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The Principal Team

Two principals.
One standard.

David Lampe and Tom Grant. Twenty-three years of new-construction experience in metro Denver, $300M+ in transactions, and 136 five-star reviews. The same two people you meet at the first showing are the two people who walk you through the design center, negotiate with the builder, and hand you the keys.

David Lampe, Real Estate Broker, The Principal Team

David Lampe

Real Estate Broker · Founder, The Principal Team

David has spent two decades selling real estate across the Front Range, with a particular focus on new construction and master-planned communities. He started at a national homebuilder before launching The Principal Team, which gave him something most agents working with new construction never have: a working knowledge of how builders price, how they cycle incentives, and what a sales office will actually concede when asked correctly.

At Painted Prairie, that translates into specifics. Which builder is running closing-cost credits this month. Which lot premiums are negotiable and which aren't. Which floor plans are about to be discontinued and which are entering a price increase. When a buyer is deciding between two homes from two builders, David is the person who knows what to ask each sales office to make them comparable.

On the listing side, he built a model designed to do exactly what most brokerages don't: charge a competitive commission rate without compromising on photography, drone, video, microsite, pre-MLS distribution, or any of the marketing that actually moves a listing. Sellers keep more of their equity. The work is the same.

David carries the GUILD Recognition designation from the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (the top 5% of agents who hold the CLHMS designation worldwide) and has been named a Five Star Real Estate Agent nine consecutive years by 5280 Magazine.

Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist with GUILD Recognition Five Star Real Estate Agent 2026
Credentials & Recognition Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, GUILD Recognition · Five Star Real Estate Agent, 2026 (nine consecutive years).
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Tom Grant, Real Estate Agent, The Principal Team

Tom Grant

Real Estate Agent · The Principal Team

Tom partners with David on every Painted Prairie transaction and runs much of the day-to-day client work: showings, builder walk-throughs, inspection objections, contract negotiation, and the dozen calls and emails between contract and closing that the buyer or seller never has to make themselves. His background spans buyer and seller representation across the Front Range, with a particular fluency in the Aurora, Broomfield, and northeast Denver submarkets.

Tom is the person who notices that the lot the builder is steering you toward backs to a future commercial parcel that isn't on the marketing map. He's also the person who walks the home with you at the pre-drywall stage and asks the construction superintendent the questions a first-time builder buyer wouldn't think to ask: where the structured wiring will terminate, whether the cabinet upgrade is included in the base elevation or a design center add-on, whether the bath finish you picked is on hold for the next 12 weeks.

He approaches the work with restraint. There's no high-pressure pitch, no urgency manufactured to push a deal. The goal is to give buyers and sellers enough information to make a decision they'll feel good about a year later, and to handle the parts of the transaction that aren't worth their time.

Tom has been named a Five Star Real Estate Agent six consecutive years by 5280 Magazine.

Five Star Real Estate Agent 2026
Recognition Five Star Real Estate Agent, 2026 (six consecutive years). Buyer and seller representation across the Front Range, with particular focus on new construction and master-planned communities.
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How we work

Three things that haven't changed in twenty-three years.

I.

The principals do the work.

When you hire The Principal Team, the same two people you meet at the first conversation are the two people negotiating your contract, walking your inspection, and handing you keys. No junior agent handoffs, no transaction coordinator running the file. Just David and Tom.

II.

More service. Lower fees.

The listing model is built deliberately: a competitive commission rate without cutting any of the marketing that actually sells a home. Professional photography, drone, video, custom microsite, pre-MLS distribution. Sellers keep more of their equity. The work stays the same.

III.

Restraint over pressure.

You'll never get a manufactured-urgency call from us. The work is to surface the right information — on builders, lot premiums, comparable resale, market direction — and let you make the call. Buyers and sellers tend to remember which side that puts us on.

For buyers

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with the principals.

Real-time MLS, the full builder inventory list across all nine Painted Prairie builders, and curated home introductions. We start with a conversation, not a contract.

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For sellers

What your home
is worth today.

A discreet in-home valuation with comparable analysis, delivered within 48 hours. No obligation, no pressure to list.

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