Bent Tree is a forested, governed acreage subdivision of roughly 260 lots on the east side of Monument, Colorado, sitting in zip code 80132 within El Paso County’s Tri-Lakes area. Lots run approximately 2.5 to just over 3 acres, with custom and semi-custom homes commonly ranging from roughly 3,000 to more than 10,000 square feet. Minutes from downtown Monument, Fox Run Regional Park, and Interstate 25, Bent Tree is a close-in wooded community where the paperwork is as important as the property itself. Two homes on the same Bent Tree street can close very differently, because three address-specific facts decide every sale: which filing and covenant edition governs the lot, the status of the well under the subdivision’s water augmentation decree, and the condition and documentation of the septic system. In this blog post, Colorado Springs real estate expert Barb Schlinker discusses everything a Bent Tree homeowner needs to know before selling an acreage home in Monument, Colorado.

Key Takeaways

• Your filing number determines which covenant edition governs your lot – Bent Tree has six filings and three different covenant editions; the edition that applies to your specific lot controls architectural standards and water management, and a buyer or title company looking at the wrong edition is a deal problem waiting to happen.
• The water augmentation decree sets a hard annual well cap – reported at 102,333 gallons for indoor domestic use plus 22,445 gallons for irrigation of up to 2,000 square feet, and any buyer planning a large lawn, pool, or additional structures needs to understand this ceiling before making an offer.
• Wildfire mitigation documentation and roof condition are now insurability decisions – a buyer who cannot bind affordable homeowners coverage cannot close, and documented defensible space work converts a perceived risk into a competitive selling advantage.
• Bent Tree has only a handful of sales per year – the 80132 ZIP median price is not a useful benchmark; pricing must be built from the lot-specific variables that actually move value in this forested, governed community.

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Selling a Bent Tree home is unlike any other Monument transaction because it combines a thin, high-price comp set with three systems a buyer cannot see: the governing covenants tied to a specific filing, the well operating under a water court decree with a hard annual gallon cap, and a septic system whose inspection status recently changed under El Paso County rule. The seller who understands all three before the sign goes in the yard moves through due diligence without re-trading. Document preparation before listing is the single highest-leverage action a Bent Tree seller can take.

About Barb Schlinker, Your Colorado Springs Real Estate Expert

This blog post is provided by Colorado Springs real estate expert Barb Schlinker and the Barb Has the Buyers Team at Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty. With over 25 years of experience in the Colorado Springs real estate market, Barb has built a reputation as one of the area’s most trusted and effective real estate professionals. As a Navy veteran who served in intelligence and was reactivated after 9/11, Barb brings discipline, strategic thinking, and dedication to every client relationship.

We have successfully helped hundreds of families buy and sell homes each year, developing deep expertise in Colorado Springs’ diverse neighborhoods, market trends, and Colorado real estate regulations. As Colorado Springs residents with strong ties to the military community, we have a direct understanding of the local market conditions, El Paso County procedures, and the unique needs of military families stationed at Fort Carson and Peterson Space Force Base.

Our commitment is to provide trusted, authoritative real estate information to our neighbors in Colorado Springs and the surrounding Colorado communities. However, this information does not constitute legal advice or a guarantee of specific results. For personalized guidance on your unique home buying or selling situation, contact us today for a free, no-obligation consultation.

Know Exactly What You Own in Bent Tree

What Is Bent Tree, and Where Is It?

Bent Tree is a single platted subdivision, not a general area name, located on the east side of Monument generally between Higby Road and Colonial Park Drive, near Fox Run Regional Park. It sits in zip code 80132 in El Paso County, within the broader Tri-Lakes area. The Bent Tree Property Owners Association reports 257 lots, while one listing source counts 263; describing it as roughly 260 lots is accurate. Lots run approximately 2.5 to just over 3 acres, and homes are custom and semi-custom construction, commonly described as ranging from roughly 3,000 to more than 10,000 square feet.

The build era spans roughly the mid-1980s through the 2010s, though it varies by filing and different sources report different ranges. Robert Burns Moore and Kenneth H. Barber assembled roughly 300 acres around 1960 and formed Arrowwood Development Corporation in 1984 to develop the community; the name refers to trees bent by snow load in crowded, thin stands, and the street names were drawn from a London street directory. Association title and statement requests go to [email protected], as reported by the association; confirm that address directly before relying on it.

