Category Archive: General Real Estate Advice

The Home Buying Process – Part 2 – Contract to Close

The Home Buying Process - Part 2 - Contract to Close

In Part 1 of this article I outlined the initial steps a buyer needs to take in the home buying process.  In this post I will explain what happens once a buyer finds “the” right home. The Offer After viewing a few homes or many homes, eventually you will narrow your choices down to one …

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How to Buy a Home – Part 1 – What Happens First

How to Buy a Home - Part 1 - What Happens First

  Moving in to a new home is one of the more exciting things we can do. The process seems simpleenough – choose a house, write a big check and then move right in.  Of course there is more to it.  In fact, after selling homes since 1992, I know that no two transactions are the …

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What To Do When a Septic System Is Included In A Sale

What To Do When a Septic System Is Included In A Sale

If you are involved in a real estate transaction in the rural or mountain areas of Boulder County, the property most likely has a septic system and is not served by a municipal sewer system. When working well, these personal waste systems are mostly out of sight and out of mind. As toilets flush and sinks …

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Rental Vacancy falls in Boulder – Simple Supply and Demand

Rental Vacancy Rate FallsSimple Supply and DemandIt was reported in a http://www.dailycamera.com/ story this morning that vacancy rates throughout the Denver Metro Area fell during the last quarter of 2007. Here is a quick excerpt from the story by Alicia Wallace.   "Apartment vacancies in Boulder — minus the "university area" — dropped to 2 …

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How to Appeal Your Property Tax Assessment in Boulder County

Appeal Your Property Tax Assessment   Property tax assessments were recently sent out to property owners in Colorado. What I first noticed was more information than usual. Boulder County provided a photo of the houses that were used in comparison to come up with the “actual value”. The assessors office uses the market approach which …

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