Eric’s passion for real estate can be traced back to the state of Wisconsin where he was the head coach for the University of Wisconsin-Madison swimming and diving team. He brought out the best in his athletes and spent an exorbitant amount of time on the tiniest of details in a sport where a fraction of a second can make a world of difference. This attention to detail paid off in 1996 when he coached his first Olympians. Eric brings that same energy and focus to real estate.
Eric also has a passion for connecting like-minded people and introducing them to the perfect tribe. In fact, it’s not uncommon to catch Eric sharing an FNG Hazy IPA at Timnath Beerwerks or hitting the trails at Horsetooth Reservoir with his clients. Truth be told, he loves all that Northern Colorado and the Rocky Mountains have to offer.
With almost a decade experience in real estate, Eric has a wide range of skills including being a certified Fort Collins Tourism Ambassador. Want to learn more about Eric? Drop him a line. He’d love to chat.
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My wife and I had been looking on and off to buy a home for the past 2 years. Eric worked with us from the beginning and helped by educating and advising us on the current housing market, trends and things to look for in our first home. He never pushed us to act if we weren't ready and worked with us on how to be ready when the right house was available. When that house came, Eric made the process very easy, painless and helped us get our dream first home. He acted quickly, knew the right things to look for and ask the sellers and made it possible for us close on our first home. I highly recommend using Eric, as well as Tara and her team at The Group Mortgage for your real estate needs!
Eric is a realtor that goes above and beyond helping the customer achieve the goal of buying or selling. We highly recommend him.
Eric was very instrumental in purchasing our home. He did everything and beyond to help with the transaction in a very professional and thorough manner. We highly recommend him.
Eric was an amazing help. He made the home search effortless and easy. He did a great job providing options and talking us through the process of buying a home remotely. He was easily accessible and would respond to our questions and concerns in a timely fashion. We were able to move quickly since everyone was knowledgeable in their field of expertise. Thank you to Tara for moving so quickly with our financial application to make a quick close happen during our time crunch. We highly recommend Eric as a realtor along with the entire The Group brokerage.
Eric was not afraid to not recommend a house which spoke volumes of his desire to find a house we would love. Super easy to work with and knows how to get a deal signed and complete ASAP. Highly recommend Eric!
Eric has been a tremendous resource for us as we have begun our relocation to Fort Collins. He has invested countless hours walking us through prospective properties, both virtually and in-person. He has demonstrated an abundance of patience with us over the course of several years we have been looking at possible properties. Eric has gone above and beyond, what a typical realtor might feel warranted, without complaining. We are glad to not only call him our realtor, but our friend.
Eric really took the ball and ran with it when he listed and sold our house very quickly at a price that exceeded our expectations. That is the bottom line. He laid out a strategy that worked, told us in precise terms what we needed to do to ultimately sell our home. He went out of his way to even help around the house when it was apparent I could not do certain tasks, and he was timely in responding to requests and questions we had. I would heartily recommend Eric to others we might know that are either selling or buying a home.
Eric is truly passionate about his work, seeking to match homes with desired values and key qualities sought by buyer. He has an abundance of patience in working through the challenges covid and financial uncertainities have brought. His honesty and integreity in his work are outstanding: never giving an impression his work is work but his joy. He is in an outstanding ambassador for not only The Group but Fort Collins and the "No CO life." His professional attention to detail provided great comfort and assurance any issues with seller and/or seller's agent where quickly identified and resolved. I would not hesitate to recommend his services to anyone!
If you want the very best in the real estate game, contract with Eric! He understood my quirky artist nature and home that wasn't for just anyone's taste and marketed it in a way that drew the very best next owner. I'm fortunate to count Eric as one of my close tribe and won't hesitate to recommend him to you.
Eric brings great energy and knowledge to the entire real estate process. His positive attitude and understanding of the northern Colorado market are unsurpassed. He not only focused on our property, but our property in context to the entire market and economic conditions in Colorado.
Eric is first class. We have dealt with Eric several times. Honest, caring, realistic and intentional. He will always have my business.
Eric did a wonderful job for us. Thank you very much.
Eric has been our realtor for 3 total transactions including selling and purchasing. He has provided excellent service, priced our sales properly and ensured that we purchased at a proper price with resale in mind. Eric has a keen understanding of the local market dynamics and understands how to price homes based on the desired customer outcomes. I highly recommend Eric as a realtor whether you are looking to buy or sell.
Eric was terrific to work with. He showed us many properties all of which were beautiful and satisfied most of our desires. He was patient, great is giving advise and answering our questions. Overall a wonder experience.