The Six Filings and Three Covenant Editions

Bent Tree was platted in Filings 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, and 5. There are three separate editions of the Declaration of Protective Covenants: one governing Bent Tree I and II, one governing Bent Tree III, and one governing Bent Tree IV and V. The association states that the principal differences between editions involve architectural standards and water management. Filing 4b, covering lots 197 through 232, is also governed by a separate water court decree from the rest of the subdivision.

The practical seller consequence is significant. A buyer, a title company, and an appraiser can all be looking at the wrong document set, and a seller who says a neighbor was allowed to do something may be quoting a filing that does not govern their own lot. Seller action: identify your filing and lot number from your plat and deed, pull the covenant edition that actually applies to your lot, and put it in the listing file before you go live. The association also states plainly that its official documents – meaning the Bylaws, Declarations of Protective Covenants, and Rules and Regulations – prevail over anything on its website, which is exactly the standard a seller should apply to any summary, including this guide.

“When a Bent Tree seller knows their filing number and can hand a buyer the correct covenant edition on day one, they remove a diligence question that otherwise surfaces at the worst possible moment. I make sure every seller I work with has that document in hand before we go live.” – real estate expert Barb Schlinker

Working with the best realtor in Colorado Springs means having an agent who understands these subdivision-specific nuances before the first showing, not after the first buyer objection.

What Bent Tree Is Not

Several common confusions can derail a Bent Tree sale, so clarity here matters. Bent Tree is not Kings Deer, which is a separate Monument acreage community. It is not Jackson Creek, which is also in Monument but sits inside the Triview Metropolitan District. It is not Woodmoor, and it is not Gleneagle, which is in Colorado Springs’ 80921 ZIP code and Academy District 20 with Donala water. It is not Bent Tree West, which is an entirely unrelated association in Dallas, Texas.

Additionally, Bent Tree is not a ranch, horse property community, or equestrian community. Whether animals are permitted on a given lot depends on the specific covenant edition governing that filing and on the water allowance under the applicable decree. That answer is lot-specific; do not generalize.

Schools

Bent Tree is served by Lewis-Palmer School District 38, not Academy District 20. Commonly cited assignments include Kilmer Elementary, Lewis-Palmer Middle School, and Lewis-Palmer High School, with Palmer Ridge High School as the district’s other high school option. School assignment is address-specific, can change, and must be confirmed directly with the district’s address lookup tool before representing it to any buyer.

The real estate agency in Colorado Springs that Barb Schlinker leads brings deep familiarity with district boundaries and the way school assignments affect buyer demand in the Tri-Lakes market.

Water, Septic and the Paperwork That Decides a Bent Tree Closing

The Water Augmentation Decree and the Annual Well Cap

Bent Tree homes draw from the Denver Basin on individual wells, and no Bent Tree lot came with senior water rights. Well use is permitted subject to replenishment under water court decrees, administered by the association through its Water Augmentation Committee. The reported per-household annual limits are 102,333 gallons for in-house domestic use, plus 22,445 gallons for irrigation of up to 2,000 square feet of grass, turf, or other vegetation, for a total reported maximum of 124,800 gallons per year. Present these figures as reported by the association; confirm your own limits and compliance status directly with the association and the Colorado Division of Water Resources before relying on them.

Most homes in the subdivision are unmetered. However, 36 lots are metered as a requirement of the decree, and pools are metered as well. The association files an annual report with the state engineer covering metered usage and surveyed irrigated landscaping for all lots. Falling out of decreed compliance risks sanctions up to and including loss of all well permits. Filing 4b, lots 197 through 232, is subject to a separate water court decree and should be treated accordingly.

The 2,000 square foot irrigation allowance is the number that surprises buyers relocating from a city water system most often. A buyer who pictures a large lawn, a pool, a greenhouse, animals, or a second structure is buying into a hard annual ceiling that cannot be negotiated away. The seller who can state their filing, their applicable decree, whether their lot is one of the 36 metered lots, whether they have a pool meter, and that they are currently in good standing has removed a diligence question that otherwise surfaces during inspection and kills deal momentum.

Regional water context: The Town of Monument recently reported plans to withdraw from a regional water project over cost, with the Donala Water and Sanitation District also reportedly evaluating its options. A Bent Tree owner on a decreed private well is not a district ratepayer and is not exposed to those rate decisions in the same way. That distinction is worth stating clearly to buyers who ask about Tri-Lakes water supply stability.

