We bought our first piece of real estate, a house, in 1988. I remember finding the house advertised in the Denver newspaper pullout as a HUD property. At the time, it was the best way to find a property. Sunday real estate advertisements were a primary method of marketing real estate. In today’s market there […]
As my daughter Hannah nears the halfway mark in her high school senior year, she often asks me for advice on what she should study in college. Her interests are in architecture, math, physics, and the sciences. She asks, “Where should I go to college?” and “How do I choose a career?” […]
The Grand Junction rental housing market is doing better than expected, way better. The first quarter vacancy rate for Grand Junction was 6.3 percent, down from 11.6 percent for the same quarter last year. This information is based on the Gordon Von Stroh Denver University survey for apartment rentals statewide. Apartment managers in this market […]
The crash of the markets in 2007 and subsequent economic recession left many investors with money on the sidelines. But the smart money says it finally could be time to get back in the game. Market conditions have become quite attractive compared to recent years, and the commercial real estate market is no exception. For […]