We all know how babies are made, yet there is a different kind of co-mingling and sufficient collective labor that really useful things are born. Remember the commercial with the jingle “Look for the Union Label”? *cue sappy music* Feels like a such long time ago, when the American worker was protected by strong unions [...]
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Labor Day and How Things are Born
By Tracy Shaffer on September 3, 2012 in Community, Denver, Jobs Market, Lifestyle, Musings on Life, People, Personal power, Philanthropic, Politics, Self improvement, Travel

How Affordable is Denver Home Ownership? Glad you asked.
By Tracy Shaffer on August 23, 2012 in Art, Buy a Home, Denver, Denver Real Estate News, Investing, Jobs Market, mortgages, Real Estate, Thriving Artist Alliance
“I See What You Mean” (Big Blue Bear) created by Lawrence Argent, photograph by Elizabeth Thomsen You may be surprised to know that in the Denver metro area, The Home Affordability Index (HAI) is at its highest recording ever. What does that mean? The HAI compares the median price of a home in the Metro [...]

The Stats Behind the Real Estate Recovery
By Tracy Shaffer on July 17, 2012 in Buy a Home, Denver, Denver Real Estate News, Jobs Market, Sell my house, Unemployment
Nothing happens overnight. After years of struggling with the housing crisis and millions of Americans struggling to stay in their homes, it looks as though we are finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. I live and work in Denver so this is the market of my expertise. With boots on the [...]

Undecided? I don’t get it.
It’s late October in a very tight presidential race. Pols shift twice in the same day and the election is coming down to swing states and undecided voters, though I’m not sure exactly who these people are. The issue is not that the Democrats and Republicans have successfully laid out their vision for the next [...]