Boulder, Colorado has a very rich history and is well known for the desire of its citizens to preserve certain aspects of that history. In 1974, the City of Boulder created a Historic Preservation program after a citizen -driven effort to recognize and protect buildings and sites important to Boulder’s history. Initially, there were 5 individual landmarks […]
Fair Housing
The Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968. Every year since then, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has commemorated its passage with events and education that underscore the need to expand inclusion and learn more about housing discrimination and segregation. Fair Housing Month signifies a continued commitment by Realtors across our country to expand […]
Increasing the Velocity of your wealth by transferring your investment from Single family to multi-family homes
Investing in single family homes is a great way to get started in investing in real estate. Once you build some equity in those investments, it might not be a bad idea to look at transferring that equity into multi-unit buildings. Doing so, will increase the velocity of your real estate investment. The first reason […]
Increasing the velocity of your money with home equity management
Home prices have increased across the country since the end of the recession in 2012, through the COVID-19 pandemic, and now continuing in 2023. Colorado and the Front Range have seen even more appreciation than the national average. Huge increases in home equity and low-interest rates make it very tempting to pull equity out of […]
More on increasing the velocity of your money by using Your IRA to Invest in Real Estate
(Photo: Pexels). Retirement plans such as IRAs, SEPs, and 401ks are often thought of as limited to investments in stocks or mutual funds. However, if you open a self-directed IRA account (SDIRA), your retirement plan can hold real estate as well as real-estate related investments, such as notes. Anyone can use their retirement plan to […]
Homeowners Insurance Checkup
The one year anniversary of the Marshall Fire in Louisville, Superior and Boulder County has just passed. The events of the last decade in Colorado, including fire, flood, wind and hail, have shown that most homeowners were under insured or lacked coverage in some areas at all. As homeowners, the responsible thing to do is […]
Safeguarding your home: January is Radon Action Month
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action Month. According to the EPA, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon gas is emitted from decaying uranium naturally occurring in our soil, rocks, and groundwater. Radon is radioactive and carcinogenic, seeping through a foundation to build up to […]
Comparing real estate investments
When an attractive investment property comes up, there will often be multiple offers in the first few days on the market. Therefore, as an investor, you need to be able to analyze the investment as quickly as possible to determine if it is right for you. The real estate investment market can move very […]