Real Estate Tales
Buying a HUD home? Confused? It’s not that hard!!
February 18th, 2010 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, First Time Buyers, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
So you are in the market for a HUD home. What is HUD, where do I find the, how do I get one?????? This can overwhelm you and may seem confusing but trust me it’s not.
If a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration or FHA goes in default, the FHA takes certain steps to [...]
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For Sale by Owner – Buyers Beware
June 11th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, First Time Buyers, Home Inspections and Maintenance, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
Does it really pay to sell your home without representation? In the future, I will be hesistant to show properties that are not represented by an agent, it’s just too much brain damage and it’s not in the Buyer’s best interest. FSBO Sellers don’t know the laws and they do not have anyone to consult with.
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: No Comments »
RATES FLAT DESPITE MORE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC DATA
February 6th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, First Time Buyers, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
Mortgage interest rates were mostly flat this past week despite continued negative economic data. Today’s January employment report showed that the unemployment rate jumped from 7.2% in December to 7.6% in January. This is the highest unemployment rate in 16 years. Non-Farm Payrolls declined 598,000 on expectations that they would decline by 500,000. This is [...]
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Boulder County Tax Lien Sale is a Safe Place to Stick Some Dough
January 15th, 2009 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales
It has been a while since my last blog and I am trying to get over a severe case of writers block. With the holidays and my writers block, blogging just wasn’t working for me, so this one is a little out of date, but definitely something that needs to be discussed, so here we [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 3 Comments »
Water, Colorado’s Liquid Gold
November 24th, 2008 Categories: Colorado Round Up, Real Estate Tales
Where do we get our water? Yes, you turn on the kitchen tap and viola, there’s water. Seriously where does our precious water originate. Most of Colorado’s water is largely dependent on Colorado’s winter weather, from the mountain snow-melt. Once the snow melts it either streams east toward the Atlantic or West towards the Pacific [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 2 Comments »
RATES INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON TREASURY DEBT AUCTIONS
November 14th, 2008 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Colorado Round Up, First Time Buyers, Focus on Boulder, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Relocating, Selling Thoughts, Trends
Today’s Market Commentary:
Interest rates increased slightly this past week as the US Treasury auctioned off $55 billion of debt. Economic data continued to be negative. Weekly jobless claims jumped by 32,000 claims on expectations that claims would actually fall by 2,000. Continuing claims increased to 3.9 million from 3.84 million the previous week. October Retail [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: No Comments »
Explanation of Fannie Mae Math
November 3rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate Tales
came across this video that someone emailed me and I just had to post it. It’s not something I produced but I thought it was pretty funny. It’s Fannie Mae Math explained to Americans and it’s probably the best explanation I’ve seen so far! Does anyone have a better explanation?
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 1 Comment »
Mork from Ork?
October 14th, 2008 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, Colorado Round Up, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales
Who is that couple? Look familiar, yes, a young Robin Williams and is tv co-star Pam Dawber.
Stroll down Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado and you will stumble on the “Mork & Mindy” house. In the late 1970’s, “Mork & Mindy” was a fairly popular tv show, where Mork, Robin Williams, was sent to Earth to study our [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 1 Comment »
HOA’s… The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly!!
October 7th, 2008 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, Buyer's Corner, Colorado Round Up, First Time Buyers, Real Estate Tales, Relocating
Where do you even begin when talking about Home Owners Associations? I have been wanting to write something about them for quite some time now, but where to start? And, do I really want to write a novel about HOA’s? I could. I have a lot to say about them, both good and bad. There [...]
Written by Ro Troia | Discussion: 7 Comments »
Build your real estate portfolio without even trying
October 3rd, 2008 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts, Trends
In this tough real estate market many sellers are having an increasingly difficult time selling their homes. Property values have decreased and it seems like all we hear about in the media is more bad news about the market. This is the perfect time to build up your real estate portfolio. Here are some great [...]
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