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It was a pleasure working with all of you. I couldn’t have asked for a more professional, knowledgeable, agreeable team. There was not a marketing opportunity I missed. Your solid reputation as the best is well deserved.
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- Alice W. Stephens
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We were fortunate that the house sold fairly quickly as a result of our broker, Ric Souto, doing his usual excellent job.
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- Arrowhead Property Seller
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Both Ric and Lindsey were fantastic in guiding us through our East Vail purchase. They were always available for any and all questions, offered "no pressure" guidance and intel, like having a knowledgable friend help us through the process. Both are incredibly professional, and would recommend them both without hesitation.
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- Bill
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Ric was phenomenal. In a time when he could have asked a colleague to help out, he went above and beyond sacrificing his own personal time. He is pleasant, efficient, and extremely knowledgable. There was no stress in my experience, and that was all due to Ric
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- Bradley R. Corr
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Slifer Smith & Frampton gives outstanding personal service far beyond what might be offered by other realtors. Their service is arranged to make the sale or purchase smooth and as easy as possible no matter your location. Ric Souto is truly wonderful and fantastic with a complete understanding of your needs, desires and hopes when it comes to location and ease of making it all happen. Everyone at SSF is there for you and they work together to make the journey as smooth as possible.
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- Sallie A. Baldwin
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Ric was great to work with! Very helpful and responsive in every aspect of our Vail condo purchase. Highly recommended!
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- Mike
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Ric Souto is the best. Knowledgeable, easy to work with and patient. He works hard to understand what each client is really looking for and then delivers. We were very lucky to have him help us find our new home away from home.
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- Sean
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Ric Souto was a true professional (Ability/Accountability/Availability). He was honest, competent, respectful, responsive and went the extra mile to close the sale of our condo in 14 days.
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- Ski Time LLC
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We worked with Lindsey in the past, but when she was out of town on our recent visit, she put us in touch with her colleague Ric Souto. Ric was great and a lot of fun to be around. We ended up in a multiple offer situation and he scrambled his busy schedule on a holiday weekend to get our offer in and we got the property. I'm a broker in FL and Ric and SSF handle the transaction in the most efficient way. Two successful purchases now with them and we would work with them again and again.
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- Sun, Sand and Snow LLC
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Ric Souto is the absolute best and the only broker we would use in this area.
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- Bachelor Gulch Property Buyer
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Ric was just a PRO!
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- Bruce Gamble
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This was our 3rd transaction with Ric and his team with our 4th (a listing) currently in the works. We were first referred by a long time friend and have had nothing but great experiences doing the same with Ric around East Vail. He is a true professional, very knowledgeable about the area and the process and everything has always gone very smoothly. As a long time Realtor myself, I really appreciate working with someone that I know will have our back. I would highly recommend Ric to any of my friends or clients looking for property in the Vail valley.
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- Gary R. & Jennifer Drake (Sun, Sand & Snow LLC)
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Ric and Lindsey are top notch. Can't say enough about them. They feel like family now, and made us feel like their only clients. They truly understood our needs perhaps better than we did, and went above and beyond at all hours to work with us, even on Easter Sunday. Incredible people.
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- Vincent J. Tinnirello
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I made Vail my home and Slifer helped me find the right property for my family. They were patient, knowledgeable, thorough and transparent. It has been my best experience acquiring a property.I have purchased other properties and this has been the best experience in acquiring a property thanks to Lindsey and Ric.
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- Niccolo
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We used Ric on our first Vail Valley purchase in 1998. Ric is a consummate professional, everything you could ask for to handle all aspects of buying and selling real estate. But more than that he has become a dear friend. We love Ric as much as we Texas people can love having a home in the Rockies. Having bought and sold 9 properties so far we are actually in a position to know a really good realtor when we meet one. Make your real estate process as seamless as possible. Call Ric!
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- Nancy Calvert
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We have lived in the Boulder area for some 35 years and have been coming to the Vail Valley for all these years. We took our children to the mountains nearly weekly and skiing became our family mantra--it also kept our teenagers "out of trouble" as they (and the friends they brought with them) spent their weekends on the mountain!! Very positive--very healthy! So fun and although we had to "stretch" to have "a place" in the mountains---it was such a small price to pay to now have two very successful, happy young men and their families in our lives! We moved from "the box" (a small condo) in 1982 to bigger and nicer homes over the years. We were very lucky--but we also had one of the best realtors in the county--Ric Souto!!! Lucky us!!
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- Patricia L. Pacey
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Ric was an excellent real estate professional. Available all the time, responsive, professional, knowledgeable, a pleasure to do business with.
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- Razvan V. & Liana Caciula
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Ric Souto helped us through every step of the selling process. It went very smoothly, and we felt that we could rely on Ric to look out for our best interests.
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- Meadows Trust
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We are not offering a testimonial but were very pleased with the knowledge and service we received.
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- Charles W. Lobitz, III
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This is our second time working with Ric Souto of your company and we would not consider using anyone else. His integrity, professionalism and work ethic is excellent which makes him a phenomenal representatives of Slifer, Smith & Frampton.
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- Peter & Sandra Burg
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Ric and Lindsay were fantastic brokers for us. We spent many months and had numerous visits with them trying to figure out what property and location would best suit my family. They were patient and gave us great guidance and advice. Ultimately we ended up with the ideal second home that checked all of our needs. I cannot say enough about their commitment and service and we would use them again if we ever need a new property.
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- Scott G. Resig
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When we decided to sell our condominium my wife immediately said: let' s call Ric Souto to list the property with him. He was the broker when we bought the property 33 years ago.
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- John A. Karoly 1989 Dec of Trust
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