We are so grateful to The Group and Eric Hansen, we found our dream home and Eric made the process smooth and walked us all the way through our closing day. Fantastic! Tom R. and Lara R.
Eric provided exceptional service in helping us find a new home. Most appreciated, in addition to his knowledge of the market and negotiation guidance, was that he was 100% on top of every detail along the way. He did what he said he would do, when he said he would do it. Eric managed us instead of us having to manage him to make sure things weren’t missed. This thoroughness and integrity gave me a very high level of confidence that we didn’t have to worry that the job would be done right and that our interests were being guarded. (Something I have found lacking with agents I’ve used in the past.) Also worth noting is that Fort Collins could not have a better ambassador. It was very reassuring to hear the genuine joy he gets from living there, and gave us tons of insight on what life would be like there. This was especially helpful because we were moving from another part of the country and were taking a big leap of faith on what we could expect. Eric’s testimony on the region made that leap a little less scary.
My wife and I have worked with Eric on two separate home purchases, one sale, and have referred him twice. He is the man.
Awesome skills on uncovering our needs and matching them to location based on our lifestyle.
Very responsive, very knowledgeable of market and area, great personality
Eric was very helpful and knowledgeable through every step of the process of selling my home. I couldn’t be happier with the process and will happily recommended Eric to anyone in need of a great Relator.
Eric knows real estate! His understanding and perspective on my unique, artsy property led directly to a very quick sales transaction with the ideal buyer. He negotiated the sale to bring me the ideal buyer with the ideal offer. I am SO grateful!
Eric knows real estate! His understanding and perspective on my unique, artsy property led directly to a very quick sales transaction with the ideal buyer. He negotiated the sale to bring me the ideal buyer with the ideal offer. I am SO grateful!
Eric listened to what we were looking for and price range. Never showed us something that won't work on both fronts. He is very knowledgeable and gave us a ton of information.
He is a consummate professional. He is extremely knowledgeable about the greater Fort Collins area and he has a very positive, upbeat personality that made our search for a home fun and successful.
Eric is awesome. I wouldn’t buy a house from anyone else.
Eric is thorough, efficient, patient and a pleasure to work with. He listened carefully to us and then helped craft a list of properties to view that best matched our wants and needs. This was particularly important as we were on short visits from out-of-state and did not have time to waste. With his help, we were able to find our dream home on a mountain top and move through all the steps to purchasing it with ease. We have had an absolutely exceptional experience with Eric Hansen and will highly recommend him to anyone looking for a home in Colorado.
Eric was very instrumental not only in directing us to the types of properties we thought we wanted -- but also in acclimating and educating us on the current market conditions, what to expect and watch for on newer construction.
Professional, engaging, personal, gets it done.
We've had the privilege of knowing Eric for 3 years and he has been nothing friendly, helpful and supportive through all of our transactions. Eric is always available to answer questions, offer suggestions and we know he always has our best interests in mind. We have been fortunate enough to watch our professional relationship grow into a true friendship. Eric is a rockstar and we appreciate everything that he has and continues to do for us!
Eric and The Group were absolute rock stars in helping us purchase our home in Wellington. His/their knowledge of the market and Eric's ability and willingness to communicate throughout the entire process FAR exceeded any expectations we had in working with a real estate agent. If there was an 11 on the scale of "how likely are you to recommend...", I wouldn't hesitate!
Eric listened well and was very tuned in to our needs and desires and he was very organized in his search efforts to help us find our perfect home. Due to his initiative, we were able to get into an unfinished new home, which we might not have otherwise even looked at.
We had a great experience working with Eric, we couldn't have been more pleased. My husband and I couldn’t believe how responsive he was to our requests and questions. Eric helped us sell an investment property. He was enthusiastic and well prepared, and every interaction we had with him was the same. He proposed an efficient sale process, arranged for the photographs, gave us wise and thoughtful selling strategies concerning our home. We received multiple offers the first day the house went on the market, thanks in large part to Eric's incredible work. The sale went very well–he brought to us 7 offers, all way above asking price. Eric was wonderful in keeping the transaction moving along and getting to closing in a timely manner. He educated us and directed us to a 1031 exchange which also proved profitable. We have had eight transactions of purchasing and selling homes over the years and this was the smoothest and easiest even though we needed to do this from a distance of 700 miles. In conclusion, selling our home with Eric was a terrific decision.
Eric has helped us out on several occasions, and I think goes well above and beyond what he's required to do for his clients. I could not recommend him highly enough.
We have recommended Eric to family and friends. He is very knowledgeable, professional and friendly. He was always accessible to us. He had our best interest at heart. We are very pleased with the pieces that culminated in the sale of our home.