Market Sharing with Liz Leeds, Elan Residence Specialist in Vail: PART 1

EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the length, we have decided to break up our Market Sharing Q&A into two parts.

Liz Leeds, a 17-year Vail Valley native with 25 years of sales and marketing experience, is one of Vail's reigning fractional real estate experts. She has sold hundreds of fractionals during her real estate career, led educational broker seminars and written articles about fractional real estate for Vail Daily. As The Èlan Collection's very first Residence Specialist chosen for our monthly ”Market Sharing” Q&A series, she shares her insights on the Vail luxury vacation market, the art of selling luxury vacation homes in one of the country’s most popular ski destinations, and what the future holds for the local fractional market.

The Èlan Report: What makes Vail a unique vacation home destination in your mind?

Liz Leeds: Vail has always competed with Whistler, British Columbia for the number one ski resort spot in North America. Vail has so much to offer in both the winter and summer. The ski mountain has fabulous terrain for all levels of skiers and snowboarders. The back bowls are world renowned coupled with all of the other activities that are available on the ski mountain such as snowshoeing, tubing at Adv

enture Ridge, snowmobiling and more. Then when you add in potential summer activities in Vail such as hiking, biking kayaking, golfing and all of the performing arts—there is not much you cannot do here in Vail when vacationing.

TER: What ultimately sells your clients on Vail?

LL: The fact that Vail is very easy to get to from Denver International Airport—one can make the drive in two hours. The Eagle County Airport also serves many airlines from around the country for those who fly commercially or privately. The fact that the ski mountain is number one in the country makes it very appealing for families who want to build lifetime memories here in Vail.

TER: Where do your luxury vacation clients generally come from?

LL: I have several clients from South America and London. They can find good values in the U.S. now, especially in Vail. Domestically, many of my clients come from Texas, New York and the Midwestern states such as Kansas and Minnesota.