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Time to reach back out on this Blog and talk to home owners and reassure them of their investment in real estate. As you may have noticed in the news the interest rates are up and the market is shifting towards a buyer market for the 1st time in years. Here in the Denver Metro market the inventory of homes has grown by 400% since this time last year! More homes to buy means that buyers have a lot…

No Showings On Your Home? Sounds Easy…

There are a few services advertising on radio and television that tout “No Showings” and a “Guaranteed Sale” offering an effortless sale of your home. Those guaranteed offers may even be at your asking price…(maybe not, but let’s pretend that they do…) OK, well, how is that helpful if what you really want to get for your home is the BEST possible price. In today’s market we are having our…

Inventory of Homes For Sale at an ALL TIME LOW

Just a quickie here, I just ran a search for homes of all kind and all price ranges in Highlands Ranch, CO and for the whole entire town of Highlands Ranch there are only 12 homes For Sale! WHAT?! That is a record! Contact me for more information regarding your town! Go HERE to get assistance from an experienced realtor. And go HERE to get assistance from an experienced lender that WILL…

Good time for buyers to buy homes? Yes. Finally…

Wanting to Sell VS Needing to Sell

For many years it has been difficult for buyers to buy homes without being subjected to a crazy bidding war. The inventories of homes for sale were historically low while at the same time, buyers were wanting to get in on the hot market. This caused some of the most insane offers to be made on homes. Sellers wantedin on that so they tried selling their homes at…

Time to set the record straight on Flat Rate Real Estate Firms

I have been hearing a lot of radio and television ads aimed at making Reators look like bad folks that out to gouge their clients with “high” commissions. They claim low commissions and leave word fees out of their ads completely. But their “fees” are where they make up the difference. I plan on laying that out in this blog post

I work hard to maintain a level of integrity that is a standard that…

No Trumpists allowed! Really?

Recently I heard a news story about some woman in some state that has her home for sale and has made it very clear that she will not sell it to anyone that supports Donald Trump. I did not get all of the details and the details are not necessary. But it really got me thinking. As a Realtor, I would wonder why would anyone limit who could buy their home? I am NOT going to reveal which side I am on…

What You Don’t Want To See On A Home Tour

How about another edition of WYDWTSOAHT? As a realtor it can be difficult to describe what can go wrong with the structure of a home. Certain homes are constructed incorrectly or on land that has issues with the soil making it susceptible to structural problems in the future. One example of this is when a home is built on land that has a high concentration of Bentonite soil. Bentonite will expand…

One Reason for Denver’s Real Estate Market’s Health

Real Estate stuff; If you own a home in Metro Denver, You are doing quite well! And it appears to be something that will sustain for years. Here’s one of the reasons why that is: The inventory of homes in the city of Denver is just over 1000 homes for sale! 1000! In Littleton there are only 185! And if you happen to live in Highlands Ranch and wanted to sell your home right now, you would only be…

Sometimes when I list a home, I need to give advice that the homeowner and/or the neighborhood might not be to keen on. For instance, in older neighborhoods there are older trees. Older trees become fixtures in some neighborhoods. But older trees can start to look a bit shabby. They aren’t quite dead, just having a bad couple of years. There is a debate on whether or not these big trees will…

Nope, Scarface doesn’t live there, that is not what it looks like. We saw this powdery substance on the chair and wondered what was going on and then my buyer looked up and saw this:

You can see that there is some active water damage going on in the ceiling above. Clearly this is new to the seller and I am pretty certain that they are not even aware that there was a leak. So in this case, it IS something the you DO want to see during a home tour. It is something that can be easily fixed and not necessarily a “deal killer”. The sellers were informed and the problem solved. But not knowing about it during the home tour could have been bad…

Sometimes you see these little leaks turn into big problems, like the home we saw 3 homes later!

No kidding, this happened to the same buyer on the same home tour! We seemed to be attracting homes with water issues that day! This one looks a bit more serious and this would qualify as a WYDWTSOAHT…

As always, I encourage you to browse the blog to see more WYDWTSOAHT posts and other interesting Real Estate Related blog posts… Also, stay tuned for future WYDWTSOAHT posts.

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What You Don’t Want To See On A Home Tour

Here’s another edition of WYDWTSOAHT! A lot of homes have mice. It’s a fact of homeownership; either you’ve had mice of will get mice. How you handle the situation is what matters. Hiring a professional is recommended, but not cheap. DYI is usually the route homeowners take. Here is a tip, when selling your home, have the mouse problem under control so that you do not “showcase” the fact that you…

What You Don’t Want To See On A Home Tour

Wow, It has been a long time since I have posted! I wanted to comeback with a new segment that I will call, “What You Don’t Want To See On A Home Tour” Sometimes while I’m out showing homes to my clients we get to run into some pretty interesting stuff. I usually don’t document it out of courtesy to the homeowner, but some things just need to be shared in hopes that sellers out there take note……

Hey you home buyers out there, are you feeling pressured to buy a home these days? It’s tough out there for sure. I will show a home that just hit the market the afternoon before and by 10:30 in the am there will be a pile of at least 10 business cards on the kitchen table. This means at least 10 agents have shown it before me! Chances are that by 4:00pm that seller will have multiple offers to…

Here’s a fun fact: Denver proper has only 1166 homes for sale today! the city of Littleton has 168. If you have a home in Highlands Ranch, you only have 72 other homes to compete with for sale! That’s right, 72 homes for sale in ALL of Highlands Ranch! Thinking of selling your home? Message me and I’ll tell you why now is better than Springtime…

Is it a good time to sell my home?

Here’s something to consider. Typically the “hot time” to sell your home is smack dab in the middle of Spring. That is the best time to hit the market, right? The problem with that thinking is that that is what EVERYONE is thinking. That means when you put your home on the market when EVERYONE does, you are in competition with EVERYONE. Stand out. Be ahead of the game and have your home on the…

Employment is going up, Interest Rates are still down and Home Prices are still below peaks in most areas.

Employment has been a huge issue with home values. The next generation of home buyers—the Millennials—has been particularly affected by the nation’s job slump. Saddled with student loans and tight lending restrictions, many in this generation have been living with their parents to save…

Why Buy A House Now? Here’s Why…

Employment is going up, Interest Rates are still down and Home Prices are still below peaks in most areas. Employment has been a huge issue with home values. The next generation of home buyers—the Millennials—has been particularly affected by the nation’s job slump. Saddled with student loans and tight lending restrictions, many in this generation have been living with their parents to save money…