colorado: Adopt a fire hydrant in Summit County, Colorado - 01/09/08 11:12 AM
Many Summit County homes have nearby fire hydrants that have been buried under piles of snow. Our recent plentiful snows have been a boon for skiers but make street and home maintenance difficult. The Lake Dillon Fire Department is asking that if you have a fire hydrant near your home, you "adopt" it, and … (20 comments)
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colorado: Employers are hiring in Summit County, CO - 10/23/07 10:03 PM
This is the time of year when it is easy to find a job in Summit County. Employers are hoping to fill all their job openings, and with good snow starting already, they are planning on a busy season. Ski areas are big seasonal employers, and they encourage many students from overseas to come … (13 comments)
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colorado: Closing on a vacation home in Summit County is different! - 10/12/07 05:06 PM
How does a real estate closing work where you live? Do you have attorneys involved? Do the Buyer and Seller both meet at the closing, hand over keys, talk about the strange characteristics that only this house has that the Buyer needs to know about, and wish each other luck?
It doesn't … (32 comments)
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colorado: Summit County Colorado real estate update - 09/11/07 11:47 PM
Our Summit County, Colorado real estate market continues to be strong. It is a topic of conversation everywhere I go these days. A couple of days ago I met with some Realtor friends for lunch and some client friends for dinner, and the market conditions were discussed in both places.
When the rest of the … (17 comments)
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colorado: Are you ready to ski Colorado? - 09/07/07 10:53 PM
Not only is September Emergency Preparedness month, it is also ski preparedness month! It is time to buy season passes to Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain and Arapahoe Basin. It is also a time when we anxiously await the equipment reviews in Ski magazine, the ski swap announcements, the Labor Day tent sales and … (33 comments)
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colorado: Summit Medical Center, a new hospital in Summit County, Colorado - 08/23/07 09:28 PM
Our new hospital in Frisco, Colorado, has been open for nearly two years now and not only does it offer great care, it has awesome views, a good array of services and some very nice people. Cheerful volunteers greet you at the information desk at the front of the lobby, with its huge fireplace and soaring … (16 comments)
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colorado: We have cheap houses but you probably can't buy one. - 08/14/07 12:27 AM
This was the title of a post I did a couple of months ago on my outside blog. I was reminded recently, when I read a post by Esko Kiuru about the lack of affordable housing in Las Vegas, that not every resort area has good programs to help locals get affordable housing. … (26 comments)
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colorado: Report from resort real estate markets as I attend the Resort Symposium - 06/25/07 09:12 PM
On Saturday I attended the Rocky Mountain Resort Alliance meeting as the representative from my Board. Today I attended the NAR sponsored Resort Symposium in Vail, and I will be there again tomorrow. Attending the Resort Symposium is a way to help earn yet another designation, the RSPS, which stands for … (4 comments)
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colorado: Who causes prices to increase, Realtors or Sellers? - 06/22/07 01:47 AM
We get the blame for our markets getting expensive. How many times have you heard that the Realtors are the reason prices are going up? If those darn Realtors wouldn't suggest such high prices we would be able to afford that house!
I lost out on two listings this week to agents … (14 comments)
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colorado: A not so typical Colorado day - 06/07/07 11:51 PM
June 6th and 2 inches of snow with 90 mile an hour winds. It is supposed to be summer! The snow is not too unusual at 9,000' feet of elevation, and we get some wind every now and then. But on June 6th? And both at once!
I was blogging away … (5 comments)
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colorado: Breckenridge land, for millionaires only - 06/03/07 05:03 PM
Today, June 3, 2007, with a total of 93 lots for sale in Breckenridge, only 12 are priced under $250,000. Of those, 3 are in RV parks and 5 are at an elevation of about 11,000' where summers are very short. Looking at the other end of the price range, 16 lots are priced over … (12 comments)
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colorado: What makes a house a vacation home? - 05/24/07 11:51 PM
In Summit County Colorado, most of our homes are vacation homes. The ideal vacation home has a big garage, but not because you have lots of cars parked in it. You need a place to store your skis, your snowmobile, the bikes and your raft. Oh yeah, and the canoe and the … (2 comments)
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colorado: Who is the King of Breckenridge, and why? - 05/19/07 01:08 AM
No one has proclaimed a king, at least not since Ullr Fest in January, but he is King of the week long party that is the tribute to the Norse god of snow, not the Town. We do have a town fool competition at the end of ski season each year, but … (2 comments)
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colorado: There is a Frisco in Colorado too? - 05/11/07 11:42 PM
At the base of Peak One and along Lake Dillon is Frisco, centrally located to all of Summit County with the major ski areas, including Vail, just a short drive away. At the Frisco recreation peninsula is the nordic center, where you can find the finest in cross country skiing, snow-shoeing, … (1 comments)
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colorado: Moose in Colorado! - 05/05/07 06:13 PM
I saw a moose on my way home yesterday, and it led to a post on my other blog.
Rather than post all the photos again, here is a link to it (and I hope that is ok on AR!)
If not, let me know, someone, and I will delete this posting.
http://www.mountain-living.com/blog/2007/05/05/moose-on-the-loose/
These … (6 comments)
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colorado: New carpet can make a difference! - 05/03/07 11:05 PM
But why is it that they all want to "wait and see"? In Summit County, Colorado, home to several ski resorts, we have lots of ski condos and vacation homes. Many of them were built in the 1970s and 80s and there are a lot that have just had personal use … (8 comments)
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colorado: Colorado, more sheep than skiers? - 04/29/07 11:25 PM
I have a good friend who is the Executive Director of the American Sheep Industry www.sheepusa.org and I was fortunate enough to be invited to their house for dinner last night. Pete's wife, Amy, knows how to cook lamb! They know when I am coming to dinner that they had better … (2 comments)
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colorado: New group started for vacation and second homes. - 04/24/07 11:35 PM
It may be redundant, but vacation homes are not always in resort communities, and in fact, are often very different. So I thought it would be worth a try. I am recruiting members for our group, so please sign up if you would like to share ideas, tips and tricks, rent … (3 comments)
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colorado: If summer falls on a Sunday this year, I think I will have a barbeque. - 04/23/07 10:37 PM
My husband claims that he overheard someone say this in the grocery store one day. He might have made it up, but it does show how short our summers can be. Nevertheless, it is a glorious time of year! I put plants on my deck from Memorial Day to Labor day, … (4 comments)
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colorado: Easy referrals you are probably missing - 04/20/07 10:55 PM
Have you ever asked one of your clients if they have thought about buying a second home? Not just a rental property, but a vacation home at the beach or mountains. If your clients are baby boomers and they live in a nice house, chances are they already have a second home or they … (10 comments)
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colorado: Tips to make a vacation home pay for itself. - 04/19/07 11:36 PM
I own a condo at Copper Mountain, Colorado. It is just a little one bedroom condo and I try to rent the heck out of it. It is about 8 miles from my primary home, so I don't use it myself. I have four major ski areas within 20 minutes of … (3 comments)
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colorado: No blog entries.....why not? - 04/18/07 12:03 AM
My other blog is my main blog, where I post several times a week. There I write about everything to do with Summit County real estate. I live in the mountains of Colorado, surrounded by ski resorts in the winter and wildflowers in the summer. Oh yeah, and a few tourists here and there.
My … (9 comments)
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