Heather Hankins has lived in Colorado most of her life, growing up in a small town in northern Colorado. She has been involved in the real estate industry for over 16 years. Heather was honored with the Affiliate of the Year award from the South Metro Denver Realtor Association in 2005 for her contributions while working in the title industry. Her over 16 years of experience and knowledge of the title insurance side of real estate helps both buyers and sellers through the real estate closing process. 

What has changed since you got into real estate?
The market is much different.  We were just coming off of the market crash in 2008, so there were a ton of foreclosures and short sales happening.  I think it was a great time to learn and has helped with dealing with all the challenges in our current market.

Why did you get into real estate?
I had a great opportunity to come work with Todd, but I had been thinking about it for about 4 or 5 years prior.  I truly love homes and looking at homes and being able to help someone get into the home they want is really heartwarming.

What are three career lessons you’ve learned thus far?
I think the biggest is to not take things personally, which for me is really hard because I’m a pretty emotional person.  But, I have learned that when your clients are really mad or upset about something, they are typically not mad at you, but simply mad at the situation.

What is your proudest moment at Madison?
Many proud moments, but being a Golden Key Winner is among the top.

What are 3 words you would use to describe Madison?
Collaborative, Family-oriented, Friendly

What separates Madison from the competition?
Their ability to stay on top of trends in real estate and grow with those changes.

What are your hopes for the real estate industry?
That we can stay relevant to buyers and sellers and that technology won’t take over the “human” factor of our business.

What is your favorite neighborhood in Denver and why?
I have a lot of favorites, but like many people, I like Wash Park and I also love all the old, historic homes along 6^th Ave east of Colorado Blvd. (Hilltop & Crestmoor).

What is the most satisfying moment in your workday?
When I know I have done something special (like win them the deal) for my clients and they are super excited, or super happy.

What’s one tool you can’t do without?
My phone. You can pretty much do anything from your cell phone, including writing a contract if you have to.

If you had to prepare one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Any kind of Mexican food.

Before working at Madison what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had?
I worked for a large bank right out of college and I worked in the loan department. One of the things I had to do was pull up the flood maps and look to see if a property was in a floodplain or not.  This was before everything was online, so I literally had to find the property on this huge maps.  Not super interesting, but I learned a lot about flood plains!

What do you do on your days off?
Spend time with my husband and sons either just hanging out and going for a walk with our dogs, going skiing (when there is snow) or playing golf.  I am a “homebody” so on a cold day I love to just hang out and read a good book.

What organizations are you involved in outside of work?
I am heavily involved with the South Metro Denver Realtor Association.  I am on the Board of Directors and also serve this year as Vice Chair.

What are your three most overused words/phrases?
“It’s all good”,  seriously I say it all the time.

What is the one thing, you can’t live without?
My family

Ryan will have been at Madison & Company for seven years next month! Since 2012, he’s closed over $49 million worth of real estate transactions on both the buyer side and the seller side.

Ryan is a Denver native. His familiarity with the city, its neighborhoods, lifestyle, and people gives him in-depth understanding of the central Denver real estate market and surrounding communities

We asked Ryan to answer a few questions about himself and his time at Madison. Read his answers below!

What has changed since you got into real estate?
Wow, so many things. Mainly that we don’t use triple carbon copy contracts. It doesn’t seem like that was really based on the electronic agreements we use today.

Why did you get into real estate?
I was always interested in real estate and had seen my parents buy and sell a lot of properties over the years then I helped my family entitle a 70-acre farm in Frederick that really peaked my interest.

What are three career lessons you’ve learned thus far?
1. Hard work always wins out
2. Honesty makes this job so much easier
3. Don’t take it personally

What is your proudest moment at Madison?
Earning the Golden Key award for 2016 and 2017 (For two consecutive years, Ryan was a receiver of the Madison & Company Golden Key Award closing over 10 million in sales each year)

What are 3 words you would use to describe Madison?
Family, consistency, and fun!

What separates Madison from the competition?
The collaboration between agents is amazing! I’ve learned and grown so much from agents willing to share their best practices/Success/failures

What are your hopes for the real estate industry?
I hope that we get back to building condos and more affordable housing solutions, Denver is a fantastic city, but we need homes at price points for all.

What is your favorite neighborhood in Denver and why?
Wash Park, it’s where I grew up, and I have so many great memories. My wife and I just bought the house I grew up in from my parents! We are so excited to make great new memories with our family.

What is the most satisfying moment in your workday?
Helping a client/friend work through a problem.

What’s one tool you can’t do without?
I hate to say it, but my iPhone. It’s the best and worst thing about real estate.

If you had to prepare one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tacos

Before working at Madison what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had?
I drove used cars to the emission testing center in high school.

What do you do on your days off?
Spend time with my family, ski, wake surf, play soccer.

What organizations are you involved in outside of work?
Soles4Souls

What are your three most overused words/phrases?
Totally, safety third

What is the one thing you can’t live without?
Breakfast burritos

If you were on a sitcom, what would be your catchphrase?
Drive fast, take chances.

Chris Jackson has been a licensed Realtor since 2005 and has been with Madison & Company Properties for eight years.

Chris is in the top 8% of Denver area Realtors. In addition to his role as a Realtor, Chris is also a managing broker at Madison & Company, responsible for supervising and leading Madison’s associate brokers. 

We asked Chris to answer a few questions about himself and his time at Madison. Read his answers below! 

What has changed since you got into real estate? Less face to face interaction with clients and other agents.

Why did you get into real estate? I have always loved real estate.

What are three career lessons you’ve learned thus far?  Be on time for appointments, Do what you say you are going to do, don’t over-automate your business.

What is your proudest moment at Madison? Selling just under $6,000,000 in January.

What are 3 words you would use to describe Madison? Fun, collaborative and professional.

What separates Madison from the competition? Marketing and overall knowledge of our agents.

If you had to prepare one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? Buffalo Wings

What do you do on your days off? Hike with my family.

What organizations are you involved in outside of work? Parker Chamber of Commerce and Crossfit.

What are your three most overused words/phrases? Awesome, Awesome and Awesome

What is the one thing you can’t live without? Air.

What is your hidden talent? I can play the drums.

If you were on a sitcom, what would be your catchphrase? Awesome.

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