Seller action: Request a current statement and good-standing confirmation from the association well before listing. Locate the well permit. Gather any pump, yield, or water quality test results. Know whether the well shares any easement. Do not state that any specific lot is or is not in compliance, and do not give legal advice; direct buyers to confirm directly with the association and the Colorado Division of Water Resources.

Septic: The El Paso County Rule That Changed

Bent Tree properties are served by onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) rather than a sanitation district. For years, El Paso County Public Health required the owner or transferor to obtain a certified Transfer of Title inspection demonstrating the system functioned as designed before a sale could close, with a passing result producing an Acceptance Document used in title paperwork.

Reported change – state carefully: The El Paso County Board of Health recently rescinded that Transfer of Title inspection mandate following a board hearing, making the county inspection voluntary rather than required for property transfer. Most competing pages and many checklists still describe the inspection as mandatory. Confirm the current requirement directly with El Paso County Public Health and with your title company before relying on this reported change.

Here is the real argument: with the inspection no longer compelled, a Bent Tree seller who orders one voluntarily and hands over a clean report converts a former box-ticking exercise into a genuine competitive advantage. A buyer of a 2.5-acre acreage home on a private well and septic is buying two systems they cannot see during a showing. A seller who documents both removes the single largest source of inspection-period anxiety in a Bent Tree transaction.

The practical septic file should include the original permit and as-built drawing, the tank location and size, pumping records with dates, any repair or replacement history, and a current assessment of leach field condition. Assemble that file before the listing goes live. For more on how documentation affects selling a home in Colorado, the preparation framework applies directly to this market. A current home valuation also reflects the condition premium that documented well and septic systems command in a thin submarket.

Taxes, Districts and Disclosure in El Paso County

What Is a Metropolitan District?

A metropolitan district is a quasi-governmental special district that financed infrastructure with municipal bonds and repays those bonds through an additional mill levy appearing on the property tax bill, separate from any HOA dues. Much of newer Monument, including the Jackson Creek area, sits inside the Triview Metropolitan District, recently reported at roughly 20.5 mills, broken out for historical debt, bonds, and operations. This additional levy directly affects what a buyer can afford at a given purchase price, and it appears on the tax bill on top of county and school district levies.

Bent Tree and Your Tax Bill

Do not assume that Bent Tree is or is not inside a metropolitan district. Read your own tax bill and order a certificate of taxes due from the El Paso County Treasurer before listing. If your parcel carries no district debt levy, that is a genuine competitive advantage against newer Monument product where buyers carry that ongoing obligation. State it carefully – as a fact confirmed on your own bill, not as a general claim about the subdivision. That confirmation is worth doing early because it belongs in your listing conversation.

Colorado Special District Disclosure Duties

Colorado law imposes specific disclosure obligations on sellers related to special taxing districts. Under C.R.S. section 38-35.7-101, a seller must disclose that the property may be in a special taxing district and tell the buyer where to obtain more information. Under C.R.S. section 38-35.7-111, a seller of residential property inside a metropolitan district organized on or after January 1, 2000 must also provide the district’s official website address.

House Bill 25-1219, effective August 6, 2025, expanded those duties materially. The seller must now disclose in writing the district’s authority to issue debt, levy property taxes, and impose fees, tolls, penalties, and other charges. The seller must also provide an estimate of the property taxes the district will levy for collection in the year of the sale, and provide a copy of the most current county assessor tax certificate. Separately, under C.R.S. section 10-11-122, the title company closing statement must state that the property may be in a special taxing district. Frame these as seller paperwork obligations. Confirm current statutory language with your broker or a Colorado real estate attorney. This information does not constitute legal advice.

The Association Resale Document Package

The Bent Tree Property Owners Association administers the subdivision through an Architectural Control Committee, a Water Augmentation Committee, and a Covenant Compliance Committee, and also runs Forestry and Fire Mitigation and Beautification and Trails committees. Reported annual dues are $120, payable January 1, with a penalty for late payment; confirm that figure directly with the association before representing it.

The Architectural Control Committee reviews changes to fixed property, including buildings, accessory buildings, fences, mailboxes, monuments, signs, lighting, driveways, sidewalks, roofs, color, siding, chimneys, solar collectors, antennas, and landscaping. It acts under the covenants rather than under board supervision. A documented, approved history for every fence, outbuilding, driveway, solar array, roof color, and major landscape change is a required part of your listing file. An unapproved improvement discovered during the buyer’s document review period becomes a price renegotiation. Send title company statement requests to the association’s dedicated address early in the process, not at the closing table.

