Colorado passes new min wage law, impact on you and real estate, will the “experiment” work? What about the bear?

Colorado passes new min wage law, impact on you and real estate, will the “experiment” work? What about the bear?

I took the picture above on a trail run earlier this week outside of Steamboat when I met up with a very large “friend”.  This was the biggest black bear I have seen in Colorado.  What does this have to do with min wage?  Absolutely nothing, but thought...

Close your Colorado Hard Money loan in 2011

I hope everyone has had a healthy and prosperous 2011. Fairview has closed hundreds of private/hard money loans this year both in Denver and throughout Colorado (below is just a small sample). Since Fairview is privately funded we are able to close loans quickly. All...

Property Values lagging behind Economic Slump

Colorado is different than many states on how Colorado property values are assessed. The assessments are done on a two year cycle, so the value we receive in May 11 will be based on sales from 1/1/09 to 6/30/10, the current taxes we are paying are last years taxes...