REALTOR® and Veteran Mark Solomon Is On a Mission to Help Homeless Vets In August 2020, ground was broken on the Veterans Community Project Village, a tiny home village in Longmont that will provide temporary housing to veterans experiencing homelessness. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was on hand, as were a host of local dignitaries and community leaders. Colorado REALTOR® and Navy...
At this RPAC virtual workshop, learn to create your very own wreath and easy ways to decorate it. We will take you through making your fall wreath step-by-step and share tips and tricks on how to make wreath making fun, fast, and easy. It’s holiday fun for the whole family, friends and colleagues! You’ll even have a chance to win fun prizes! Participants will receive their...
By Tyrone Adams, CEO of the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Fall is one of my favorite times of the year in Colorado. It represents so many things, like three straight months of holiday celebrations. It’s a time of the year when people seem to be genuinely more caring and loving towards one another. And, of course, we enjoy the...
By Janene Johnson, 2020 Chair of the Colorado Association of REALTORS® What a year we have had! When I ran for the position of Chair-elect back in 2018, I could never have foreseen what the future held. While 2020 has been challenging and terrifying, it has also been productive and given us insight as to what the Association can accomplish when met with adversity. Last month...
Seven Strangers Learned to Save Over $10,000 on Their Taxes in 10 Minutes or Less 10 Minutes or Less Attention Business Owners I took these 7 strangers and found $10,000 in missing deductions on their tax returns. Would you like to know the exact deductions I was looking for? Register for my free webinar and I’ll show you the specific questions I asked, and see...
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an influx of city dwellers into rural areas of the U.S., aided by the ability to work remotely. According to a March report from Redfin, house hunting in rural areas rose 115 percent over a year ago. The interest in escaping populated areas for rural living is especially prominent in Colorado's mountain communities. Denver-area...
Homeownership accounts for 90% of total wealth, according to data from the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finance. Owners in areas with rapid price appreciation are filling their pockets the fastest. “Housing wealth accumulation takes time and is built up by paying off the mortgage debt and by price appreciation,” Scholastica “Gay” Cororaton, a research economist at the National Association of...
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs released the following notice on Oct. 28, 2020. With the issuance of Executive Orders 223 and 227, the Division of Housing (DOH) has updated the Landlords’ Model Notification of Eviction Prevention Orders to account for both protections under the CDC Eviction Moratorium and the new state protections under Executive Order 227. Please note a tenant...
On Oct. 21, 2020, Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order preventing Colorado landlords from evicting tenants who can prove financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Rental property owners may tap into a state housing assistance fund to recover lost rent payments. In order to meet the financial hardship threshold, a renter must meet the following criteria: Is using best efforts to...
Whether you’re evacuating or returning back to your home, now is the time to consider insurance matters. DENVER (Oct. 19, 2020) – Colorado wildfires erupted across the state over the weekend as thousands of Coloradans were forced to evacuate in the Cameron Peak, CalWood, Lefthand Canyon and East Troublesome Fires. With wildfires blazing in our state, the Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI)...