The Pre-Listing Condition and Insurability Checklist

Wildfire Mitigation: Documentation Is the Product

Bent Tree is a forested community with an active Forestry and Fire Mitigation committee and a thinning history going back to the 1970s. It sits near the Black Forest wildland urban interface, which carries a documented wildfire history. On a wooded 2.5-acre lot, defensible space work, documented tree thinning, limbed-up canopy, roof class, gutter and vent screening, and a clear approach are not landscaping decisions. They are insurability decisions. They are also what makes the lot photograph well.

Colorado House Bill 25-1182, effective July 1, 2026, requires insurers to provide a written wildfire risk score within fifteen days of a request from the policyholder. Request your own score before listing. A buyer insurance conversation that reveals a high risk score mid-transaction can kill momentum in days. A seller who already holds that score and has documented mitigation work to accompany it controls the narrative instead. Document all mitigation work with dates and invoices and place that record in the listing file.

The law does not cap premiums and does not guarantee coverage. The Colorado FAIR Plan remains a last-resort option reported as capped at $750,000 of actual cash value coverage. Colorado’s statewide Wildfire Resiliency Code adoption recently saw enforcement rollouts in various jurisdictions; confirm local application with El Paso County and your fire district before representing requirements to buyers. Do not state that any property, street, or filing is or is not insurable, do not name carriers, and do not cite specific premium figures.

Roof Age, Hail, and the Binding Problem

Colorado regulators recently reported that hail is the single largest cost driver of homeowners insurance increases in many Colorado counties. This is not a background fact for Bent Tree sellers; it is a transaction risk. Front Range policies now commonly carry a separate percentage wind and hail deductible, reported in the range of roughly one to five percent of dwelling coverage. That is dwelling coverage, not the sale price, and on a large custom home those are very different numbers. Many buyers encountering a percentage deductible for the first time significantly underestimate the dollar exposure.

Here is the misconception most sellers carry into listing: Colorado has no statute protecting a roof from being declined on age alone. Every carrier sets its own threshold. Reported industry practice involves scrutiny beginning around ten years, inspection requirements between roughly fifteen and twenty years, and rising non-renewal and non-binding risk past twenty years on asphalt shingles. A buyer who cannot bind affordable coverage cannot close. That is the bottom line for a Bent Tree seller with a home in the later part of its roof cycle.

Cover actual cash value roof endorsements versus replacement cost coverage with buyers early in the conversation. UL 2218 Class 4 impact-resistant shingles can provide a carrier-specific discount, though it is not automatic and not legally required, and no specific percentage should be represented. The zero-pay claim trap matters here: a denied hail claim still appears in the property loss history that a buyer’s carrier can see during underwriting. Get an independent roof inspection and a written opinion before deciding whether to file a claim. Given the build era, a Bent Tree home may be on its second or third roof. The seller who can document which roof, when it was installed, whether it was a hail replacement, and whether it is a Class 4 product is in a materially different negotiating position than the seller who cannot.

Radon: The Disclosure Duty Most Sellers Get Wrong

El Paso County and the entire state of Colorado sit in EPA Radon Zone 1, the highest-risk designation. El Paso County Public Health reports that a high percentage of county homes historically test at or above the action level. Recent state-collected test analysis spanning nearly two decades found roughly 39.5 percent of pre-mitigation home tests at or above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L.

The Colorado Seller Property Disclosure requires disclosure of radon the seller knows exists or has ever existed. That includes prior test results even when they came back below 4.0 pCi/L, and it includes an existing mitigation system even if the current reading is acceptable. A seller who has genuinely never tested may answer unknown. However, that answer leaves a buyer-ordered test to drive the inspection-period conversation. The seller play is to test early and, if results warrant it, mitigate on your own schedule rather than under an inspection deadline with a buyer holding the pen and the leverage.

Soils, Drainage, and Foundation Documentation

El Paso County and the Colorado Front Range sit on expansive clay soils that swell when wet and shrink when dry, with enough force to move slabs and foundations over time. The Colorado Seller Property Disclosure asks specifically about sliding, settling, upheaval, movement, or instability of earth and about expansive soils. Colorado common law has required sellers to disclose known latent defects since the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in Cohen v. Vivian in 1960, and that duty survives an as-is sale. Do not state that any Bent Tree property, street, or filing has a soils or foundation problem.

