Collin Brinkerhoff and Wesley Zufelt have spent most of their lives around real estate. Both grew up on construction sites with fathers who worked in the industry, and that early exposure shaped how they approach the business today. Collin originally co-founded Evolve Real Estate & Management and Evolve Community Management with a previous business partner, with Wes there from the start, helping build both companies from the ground up. Soon after, Collin, Wes, and Joe Wilkins co-founded Evolve Building & Development together. Today, these Utah-based companies have grown steadily over the past several years through residential sales, property management, HOA services, and large-scale development projects. Their story is not built on flash. It is built on years of being in the field, learning the work from the ground up, and slowly putting together a business that touches nearly every part of the real estate process.
Collin and Wes, as a team, have been ranked among Utah County’s Top 250 Realtors for three of the past four years, managing an extensive portfolio of residential and development transactions across the region. What ties their work together is a steady focus on trust, long-term thinking, and helping clients make decisions that hold up well past the closing table. Their approach feels less like a sales pitch and more like a working partnership.
Early Foundations in the Industry
Collin was raised in the industry by his father, Roger Brinkerhoff, the founder of Brinkerhoff Custom Classics. From a young age, Collin was on job sites and sitting in on industry meetings. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Utah Valley University in 2015 and got his real estate license in January 2016. By early 2020, he had earned his Broker’s License and co-founded Evolve Real Estate & Management along with Evolve Community Management.
Wesley’s background runs along similar lines. His father, Jimmy Zufelt, is a land developer and general contractor, and Wesley started working at construction sites young. In 2002, he joined Jimmy Zufelt Construction, where he spent more than eight years working closely with the accounting team. That stretch gave him hands-on experience with budgeting, cost analysis, draw requests, and financial management. He later took on a Human Resources Director role across seven companies, overseeing as many as 650 employees. He earned his real estate license in Colorado in 2016, expanded into Utah in 2017, and returned to Utah full-time in 2019 to focus on land acquisition for investors and builders.
The Scope of Their Work
Evolve has grown to manage over 500 residential units and previously oversaw more than 2,200 HOA doors before parting with a portion of those during a partnership split. On the development side, the team has produced more than 116 building lots across projects in Utah County, Salt Lake County, and the Uinta Basin.
What sets Collin and Wesley apart is the range of experience under one roof. Property management, HOA management, residential sales, and development are usually handled by different companies. At Evolve, they sit together. That structure gives them a clearer view of how a property performs over time, not just at the closing table.
How They Help Clients
Real estate often looks simple from the outside. The reality is that deals can pull in zoning questions, financing structures, and long-term performance issues that most agents are not prepared to handle. Collin and Wesley work mostly with investors and developers, and those clients tend to bring harder problems to the table.
Their answer is to anticipate problems before they show up. They lean on a network of legal, financial, construction, and municipal professionals to round out what they cannot handle directly. They keep the focus on solutions rather than excuses.
Current Projects in Motion
Phase Two of Highlands at Elk Ridge is launching with 42 lots. In Payson, the team is preparing to break ground on a mixed-use development called Springcreek Landing, which will have 48 residential units along with around 20,000 square feet of commercial space. In Vernal, Fossil Cove is a 68-unit condominium development with the first 24 units scheduled for completion in September 2026. Two additional mixed-use buildings are planned for historic downtown Vernal.
Beyond development, the team has also expanded into media. Collin, Joe, and Wes serve as cohosts of Peaks to Properties Utah Edition, a real estate lifestyle TV show produced through Real Shows Network and part of the Emmy-nominated American Dream TV franchise. The series is carried across television networks nationwide, with episodes also available on their YouTube channel.
A Defining Achievement
One of the team’s most significant accomplishments is the near sellout of two large communities in Elk Ridge: Highlands at Elk Ridge, with 41 lots, and Longview Meadow Estates, with 32 lots. The work happened during a stretch of historic interest rate increases, and the team kept demand steady throughout. That kind of steady, grounded work is what has earned them their place in Utah’s real estate market.
