by Glen Weinberg | Sep 17, 2026 | Colorado Hard Money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado hard money loans, Colorado real estate market trends, Colorado Short Term Rental lending, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, residential hard money loans, Ski lending/ investing, Steamboat hard money, Survey results
In my blog last week Is affordable housing causing the surge in ski town home prices? I asked the question what was the impact on affordable housing in relation to ski prices . I was pretty surprised at the resounding answer regarding affordable housing What...
by Glen Weinberg | Aug 17, 2026 | Colorado hard money lender, Colorado Private Lending, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Wildfire property impacts, Ski lending/ investing, Steamboat hard money
My wife and I were out for a longer day hike when we crest the hill and got a dead-on view of a new wildfire. We knew immediately it was in the direction of our house, and it was growing rapidly. The evacuation notices immediately go out, giving some folks less than...
by Glen Weinberg | Aug 3, 2026 | Aspen hard money, Basalt hard money, Breckenridge hard money, Breckenridge real estate, Colorado Affordable housing proposals, Colorado building laws, Colorado condo prices, Colorado condo real estate, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado hard money loans, Colorado residential property values, Colorado Short Term Rental lending, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Copper Mountain Hard Money, Crested butte hard money, Denver Hard Money, Glenwood Springs Hard money, Keystone hard money, Ski lending/ investing, Steamboat hard money, Steamboat springs real estaste, Summit county hard money lender, Telluride hard money, Vail Hard Money, Vail real estate trends
Over the last 30 years I continue to hear about the “affordable housing crisis”. Do we really have an affordable housing crisis or a leadership crisis within the ski towns. A recent proposal in Steamboat pegs the build cost of one affordable housing unit over 1.7m....
by Glen Weinberg | Jun 22, 2026 | Colorado Living, Colorado nightly rental legislation, Colorado private lender, Colorado property taxes, Colorado real estate market trends, Colorado real estate prices, Colorado real estate trends, Colorado residential property values, Colorado short term rental laws, Colorado Short Term Rental lending, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Crested butte hard money, Steamboat hard money, Steamboat springs real estaste, Summit county hard money lender, Telluride hard money, vacancy tax
Crested Butte, CO it the latest to propose a vacancy tax with one major shift, nightly rentals would be covered by the new tax along with second homeowners. Who knew that Colorado ski towns would be taking economic lessons from Portland Oregon,one of the worst...
by Glen Weinberg | May 29, 2026 | Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Steamboat hard money, Survey results
In my blog last week, One CO town proposes to tax employers for hiring workers, I asked the question was are proposed linkage fees a good idea. I was very surprised with the results of the survey. My base case was that there would be an even split, but the...
by Glen Weinberg | May 25, 2026 | Colorado Hard Money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado Living, Colorado private lender, Colorado Short Term Rental lending, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Colorado taxes, Ski lending/ investing, Steamboat hard money
Reading the headline, it sounds absolutely crazy to propose taxing businesses for creating jobs, but is this really a crazy idea? Is every job worth the same in Colorado? For example if someone builds a large hotel in Steamboat creating 15 jobs, should the developer...
