Purchasing a home or piece of real estate is an important undertaking where the buyer needs to be educated about the larger area, the specific neighborhoods, the zoning, the schools, the types of property available and so much more. Nowhere is this more true than in the luxury vacation resort of Aspen, Colorado.

While Aspen if geographically a small area it has several distinct neighborhoods, finding the right one for a buyer requires the real estate agent to have an in depth understanding of these neighborhoods and then a intimate connection to the home buyer and what their desires and needs are.

Does the investor want a large estate with stunning views of Aspen, Mountain, Aspen Highlands, and Snowmass, removed from town and nestled in the hills, then they are looking to buy on Red Mountain? A mountainside east of downtown Aspen with world class views yet only minutes away from the core in a car.

Maybe the buyer is looking for a quaint Old Victorian in a charming neighborhood where they can walk to town and get to know their neighbors. This is the ever-charming West End of Aspen. An area that has maintained much of it's character from when Aspen was a mining town and budding ski resort, long before the Grand Hyatt and St. Regis. The West End feel so romantic you can feel washed away in a cozy and intimate neighborhood where flowers bloom and streams flow in the summer, and you see your neighbors riding their bikes with skis mounted to the side on their way to the mountain in the winter.

If a home buyer is in the mood to be in heart of it all a real estate agent should know to take them to one of the marvelous state of the art townhomes that have been discreetly built right in the core of downtown Aspen. With the purchase of a property in town you can literally walk to the ski hill in your ski boots, now that is luxury living. From one of these luxury brownstones you can walk out your door and be steps from fine dining and world class nightlife.

Maybe a potential buyer is looking for a sprawling estate with privacy and security then Starwood would be the place to show this investor a new home. A gated community set hidden minutes from downtown Aspen with incredible views of the ski resorts and surrounding peaks, including the 14,000 peaks of Pyramid, Maroon Bells and Capital, truly some of the most amazing real estate in Colorado.
The real estate agent will want to have a considerable amount of time invested in the Aspen area as well as have done their homework on market trends in other resort towns as to be able to advise potential home buyers on which real estate listings will hold great future resale due to home type, location and construction quality.

Finding a good agent who is personable is also important, you will be spending time with this person looking at potential homes to buy, and you will need them to be a part of the Aspen community so they know the brokers and work well with them to find the property for you and close the deal smoothly.

Finding the right piece of Aspen real estate and the agent to work with to do so can be difficult, but with a bit of research including the internet and the real estate web site you can find a firm that has a history of attracting great listings and closing deals cleanly.