Fun Fact Friday 🏡 8/18/2023
Hey Friends,I’ve got 3 fun facts and a quote to share with you today. Thanks for reading and as always, reach out anytime with questions! (Want this delivered to your inbox weekly? Subscribe HERE.) Blessings,Andrew Fun Fact 1:Greater Colorado Springs had 2,254 homes for sale this past July down 351 from July ’22 which was 2,605. […]
Fun Fact Friday 🏔️ 8/11/2023
Hey Friends,I’ve got 3 fun facts and a quote to share with you today. Thanks for reading and as always, reach out anytime with questions! (Want this delivered to your inbox weekly? Subscribe HERE.) Blessings,Andrew Fun Fact 1:We had 100 transactions this past July. 16 of them were cash, 13 of them included an escalation […]
Unusual World Photos
I friend sent me this and while I’m not sure if it’s all true, it sure made for some fun and interesting scrolling. Here is a preview and a link to the full PDF below. Enjoy! Download the full PDF HERE.
Protect Yourself From Wildfires
Two weeks ago, my daughters and I were visiting a friends house in The Farm neighborhood. When we walked out to leave, we saw black smoke everywhere. We turned around to warn our friend and the next thing we knew the entire area was evacuated and most of CSFD was on the scene about 10 […]
The Benchmark for the Most Green Home
For two decades, Japan has been leading the way in “Shawood” which is a form of pre-fabricating housing parts and then assembling them in the field. This technique, combined with energy efficient design and selections was unveiled a few weeks ago at the annual International Home Builders Show in Las Vegas. According to the article, […]
Zillow Unicorns and MLS Monkeys
“Our home has been viewed 1,254 times on Zillow,” the owner told me in his home that had been on the market for 2 months. He was so confident that of all those shoppers, or at least one of them, was willing to pay $375,000 for their custom home, especially since they just lowered the […]
Trouble Deciding on a Home? Use the Home Selection Triangle!
You are ready to buy a home. So you jump on Zillow or drive around and just start looking. Next thing you know you fall in love with a home you find and are now emotionally attached to it. Wait! Can I afford this? Is there something better out there? Do I know everything I […]
Two Reasons FSBO’s Price Incorrectly
Pricing your home correctly is what the National Association of Realtors says is most difficult for For Sale By Owner “FSBO” sellers. Pricing items in general is not always easy, but pricing a home is the absolute hardest. Obviously, every market is different when it comes to pricing your home. For example, if you compared […]
Is Selling Your Home a DIY?
Between Zillow and Fixer Upper, many think that selling your home is a DIY project. Friends telling you “it’s such a sellers market” make it easy to believe that selling your home is as simple as sticking a “For Sale By Owner” sign in the yard and uploading few mobile phone pictures to Zillow. Sounds […]