Rick Staufer has lived in Colorado since 1991. He grew up in South Dakota and went to college in Montana where he fell in love with his wife, Risé, and the mountains. They moved extensively while serving in the military and working in the pharmaceutical and medical software industries.  They settled in Colorado where they built Staufer Team Real Estate while raising their family.   Rick loves being a part of the home buying and selling process and enjoys the challenge of helping his clients negotiate their way through the complicated process.

• B.S. Forestry
• M.S. Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
• 6 years active duty – U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 1976-1982
• Sales, Sales Director, Operations Officer since 1983
• Formal training in advanced negotiating strategies
• President – Superior Chamber of Commerce
• Real estate school & licensure, 2002
• Certified Negotiation Expert, 2009
• GREEN, 2009
• Graduate Realtor Institute, 2009