Dawn's Down Home In Denver Blog

I think we all have had buyers like this at some point in our career.  The thoughts going through our heads, "Are they real buyers?  Do I stick with them?  Do I just let them go?"  We play our own mind games.  Those mind games can really play havoc with our confidence. Janet Owens wrote this grea...

~ Good-Bye to My Best Friend ~ Some of you may know that my mother passed away at 3:20 Saturday morning.  She put up a courageous fight since she went in for a back surgery on July 21st.  That turned into a stave infection, which led to a stroke, pneumonia, a surgery for a pacemaker and coding a ...

~ Pay It Forward - Finding a Home ~ I have some past clients that are moving to Australia with a job transfer.  I have sold them a couple of homes and they are a great family.  They have 2 young boys and 2 dogs.  Unfortunately, if they bring the dogs, the dogs will have to stay in quarantine for ...

~ Douglas County Checks Up ~ Last week I received a call from the Douglas County Assessors office.  They were following up with a recent sale I had.  In Colorado, buyers are required to fill out a Real Property Transfer Declaration at the time of closing.  On this form, the buyers give informatio...

~ Pay it Forward - Annual Bar-B-Que ~ I am chairing our Keller Williams second annual Appreciation Bar-B-Que.  Last year we planned the bar-b-que in 3 weeks with no real committee.  This year, I was smarter.  We already started planning for our September event.  The agents invite clients, vendors...

~ Pay It Forward ~ Life can get fairly hectic.  Sometime we just don't know if we are coming or going.  Often times we get caught up in work and our personal lives get put on hold and we don't even notice the people or things going on around us.  I know I am so guilty of this.  The other day, I m...

~ Why I Chose Real Estate - To Find My Family~ My story goes back to the time I was about 10 years old.  I was fascinated with houses, floor plans and new construction, just houses in general.  I remember on Saturday evenings my dad would go out to the local drug store to pick up the early additi...

~ OH! I Wish I Had A Longer Tongue! ~ I never really thought about this before, but sometimes the length of your tongue really does matter!  And now that I mentioned this to you, I am sure you will stop and actually think about what I have said.  You may not want to, but you will. You can never g...

~ Open House in Aurora, Colorado on Saturday, July 30th from 1-4pm ~ I will be holding my listing at 16273 E Princeton Circle in the Mission Viejo Subdivision in Aurora Colorado this Saturday.  This lovely two story home has 2110 sq ft plus a finished basement.  It offers 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathroom...

~ Surgery, Surgery and More Surgery! ~ What a week I have had so far.  My mom (back in the Chicago area) had surgery on her back on Thursday the 21st to repair a couple of damaged disks, correct some damage left behind by a previous back surgery and have a whole lot of arthritis removed. (I didn'...