For employers
Give incoming employees a useful starting point for their Denver move.
Offer a local housing conversation when a new hire needs help comparing neighborhoods or planning a purchase. We’ll first understand the support you already provide and where a local resource would be useful.
Jackson Granger Coldwell Banker Realty | Global Luxury
The Flatirons, Boulder.
What comes up
What incoming hires ask, again and again.
- Where do people who work here live?
- Better answered with tradeoffs and questions than with one recommendation.
- Should I buy or rent first?
- A balanced set of criteria, not a push in either direction.
- How do I time it with my start date?
- A relative timeline that accounts for a current home sale or lease.
- What does it really cost to own?
- A worksheet to complete with a lender: taxes, HOA, insurance and upkeep, confirmed per home.
Consent first
How it fits alongside your existing support.
We compare notes
You tell me what you already provide, including any relocation benefit or required provider, and where gaps show up.
You offer it as an option
Employees learn a local housing conversation is available. Using it is voluntary.
The employee opts in
They contact me directly, or agree to an introduction. Nothing is shared without their consent.
Conversation and brief
A 20-minute conversation and a short written brief the employee owns.
The deliverable
What the person you introduce receives.
Scenario
An incoming professional with a new role at a Broomfield worksite.
- Planning horizon
- About 8 weeks before the start date
- Planning range
- $1M to $1.3M, supplied by the buyer as a hypothetical
- On-site schedule
- Two days a week at the worksite
Place to investigate
Broomfield
Homes vary widely in age, size and style. Which parts of the city match the type of home Alex wants?
Verify next: Drive from two or three candidate streets to the worksite at the actual travel time.
Scope and ownership
How the service works.
- Pilot terms
- During the pilot, the introductory conversation and written brief are offered without an employer program fee.
- Representation
- If someone later wants help buying a home, representation and compensation are discussed with them separately under the applicable written agreements.
- Existing benefits
- If your organization has a relocation benefit or a required provider, those conditions are checked first.
- Ownership
- The person moving owns their conversation and brief. Nothing personal is reported back to you unless they choose to share it.
By role
Where the brief tends to focus.
- Engineering and technical roles
- Questions the brief can cover: how a hybrid on-site schedule changes which places are worth investigating, and how to compare a home office setup from a distance.
- Permanent healthcare roles
- Questions the brief can cover: what the drive looks like at shift-change and on-call hours, checked by driving it rather than estimated.
- Legal and professional roles
- Questions the brief can cover: timing a purchase around a fixed start date and a current home sale, and weighing space against proximity to the office.
Your local contact
Jackson Granger
A counselor first, with a project management background that suits timelines with many moving parts.
Before real estate, Jackson spent more than a decade in project management, managing complex timelines, leading cross-functional teams and overseeing projects representing more than $250 million in value. He moved into real estate in 2023 and also writes The Granger Report, a newsletter about the Denver market.
Jackson Granger, Broker Associate, Coldwell Banker Realty | Global Luxury. Colorado FA.100105702. This is Jackson’s own local service as a Coldwell Banker Realty agent, not a corporate relocation program.
More about JacksonService area
Where I work.
Denver Metro, plus Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton, Erie, Lafayette and Louisville to the north and northwest.
Denver neighborhoods
North Metro cities and towns
South Metro cities
Questions
Frequently asked.
Do I need my employer to arrange this?
No. Anyone moving to the Denver area can reach out directly. Employer or recruiter support is welcome but never required.
My recruiter or employer mentioned you. What did they share?
An introduction only happens with your consent. If a recruiter or employer suggests me, nothing about you is passed along until you agree to be introduced, and you decide what to share.
My employer has a relocation benefit or a required provider. Does this conflict?
Please check your benefit terms first. Some packages require a specific provider or process to keep the benefit. I will ask about those conditions early and work within them, never around them.
Will you push me to buy right away?
No. Renting first is a reasonable choice in many situations. We look at the criteria together, and if renting first makes more sense, that is the plan.
What does the first conversation and written brief cover?
A conversation of about 20 minutes about your workplace, household needs, timing and budget range, followed by a short written brief: places worth investigating, the tradeoffs and questions for each, an ownership cost worksheet to complete with your lender, and a timeline of decisions.
Is that the same as hiring you as my agent?
No. The introductory conversation and brief come first. If you later want representation to buy a home, that is discussed separately and set out in a written agreement, including how compensation works.
How does the next step work?
Send the short form on this page. I read it personally and reply by email to set up a time to talk. Nothing is scheduled automatically.
Next step
Discuss support for incoming hires.
Tell me about your organization, where you hire and what support you already offer. Please leave out employee names or personal details.
Prefer to call? 469-500-7387 or jackson.granger@cbrealty.com.