Whether you’re looking to buy or sell, I offer unparalleled market expertise, 18 years of luxury broker experience and a lifetime of Aspen insights and connections, ensuring you navigate the Aspen Snowmass real estate market with a genuinely authoritative local guide.
Aspen bona fides and singular broker expertise in Aspen Snowmass real estate
- Recognized as one of Aspen’s “Best real estate brokers” by local media.
- Elite top 1% Aspen broker with numerous awards for outstanding sales performance.
- Set record sales prices, including the highest-ever for a single-family home in the City of Aspen.
- Active advocate for land use and preservation, serving on multiple local boards.
- Founding director of the Tenth Mountain Division Huts, the 350-mile hut-to-hut trail system between Aspen and Vail.
- Author of the widely-followed* Estin Report since 2006, offering deep dive – specific, scrubbed and meaningful – market analysis for a selling and buying audience.
- Resort consultant with Sno-Engineering Inc., specializing in winter resort markets and economics then based in Aspen and Lyme, NH (now SEGroup).
- Apprenticed under celebrated local architect Fritz Benedict who master-planned Aspen, Snowmass Village, and Vail epitomizing Aspen’s spirit as a thinker, tinkerer, and dreamer and for whom many of Aspen’s cherished legacies are named.
Present and past community service
> 2011-Present: Aspen Board of Realtors (ABOR) Standards & Ethics Committee.
> 2005-2009: ABOR liaison to the City of Aspen CO
> 2005 -2010: ABOR liaison to Pitkin County CO. My responsibilities in both these positions was to communicate land use code changes, government policies and political issues to the professional Aspen’s real estate community
> 2005-2007: Pitkin County Land Use Code Re-write/Technical Advisory Committee – BOCC appointment, a 3-year process
> 2006 – 2009: Big Buddy Program – Youth mentoring: (see unsolicited testimonial)
> Founding director, Tenth Mountain Division Hut Association – The backcountry 34 hut, hut-to-hut trail system between Aspen and Vail, CO (huts.org)
Realtor© credentials: ABR, CNE, GRI, RSPS
- ABR – Accredited Buyer’s Representative; CNE – Certified Negotiation Expert;
GRI – Graduate Realtors Institute – a 2-yr program; RSPS – Resort and Second Home Property Specialist; - Member: ABOR – Aspen Board of Realtors; CAR – Colorado Association of Realtors; NAR – National Association of Realtors.
- Colorado Real Estate License: FA40043228
Education
I earned a BA in political economy from Colorado College and an MBA from Boston University Graduate School of Management. I was the 1st-ever student trustee on the Choate School Board of Trustees. I attended the Yellow Brick Elementary School in Aspen’s historic West End.
*Followers: Sellers, buyers, renters, appraisers, valuation experts, brokers, bankers, investment managers, business owners, real estate advisors, estate executors, entrepreneurs, attorneys, family offices, private wealth advisors, investors, property flippers, land planners, developers, real estate brokerages, builders, journalists and others.
Report availability: The 32-pg Estin Report can be downloaded online as PDF in Reports Section. The print edition is distributed in outdoor racks in front of my Sotheby’s office at 300 S Spring St (across from the Aspen Art Museum), Sotheby’s on Hyman Mall – 415 E Hyman, the Aspen Chamber kiosk opposite Paradise Bakery, Clarks Market, the Snowmass Center and at Pitkin County (ASE) Airport – Magazine kiosk/Baggage claim.
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AWARDS, AFFILIATIONS, REALTOR DESIGNATIONS AND EDUCATION
RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS
Best Real Estate Agents in Colorado Recognition by RealTrends in 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011. RealTrends is the nation’s leading real estate trends and research organization.
Coldwell Banker International President’s Premier Award: This is Coldwell Banker’s highest distinction, the International President’s Premier Award honoring broker associates who are in their top sales rank. Less than half of 1 percent of the more than 116,800 agents in 3,100 offices worldwide in the Coldwell Banker network qualify for this elite award.
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Coldwell Banker’s International President’s Premier Award: Top 1% Broker Sales* in the Aspen Market
(*Tim Estin: top 1% sales of 949 total Aspen/Glenwood MLS members.)
Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate Top 5%* Broker Performance in the Aspen Snowmass Market
Mason Morse Real Estate Top 10% Broker Performance in the Aspen Snowmass Market
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
o Previews International Property Specialist | Coldwell Banker – Less than 8% of Coldwell Banker’s 116,800 brokers earn this elite agent designation by exceeding specific unit and dollar volume sales criteria and selling a minimum number of properties priced within the top 10% of one’s market.
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Regent Associate | Board of Regents, LuxuryRealEstate.com: Tim was one of the select few Regent representatives for Luxury Real Estate in the Aspen and Snowmass market. The Board of Regents, Regents.com, is the governing body of Luxury Real Estate.com and provides guidance to the broader Luxury Real Estate network. Luxury Real Estate.com is the #1 luxury real estate website in the world according to Dupont Registry. Between 2008 – 2012, Tim was the regular contributor to the LuxuryRealEstate.com blog on Aspen and Snowmass real estate activity.
REALTOR® DESIGNATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS:
GRI, RSPS, ABR, CNE
GRI – Graduate Realtor Institute: This designation is earned by state REALTORS® who complete 90 hours of course load of specialized training in order to provide the highest level of client services. The course requires a substantial commitment requiring students to travel throughout the state of Colorado for course attendance and 1-2 years to complete. (Certificate)
RSPS – Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist – This certification is for REALTORS® specializing in buying, selling, or management of properties for investment, development, retirement, or second homes in resort, recreational, & vacation destinations. (Certificate.)
ABR – Accredited Buyer’s Representative – The Accredited Buyer’s Representative designation is designed for REALTOR® buyer agents who focus on working directly with buyer-clients at every stage of the home-buying process. It demonstrates to peers and consumers the broker’s commitment to providing outstanding service for real estate buyers. (Certificate)
CNE – Certified Negotiation Expert: This is considered a world-class Realtor® designation that facilitates superior results in all negotiation situations.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ABOR – Aspen Board of REALTORS
CAR – Colorado Association of REALTORS
NAR – National Association of REALTORS
EDUCATION
MBA – Boston University Graduate School of Management (GSM)
BA – Colorado College, Political Economy, Honors Thesis
Choate Rosemary School – 1st ever co-student trustee to serve on the Choate Board of Trustees.
STATE OF COLORADO – REAL ESTATE LICENSE #FA40043228
ASPEN MEMBERSHIP OR PROUD SUPPORTER
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Institute Society of Fellows, Tenth Mountain Division Hut Association, Wilderness Workshop, Theatre Aspen, Thunder River Theatre, Aspen Music Festival
ESTIN BRANDING ADS
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