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I just met a wonderful young couple that is looking to buy a home in the Boulder or Louisville area here in Colorado. It’s not their first real estate transaction, but I’m betting it’s the first time they have gotten … Continue reading →

I think so, but you won’t. I drove by a top Boulder realty firm today…stone exterior, nice windows, sharp illuminated sign on a prime corner, and I think I even saw a fountain in the lobby! Well, you know enough … Continue reading →

Colorado home buyers commonly refer to their professional real estate representative as their “agent”…and that’s fine, most everyone understands that that term is used loosely and/or generically.   Example:  “You should talk to my real estate agent, they were great, … Continue reading →

No.   Then why do we pay them all the same? Well, I guess we don’t.   Your buyers agent in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area typically makes 2.8% of the purchase price of the home.    In Colorado Springs, and … Continue reading →

Sorry…couldn’t resist the play on one of my favorite songs from The Who.    But a woman was telling me that she has been looking for Boulder County real estate with a buyers agent for many months, but suddenly the … Continue reading →

I see a Boulder REALTOR® advertising “15% for non-profits.”   Presumably they are donating 15% of their commission to a non-profit.    Sounds pretty great if you are a Colorado home buyer, huh? Well how about getting 50% of my commission (in … Continue reading →

I have sponsored a great new website:  www.commissionrebatecalculator.com If you are buying real estate in Colorado, you owe it to yourself to consider all options.   At this great website, you can enter in your own figures to see how … Continue reading →

I took this photo.   Seriously.  Wish I remember where, but I can see a person sitting on the striping truck thinking, “not my job.”  It reminds me of the listing agent that didn’t want to show a home to … Continue reading →