Denver & Steamboat defeat affordable housing bills, impact on real estate

Denver & Steamboat defeat affordable housing bills, impact on real estate

Denver county approved hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxes for hospitals, schools, and everything in between, but they voted down an affordable housing bill in the November election.  Along the same lines, Steamboat also recently voted down an affordable...
Who really owns nightly rentals in CO, the answer will surprise

Who really owns nightly rentals in CO, the answer will surprise

The primary argument in nightly rental regulation debates is that locals who rent their properties would not be able to stay in the community so any regulations would drastically hurt locals. How true is this argument?  A new study sheds substantial light on this...
Why are houses outperforming condos in Denver?

Why are houses outperforming condos in Denver?

With house prices over 65% higher than condos in Denver, I would believe there would be considerably more demand for condos and in turn higher appreciation. The data is telling the opposite story with house prices easily beating condo prices.  What is causing condo...
2025 Colorado real estate predictions, will prices stay flat or fall?

2025 Colorado real estate predictions, will prices stay flat or fall?

Wow, 2024 has been quite the year in real estate.  The beginning of the year started out good but as interest rates rose substantially volumes dropped off a cliff and prices began falling in some markets.  At the same time, we are seeing substantial increases in...
4 golden rules of Ski investing

4 golden rules of Ski investing

I learned the hard way about investing in mountain towns.  I successfully lost over 100k on my first ski investment property!  Hindsight 20/20 I violated 1 of the 4 golden rules of investing in mountain property.  I developed these 4 rules after evaluating thousands...