Justin Black’s Record $1.64 Million Buena Vista Sale
A custom mountain farmhouse at the base of the Collegiate Peaks sets a record in one of Buena Vista’s most coveted mountain neighborhoods
“We wanted the best advisor we could find, and all of our research kept pointing to Justin,” said the seller of 31307 Great Peaks Drive. “We’d been told we would never get the price we wanted for this home, and he proved that wrong in record-setting fashion. He understood what made the property special and found the buyer who valued it the same way.”
Proved wrong, indeed. Real Estate Advisor Justin Black (LIV Sotheby’s International Realty) closed the sale of this Buena Vista farmhouse for $1,640,000. At 2,280 square feet, that works out to $719 per finished square foot, the highest price per finished square foot ever paid for a single-family home in the Game Trail subdivision.
It took exactly one showing. And it happened because of two good connections.
The art of making good connections
The first connection was between the sellers and their real estate advisor. There have never been more ways to find what you’re looking for, and more and more of that searching now runs through AI tools that compare markets, track records, and representation. Black saw that shift early and made building his visibility in those results a priority while also leveraging the latest CRM software provided by Sotheby’s International Realty.
But visibility only opens the door. When it comes to the decisions that really matter, people still choose the advisor they trust. For these sellers, their research kept pointing to the same name, and the more they learned, the more confident they became. Their research worked like a personal recommendation, delivered at scale.
The second connection was between the home and its buyer. A property like this isn’t for everyone, and it doesn’t need to be. It needs to reach the one person who sees seven acres beneath the Collegiate Peaks, an RV-ready shop, and elk wandering past the patio, and thinks, finally. It takes the expertise of a real estate advisor who knows how to price and position niche luxury mountain properties, connect dots, make calls, and get things moving with exceptional discretion and efficiency.
“In this market, luxury homes usually take their time,” explained Black. “It’s common for a high-end property here to sit six months to a year, and many expire before they ever sell. This one closed on a single showing. It was listed for 49 days, one buyer came through, and that buyer set the record. My clients found my website justinblackre.com through their own research using Microsoft’s generative AI assistant Copilot, and from there it was about reaching the one person the home was built for, not waiting on volume.”
Well-connected, start to finish
It all begins with trust. Here’s how Justin earned it, and turned it into a record sale:
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Connected to the people searching
As AI tools reshape how people research markets and choose representation, Black made sure he showed up in those results. The sellers found him on their own terms, already confident in their choice. -
Connected to the market
For Chaffee County luxury real estate, high-end homes in the Upper Arkansas Valley often sit for six months to a year. This one was listed for just 49 days. -
Well-presented
He understood what made the property special and positioned it for the buyer who would value it the same way. -
Connected to the right buyer
Black focused on precision over volume, reaching the one buyer the home was built for instead of waiting on foot traffic.
“Justin has now successfully closed three record-breaking sales,” said Larry Hutton, Vice President & Managing Broker at LIV Sotheby’s International Realty in Breckenridge. “Selling a home of this caliber on a single showing, at the highest price per finished square foot Game Trail has seen, reflects the strategy and precision Justin brings to every listing.”
The Buena Vista sale joins two other records on Justin’s résumé. In Breckenridge’s Weisshorn community, he represented the buyer of 132 N Gold Flake Terrace, a six-bedroom home of more than 7,400 square feet that closed for a record-breaking $9,481,500. In Alma, he represented the seller of 1453 Ponderosa Road, a 4,409-square-foot home on 10 acres that closed at $2,699,500, setting a new price record for single-family homes in the area.
A national standout in young real estate talent
Black is a 2026 honoree of the National Association of Realtors’ 30 Under 30 program, one of the industry’s most selective recognitions, awarded each year to the country’s most accomplished young real estate professionals. He also won the program’s Web Choice Award, earning 10,822 of the 37,577 public votes cast, nearly one-third of the total and the most of any finalist. He is the first 30 Under 30 honoree in LIV Sotheby’s International Realty history and the only Colorado-based honoree in the 2026 class.
A home inspired by epic grandeur
Buena Vista homes with acreage rarely come this complete. Built in 2022, the custom farmhouse sits on roughly seven acres in the Game Trail community, where San Isabel National Forest borders the neighborhood and a 400-acre elk conservation easement keeps things wild. The neighbors include elk, deer, moose, and turkey.
- The setting: Roughly seven acres at the base of the Collegiate Peaks, with 360-degree views and mountain vistas from nearly every room, on a level lot at the end of a cul-de-sac
- The great room: Beamed and vaulted ceilings of nine feet and up, exposed timber, and a floor-to-ceiling stone gas fireplace
- The kitchen: Oversized quartz island, Bosch appliances, gas cooktop, built-in oven/microwave combination, walk-in pantry, and reclaimed-wood accents
- The layout: True single-level living with four bedrooms, three and a half baths, plantation shutters, tiled walk-in showers, and an accessible kitchen, bath, and doorways
- Outdoor living: A covered patio with its own stone gas fireplace, framing the peaks year-round
- The shop: Anyone seeking a Colorado mountain home with an RV garage, this is the benchmark: a finished, insulated, and heated building of roughly 1,200 square feet with an oversized drive-through RV bay and room for overlanding rigs, toys, and trailers
- The garage: Attached, finished, insulated, and heated. Together with the shop, it parks about eight vehicles
- Smart home tech: Radiant heat, a smart thermostat, and smart locks
- High-country ready: Insulated concrete form (ICF) foundation, Starlink with fiber at the lot line, community water through the Game Trail Association, and a recognized Firewise neighborhood
- Move-in ready: Fully furnished and turnkey
Basecamp for Colorado adventure
Downtown Buena Vista is only 10 minutes away. An official section of town on the Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route (COBDR), it serves as a basecamp for the Arkansas River, Cottonwood Hot Springs, the Colorado Trail, and the Sawatch Range. The home is also short-term-rental eligible, and while the Town of Buena Vista’s moratorium pauses new licenses within town limits, Black projects more than $70,000 in annual gross revenue for the furnished, turnkey property.
Leave it with Justin
With ten years in Colorado real estate and more than $150 million in career sales, Justin works both ends of the state’s luxury market, from Colorado Springs and the Front Range to the mountain towns of Summit County and beyond. As a Real Estate Advisor for LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, he pairs that local fluency with the reach of the Sotheby’s International Realty network: 26,000 advisors across 86 markets, all connected to one another. Whether you’re selling a mountain home or searching for your next great escape, Justin can help.
Contact Justin at 719-684-3329 or justinblackre.com
About LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty services the Front Range markets of Boulder, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, Denver, Evergreen, Golden, and Northern Colorado as well as the resort markets of Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Dillon, Frisco, Keystone, Telluride, Vail, and Winter Park. Our expert real estate professionals provide local expertise for buyers and sellers in Colorado combined with the global reach of the Sotheby’s International Realty brand. Contact LIV Sotheby’s International Realty by calling 303.893.3200 or visiting livsothebysrealty.com for all your real estate needs.
