Taxes, fentanyl, trans youth in sports, hunting, natural gas are among matters voters will have a say on the ballot come November. Along with these issues is the battle of the century regarding the fate of your tax dollars with the elimination of the Taxpayer Bill of...
2026 Colorado legislative real estate bills
Colorado spends 10 dollars for every dollar it takes in
If anyone were running a profitable business the way the state of Colorado operates, they would be out of business immediately. Colorado has created new programs that now lose ten dollars for every dollar in revenue. What does this mean for your taxes, real estate,...
Colorado joins tax increase line
The Colorado legislature just voted for the largest tax increase in Colorado’s history. As you suspect they are framing this as a tax increase “without increasing taxes”. Essentially the new ballot initiative will allow the state to eliminate the taxpayer...
Socialist wins in Colorado impact on Colorado real estate & remote workers
Colorado has gone from red to purple, to now ultra blue. The headline in the Wall Street Journal says it all. Not only did a socialist win for Congress, but the governor’s race also went much farther left than predicted. Will changes in Colorado laws...
What bills failed in the 2026 Colorado Legislature
It has been an interesting year for the Colorado Legislature. After a brutal year for property owners last year, this year was not as bad with no huge bills impacting property owners. We can thank Governor Polis for putting business interests back at the...
13k jobs lost, Colorado population declines, business leaders ring alarm bells
Colorado is losing businesses and jobs at an alarming rate. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce has been sounding an alarm for years about excessive regulation and last year more people moved out of Colorado than into the state. Not only are people leaving but...
Colorado bans property evictions
The legislature is back at it again, thinking that they are going to solve the housing crisis by even more regulations and expense on property owners. The new proposal (HB 26-1106) will essentially ban evictions in many towns and quadruple the cost of evictions...
Legalized prostitution impacts Colorado real estate
I was asked a question by one of my readers, what will legalized prostitution mean for Colorado real estate prices? If you haven’t seen it, there is a new senate bill to legalize prostitution in Colorado by promoting “commercial sexual activity”’; the proposal goes...
Colorado calls taxes junk fees: 4 huge changes for landlords
2025 was the year for housing in the Colorado legislature; the underlying theme is that more regulation of everything will somehow bring costs down. Unfortunately the opposite is occurring with many lower priced rentals drastically increasing prices to comply with...
Colorado Statewide mandate 20 houses on any lot
Colorado has continued pushing for statewide zoning in the last several legislative sessions. The new proposal, House Bill 26-114 would radically alter every community in Colorado. The new bill mandates 2k foot min lot sizes statewide (no exceptions for any cities)....
20 dollar beers will radically alter Colorado real estate
In the legislature, it appears the biggest struggle for Coloradans is “$20 beer at a Nuggets game, the $10 water at the airport or the $80 Tylenol at the emergency room,” state Rep. Yara Zokaie, a Fort Collins Democrat, said during a news conference at the state...












