Go Afoul with Urban Homestead
With the cost of food rising worldwide and our economy still sluggish, even city dwellers can find relief the old fashion way—urban homesteading. In 2011 the Denver City Council...
What to do in January in Denver
CONGRATS to our Denver Broncos for winning their first round playoff game! Besides cheering on the Broncos to a Super Bowl win, here are some other events in Denver to help you...
Warm Up Your Home with the Hottest Trends for 2014
If you’ve weathered the recent cold winter storms that have blanketed the Denver metro area over the past few weeks by staying cooped up inside your home, you might be ready to...
Horse Properties and Financing Manufactured Homes
One of the more common things I see when marketing acreages and horse properties is that many buyers cannot get financing on them, from a lot of lenders, because the residence is...
The Master Arrives Downtown
If you haven’t heard yet, that great deli, Master Piece Delicatessen, is opened for business in downtown Denver. The new location at the Wells Fargo Center, at 1710 Sherman...
Lassoing Local History with Plenty of Bull
It’s January. There’s something familiar in the Denver air, a particular smell; no, not that smell, but a greener ‘cent’ from a presence that has come once a year for 104 years...
2014 Real Estate Market Outlook
After reviewing a good number of articles written by real estate gurus, I have summarized the following predictions for the real estate market in 2014. As a point of information,...
Personal Notes from a Seasoned Appraiser
As the housing market begins to get back on its feet, houses are starting to sell and that means appraisers are back in business. But what exactly is an appraiser looking for?...
NOCO’s Economy is “Back in the Saddle Again”
Present and projected job growth is driving a very positive outlook for another year of significant job sector increases along the Front Range. The second best year in a decade...