An Oklahoma native, Abell graduated from the University of Kansas and headed out to Denver, Colorado over a decade ago. An avid real estate investor with her husband, she is an expert in vetting top property for the marketplace, and is renown for her knowledge of the West, East Wash Park, Platt Park, and Wellshire neighbourhoods. She consults clients not only on the real estate transaction but throughout the entire process from designing and staging a home to renovations. This has made her a key asset in real estate.

Her team has only permitted her to grow more, to cover more locations all whilst empowering women to be part of a bigger picture. Abell is known to provide both mentorship and leadership skills to her team. From being a stellar business woman, a wife and a mother, she excels in all that she does, showcasing that a healthy balance can allow you to succeed in both personal and professional endeavours.

Here is her journey to success.

I worked many jobs before getting into this industry. I was a ski instructor and before that I taught English abroad in mostly Europe and South America. I studied at the University of Kansas and then landed in Colorado. I have been passionate about traveling all my life and kind of did that until I got into real estate after the crash of 2008.

Our move to Compass as a team has allowed us to focus on the whole Denver Metro but we are local experts on the core Denver central neighbourhoods. I particularly love and work a lot in the West Wash Park and Platt Park neighbourhoods.

No, we take on everyone. That being said, this year our average price is going for a million dollars. We still work with a lot of first time home-buyers all the way to the savvy investors that have already bought five or ten properties with us. In today’s market, those neighbourhoods that we focus on such as West Wash Park and Platt Park, a million dollars will get you a bungalow that will need renovations. The market is really high right now, but there is always something to find within each budget.

We focus solely on residential. That being said, my husband and I actually buy homes that we like, live in them and then re-sell them at a higher price. We’ve always done that and it has worked wonders for us. Everyone on my team is really into design and renovation, and we all have a lot of experience in renovating our own homes, flipping some and even building new ones.

My husband and I usually outsource the renovations to general contractors. This year however, my husband is doing his first project from start to finish without a general contractor, and then we will have the experience to go do that for other people as well. Once he’s licensed we are considering taking this side of the business to the next level.

I use this coaching company called Tom Ferry. My coach is a woman and I must say she has helped me tremendously in breaking barriers and I love her dearly.

100%. I would recommend it to anyone who is willing to go in with an open mind and actually implement and test what the coach has to offer. I started by having a coach for myself personally and it worked so well that my whole team now gets coached as well. It has made our business sales rise tremendously.

If you’re looking to flip properties and find great tenants afterwards I highly advise that you concentrate your efforts in core Denver. Now, if you’re looking for good cap rates then I would say you have to look at places like Aurora, North and West side of town and some parts of the suburbs.

To be part of a team much earlier and to start my own team. I really love mentoring and supporting people, it brings me the outmost joy. The dynamic in a team with a positive collaborative mindset can take you to new levels both personally and professionally.

I always find people to whom to delegate some of my responsibilities to that I trust and love. For my kids, I have a nanny that helps me a lot and I fully trust her so I can concentrate on my work and team. When I need to be at home, I have trusted colleagues to whom I can delegate work to if I need it. It really helps having the right people by your side who are like minded and understand that life is a balance.

I am a part of the 6 am club at Compass. I always have to do my gratitude in the mornings and always keep myself some quiet/reflecting time before my kids get up which has proven itself to be quite helpful to start my days off right.

I have a few things, but definitely bringing an investment division to the team. It would be an investment division of my brand, that helps and advises people on building a real estate portfolio. I think there’s so many people like myself, especially women out there that don’t even realize that they can leverage money they already have in a home to buy their first rental property.