Dave Ness

Dave Ness

  •   5   (4 reviews)

About Dave

About Dave Dave has a colorful history in business primarily focused in the start-up world. Dave’s startup ventures began with Fortis Riders in 2000 where he served in Atlanta, GA as Vice President of Sales & Marketing and helped grow the new company to over a million dollars in revenue. Today, Fortis Riders is one of the largest companies of it’s kind and has debuted on the INC 500 list several times. Dave remains one of it’s largest shareholders. Dave left Fortis Riders in 2004 to help start Modern Downtown Developers, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. “Modo” quickly became one of the largest and most active Condo Conversion companies in Denver with over 40 investors and over 130 units developed. With the real estate market downturn in 2009, Modo Developers was shelved, and Dave made the lateral move to become a real estate agent. In 2011 Dave founded Thrive Real Estate Group. Since then, Thrive has sold over 500 residential properties and is approaching 300 million in sales. Thrive currently employs 14 incredible people and has offices in Cherry Creek North and Downtown Denver. Dave is father to 3 amazing children and a beautiful, ever-talented wife. In his non-real estate hours Dave sits on the Board of Advisors for 2 startup companies – Thrive Workspaces, Denver’s premier co-working office and Empact Bars, a high-end snack bar designed for women. In his off-hours, Dave loves exploring Denver via bike with his family, road-tripping to Steamboat Springs, CO, skiing double black diamonds, climbing Colorado’s peaks, camping, reading business books – and drinking good whiskey. Favorite Quote "I can picture a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it." - Jack Handey Awards & Designations NAEA, NAR, CAR, DMAR

Dave's reviews

  5  
Dave has 4 reviewsacross 4 different locations, showing 4.
Review Dave
about 4 years ago
Dave helped us sell our townhome in East Denver...

Dave helped us sell our townhome in East Denver. Throughout the process he kept us informed and updated with all offers. I think he worked well with us and the buyers agent, so that both parties were happy with the negotiations.

about 5 years ago
Dave and the Thrive team are very knowledgeable...

Dave and the Thrive team are very knowledgeable of the Denver market, the buying process, and the overall negotiation. This is the 3rd home Dave has now helped my wife and I buy in the Denver market. Dave and the Thrive team are extremely responsive and supportive throughout the process. After our offer was accepted the entire Thrive team (especially Rebecca!) educated us on the process while ensuring we stayed on track to our closing date. I'll be buying and selling all homes through Dave and the Thrive team. My wife and I highly recommend Dave!

over 5 years ago
Made the whole process extremely easy. From...

Made the whole process extremely easy. From finding the correct home, to getting money back, it was a breeze! As long as I live in Denver, he will be our realtor.

over 6 years ago
Dave stuck with us for 3 years while we searched for our home

Dave stuck with us for 3 years while we searched for our home. He was extremely professional and helped guide us through every step. He always made himself available to show us houses when we wanted to see them, and he is just an all around great guy. You MUST use him if you are in Denver as he is the best of the best.

Dave's properties

Dave has 1 property for sale, showing 1, sorted by most recent activity

For Sale
$569,000
661 Joplin Street
Aurora CO 80011
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Single-Family
Listing courtesy of Thrive Real Estate Group
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