. >> i thought well i'm going to strike out, i was young enough naive enough to think i keith olbermannt and i started off thinking i could do this. >> it's evolved and become a luxury market and now we're selling people luxurious homes like this. >> donette smith is ball's partner. she loves aspen real estate. >> looking around these houses are gorgeous and enormous and on this amazing hill. you can see the gondola in the background. what does something like this count? >> the one where you're in it would probably sell for $9 million, $10 million. >> with millions at stake and a growing international clientele it's no surprise that big companies took notice. local independents like bill's sterling home, b.j. adams and company face stiff competition from big time brokers like sotheby's and caldwell banker. how does a local small business compete with the deep pockets of big wrandsbrands? for bill stelg and dawnette smith, the answer was to form a single four-person agency. did you feel you have to merge in order to keep with some of the other stuff happening in aspen aspen? >> yes. >> i