by Glen Weinberg | Feb 9, 2026 | Aspen hard money, Basalt hard money, Breckenridge hard money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Crested butte hard money, Frisco hard money, Glenwood Springs Hard money, Granby CO real estate trends, Keystone hard money, Private real estate mortgage, Silverthorne CO real estate trends, 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, Vail real estate values, What is the best place to buy ski real estate
Colorado is having a tough year. Snowfall was down nearly 60% over the holidays, resulting in only about 11% of skiable terrain being opened in December and skier visits are down 20%. Vail resorts, the largest ski operator, is getting hit hard as seen in the stock...
by Glen Weinberg | Jan 12, 2026 | Colorado Hard Money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado hard money loans, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, NIghtly rental real estate, residential hard money loans, Short term rental taxes, Silverthorne CO real estate trends, Steamboat hard money, Steamboat springs real estaste, Summit county hard money lender, Vail Hard Money, Vail real estate trends, Vail real estate values
Two high end Colorado ski towns are taking radically different stances on tourism. Vail had proposed a 17% short term rental sales tax, while Steamboat is taking the opposite approach by proposing to tax vacant homes. Which solution is correct? What does each one...
by Glen Weinberg | Dec 4, 2025 | Colorado hard money lender, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Survey results
In my blog last week Top Ten Mountain Towns in a free fall, I asked the question to the readers if they agreed with the viral video proclaiming that Colorado ski real estate is in a Free Fall. As you can see the consensus was a blow out, but the interesting...
by Glen Weinberg | Oct 20, 2025 | Breckenridge, Breckenridge hard money, Breckenridge real estate, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado real estate prices, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Vail Hard Money
Colorado ski towns are promising high returns from tourism to fund just about everything from roads to affordable housing and everything in between. The theory is that increasing tourism will essentially solve every budget desire in each ski town. What does this...
by Glen Weinberg | Oct 6, 2025 | Colorado Hard Money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado hard money loans, Colorado real estate trends, Colorado Ski real estate, Colorado Ski towns, Ski lending/ investing, Steamboat hard money, Vail Hard Money, Vail real estate trends, Vail real estate values
A fall from a lift in Crested Butte, leads to a 21m loss for Vail even with the ski safety act (first ever). Is the lawsuit actually a win for Vail resorts (even though they lost money)? Why is this case so monumental? What does this case mean for Colorado...
by Glen Weinberg | Aug 25, 2025 | Colorado fire insurance, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado hard money lender, Colorado hard money loans, Colorado ski lender, Colorado Ski towns, Colorado Wildfire property impacts
When I was writing this, there were 10 wildfires burning throughout Colorado (above is a pic of the Derby fire north of Vail), can you avoid the biggest mistake for a property owner; do you know what the biggest mistake is? Being a lender in Colorado for the last 25...
