for some of the town s small independent real estate companies, there was only one way to compete again the biggies of their industry, join forces. 40 years ago, aspen, colorado was a hard-to-reach back water, far away from the world of big business and international tourism. it was much smaller, much more intimate. businesses were all small, the shops were small. it had a wonderful scale and feeling. that s when bill sterling first arrived and opened up his own independent real estate business called sterling homes incorporated. i started it with a borrowed loan from the bank of about $5,000. and that s how it all began in 1978. b.j. adams is another long-time aspen-based independent real estate company owner. i thought, well, i m going to strike out. i was young enough, naive enough to think i could do it and i just started off on my own thinking i could do this better. they call to aspen for the ski slopes and started selling property on the side more than
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