Between Denver and Boulder

I just realized that in a few months, I will have been selling houses in the Denver area for ten years. It was a huge surprise, not in the sense of how fast time flies, but considering how many times I nearly gave it up. Going way back to real estate school - on the last day of class, the teacher...

  I saw this article and the words, '72% could buy a home' caught my eye, so I'm using it just as I saw it - except I added the 'if they have a job' part! I wondered, "How does Arvada real estate compare to this article's claim?" I'll address that later, but first, here's the link to the CNN stor...

The goal of this post is to help house hunters between Denver and Boulder not get discouraged if they don't get the first house they write an offer on. It can be a winding path! You might be just getting started, and not even want to think about such a thing happening, but take a minute to read t...

I'm standing in a house for sale, in a small town between Denver and Boulder (Arvada), with a nice couple, and both of them love it and want it. But they won't write an offer, because they haven't seen enough houses.  Someone told them once that you shouldn't write an offer on the first house you...

12985 W. 64th Dr. Apt. D Arvada, CO 80005 (Now Sold)   List Price:  $224,900   1181 square feet on the main floor of this ranch-style home, plus 957 square feet in the finished basement   Main floor includes two spacious bedrooms, two generously-sized bathrooms (one is a huge master bath with dou...

First, here's the link to the Wikipedia definition. The type of short sale I'm talking about is when a home owner needs to sell the house, but they owe more than it will sell for. They may have more than one mortgage, and there may also be late HOA payments or other liens such as unpaid water bil...