KEVCO Real Estate, Investments & Property Management is a fast growing Real Estate company that has encountered a high level of success in our field of expertise. Our company has become a knowledge base of real estate investment principles for brokers from many of the larger companies in Fort Collins . Brokers from RE/MAX, The Group, Coldwell Banker and others draw on the understanding and skill that KEVCO brings to the investment process.
KEVCO Real Estate Investments & Property Management History:
KEVCO was a business created while Kevin and Barb Bolin were brokers at RE/MAX Advanced, Inc. When Kevin began to sell investment properties to investors not interested in managing the properties themselves, they asked for recommendations for professional companies to handle their accounts. Having gone to college at Colorado State University and having dealt with property management companies as a tenant, Kevin did not have any recommendations. That is when Kevin and Barb began to manage the accounts themselves. In 2003, the number of tenants coming in to pay rent overwhelmed the reception staff at RE/MAX Advanced, so Barb opened a separate office called KEVCO Real Estate Investments & Property Management to handle the growing number of property management accounts.
At the end of 2004, Kevin polled his clients to see whether it mattered if he was a broker at RE/MAX or at a smaller real estate brokerage such as KEVCO. It turned out that Kevin's clients were loyal to him & not to the brand name, which is a testament to his service to his clients. With this information in hand, Kevin joined Barb at the new KEVCO office and together they worked to develop a full service real estate company. KEVCO Real Estate Investments & Property Management is in the process of growing and in turn plans to serve its clients in a professional, capable, and incredibly knowledgeable way.
Why do business with KEVCO?:
Our advertising and marketing strategies are targeted and effective, which brings value not only to the client, but builds recognition for our company in the community. This recognition helps bring on new real estate and property management accounts and builds our client base. A few examples of our advertising methods include targeted mailing programs, property exposure to the Independent Brokers Association, KEVCO Real Estate Investment Tours, website advertising, and of course MLS advertising.
KEVCO's infrastructure is another value added component of the company for our clients. Although KEVCO is a small business, we have advanced telephone, web, and data management processes that help to capture the most information for our clients. All of these processes help in the high level of real estate transactions that KEVCO engages in every year. KEVCO's synergistic business environment that utilizes Microsoft's Exchange Server technology to effectively and efficiently task and schedule our manpower has been one of our greatest strengths.
KEVCO Real Estate
Kevin Bolin (Past Broker/Owner): Kevin Bolin began his real estate career at RE/MAX Advanced, Inc. in Fort Collins on January 1st , 2000. He was the first rookie to hang a license at RE/MAX Advanced, Inc. in 11 years, and became a rookie of the year finalist in Fort Collins . He was also voted one of the Top REALTORS Under 30 by Real Trends. Kevin has lead several committees for the Board of Realtors throughout his real estate career including creating and Chairing the Technology Committee for two years, Chairman of the Investment Committee for one year, and served as the chair for CARHOF for one year. When Kevin left RE/MAX in 2004, he was the number one producer among all of the brokers in the office in real estate transactions.
At KEVCO, Kevin has been a leader in real estate investment education for brokers. He teaches through investment courses at the Fort Collins Board of Realtors and through the KEVCO Real Estate Investment Tours. These are weekly meetings of brokers from other companies that participate in and draw from KEVCO's extensive investment and market knowledge. Kevin Bolin has lead KEVCO on a path of success and will continue to do so in the future.
In July of 2007, Kevin left KEVCO as the Managing Broker and joined Northern Colorado's largest Real Estate Company, The Group, Inc. Kevin continues to specialize in Old Town homes and residential investment properties while maintaining a leadership role as the owner of KEVCO. Please visit his website here.
KEVCO Property Management
The property management side of KEVCO began purely as a service for Kevin's investment clients providing them with a turn key, hands off real estate investment solution. Through referrals and sales, KEVCO's property management accounts grew almost two fold every year. KEVCO has an above average per bedroom rental rate and a below average vacancy rate for our properties (3-5% vs. a market average of 16%). KEVCO specializes in student and pet friendly properties and the staff is what differentiates KEVCO from the other companies in Northern Colorado .
Barb Bolin (Broker/Owner): Barb started as a broker associate at RE/MAX Advanced, Inc. in 2001. She was a successful broker at RE/MAX, excelling in working with first time home buyers and relocation buyers. In 2003, Barb left RE/MAX to open a new business entitled KEVCO Real Estate Investments & Property Management which handled all of the property management accounts that Kevin and Barb were receiving through their extensive dealings with real estate investors. It began in 2003 with around 50 property management accounts. Today, Barb Bolin has used her knowledge, expertise, and ability to communicate with people and has grown the property management division of the business to almost 250 professionally managed properties.
Chelsea : Chelsea joined Kevco part-time in March of 2003 while attending CSU. After graduating from CSU in December of 2006 with a Business degree in marketing, she decided to make a career with the knowledge she gained from her part time experience. Chelsea works in management on the property management side of the business focusing on accounts receivable and payable, property inventory, employee training, website auditing, and property owner relations. She just finished Real Estate classes at Empire Real Estate School in Fort Collins and plans to obtain her real estate license in the near future.
Natalie : Natalie has been working with KEVCO since March of 2006. In the past year she has gained experience with property management in marketing properties, handling maintenance issues, showing property, understanding accounts payable and receivable and entering invoices. Prior to joining the KEVCO team, Natalie also has 5 years of experience working in the Real Estate field. In addition to working with KEVCO, Natalie is a Senior Health and Exercise Science student at CSU, and plans to pursue a career in Nursing.
Chandra : Chandra has been with KEVCO for almost a year now and primarily works with the property management side, but is ambitious to expand her knowledge of the real estate side. In her time at KEVCO, she has worked in all aspects of property management from cleaning some of our properties to renting them, and learned to handle a wide variety of issues associated with rental properties, tenant needs, and maintenance matters. She is currently studying Recreation and Tourism at CSU and will be graduating in the Fall of 2007.
