“One can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.” - Beach Music Pat Conroy
A retired teacher (brief 36-year career) and a transplanted Colorado native since 1988, I am married to Larissa who is navigating her 21st year teaching Language Arts at Rocky Mountain H.S. Together, we have 4 wonderful children. Christian is a social worker in NYC working with South American unaccompanied immigrant minors, Lauren is a 5th grade teacher in Austin in her 7th year of teaching, Carter is a 9th grader at Rocky Mountain High School, and Colter continually provides the family entertainment as a 6th grader at Kinard Middle School.
Professional Qualifications
Broker Associate/Partner-The Group Real Estate
Member of National Associations of Realtors
Member of Colorado Association of Realtors
Member of Fort Collins Board of Realtors
Graduate of Ninja Selling
Professional Experience
H.S. Language Arts Instructor, Department Head, Head Football Coach (1980-2016)
Education
B.A. Speech Communication & English (double major): California State University Northridge
M.A. Speech Communication/Rhetoric: Colorado State University
Community Involvement
Fort Collins Parks & Rec Volunteer Basketball Coach (2017-Present)
NFL Flag Football Volunteer Coach (2014-Present)
Fort Collins Baseball Club Volunteer Coach (2014-Present)
Tom provided exceptional service and he was incredibly professional and went above and beyond to meet our needs. It was an easy process working with Tom.
Tom was very professional, and, most importantly, he knew his shit.
Tom has helped us with several purchases. He does a great job at all aspects of the buying and selling process, including connecting buyers with contractors needed after purchase.
As first-time homeowners, we were very nervous about buying a home. Tom alleviated any of the stresses and worries that we had. We are extremely grateful for his help in all of the steps of this process.
Tom was so good to work with! He listened to our needs and wants and was a great advocate for us in the buying and selling process. We would definitely recommend him to others!
Enthusiastic, communicative and a pleasure to work worth! Problem solves and makes things happen! Definitely recommend Tom for anything real estate!
Tom is always going above and beyond. When we decided to sell our house, there was no thought of looking elsewhere for help. We trust him. We've used him multiple times with our houses over the years. We've always been happy. He has always gone above and beyond to help with all of the details and logistics that you don't see coming. Forever grateful for Tom as a realtor, a friend, and a leader in our community.
I enjoyed working with Tom Smailes very much; he is committed to finding your dream home, he is very organized, very imformative thru each step of the process, knowledgeable and communicates the search and buying of a home very well. I would highly recommend Tom to friends and family.
Tom is always ready to go the extra mile to help his clients. He is knowledgeable, thorough, efficient, trustworthy and kind. Even after the sale is complete, I know that I can contact him with any problem or question. I am very grateful to have him on my side.
Tom is by far the only relator I'd ever recommend or utilize the services of. After viewing 27 houses I finally have a home. Tom was positive the entire time through the process always looking forward to the next hour trek to Denver to look at houses. He kept our heads straight as we started to get desperate. He literally got us a free roof even as we were uneasy about losing the house. Tom is amazing at what he does and by far is the best decision we made in getting a house.