Leadership
Lon Welsh
Founder/Chairman Lon Welsh started Your Castle Real Estate. YCRE has 700 Realtors, ten offices and closed 5,000+ transactions in 2017. He co-founded First Alliance Title, Colorado’s 6th largest title company. He spends most of his time on investment, sales and technology training. He just finished his seventh book, Game Changers, which is about the future of the real estate industry. He also frequently gives speeches about his book, The Guide to Colorado Real Estate Investing.
He has been a landlord for 20 years and owns 80+ rental units, several office buildings and a warehouse. He has developed and sold 19 new homes. 12 more homes and an office building are breaking ground in mid-2018. His team will complete 15 fix and flips in 2018.
Before founding Your Castle in 2006, he spent eight years as a strategy consultant with Deloitte, then Arthur Andersen (Accenture). His business undergraduate degree is from the University of Iowa, and he has an MBA from Vanderbilt. He has three teenagers. He pursues travel, wine, golf, tennis and skiing in his free time.
Charles Roberts
President Charles Roberts is a registered appraiser, registered loan officer and licensed Realtor. He has invested in Denver real estate for the past 18 years, completing several dozen fix up projects along the way, and currently owns and manages his own portfolio of properties. He teaches many of our classes and mentors new agents.
Jeremy Conti
Chief Operating Officer Jeremy oversees the day to day operations and staff, and focuses primarily on big picture projects. He helps new and experienced agents get oriented by answering questions on REcolorado, CTMe, Centralized Showing, DORA, but also can answer all non-contract related questions and explain many of the tools Your Castle provides.
Eric Romero
Employing Broker of Your Castle Real Estate Eric has been a licensed agent for over 20yrs. He is passionate about teaching agents on how to develop their business by coaching and training. He meets with agents one on one to develop their business plan and develop a strategic plan of attack to conquer their business goals.
Jeremy Lambert
Director of Recruiting Jeremy has been in the real estate business for ten years. He leads the business development team and brings new and seasoned real estate agents to the team.
Kristen Whittington
Managing Director Kristen has been a licensed real estate agent in Colorado, in relocation for over 15 years. She currently leads the relocation and referral department and trains agents in handling out-of-state leads.
Amber Miller
Managing Director Amber has been a licensed real estate agent in Colorado with a specialization in relocation for over 15 years. She currently leads the relocation and referral department and trains agents in handling out-of-state leads.Staff
Shelly Davis
Contract File Manager Shelly’s background includes more than a decade as a title closer. Shelly runs our contract file system by overseeing all of our agents file submissions along with her team, and making sure to keep the entire file system in check. If you have any sort of contract submission question, Shelly is the person to ask!
Hannah James
Accounting Manager Hannah manages book keeping for Your Castle, sends and manages invoices, cuts checks for agents and can answer all your accounting questions. She will be your best friend since she can answer all your money questions!
Brandi Howard
Project Manager & Training Calendar Coordinator Brandi runs our training calendar and is the point of contact for new hires and any questions they may have. She also works on larger scale office projects. For class and training questions, or agent on-boarding questions she is your go-to person!
Tiffany Chin
Marketing Manager Tiffany is your go-to for your marketing needs. She develops marketing materials for agents such as campaigns, presentations, advertisements and much more. She educates new hires on the marketing team, coordinates our Premier marketing materials and creates the monthly newsletter.
Liberty Kellokoski
Marketing & Design Coordinator Liberty designs and creates marketing materials for agents including flyers, business cards, postcards, presentations, advertisements and much more. Whether it’s template based or custom design, he can help answer all your design questions.
Montrece Hill
Print Production Assistant Montrece helps coordinate all of Your Castle’s print production needs. She manages the print room and can print simple print jobs such as a listing flyer or set up unique print jobs.
Katie Heinsohn
Admin and Recruiting Coordinator Katie assists the business development team as the initial contact for new and transferring agents. She is also one of the go-to source for agent support.
Cassandra France
Business Analyst Cassandra manages trends data, agent benefit plans, and many behind-the-scenes endeavors. She is happy to help in any way she can, so stop by her office and introduce yourself!
Keith Rabin
Project Manager for Lon Welsh Keith manages and coordinates projects for Lon Welsh including events, office planning, investments and so much more.
Channing Johnson
Tech & Web Coach Channing is here to help you with all things tech & web: setting up email tools and databases, websites, CRM (Customer Relations Management) software, social media, calendar and contacts syncing, computer issues and general tech advise. He is available by appointment to help you supercharge your database tools and web presence and achieve an efficient, smooth workflow.
Cary Sanger
Employing Broker of Your Castle Realty Cary serves as employing broker for Your Castle Realty and is the point of contact for all agents in that brokerage. He has extensive knowledge on contract writing questions, compliance questions and much more. He also teaches a variety of classes to our agents on multiple topics.
Amy Nakos
Employing Broker of Your Castle Summit Amy is a real estate professional with over 15 years of experience and she leads the Summit county team at Your Castle. Her recent projects include a co-developing a four-unit residential project and a 20-25 unit development.
Monica Graves
Managing Broker Monica has an extensive background in REO’s, Hud Properties and Short Sale listings. She is a member of the Vail Board and Employing Broker for Your Castle Mountain Properties. She also serves as a mentor for new agents and runs our Ninja Training program.
Tami Gottsegen
Managing Broker Tami has over 30 years of experience in many different areas of the real estate business. She is a managing broker and also serves as a mentor for new agents. She helps provide the agents with the most complete information, advice and supervision by reviewing agent files and answering all their questions.
Glenda Fountain
Managing Broker Glenda has over 30 years of experience in residential real estate. She maintains regular office hours and meets with agents by appointment at the main or the north office. She assists new and experienced agents with writing contracts, working through issues, CMA valuations, and general real estate business advice.
Serena Billmayer
Managing Broker Serena has been in the real estate industry since 2002 where she worked in new construction and onsite sales consultant and resale broker. She is very knowledgeable in IRA transactions as well as seniors real estate. She serves as an on-call Managing Broker for Your Castle.