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Greeley Colorado Homes For Sale May 2013 Market Update As we've seen in all other segments of the Northern Colorado Real Estate Market, the Greeley/Evans area has seen precipitous drops in overall housing inventory (aka 'houses actively for sale').  As the chart below illustrates, since 2010, the...
05/20/2013
Loveland Homes For Sale May 2013 Market Update April 2013 sales volume in the Loveland/Berthoud real estate market nearly eclipsed last June's high which at that point was the highest monthly sales volume in the area for the last 5 years.  With just over 54.6 million dollars in sales volume in Ap...
05/16/2013
Fort Collins Colorado May 2013 Market Update The Fort Collins market is experiencing a housing drought.  The first graph shows a comparison of the active inventory in each month over the last 7 years.  With levels far below historic averages, even a modest uptick in buyer demand creates a highly ...
05/16/2013
Old Town Fort Collins Has a Great New Coffee Joint! There's a great new place in Old Town Fort Collins where you can hang out, get work done, meet clients, and enjoy a wonderful cup of coffee (not to mention some tasty pastry and savory snacks).  The Crooked Cup at 147 W. Oak Street in Fort Colli...
05/10/2013
Welcome to the Northern Colorado Real Estate April Market Update! Spring is finally here and the market has really taken off!  In each of the 3 major communities covered in this report, all are reporting substantial gains in both number of homes sold and and median prices. First, let's talk about...
05/08/2013
Shut-Off and Shut-Out:  Going Tech-Free For a Day   Have you considered how much of your life is defined by the technology you rely on every day?  During a recent power outage, I found out just how much mine is. A couple of nights ago in Northern Colorado, we were gifted with a humongous spring s...
05/04/2013
Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part II:  5 Parts to Paperless Primacy So what have I done to go paperless?  Here are the five things that have really made a huge productivity difference for me and hopefully reduced my carbon footprint:  1. Having a desktop scanner; 2.  Running a dual monitor se...
09/13/2012
Paperless in a Paper Centric Biz Part I - My Relationship With Paper  I used to work for Kinko’s (now FedEx Office).  I worked for Kinko’s back in the day when it was a hippy-dippy-dog-on-the-floor-copy-shop.  We compiled (copied) course texts for the local university and other education institut...
09/13/2012
 Teachers - One of The Most Influential Forces on EarthI ran into one of my junior high teachers a couple of days ago.  His name is Tom Carson.  He taught social studies and history.  He also coached the boy’s 8th grade football and basketball teams.  As either teacher or coach, I spent at least ...
08/29/2012
High Park Fire Update in Northern Colorado - A Distraction Tonight marks the 7th day since we were evacuated from our Little House on the Poudre due to the High Park fire in Northern Colorado.  To call this a distraction is an understatement of phenomenal proportion.  We were able to leave our ho...
06/16/2012
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