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Three Important Car Facts to Know Before Moving to Boulder
Here are three car-related things I learned the hard way when I moved to Colorado: Car Registration is Expensive: It is 2.1 percent of the taxable value of the car (85 percent of the sticker price) the first year of service. In other words, if you get a 2021 car you...
How Boulder County Attached Dwellings Behaved Compared to Single Family Homes in the Pandemic
I had buyers get under contract for a $1,995,000 property on March 22, 2020 via a FaceTime showing. I thought they were nuts. Not because the clients were buying a house completely sight unseen, except on a screen. I thought they were nuts because the world had just...
Top Five Suburbs of Boulder Colorado
Boulder proper is not the only game in town. There are other towns/areas that have their own unique identities and that are definitely worth considering before making your decision on where to live in Boulder County. Here are the five best areas surrounding Boulder:...
Four Things to Know Before You Move to Colorado
Four small but important things to know before moving to Colorado so that you don’t learn them the hard way.
Appraisals in a Real Estate Contract
An appraisal is a lenders way of making sure you and your agent are not idiots. Your lender doesn’t know you, your agent or the market, so a person who is certified, the appraiser, goes out to the home and reports back to the lender that the home is worth the amount you are borrowing from the lender.
The Denver-Boulder Commute
It is important to know that the congestion during rush hour is counter intuitive – traffic is actually worse coming into Boulder from Denver in the morning and it can be brutal going to Denver from Boulder from about 4 pm to 6:30 pm Monday – Friday.
Real Estate Driving Tour of Boulder Neighborhoods
By driving from one home to the next, you will get a sense of the different areas and you will also be able to see what you can get for your money in different locations around Boulder/Boulder County.
Boulder is a Great Place to Move Amid the Pandemic
Heading for the hills has figuratively been on city dwellers minds since the outbreak of the coronavirus. But when these contaminated aerosols settle, urbanites might find themselves reevaluating their permanent place of
residence. And literally heading for the hills to Boulder might be the perfect fit.
Boulder Colorado Real Estate’s Seasonal Trends
A lot of logistics go into a move - especially a move to a new town or state. The question I get the most from out-of-town buyers trying to figure out their move to Boulder is, what time of year do the most listings hit the market? So, here is a short summary of...
Backup Offers Should Make Sellers Jump for Joy
If you are going to put in a backup offer, it should be an offer that makes the seller swoon. A backup offer is an offer a buyer submits even though a property is already under contract with another buyer. If the buyer with the contract in first position terminates...
