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Here are my latest blog posts. Since 2006 I have written over 900 articles about the Boulder real estate market, the process of buying and selling a home and insights to what makes this a great place to live. If you are looking for specific information please; search this site by clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the top navigation bar.
Are Home Warranties Worth The Money?
Many times you will see "Home Warranty Included!" on a property listing. This sounds good right? But many times prospective buyers who negotiate for home warranties have the wrong idea about what a home warranty is and what it covers. Here are some...
The Price Value Continuum In Selling A Home
In order to sell a house in today's real estate market a house must make a compelling case to the market. Some things like neighborhood and location within the neighborhood you can't control. But set those aside and you are left with two key...
Number One in Gallup’s Well Being Index – Boulder’s Happiness Quantified
A Gallup poll on overall well being has named Boulder as the number 1 city in the United States! The index is based on the polling of 365,000 US citizens a year since 2008. The video above is a CBS Sunday Morning feature on Boulder, the number 1...
Perception vs. Reality in Real Estate Negotiations
You have probably seen the attached picture before - is it a picture of a young women or an old women? The answer is it depends on how you are looking at it. How you perceive it. One definition of reality is: "all of your experiences that...
Worn Listing? How to Sell a House That Has Been on The Market for Over Six Months
The end of January is when the real estate market in Boulder Colorado just starts to get moving. New listings are coming on the market full of hope. But what if you have been on the market for awhile? Here are a few tips to make sure you haven't...
What Happens to The Listings That Don’t Sell?
On a consistent basis the number of homes that are added to the MLS as new listings far outnumbers the number of sales. In fact, so far this year there have been 7,199 new residential listings added to the IRES MLS system in Boulder County. ...
Cost vs. Value – Will Your Remodeling Project Payoff?
I get calls all the time asking for advice on whether it would be smart to do a particular remodeling project around their home. Many times it is tough for me to make the call for them. I look at houses all the time and see what buyers like but...
The Economics of List Price vs. Property Condition
In today's slower real estate market a seller has two choices be compelling to the market and have a chance to sell or be just another listing and face the real possibility of staying on the market for a very long time. What I'd like to talk about...
Better Organized Than Sorry – Do a Home Inventory Now
The recent fires have brought an interesting question to mind. Would you know exactly what you lost if you lost everything? Sure you would remember your TV and your car and your appliances and your bed. But would you remember the silver serving...
The Important Details of Homeowners Insurance
The recent fires in our area bring to my mind the importance of homeowners insurance. During my 19+ years of selling real estate in and around Boulder homeowners insurance has never been a big part of the transaction. Years back it was a last...