Don’t Let Holiday Spending Wreak Havoc On Your Down Payment Plans Its a tricky time of year. Holiday spending accounts for 20% of annual retail sales. While gift giving, festive food buying, new outfit requiring events certainly merit an increase in our spending, it’s helpful to understand the psychology behind holiday spending in order to …
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For Sale: South Longmont House with Pool! Let’s be honest; When you think of your new home in Colorado, rarely does a pool make it on to your short list of needs or preferences. Even more rarely at this time of year! Yet that is my latest listing. Want to hear the story this south …
Owner Occupied or Boulder Rental Property? I’d be lying if I said I had never looked at the neighboring houses of a property I was showing and speculated as to which ones might be owner occupied and which ones were rented. I am guilty of guessing that those homes with well maintained landscaping and a …
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City of Boulder Airbnb : Proposed Rules as of Sept 15 Many of you may have been following the City of Boulder as it sent Cease and Desist Letters to Airbnb hosts in January 2015, then retracted them, then put it on the agenda for discussion during the first part of the year. Last week, they …
National Preparedness Month: Build your EMERGENCY KIT This list is taken directly from information on ready.gov’s site. Its a great resource and if you’re a little geeky and quite the planner, like me, it makes interesting reading too! Stuff has a shelf life – food, water and medications. Check your kit every 6 months. Eat the emergency kit …
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500 Year Boulder Flood September 2013 Two years ago today biblical rains unleashed over Boulder and began what would be a week of downpour… More than I had ever seen here and more than our dry landscape could absorb fast enough. I thought I might turn back time a little this week and remind us …
Gold Run Market Analysis – 2014 compared to 2015 This is probably not the first time you’ve seen me post Gold Run market analysis and data. I track it pretty closely all year long for several reasons: Property Management: I manage a handful of properties for owner clients who live out of the area. and …
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Chronic Low Boulder Colorado Housing Inventory March 2015 showed Boulder Coloraado housing inventory levels >35% lower than this time last year. The problem that plagued the 2014 market not only persists, but is actually worse. The supply vs demand curve is responding predicatably. In 2014 the median house price for Boulder CO rose to $685,000. A …
Boulder Valley School District and Real Estate go together… Ask any Buyer or Seller Buyers: Boulder Valley School District has a good reputation and when it comes to thinking long term about your needs when buying a home in the Boulder area, schools should always be on the list – whether or not you have …
Boulder Valley School District and Real Estate – It matters! Read More »
Colorado State Tax Refund Like me you are probably either working on your tax return or recently filed one. Tax season is very little fun unless you are anticipating a healthy refund (and sadly, I am not) so you’ll not be thrilled to learn online fraud is causing the State of Colorado to amend its …