Colorado’s divorce home-selling team
The group Colorado divorcing homeowners call first to sell the house
Selling a house in a divorce is our specialty, not a sideline. Brian Lee Burke, a licensed Colorado broker since 2003 and founder of Colorado Divorce Decisions, leads a group that sells divorce listings every month, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, with Damon L. Chavez, Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist and Certified Residential Appraiser, reviewing the valuation: more than ten divorce home sales in the last twelve months between us. Two owners who do not agree, two attorneys, a court deadline, and a house that has to be priced by data: that is the job, and it is the only job on this page. Brian leads every divorce file for The Kenna Real Estate Group, with a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist reviewing the valuation and the terms.
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Brian Lee Burke leads every file
Licensed Colorado broker since 2003, founder of Colorado Divorce Decisions, 5.0 stars from 283 Google reviews. Damon L. Chavez, Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist and appraiser, reviews the valuation.
One valuation, both spouses, same moment
Written Smart Pricing Report to both sides, both attorneys copied, no carried messages.
Stipulated and court-ordered sales
Listing terms, reduction schedules and disbursement instructions written the way the court expects.
Highlands Ranch to Denver
Dedicated pages for the places we work, with the court that handles the case.
We sell homes for divorcing couples as a neutral, and we help the spouse who is keeping the house get the valuation and the loan right. Brian Lee Burke, team leader of The Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams DTC and a licensed Colorado broker since 2003, leads the practice. Damon L. Chavez, a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist and Level I and II Collaborative Divorce Professional, is an affiliate partner who reviews the valuation (his license is with RE/MAX Professionals). Every page on this site is built around that one specialty.
Who actually handles your sale
One group, one phone number, and a specialist behind every file. Here is exactly who does what, so nobody has to guess.
What you get, on every divorce file
Neutral real estate coordination
Both spouses, same numbers, same moment, both brokerages disclosed in writing.
Attorney collaboration
Both attorneys get the valuation, the listing draft and the net sheet at the same time, and we prefer to talk to them directly.
Professional training
Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist, Certified Residential Appraiser and collaborative-divorce training on the designated specialist; Harvard Negotiation Mastery.
Document requests
Written valuations, net sheets, showing logs and offer logs, produced for counsel on request and ready for a stipulation or an order.
Fair market valuations
The Smart Pricing Report: three price points, comparables with concessions netted out, a net sheet at each price. An independent appraisal when the court wants one.
Court-ordered sales
The order becomes the listing terms, every contact goes in the log, and the court can authorize a signature if one spouse refuses.
Presentations and the workshop
A free monthly workshop in Littleton and online with a real estate professional, a mortgage professional and a title professional, focused on what to do with the house; we refer you to family-law attorneys, financial analysts, mediators and counselors when you need one, and talks for attorneys and mediators on request.
Extreme marketing
Flyover video, professional photography, flyers, reflective signs with call capture, Zillow Premier, KW and RE/MAX reach, 1,000+ buyer inquiries a month.
Who handles a divorce file here
Brian Lee Burke
Licensed Colorado broker since 2003 · REALTOR® · Founder of Colorado Divorce Decisions · Team leader, The Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams DTC · Author of two real estate books
Brian leads every divorce file. He prices the home from the sales around it, sends the same written numbers to both spouses at the same moment, and runs the sale to the closing table. 5.0 stars from 283 Google reviews, and a group that sells homes from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.
Damon L. Chavez
Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist · Collaborative Divorce Professional I and II · REALTOR® since 2000 · Certified Residential Appraiser · Harvard Business School Online, Negotiation Mastery
Damon is the group’s designated divorce specialist. More than 12 years working with divorcing couples, a licensed appraiser’s eye on value, and collaborative-divorce training that keeps a sale from turning into a second case. He is an affiliate partner of The Kenna Real Estate Group; his own license is with RE/MAX Professionals (Colorado House Finders Team, Highlands Ranch). He is listed with Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals and South Denver Collaborative Divorce, and he completed Harvard Business School Online’s Negotiation Mastery program.
Brian Lee Burke
Team leader and licensed broker, REALTOR®, e-PRO® · Founder of Divorce Workshops Colorado and Colorado Divorce Decisions · Author of two books · Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams DTC
Brian has sold Colorado homes since 2003, 306 of them in the last ten years, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, and spent 25 years in construction before and alongside it, thirteen as a multifamily superintendent, which is why his valuations read the roof and the furnace, not just the comps. He is the licensed broker who leads the group, wrote The Real Estate Playbook and Mastering Real Estate, and founded Divorce Workshops Colorado and this site after watching people decide the house without anyone explaining the math.
On a divorce file Brian sets the standard the whole group works to: the same written number to both spouses at the same time, terms in writing before the sign goes up, a log of every showing and offer, and the marketing machine behind more than a thousand buyer inquiries a month. He leads a team that is BBB Accredited with an A+ rating, carries 5.0 stars from 283 Google reviews and Zillow Premier Agent status, and he still answers the phone and runs the discovery calls himself.
The rest of the group: every Kenna agent works divorce files the same way
Brian leads the group, Damon backs every file as our Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist, and these are the agents who run your file: the showings, the paperwork and the move with you across the Front Range. Ask for any of them by name; every call comes through the group line.
