Colorado calls taxes junk fees: 4 huge changes for landlords

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 Property taxes jump 40%

Colorado Property taxes jump 40%

How can property taxes jump 40% since 2023 when values are basically flat in most areas?  Is there anything you can do about it?  In 2022, with property values and in turn taxes surging, the Colorado governor signed a grand bargain to save on property taxes in...
2025 New Colorado Real estate laws

2025 New Colorado Real estate laws

        First, thank you to everyone who reads my blogs and has contacted your legislatures and various associations to ensure that the real estate industry is being heard at the Colorado Capital.  Many of the original proposed bills have been...
Best time to appeal property taxes in 15 years

Best time to appeal property taxes in 15 years

  In Colorado you will be receiving your new tax assessment in the next few weeks (typically the beginning of May) and time is of the essence as you have a limited window if you want to fight your tax value.  Your taxes are likely going up even though the market...
New Colorado backdoor tax proposal to charge second homeowners more

New Colorado backdoor tax proposal to charge second homeowners more

Why is Steamboat Springs leading the way?  Although in the last  legislative session the initiative to charge second homeowners more was defeated, it is rearing its head again in the form of a new backdoor “vacancy tax”. The leaders of this new push are the Colorado...
Another property tax compromise, 2 tax ballot questions pulled

Another property tax compromise, 2 tax ballot questions pulled

Will Colorado property owners actually see real property tax relief?    Property owners are fed up with the run away increases in Colorado property taxes and yet the legislature has done very little.  The governor and legislature blinked from the threat at the ballot...