A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IS A WRITTEN ONE: THE SOURCE BESIDE EVERY NUMBER.

Start with the relationship. Without a written single-agency agreement, a Colorado broker is a transaction-broker by default (VERIFIED, C.R.S. 12-10-403(2)). Since 2026-08-12 a broker may not perform licensed duties without a signed written agreement stating the amount or rate of compensation (HB26-1426, bill and date VERIFIED, amended text PROBABLE). Read that document before the first showing. If you cannot say which relationship it creates and what it costs, you are not ready to sign it.

In Colorado, your broker writes the contract. Choose the one who carries the whole thing. The contract forms are the Colorado Division of Real Estate's approved forms (VERIFIED), and the broker completes them (Conway-Bogue Realty v. Denver Bar Association, 1957, VERIFIED). Most of this job is not showing houses. It is the contract, the calendar, the negotiation, and staying steady while the money is decided.

That last discipline is the one a burned client should test first. Every fact in the six situation guides at /situations carries VERIFIED or PROBABLE with its source. The evidence page at /evidence explains how a claim is graded. The claims page at /data/25-claims tested 25 Denver housing claims and found 8 that held up. A practice that publishes which common claims failed is not going to repeat them to you at the kitchen table.

The record is public and third-party. Robert holds a 5.0 across 32 Zillow reviews and 54 recorded sales, 18 in the last twelve months (VERIFIED on the verified record, read 2026-09-24). The reviews are at /reviews and the client stories at /stories. Read the stories for what was done, not for the adjectives.

Every page on the site names where Robert stops. The estate attorney leads probate and inheritance questions. The CPA leads tax on the gain. The title company leads its premium, closing fee and paperwork. The inspector and the specialist lead what the showing cannot show. The broker coordinates and never contracts in your place. The referrals Robert gives first are named on the method page, and you choose your own.

Two depths, one method. Guided Essentials is the net sheet, your three biggest open questions, and one short call. Deep-Dive is every exit priced with the source beside each number. Either one can become the other. Tell Robert what happened last time. The specific failure tells him which discipline to start with.