The presenting professionals
The Colorado Divorce Decisions workshop is the free monthly Zoom, Divorce and the House, taught by a real estate professional, a mortgage professional and a title professional, plus the professionals we refer to; it is the free monthly workshop with us: the Second Saturday Divorce Workshop in Littleton: a real estate professional, a mortgage professional and a title professional, focused on what to do with the house; we refer you to family-law attorneys, financial analysts, mediators and counselors when you need one. Meet the presenters and see which seats are open, or reserve a seat at the next workshop.
Meet the presenters
Who holds each seat on the panel, their credentials, and how to reach them.
The panelMike Oswald at Rate
The lender for divorce refinances, buyouts and buying again. NMLS 261003.
The lenderJoin the panel
Open seats for Colorado attorneys, CDFAs, mediators and therapists. No fees, no lists.
Open seatsWhat we do on a divorce file
Neutral listing for both spouses
Same written valuation, listing draft, net sheet and closing statement to both spouses and both attorneys at the same time. Every email copies both. Impasses go to counsel, not to a side.
How a divorce sale worksCourt-ordered and stipulated sales
Listing terms, automatic price-reduction schedules, repair caps, minimum offers and disbursement instructions written so a judge, a title company and two attorneys can follow them.
Court-ordered salesValuation for a buyout
A written Smart Pricing Report with comps, adjustments and a condition note, delivered to both sides; an independent appraisal when either side disputes it. Damon is a licensed appraiser, so the number holds up.
Appraisal vs CMAWhen one spouse will not cooperate
A refusal to sign, a refusal to allow showings, a refusal to agree on price. There is a process for each, and it runs through the attorneys and the court, not through us picking a side.
If one spouse refusesThe keeping spouse’s loan
Pre-approval on the buyout numbers before the decree sets a deadline, with Mike Oswald at Rate or any lender you choose.
The buyout mathBuying again after
One income, support that counts, the old mortgage on your credit, CHFA and metroDPA help, and the full MLS on kennarealestate.com.
Buying after divorceWhere we work
A dedicated page for each place, with the court that hears the case and what is particular about that market.
Northern Colorado
North and west metro
Denver and the south metro
Colorado Springs area
How a divorce listing runs with us, step by step
- One conversation, both spouses welcome. A 20-minute discovery call, separately or together. Book it.
- The number. Smart Pricing Report to both spouses at the same time; appraisal if either disputes it.
- The paper. Listing terms written for the stipulation your attorneys can drop into the agreement or the court can order.
- The listing. Staging for a half-occupied home, showing rules that respect the spouse still there, no “motivated” language anywhere.
- The offers. Lowballs answered with the appraisal; a written log of every showing and offer either side can hand to the court.
- The closing. Disbursement exactly as the stipulation or decree says; proceeds held by the title company when the case is not final.
Honest disclosures
- Damon L. Chavez is licensed with RE/MAX Professionals and works with us as an affiliate partner. He is not a Kenna employee.
- Only Brian Burke is a REALTOR® on The Kenna Real Estate Group; other team members are licensed Colorado real estate agents. Damon is a REALTOR® through his own brokerage.
- We do not claim designations we do not hold. Damon’s are listed on third-party sites linked above; no other team member currently holds a divorce designation.
- The group’s divorce-sale count is our own tally, not an audited figure.
The divorce real estate division
One specialty. Brian Lee Burke leads it.
Brian Lee Burke, a licensed Colorado broker since 2003 and founder of Colorado Divorce Decisions, leads every divorce file for The Kenna Real Estate Group, rated 5.0 stars from 283 Google reviews. Damon L. Chavez, Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist, Level I and II Collaborative Divorce Professional and Certified Residential Appraiser, reviews the valuation as an affiliate partner; his own license is with RE/MAX Professionals, and we say so on every page. Between them, by our count, the group closed more than ten divorce sales in the past year.
Meet Brian · Meet Damon · For attorneys and mediators · Book a discovery call
Questions people ask on this page
Do we both have to hire you?
On a sale, both owners sign the listing agreement, so both spouses engage us, usually as a transaction broker for the sale. For a buyout valuation, either spouse can ask and we send the report to both.
Can you represent just me?
After the decree, or when the decree awards the house to you alone, yes. During a joint sale, one-sided representation is what makes the other spouse and the court distrust the process.
What does it cost?
The valuation and the advice are free. On a sale we are paid at closing like any agent; Colorado listing-side commissions average about 2.8 percent. No fee if the house does not sell.
Do you work with our attorneys?
Yes, and we prefer it. Both attorneys get the same documents and the same log. What we provide counsel.
Who actually shows up?
Brian on the discovery call, the pricing and the listing, Damon on the valuation review, and The Kenna Real Estate Group for showings, staging and buyers. You will know who is doing what before you sign anything.
Where to go next
- Divorce real estate specialists (the hub)
- How to choose the best divorce Realtor in Denver and Colorado
- Brian Lee Burke
- Damon L. Chavez, Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist
- For divorce attorneys and mediators
- Court-ordered home sales in Colorado
- What if one spouse refuses to sell
- Highlands Ranch divorce realtor
- Littleton divorce realtor
- Centennial divorce realtor
- Denver divorce realtor
- The free Colorado divorce-home guide
- All six free guides (PDF)
- Sell the house
- Keep the house
- What is the house worth
- Register for the free monthly Zoom: Divorce and the House
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