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
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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
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Explanation of Fannie Mae Math
November 3rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate Tales
I 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?
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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
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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
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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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Why You Shouldn’t Hire A Real Estate Agent!
September 14th, 2008 Categories: Buyer's Corner, First Time Buyers, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales
Just last week I received a call from a buyer who wanted to see one of our listings. From our phone conversation alone, I could tell she had something against real estate agents. Maybe she is always trite and condescending to everyone, but I didn’t think so. I had a feeling it was just directed at me. I
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IRS taking a bite out of Real Estate exchanges
August 25th, 2008 Categories: Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
Ever feel like you can’t win for losing? Beware, the IRS is closing loopholes on Capital Gains for 1031 real estate exchanges. Here we go again - the IRS is changing the status of what constitutes capital gains on investment property. As if we don’t already have enough to think about as a real
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Sellers and Tenants, Please find something to do for an hour!
August 15th, 2008 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts
I have been selling real estate in Boulder, CO and Denver since 2001. I have shown thousands of homes to potential buyers, and in an area that is highly student populated, you never know what kind of mess you might walk into. Not only do tenants and sellers leave their homes in shambles for showings,
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Home Swapping. A New Reality TV Show?
August 5th, 2008 Categories: Buyer's Corner, Market Conditions, Real Estate Tales, Selling Thoughts, Trends
No, it’s not a new reality show and it’s not your typical vacation home exchange. It’s the extreme way to move in this depreciating market. Do you own real estate in Boulder Colorado that just won’t sell? Have you reached desperate measures? Do what others have done. Trade! Get on board with this new real estate trend - Home
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