July’s blog features Joe Slowey, realtor and owner of JMS Property Development, Inc. Reach him with questions at slow072@yahoo.com. Joe Slowey admits that his start flipping houses didn’t go well. He bought three undervalued houses in 2000. “And then 9-11 hit,” he remembers. Twenty years and many successful flips later, Slowey counts that experience as…
Meet Diane Gordon, June’s guest contributor and owner of Diane Gordon Design. With degrees in both architecture and interior design, Diane has brought her elegant aesthetic to hundreds of residential interiors, including kitchens and baths, historic renovations and basement finishes since 2000. It seems like every major city around the U.S., including Denver, has a fresh…
Meet Mike Olson, May’s guest contributor. He is an owner and real estate agent of GO Colorado Homes of Keller Williams Advantage Realty. He was voted 2015-2018 “Best of the Best Real Estate Agent” by Colorado Community Media and voted a “Five Star Real Estate Agent” by 5280 Magazine. _ Home-selling season is upon us.…
Virtual Consultations for Carpet & Luxury Plank There’s nothing quite like forced isolation to open our eyes anew to certain inadequacies in our homes. After all, being confined inside four walls and a roof for days on end leaves a fair amount of time to ponder said four walls and roof. And while there are…
When you sell a house, you have a fine line to walk — on the one hand, you want to make the house as appealing as possible for your buyer, and that often means fixing the place up a bit. On the other hand, any money that goes into the house before the sale may…
Making improvements to a home before you sell is a tough balance to strike. On the one hand, you want to put your best foot forward to get the best possible price for your home. On the other hand, you don’t want to spend too much money making improvements that won’t pay dividends on the…
In the real estate game, reputation is everything. More than 40 percent of your clients will come from referrals, and almost three-quarters of clients will give you a reference if you stay in touch. And since it might be a decade or more before your clients buy another house for themselves, you have to make…
The holiday season is a notoriously slow time for home sales. People are busy during the holidays, or they’re visiting or hosting family, so a lot of people choose to wait until spring to list their homes. But there can be some substantial advantages to selling during the holiday season. There’s less inventory, so you’re…
When you’re selling a house, you want to sell it to the right client — but you also want to do so quickly. Moving a house faster is more profit for you, a more satisfied customer, and less stress for your sellers. Modifying a home to increase its curb appeal sounds great in theory, but…
When you sell a house, you want it to look its best, but you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg getting it there — that’s just cutting into your asking price. Flooring is a major component of the house, so buyers will definitely take notice when you show the place, especially if…