Seller action: locate the original soils report and any structural engineering letters. Gather records of foundation, drainage, or grading work. A documented, engineer-signed repair sells far better than an unexplained crack a buyer’s inspector finds first. On a 2.5-acre lot, drainage grading away from the structure and driveway condition are real inspection items that carry weight in a way they simply do not on a quarter-acre suburban lot. Address them proactively.

“The sellers who come to me with a complete file – meaning the well permit, the septic records, the roof documentation, a wildfire risk score, and a radon test – are the ones who move through inspection without re-trading. Preparation is the highest-return investment a Bent Tree seller can make before the sign goes in the yard.” – real estate expert Barb Schlinker

Pricing, Marketing, and Your Bent Tree Action Plan

Why the 80132 Median Is the Wrong Number for Bent Tree

Zip code 80132 is a premium Monument ZIP. Recent reported median sale price figures cluster from roughly $750,000 to roughly $782,000, with reported days on market ranging from the low forties to the low seventies depending on source and methodology. Inventory has risen sharply year over year. Those figures describe the broader zip code population and are essentially useless to a Bent Tree owner pricing a custom home on 2.5 forested acres.

Bent Tree trades well above that ZIP median. Recent listing data showed roughly six active Bent Tree listings with a median list price near $1.79 million, a range of roughly $975,000 to $2.9 million, and an average of about 52 days on site. Present all figures as reported and approximate. With roughly 260 lots and only a handful of sales in a typical year, Bent Tree has no clean comp set. Pricing off the ZIP median is not a strategy; it is a starting point that will either leave money on the table or anchor to a number with no defensible support.

Price off the variables that actually differ lot to lot:

• Usable acreage versus total parcel size (a steeply sloped or heavily treed parcel may offer far less usable ground than the deed states)
• Tree canopy quality: density, species health, and the view corridor it creates or blocks
• Finished square footage tier and the currency of the finish level (1990s custom versus current renovation)
• Roof age, class, and documentation
• Well yield test results and augmentation good-standing status
• Septic age, type, and inspection history
• Garage capacity and outbuilding square footage
• Driveway condition and approach visibility
• Defensible space documentation and insurer wildfire risk score
• Lot position relative to Fox Run Regional Park and neighborhood open space

Appraisal Risk and What to Hand the Appraiser

Appraisal risk is real in this price range and specifically in this submarket. When the nearest true comp is in a different filing, a different decade, or a different square footage tier, the appraiser faces an extraction or paired-sales challenge that can produce a value below the contract price. A seller who assembles the comp file proactively – including the soils report, structural engineering letters, mitigation documentation, well yield data, and a condition-adjusted analysis of the closest available sales – gives the appraiser a working document rather than a blank page. Plan for appraisal risk before you accept an offer, not after.

Marketing a Forested Acreage Home

Marketing a Bent Tree home requires a different toolkit than a subdivision listing. Architectural photography and twilight photography are not optional; they frame the home’s scale and the forest setting that separates Bent Tree from any cookie-cutter listing in the region. Drone work showing the tree canopy, lot boundaries, and approach road is necessary for buyers who may tour once before making an offer or who are relocating and cannot tour at all. Floor plans and a video walkthrough address the scale challenge of a 5,000-plus square foot custom home that simply cannot be understood from photographs alone.

The listing file itself is a marketing tool. Pre-listing inspection reports, the roof documentation, well yield results, a septic report, and a wildfire mitigation record change the tone of the buyer conversation from “what are we about to discover?” to “here is the documented condition of what you are buying.” That shift is the difference between a clean inspection period and a re-trade negotiation. Buyers in Colorado Springs and the broader metro who are targeting Tri-Lakes acreage respond to evidence, not assertions.

The Buyer Pool and Timing Levers

Bent Tree draws a specific buyer pool. Move-up buyers from Colorado Springs and Monument, remote professionals valuing forest proximity, Denver-area buyers trading commute time for acreage, military retirees from the Air Force Academy, Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base, and Fort Carson, and families targeting Lewis-Palmer District 38 are the realistic audience. Each of those buyer types carries a specific implication.

