Self-directed IRAs (SDIRAs) are appealing to investors for several reasons, among them to diversify retirement funds, adapt to economic conditions and invest in assets they know and, in some cases, control. However, there is an opportunity for enhanced returns on IRA real estate investing that is not known to many SDIRA holders. Many investors are using their SDIRAs to purchase real...
An end of an era! Laurie Janik, the National Association of REALTORS’ (NAR) chief legal champion, is retiring November 30, 2013. She has been a fixture at CAR events (especially the Legal Panel at the CAR Convention) since 1987 and remains very popular nationally and in Colorado because of her dedication, amazing real estate legal knowledge and for being a...
The National Association of REALTORS® President calls the New Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) rule a “victory for all homebuyers and the future of homeownership in the country!” This new rule gives creditworthy consumers access to safe and affordable loan products while also protecting them from dishonest lending practices. The following is a statement by the National Association of REALTORS® President Gary Thomas about...
Colorado REALTORS®, protect your property listings from rental scams! NAR's Risk Management Committee shows you how to protect property listings from being used in rental scams, including setting up Google Alerts, an "If This, Then That" (IFTTT) recipe, and an image search using Google Images. ...
This Call for Action will expire this week. Please don't let your Senators in Colorado make a decision about six critical real estate tax provisions in any revisions to the federal tax code without hearing from you. There is still time to take action. It takes only two clicks and no more than one minute of your time. Please send your...
The picture for housing in Colorado is quite good with increased numbers of sales, higher median sales prices, and less time on the market – regardless of which part of the market you consider. View the reports to see how Colorado and each region are doing. https://coloradorealtors.com/colorado-regional-statistics/ ...
As Congress continues to work on major tax reform, NAR is asking all proponents of "homeownership" to take a brief moment and answer the latest Call for Action now! This Call for Action defends provisions affecting residential, investment, and commercial real estate. Help NAR and CAR ensure that tax provisions from the mortgage interest deduction to the capital gains exemption on a primary residence are defended. Respond to...
Way to go Team Colorado REALTORS®! Thank you for your efforts to this past weekend (June 29-31) to help stomp out multiple sclerosis and represent Colorado REALTORS® across the state! Did you know 1 in every 550 people in Colorado has MS? Colorado’s population is 5,187,582 so you do the math. Whatever the answer is, one is too many! While this...
It’s been a longer road for Colorado Commercial REALTORS® to rebound, however according to NAR 2013 Commercial Member Profile income, transactions and sales volume has increased over the past year. REALTOR® Associations still continue to advocate for financing. Since the economic depression the commercial real estate market has struggled to regain its grounding. REALTORS® who practice commercial real estate reported a...
It’s that time of the year and with our dry conditions it seems each passing day a new wildfire is springing up in Colorado. Colorado wildfire victims need our help! Donate today to CRF and help provide temporary housing assistance for moderate to low income families in need. Also, let us know if there are other ways you are assisting...