As a licensed master electrician, Robert Gash ran two large electrical contracting companies in the Denver area, billing up to $15 million a year and running 120 employees, as well as developing several commercial properties and building custom homes. Four years ago, Robert and his family made a big change. “I moved my family from the Front Range to Cedaredge to provide a better environment for our two kids to be raised in,” Robert explains. “We wanted to simplify our lifestyle.” While his wife, Anna, continues to teach at Cedaredge schools, Robert has embraced the ranching lifestyle northwest of Cedaredge on his 60-acre farm. He’s developing a line of Lowline, or smaller framed, Angus cattle, as well as a line of Labrador retrievers for ardent hunters. His kids are thriving--raising pigs for 4H, playing sports, taking home 4H shooting trophies, and getting top grades. Now it’s time for the next step: a real estate career in ranches, farms, income-producing properties, and residential properties. “I’m excited about United Country’s incredible marketing tools and buyer leads,” Robert says. “United Country specializes in marketing exactly the type of properties that we have in rural Colorado—ranches, resorts, orchards, golf course homes, hobby farms, single-family homes, and horse properties. United Country’s technology seems to be the best in the business. I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”

Gary is a rancher and horseman with 22 years' experience as a wilderness outfitter, guiding fly-fishing and big game hunts. He is an award-winning writer, photographer, and political commentator. A ranch broker with a wide-ranging knowledge of ranch and resort properties all over Colorado, Gary has worked in the resort and construction industry, and has a strong working knowledge of luxury resort real estate, as well as ranches, farms, vineyards, orchards, and commercial properties in western Colorado. For sellers interested in marketing their properties, Gary's expertise in working on national advertising campaigns comes in very handy. He's been the production manager and location scout for photo shoots for ad campaigns for Bushnell, Federal Premium, UnderArmour, John Deere, Izod, and Remington Arms Company, among others. Sellers can be assured that their listings will be presented in the best possible light by a true marketing professional. As a buyer's agent, Gary has many years' experience guiding clients onto a trophy mule deer, a beautiful trout stream, or a horseback ride in the mountains. "Selling real estate is not all that different," Gary says. "People want to be educated about the place where they will spend their time, and learn all about the cool things they'll get to experience. And they want the no-nonsense explanation of the difficulties that they may encounter. Real estate has been a great transition for me from my days of guiding." In only five years, Gary has built United Country Colorado Brokers into one of the most successful real estate brokerages on the Western Slope of Colorado. "We don't confine ourselves to just the local area," Gary explains. "Land is land, homes are homes, and ranches are ranches. While there are intricacies to the local market, our buyers are looking at properties statewide. We may be competing with an outfitting business in Montana or a farm in New Mexico. We have to understand the market all across Colorado to be competitive." A proud member of the Realtors Land Institute, Gary networks regularly with other land brokers statewide. "I have a good resource to call in every corner of the state," Gary says. "We meet four times a year and each broker has a chance to present two or three properties to the 50 best brokers in the state. Not only do we transact a lot of business with our buyers and sellers through those connections, it's also a great way to learn about market conditions all over the state." On a personal level, Gary is a horseman, skier, fly-fisherman, hunter, and dog enthusiast, raising Labrador retrievers and Brittany spaniels. He grows hay on 117 acres of ranch land near Crawford, Colorado, and his wife, Doris, trains quality horses for sale. Gary's two sons, Reed and Jake, are students at Hotchkiss High School, where they're getting top grades and participating in sports. Gary enjoys volunteering as a youth wrestling coach and chairs the local chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.