A relocating buyer may tour once, so the home must be photo-ready and document-ready before it goes live – not within a week of launch. A VA buyer brings a VA appraisal and a lender who will scrutinize roof, well, and septic condition; having those reports in hand before any VA offer arrives is not optional preparation, it is basic risk management. Winter showings on a wooded acreage lot are decided by whether the driveway is cleared, the approach is lit, and the home photographs in a way that communicates warmth from the road. Barb Schlinker is a Navy veteran who served in intelligence and was reactivated after 9/11; her credibility with military buyers is genuine professional experience, not a marketing line.

Barb Schlinker’s database of 28,015-plus pre-qualified buyers means that Bent Tree listings reach an active buyer pool from day one, not after weeks of passive MLS exposure. In a thin market with only a handful of comparable sales per year, shortening time on market is itself a pricing strategy. Colorado acreage buyers are often operating on a timeline tied to relocation, employment, or a school year, and a listing that sits accumulates doubt regardless of condition. The 24 Hour Cash Offer Guarantee and the Guaranteed Sale Program, where qualifying terms apply, are options worth discussing with Bent Tree sellers who need certainty of outcome more than top-of-range price. Confirm the specific terms and price parameters that apply to your property directly with the team. Sellers consistently benefit from working with an agent who sells homes approximately 66 percent faster than other local realtors and who typically achieves 100 percent of asking price or more, often putting an extra $20,520 in seller pockets on average.

Hundreds of 5-Star Google reviews reflect the preparation, communication, and results that Bent Tree sellers need from a listing agent in a market where every transaction is a custom project.

Questions to Ask Any Agent You Interview

Before signing a listing agreement for a Bent Tree property, ask every agent candidate these questions directly:

• Which filing is my lot in, and which covenant edition governs it?
• Have you reviewed the water augmentation decree that applies to my filing?
• Is my lot one of the 36 metered lots under the decree?
• What is your process for managing the roof age and insurance binding conversation with buyers?
• How will you handle a VA appraisal if a military buyer submits an offer?
• What is your plan if the buyer’s lender raises septic questions during underwriting?
• How do you build the comp file for an appraiser when the closest true comp is in a different decade or a different filing?

The answers to those questions reveal whether an agent understands Bent Tree as a governed, documented, forested acreage community or treats it as a generic Monument listing.

Why Choose Barb Schlinker to Sell Your Bent Tree Acreage Home

Bent Tree presents every challenge that separates a skilled listing agent from an average one: a thin comp set, three different covenant editions, a water augmentation decree with an annual gallon cap, a septic system whose inspection rules just changed, wildfire mitigation requirements tied to new Colorado law, and a buyer pool that includes VA buyers, relocating professionals, and military retirees who ask hard questions. Barb Schlinker has spent more than 25 years developing the El Paso County and Tri-Lakes market knowledge that a Bent Tree seller needs at the table. As a Navy veteran with intelligence training, she approaches every transaction with the same discipline that a high-value, high-complexity sale demands. Her familiarity with military buyer needs, VA loan requirements, and the Fort Carson and Peterson Space Force Base relocation cycle means she understands the buyer pool for this community at a level that most listing agents in the region cannot match.

With over 25 years of experience in the Colorado Springs real estate market, Barb Schlinker has built a reputation as one of the area’s most trusted and effective real estate professionals. As a Navy veteran who served in intelligence and was reactivated after 9/11, Barb brings discipline, strategic thinking, and dedication to every client relationship. Her unique background as an author, pilot, mother, and businesswoman gives her a well-rounded perspective that benefits clients throughout their real estate journey.

Our Real Estate Expertise

The Barb Has the Buyers Team has established their reputation through:

• Successfully helping hundreds of families buy and sell homes each year
• Developing specialized knowledge of Colorado Springs’ diverse neighborhoods and market trends
• Mastering effective marketing techniques that get homes sold 66% faster than the competition
• Building a database of over 28,015 pre-qualified home buyers ready to purchase properties throughout Colorado Springs and surrounding areas

Why Trust Us

The Barb Has the Buyers Team’s reputation speaks for itself:

• Proven Results: We typically sell homes for 100% of asking price or more, often putting an extra 3-8% (average $20,520) in sellers’ pockets
• Client Satisfaction: Our hundreds of 5-Star Google Reviews showcase our commitment to exceptional service
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• Personalized Approach: We take time to understand your specific real estate goals, ensuring you’re never just another transaction

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