There is a cool program in Longmont; it’s a city ordinance in fact, to help income qualified buyers get into nice properties in Boulder county.  “Through the Community Housing Program, the City, in cooperation with housing developers, makes brand new homes available for sale at affordable prices. The savings is passed on to income eligible [...]

I recently spent 27 hours in Las Vegas - about twenty hours more than necessary, in my opinion, but that’s okay. I got to see one of those old school Vegas shows full of feathers and lacking clothes, nurse a heat stroke on the strip at two in the afternoon and donate $3.75 to a [...]

I just recently read of another example of a well-intended attempt to help us help ourselves in the midst of this cranky, fragile economic climate. Credit card companies are slashing credit limits.
 
This, you see, will keep us from spending more than we can ever hope to pay off, right?  Visa wants to help us [...]

Have you cleaned out your closet lately? Ditched that stuff with the price tags still in tact from a clearance rack circa the Reagan Administration? It feels good to update, doesn’t it? Clear out the old – create a vacuum for something new and fresh.
 
Now, take that spunky attitude with you and head into [...]

I am a real estate agent - in the business of selling homes. You’ve heard of my type. Back before ARMs adjusted upward to Jupiter and folks had something called equity in their homes, we used to actually help people sell houses.
 
But here’s the deal. The foreclosure tsunami has left homeowners nationwide with anemic home [...]

My first closing as an agent (I’ve been to many as a seller/buyer) was initially scheduled for 9:30 am on Thursday, May 22nd. It got pushed to noon to give time for documents to get to the title company. No big deal except it meant that my employing broker wouldn’t be there to hold my [...]