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Green Remodeling Tips

According to the Sierra Club, as the average U.S. home size increases, demanding more energy and materials, living smaller is a surefire way to reduce your ecological footprint.  It’s also an opportunity to enjoy thoughtful design and a simpler lifestyle.   To see more tips for making the transition:  http://sierraclub.org/tips/home-garden.aspx  

Great Short Sale Debate: Reflections from Linked In

As part of our series on Short Sales, we posed some questions to the Linked In community and I thought the questions and answers were worth sharing. As we have discussed, short sales can be a positive solution by helping one avoid foreclosure. Owners facing foreclosure have some hope and a way to relieve some of […]

Credit Scores and Reports — Knowledge is Key!

Your credit report shows information about how you have used credit, such as how much credit you have, how much of your available credit you are using, whether you have made your payments on time, and whether anyone has sent a loan you owe to a debt collector.A credit score is a number that is […]

Time to Sell, Now What?

The minute you know it’s time to sell your home, start thinking value.  Which home improvements will yield the highest price and which aesthetic staging will make potential homebuyers fall in love?  Value is determined when buyers weigh the work and cost they’ll have to invest after purchase against the ready-made improvements they’ll enjoy upon […]

Credit Disputes Gone Bad

For years, you could dispute anything on your credit report that you believed to be inaccurate and the act of doing so would not be counted against you. While you still can dispute anything on your credit report according to the Federal Credit Reporting Act, you might want to think twice before doing so. Both […]

Garage, More Than Just Home for Cars

Today’s garage has evolved almost as much as homes themselves.  Four decades ago, garages were small enough to fit merely the family car.  Now we expect our garage to house not only our SUVs, but also our gardening centers, tools, festive holiday garb, and sports equipment.  Creative storage solutions are needed.  Consider the following options: […]

Virtual Staging

For simplicity’s sake, I like to split listed properties into two categories: inhabited and uninhabited.  Both need some degree of staging to enhance their potential.  For inhabited properties, staging usually means sending items to storage, touchups, and a constant state of cleaning up.  Uninhabited properties call for staging that shows vitality and possibility by way […]

Does it pay to remodel green?

Green renovations and additions to your home may cost more upfront than taking the route of using traditional materials and methods, but does it pay for itself when your resell your home?

Added Value To Your Home: Improve Your Space

One of the greatest improvements that will also add to the overall value to your home is a kitchen and or bathroom remodel. We as Realtors often say that both of these rooms really sell your home, or in the very least make one of the biggest impressions which may lead to the Sell. Here are a few tips in doing some improvements that will make a huge improvement without having to do a complete make over:

Will Denver’s Light Rail Impact Property Values?

Denver FasTracks is slated for completion by 2019 and already impacting our lives in many different ways. There is a lot of information being disseminated about the impact that light rail may have on the Denver Metro region and, specifically, the residential real estate market. To truly understand how our new light rail may impact our housing market, it is telling to review studies conducted around the country on the impact light rail has had in other cities.

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