Between Denver and Boulder

  Long, long ago - I remember being told a woman can't buy a house 'by herself'. Now, more single women are buying a house than single men. I remember how proud I felt the first time I met a woman who owned her home 'by herself'. This is not meant as a slam against men, I'm just sayin' - we reall...

One of the services I perform for people who want to buy a house is previewing. That means I take a look at available homes on my own, before taking folks to see them. That way, I don't waste your time if it turns out the house is not for you. Here's some things I've recently found when previewin...

  Joetta’s Neighborhood Newsletter Hello, Friends & Neighbors!             Now we approach the holiday season, some with anticipation and some with trepidation. My hope for each of you is that, regardless of circumstances you find yourself in that may not be all you desire, you find the joy of tr...

Have you been thinking, "It may be time to sell our house and buy another one?" Maybe the $6,500 tax credit is just enough incentive to perk up your interest? Well then - I have an exciting new opportunity to tell you about! My broker, Gary DiGiorgio, and his team are going to put on a 1-day supe...

If you want to buy a house in Thornton Colorado between $175,000 and $225,000 you probably know it may not be easy. Yet you need to move fast, if you want the $8,000 or $6,500 home buyers tax credit. There's a lot of people with that same idea, hoping to cash in on the $8,000 tax credit for first...

If you're looking for something sweet to do for Valentine's Day, come to Olde Town Arvada, Colorado (a historic small town between Denver and Boulder). You're invited to the 8th Annual Chocolate Affair on Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chocolate Tasting, Chocolate Treasure Hunt...

If there's anything I DON'T want to do to people, it's confuse them with lingo only a real estate agent would love. It's so easy to forget how much of what we say is 'insider lingo'. So I avoid using it too much, and yet an understanding of some terms will help you as you enter the market, whethe...

I’ve always advised my clients, once they get a house under contract, to get a *radon test during the inspection period. If the radon level comes back high, they will have some choices to make, which I’ll discuss more fully later in this post. Now, the test itself isn’t very expensive – most insp...

Recently, a home buyer told me, “I don’t like all these surprises!”  We were in the middle of a short sale transaction, and there were a few surprises but no more than usual. It all seemed pretty normal to me. Then I remembered, nothing about buying a house is ‘normal’ to most home buyers.  Prett...

If you're thinking, "I want to buy a foreclosure," or "I want to buy a short sale", and you contact me, I'll want to chat about what your goals are exactly. Almost always, after a little conversation with people who start out that way, I discover that what they really want is the 'best deal', and...