Avoiding home foreclosure in your Colorado home



February 8, 2011Many of us realize that one of the best ways to avoid foreclosure is to make sure you made a smart investment in the beginning. Exclusive buyers agents are dedicated to helping buyers evaluate their financial status, finding homes in good neighborhoods, and making sure the offer is competitively priced. If you've done all the right things at the beginning, but are still finding it's tough to...

Making a List, Checking It Twice



December 8, 2010So you have decided to buy a house, now it’s time to make your Naughty and Nice list.  In other words- what are the things you want in your home, and what are the things you don’t want?  Here is a list to help you get started. Also, a few tips about your list: 1)      Create a master list. If you are house hunting with someone, try this exercise.  Each of you make your own list (no...

If You Are Looking For Honesty, You Are Looking for a Buyers Agent



December 7, 2010If you are looking for honesty, you are looking for an exclusive buyer agent. Don’t trust a salesman?  I don’t either.  I read a few comments to real estate blogs from home buyers that reminded me, some people don’t trust their agent, or maybe agents in general.   I used to feel that way too.  I thought that I needed to work with an agent for legal purposes, but that I couldn’t...

Confessions of a First Time Home Buyer: Keeping up with The Joneses



December 3, 2010I never saw myself as the type of person that would feel the pressure to “Keep Up with the Joneses.”  I thought, why would I ever care if someone’s yard looked nicer than ours, or if they had curtains instead of blankets draped over their windows. (I assure you, if you’ve got the right blanket, it can effectively and even somewhat attractively serve the same purpose as a curtain.  I’m...

4 Reasons To Go Home Shopping During the Holidays



December 2, 2010Toys and electronics aren't the only things that go on sale during the holiday season- home prices tend to drop as well. Depending on your situation, the holidays can be an excellent time to go home shopping!  Here are a few of the pros to Home Shopping during the holidays. 1) Less competition leads to lower prices, and less bidding wars. During the holidays, many families are busy with...

Boulder and Longmont Homes Show Price Appreciation Since 1991



November 30, 2010Boulder and Longmont Homes Show Price Appreciation Since 1991 Whether you are a home owner, or just in the market now to buy a home, we hope that you experience appreciation in your housing investment, as most of Colorado has overall in the last few decades.  Many home buyers and owners want to know specifics about rates of appreciation in specific neighborhoods.  So, our exclusive buyers...

Thanksgiving Special, to Home Owners Everywhere, Part 2



November 26, 2010When we arrived, we bumped into Home Depot Santa Clause.  We told him that we were looking to buy a nail gun to complete our project, and he took us to the right place.  He showed us the different air compressor options (air compressor???!!! Yikes, can’t I just use some Double A batteries for this thing??)  And he very frankly, without making any judgments of our ignorance, or trying to make...