Sometimes even Realtors don’t know clients’ names

The last time Dan Stroh pitched his real estate holdings, he was summoned to a Fort Collins meeting room where he faced five nameless suits, identified only as representatives of a Fortune 500 company scouting locations in Northern Colorado.

With the calm focus he shares with the cutting horses he raises and trains at the family ranch near Berthoud, Stroh fielded a battery of more than 100 questions about the market.

“It was kind of like a grand jury,” Stroh said. “So I answered all their questions, about utilities, the tax base, the political climate. I was honest with them, and I…