My cute little 1927 Denver Bungalow is on the market. What fun I had getting it ready! Oh, yeah, the BIG TO-DO list provided by my favorite real estate agent (that would be me). Well, my stager kicked in a few assignments, too... including having my windows professionally cleaned.
Ugh. Just what I need, ANOTHER $200's out the door just to ensure that I don't chase away that one buyer who has a dirty-window phobia! Is it REALLY that important? Will it REALLY make a difference?
Uh, yes. Wow.
I couldn't believe the difference. My windows are 80 years old and you'd a thunk they were brand new (or actually, not even THERE, they were that clean). The whole house feels brighter, cleaner, and much better maintained.
Can you see the difference?
BEFORE
AFTER
HERE'S ANOTHER AFTER
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Frankly, neither do I. I've made the executive decision that the Foreclosure market is not my thing. In the late 90's, I worked with a lot of investors, but that was a different world - one in which the sellers actually seemed to want to sell! I've heard so many horror stories of deals that seemed too good to be true... and were. Or sales that dragged on and on for months only to eventually disintegrate after wasting an incredible amount of time and energy.
Nonetheless, today's Denver market does offer incredible opportunities for the amateur or professional investor and I'll bet a lot of us will wish we'd taken advantage of one or two of them... I know if I had a couple extra hundred thousand lying around right now, I'd be picking up some real estate...
Anyway, I wanted to pass on the name of a guy I met a few weeks ago who has created a dandy little niche for himself in this Denver Foreclosure market. What he does is purchase a foreclosed home, renovates it, procures a renter and then sells the house at a cash-flowing price. I've seen his work and it's decent! I've never done a transaction with him, but my impression was that he's a straight-up guy offering a win/win proposal. His tagline is "We Always Pass the Deal on."
If you'd like an introduction, just get in touch with me and I'll hook you up.
On Sunday morning, I met some friends for a little bike ride from Highlands to Confluence Park, and up & down the Platte River Bike Path. Perfect temperature, just a slight breeze, sky so blue it was almost purple. It was my first venture across the new pedestrian bridgeconnecting Northwest Denver to Downtown - it's pretty darn cool. So anyway, here's a little photographic journey of all the sights we enjoyed on our Sunday morning bike ride. There is SO MUCH TO LOVE about this part of town!
Enjoy!
At the risk of destroying my reputation as a happy-go-lucky, always smiling, always cheerful, with never a harsh word to say (tee hee), allow me to say (shout) "I HATE SPRINGTIME IN DENVER!!!"
The rest of the world is enjoying mild temperatures, flowers in bloom and soft green grass. Snow? No, that ended long ago. Sure, many midwesterners and others suffer thru a miserable winter, but once springtime arrives, it is HERE to stay.
In Denver? Not so much. It's not reliably spring/summer until June. It's not uncommon for it to snow thru May; in fact, I believe that April is our snowiest month (or maybe it's March). Anyway, I've had enough. I've lived here 14 years and every year I say it - "I HATE SPRINGTIME IN DENVER!"
And, every year I threaten to abandon ship and go somewhere warm for the season, returning to Denver for Memorial Day. Unfortunately (?), spring is also the busiest time of the year for a Denver real estate agent, so I kinda have to be here. I do about 75% of my annual business before July 4th.
Anyway, here's my last week... last Saturday, I got on a plane at DIA bound for the Deep South. As the plane was taking off, it started snowing. Apparently, the mountains got dumped on overnight and Denver was just seeing its share. But I escaped. Got to Alabama - 90 degrees, beautiful, sunny, perfect. While I was gone, it snowed again in Denver. Got back on Wednesday... brrrrrrr. Very chilly. Woke up today to 45 degrees, wind and rain. Temps topped out around 55 degrees. Not nearly warm enough to suit me.
My furnace is still blasting and I haven't yet retired my ice scraper. Such is life in Denver in the springtime... NOT my favorite time of year.
Okay, rant over.
So… according to this morning’s Rocky Mountain News, my little piece of paradise here in Northwest Denver is the second strongest zip code in the city with an annual appreciate rate of… get this… 18.5%!!!!
Go, us!
What’s interesting is just yesterday I was doing an analysis of the number of Lender Owned listings here in my ‘hood compared to the number in other neighborhoods and came to the conclusion that if you’re looking for great REOs or Foreclosures… look elsewhere. Here in 80212, there are 19 lender owned properties on the market and all but two or three are on very busy commercial streets or right on top of I-70 (or both). In other words, these would be tough properties to sell in any market and not something I’d ever recommend to an investor.
So… we’re doing just fine here in 80212... I'm proud of my 'hood! Want to see why we like it so much? Check out my virtual tour here...
I take care of the details! As my FIRST priority, not as an afterthought when my prospecting is done. My clients get my full attention which is why... dare I say it...I've never had to prospect ;-)
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