Everyone has a story to tell. People, homes, neighborhoods, even companies. Stories interpret the past and shape the future. They add meaning to life and are integral to changing the world. Stories connect us with people and places. As a real estate company, we've been invited into a lot of great stories that have inspired us to become Love Your Hood. This is how we got here:
A LITTLE HISTORY
FEBRUARY 2011
Deb Albrandt, Mark McClung, and Jen McClung (Starbuck) teamed up to launch Starbuck Realty Group. It was a humble start (as in working from Mark & Jen's 1890's home amongst barking dogs and crying babies) since they vowed to not take on any debt.
SUMMER 2012
While working hard at residential real estate, we heard a message series "For the Good of the City." From that, Love Your Hood was coined. We dug it and made some cool swag.
JANUARY 2013
We started offering property management services to help our clients do more with their real estate.
MAY 2013
Our first non-related broker joined our team. But, we were still working out of our house. We promised her we would get office space (sans barking dogs and crying babies) soon.
SEPTEMBER 2013
We found our first office space to rent at 3080 Larimer Street. At that time only the front half of the building was for rent. It fit us perfectly.
SEPTEMBER 2014
Unexpectedly, we had the opportunity to purchase the building we were renting. We were ecstatic to call RiNo our permanent home.
DECEMBER 2014
Our first employee joined the team to help with the rapidly growing property management side of the business.
DECEMBER 2015
Our team kept growing, but something felt too status quo. What was driving our work? We dug deep.
WINTER 2017
Our soul searching led us down a different path. Same awesome work, but with a clear vision behind it. Love Your Hood was no longer just a fun tagline, but became who we are and what we aspired to do.