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1048 Garfield as Young August Sees It

Congress Park Bungalow For Sale: Artisan & Craftsman
Congress Park Craftsman New on the Denver Real Estate Market. 1048 GARFIELD STREET is one of those rare Congress Park homes where the upgrades don’t interfere with the integrity of the original Craftsman architectural detail and design. Quarter Sewn Oak built in hutch in formal dining room, gleaming hardwood floors, updated kitchen and baths, enlarged [...]

Sell Your House in a Weekend? Happens every day
It’s a snowy March Monday. Getting ready to take some clients on round two of shopping trip for second showings of properties. The market is moving fast so there is no time to lose, especially if you’re going to list one home for sale and buy another. [...]

Before I Die… A Community in Communion
Before I die, I want to… Driving the streets north of Downtown Denver one might turn some dodgy corners. The gentrification of Curtis Park, Ballpark and Five Points neighborhoods has pushed up real estate prices as artist lofts and galleries, restaurants and the urban infill townhomes that follow, found their place beside the old Victorians. [...]

Denver Real Estate Trends 4th Quarter, 2012
I’d like to get all geeky on ya but I’ve brought the visual aids. Click below for the famous Your Castle Real Estate map of Central Denver to compare single family residential property values with the 4th quarter of 2011. You’ll see the percent of appreciation or decline, the days on market (DOM) and months [...]

The Game of Having Game
It’s Friday night. The Broncos are in the playoffs and the Mile Hi City is tickled…orange. In Denver, we take our football seriously. Denizens will brave tomorrow’s freezing temps to celebrate at pre-game tailgate parties and freeze their own tails in the stands, while the taste of beer, brats and a Broncos victory creates an [...]

2013: YOUR PERSONAL WAKE-UP CALL
The dawn cracks, pouring indigo, gold and steaks of pink through my windows. I steal one more moment in the glorious dream as time floats and wafts and mingles with the smell of coffee. Suddenly the realization slaps me like a wet towel— GET UP!-and somewhat reluctantly I prepare to face, if not carpe, the [...]

The Virgin and the Badass Bard
Theatre’s obsession with Shakespeare, coined ‘bardolotry’ by George Bernard Shaw, has always escaped me. While Voltaire called his work “an enormous dunghill”, my aversion to Sir Will is far less eloquent. Not knowing my First Folio from my “What ho Malvolio”, I’d quipped “I hate Shakespeare” in defense. “You don’t know what the hell he’s [...]

Buying a Home in the Winter? You bet your ice skates!
After you’ve finished your holiday shopping, why don’t we go look for a house? The Denver winter has been mild so far and weather is still great for house hunting, but even in the snowy months I love me those cold weather clients! Most people think of buying or selling their homes in the ‘high’ [...]

But My Brother’s Wife’s Uncle’s Best Friend’s Daughter Sells Real Estate…
My friends were thrilled to be putting their home on the market. The empty nest felt expansive and overwhelming: they made their decision, rang me up and started packing up the tchotchkes in preparation for the photos. The one big downside to their downsize would be telling their other Realtor© friend they’d listed with me. [...]