Adam Smith

Adam P. Smith is the President of The Colorado Real Estate Finance Group, Inc., a Commercial and Residential Real Estate Finance Firm. During his career he has helped thousands of clients, both individuals and corporations, in their goals regarding real estate finance as well as both personal and corporate finance and has personally written billions of dollars in mortgage and finance deals.

Adam has been a member of the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association, the Colorado Association of Mortgage Brokers, and the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. He was also a founding charter member of the Rocky Mountain Association of Mortgage Brokers. He played an integral part in the Colorado mortgage licensing process serving as a lobbyist and counsel at the Business Affairs Committee hearings at the State House of Representatives in 2006 and 2007. Adam’s company is a member of the Experience Pros Extreme Customer Service program. His company was also a member of the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau with a perfect record for as long as they had been such and is a multiple recipient of the BBB Gold Star Award and was nominated for the 2009 and 2010 Torch Award for Marketplace Trust. Adam was also nominated for the BBB Board of Directors in 2008.

Adam was awarded the MPI Broker of the Year award in 2003 and again in 2004. He was also awarded Broker of the Month seventeen times between 2003 and 2005. He has also received ABC awards as a top business partner in 2006 and 2007, and has also been awarded the South Metro Denver Realtor® Association Affiliate Superstar Award in 2008. Adam was named one of The 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals in 2013. He was also named one of National Mortgage Professional Magazine’s Top 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40 in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He is the only person to receive this award five times. Adam was also awarded the South Metro Denver Realtor® Association Affiliate of the Year in 2013.

Adam has been published in several trade publications including The Resource For Professionals, Broker/Banker Magazine, National Mortgage Professional Magazine, and the Colorado Mortgage Professional Magazine. Adam has also been a guest and a guest host for the Experience Pros radio program which is broadcast in several major metropolitan areas in Arizona, Colorado and Texas. He also has a well renowned weekly video blog to the real estate community to help real estate agents and other sales professionals grow their business.

Adam served as the South Metro Denver Realtor® Association Affiliate Chair for 2011-2012, after serving as President for 2010-2011, as President-Elect 2009-2010 and as the Assistant Vice-President in 2008-2009. He is the current Chairman, for a 3rd year, for the REALTOR® Political Action Committee or RPAC and has been a Silver Circle contributor to the REALTOR® Political Action Committee every year since 2011. He also served in the SMDRA Ambassador program, the Affiliate Superstar Award program, was the first Affiliate ever to serve on the Emcee Committee for their marketing sessions, and co-chaired both the Business Development Group and Membership Committees. He has served as Committee Co-Chair for the Cinco De Mayo Fundraiser in 2008, 2009 and 2012. He has also served on many other SMDRA Committees including the Affiliate Cookbook, the Holiday Breakfast, the Winter Social, the Food and Clothing Drive, the Charity Committee, the Political Action Committee, and the Recycle Project. He is mentoring several SMDRA Realtor and Affiliate members and has even taught marketing classes at SMDRA.

Adam is also a board member of the Metro Denver Realtor® Foundation and has worked on the Fundraising, Planning and Bylaws Committees. He also has repeatedly served as emcee for the Foundation’s annual fundraisers and was nominated as a Board Trustee for 2010 where he served until 2016.

Adam lectures regularly, and mentors colleagues, on contact management and marketing for professionals in the real estate, mortgage, insurance and financial fields. He has taught classes for several of the country’s largest real estate companies, countless title companies, and many regional real estate boards. He has also taught technology classes for several Colorado Association of Realtors® events. Adam also has a weekly video blog for real estate professionals on no-cost marketing and contact management.

Adam works in a volunteer public information officer capacity for the Douglas County Sheriff’s office as a watch captain, and has been a SAR member in past years. He has been a certified member of the Red Cross HOPE Disaster Volunteer Program since 2005 and a member of the Colorado Emergency Response Team since 2016. Adam has also served as an Advisory Board member for the Colorado Avalanche NHL team since 2014. He also serves as a Public Affairs Representative for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve with the United States Department of Defense and has presented Patriot Awards to many of Colorado’s employers including the City and County and Denver, Denver Public Schools, Jeppesen, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, the University of Denver, Cigna, United Launch Alliance, and the United States Postal Service. Adam served for three years on the Board of Directors for the JRC and worked on their allocation committee, helping to distribute millions of dollars a year to Colorado charitable organizations in need. He was also an active member of the SERTOMA service organization, has worked as the Program Director for the DTC chapter and has served two terms as the Chapter President for 2011-2013 and two more as Chairman of the Board in 2013-2015. He was awarded the Englewood Chamber of Commerce 2012 Service Club Award for his work with SERTOMA. Adam was named the 2013 SERTOMAN of The Year for his efforts with SERTOMA and in the community. Adam was also nominated the 2012 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of Year and has served as a mentor for new candidates.

Adam is a 4th generation Denver native and grew up in the south Denver and surrounding suburban areas. He is married to long time Colorado resident, Elizabeth and has three children, Lisa, Alex and Asher, all Denver natives. He is an avid sports fan and is a season ticket holder for the Denver Broncos, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth, Denver Outlaws and the University of Denver Pioneers.