may be re-used!

Volunteering in New Orleans' 9th Ward
After Hurricane Katrina

In November 2006, only 15 months following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the National Association of Realtors was the first major group to hold a conference in New Orleans. Over the course of 4 days, hundreds of people worked in City Park, libraries, schools, and in building projects in the catastrophically hit 9th Ward. We worked building houses with Habitat for Humanity's Musician's Village project, spearheaded by Harry Connick Jr., and Wynton Marsalis. The goal of the project is to provide affordable housing for the many musicians who lost their homes in the storm...