Support Local Journalism DonateBut it wasn’t until 2008 — the infamous year of the housing crash and Great Recession — that Gordon first got into real estate sales. “I started my real estate career in ’08, so I quickly learned how hard being a Realtor can be,” Gordon said. At about the same time he started seeing the importance of the Vail Board of Realtors. In addition, he’s still on the board of directors of the Vail Board of Realtors as a past president. “I celebrate it whenever I drive by these construction sites,” Gordon said, but he adds that there is very high demand on the other end of the real estate spectrum.