Hard money lending and Colorado real estate: elections, the Delta variant, ski-town risks and the coming housing pressures.
The recent fires in Boulder County were astounding in regard to location, destruction, and time of year. Typically, when we think of fire in Colorado we think of the foothills/rural areas and the urban/forest interface in the Spring through Fall. The recent fires in...
First, happy belated Halloween. For all the parents out there that think they have the best costume, try topping this one that I saw while trick or treating. A real horse in costume cruising the streets 🙂 This will be tough to beat! On to the blog. What does...
With the new Delta variant circulating throughout the country and Colorado, what will be the impact on residential and commercial real estate? Will back to the office plans be shuttered impacting real estate prices in cities? Will there be a continued flight to the...
I’m amazed that there hasn’t been any major press on the impending time bomb heading for Colorado’s real estate especially in Denver and the resort communities. Nearly 500,000 federally assisted apartments or rental homes can revert to market rents over next five...
“Ghost Kitchens” are on the rise? What are they anyway (no they are not haunted kitchens)? What is causing this new phenomenon? How will this impact real estate? My first experience with a “ghost kitchen” was in Breckenridge Colorado about three years ago where I...
The 2018/19 season was Epic (or Ikonic depending on your pass preference) with every major resort posting record sales tax revenue, occupancy, and lodging rates. At the same time real estate continued to skyrocket in most mountain communities. With all this good...
One ski town has been on my top list of investments for multiple years. I highlighted this resort as one of the “best buys” in Colorado real estate. The new owners have invested over 40 million and real estate values have soared. Unfortunately, this same resort is...
As nightly rentals balloon throughout Colorado so have issues and regulations. Summit County (Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain) is the most recent county to get on the bandwagon of regulating rentals. Why are the regulations so important that are coming down...
Ready to lose 100k+ on your real estate in Colorado? Are you now a member of the “frequent flyer” club without leaving the ground? The FAA is working on their next generation of air traffic control which will drastically alter the approach and takeoffs at airports...
According to AirDNA 50% of all nightly rentals in Denver are currently unlicensed and not paying the appropriate taxes. Denver implemented various rules to try to crack down on nightly rentals requiring all nightly rentals to be a primary residence. It doesn’t...
