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Gretchen Faber

Broker Manager

The Kentwood Company at C

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Gretchen Faber's experience selling real estate began early in 1996 with a small local brokerage. In 1998 Gretchen moved to Moore Premier Properties and that same year, with the sale and closing of the Moore office, became a founding Broker Associate at the Kentwood Company's Cherry Creek office. Born in Ohio and raised in California, Gretchen moved to Denver in 1982 to attend the University of Denver, after living in Hamburg Germany for 1 year. Armed with a Bachelor's degree in Public Affairs and International Studies, she graduated in 1986 and embarked on a varied marketing career. In 1989, after earning a MBA in Marketing, Gretchen Faber reentered the workforce and worked in several areas of marketing and advertising. Including ownership of a small, local advertising agency. Gretchen specializes in relocations both into and out of Colorado - which has contributed to a knowledge of the entire metro area and not just a "farm" (in real estate lingo, agents who focus on just one neighborhood call it "farming."). Other areas of specialty are international real estate, foreign national clients, central Denver neighborhoods, and new construction. If you're looking for Central Denver real estate, or are relocating to the metro Denver area, please visit www.gretchensdenver.com or www.lifestyledenver.com.

Gretchen is currently the Broker Manager at The Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek and serves as a Director for the National Association of Realtors. She has a website, www.gretchensdenver.com and writes the blog www.lifestyledenver.com.

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  • This had been tried in our
    By February 6, 2009 - 7:07am

    This had been tried in our market before. Coincidentally, it was in the 1980's when the market was in the tank and the brokers were trying to hold onto good agents. As soon as the market picked up steam, the agents who were successful jumped ship to companies without salaries, but with higher splits. To the brokers above who say they couldn't make their company profitable under this scenario - think of it from a business and finance standpoint. Of course we couldn't be profitable paying a salary, health insurance, a commission at current rates, etc. Wouldn't you revamp the entire pay structure and not just add on a salary on top of high splits? The commission splits would naturally have to be much lower. Finally, I work at a company that is renowned nationally as a firm with among the highest producing agents in the U.S. We sell approx. $1.3 billion in volume each year with 155 agents. How do we do that? We associate ourselves with only professional, well-educated agents. They work full-time, they dress and act professionally at all times. They enthusiastically attend our meetings and tour each others listings. And finally, they acknowledge that we have minimum standards to be able to associate with our firm. That's getting back to basics, regardless of the compensation structure. Gretchen Faber The Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek Denver, Colorado www.LifeStyleDenver.com; www.GretchensDenver.com