Denver Home for Sale ~ Sold and Closed - 04/24/07 11:55 PM
Cozy, Comfortable and Affordable, it does exist in Denver, Colorado! This home was built in 1949 and has some very unique features. The front of the exterior is a log style home, while the rear addition is entirely of brick. The homeowners have taken meticulous care of this home. It has (11 comments)
A different kind of Ding... - 04/24/07 11:01 PM
I love construction sites. It must be in my blood, my Father raised us four kids and put food on the table as a mason contractor. He built things with concrete and brick. He built things to last for the ages. I fondly recall the pride showing in his eyes as (14 comments)
Is it spooky or cool? - 04/22/07 09:48 PM
The age of information has brought us a deluge of facts, figures and convenience. Sometimes I'm not sure if we are heading in the right direction. It seems we can get information faster than we can decipher it. My clients come to me with a fistful of listings, county records and (42 comments)
On Leaving Lurkdom ~ 10 Good Reasons! - 04/15/07 02:00 AM
Social Networks have been around for many years. Online social networks are making a big splash now that they come out of the middle school population and into the mainstream. The Active Rain Network is an amalgamation of blogging, social networking and viral marketing. The combination of all empowers users (46 comments)
Unofficial Tech Support ~ Lesson in Placing Photos Side by Side... - 04/13/07 03:16 PM
Blogs with properly placed photos mean a world of difference in presentation. Nicely lined up photos without a lot of white space are more appealing and attractive to the viewer. When adding photos it's fairly easy to add one at a time, embedding the cursor into the text (not the other (73 comments)
Unofficial Tech Support ~ Adding photos and wrapping the text... - 04/11/07 09:34 AM
AS the unofficial tech support person, I occasionally have the pleasure of being asked to help explain various "how to stuff" on AR. The following is an email I received awhile back...hope you find my response helpful. "Hope all is going well for you. I was reading your blog on adding photos -- It (73 comments)
Friends and real estate - 04/10/07 02:17 AM
As children we were taught to "make new friends and keep the old." This old adage has a good lesson within it, but does it apply to business? When it comes time to sell your home, do you list the home with your friend, or do you consider the sale of (48 comments)
Bait & Switch - 04/02/07 11:30 AM
One of my associates is involved in a transaction where the sq. footage was reported (advertised) to be 12% more than it actually is. The unit being purchased is a cute little one bedroom condo rehab close to downtown Denver. The building has 15 units, 7 are currently sold. Last week the (43 comments)
Pikes Peak Blows off some steam - 04/01/07 11:27 PM
Carrying a camera around comes in handy. Today when I was out showing homes on Happy Canyon Road in Castle Rock, I had to pull over and take this photo. Forty-five miles off in the distance we could see smoke coming out of Pikes Peak. Worse for the terrain was the red (21 comments)
Marketing ideas gone bad... - 04/01/07 10:11 PM
Name recognition is a goal for most people in business. Everyone in the real estate industry is always looking for ways to get their names in front of the consumer. I was driving down a stretch on Interstate today when I noticed a local competitor had "adopted" the stretch of highway. What a great idea (15 comments)