Call our Mom ... ... to Sell Your Home!

Susan Redden - Realtor in 1976 in California - Broker Associate for The Rawhide Company, REALTORS, since 1986 - Owner of the AAA-3 diamond rated Black Forest Bed & Breakfast Lodge & Cabins since 1990 - Mom to Faith since 1992 and Alan since 1994 - Home School Mom, Supporter of 4H, Girl Scouts, and Cub Scouts - Enjoy the outdoors from sailing to skiing to gardening

You can say that I have literally been involved in the real estate profession since the 1960's when I would file my dad's listings each week in the file box, go with him when he listed a home, and knock on the walls to make sure they were lath and plaster and not that new-fangled dry wall. I followed my dad's footsteps and became a realtor in California in 1976 with the same company he was with.

I came for a long weekend visit to Colorado Springs in the early spring of 1983 and came home with a contract on 20 acres and a 1929 log home in the Black Forest. Talk about a souvenir of my visit! In 1984 we started construction on our Lodge Log Home and spent the next 6 years finishing it. In January of 1990 we opened up our home to visitors as the Black Forest Bed & Breakfast. I became an associate broker with the Rawhide Company, REALTORS, in 1986.

I have found that being an innkeeper and a realtor is a synergistic relationship. As an innkeeper, I am the host that introduces Colorado hospitality to our visitors. As a realtor, I help them realize their dream of living here. The natural beauty of our area does the rest. Many of my real estate clients were first bed and breakfast guests. They have since become neighbors, friends, business associates, and family.

I bring a lot of "been there, done that" when I help my clients. I have had personal as well as professional experience from buying land and building your own home, to owning and operating a successful B&B. Let me use my experience in helping you realize your Colorado dream.