BLOGS

  Last spring, I sat at a kitchen table on Estes Street in Green Mountain with a couple who had already interviewed two other agents. Both had handed them a glossy packet with a generic CMA and a suggested list price. Neither had mentioned that the new trail connector near Bear Creek Lake Park had q

  A seller I worked with in Lakewood last spring had budgeted for roughly 1% in closing costs. When we sat down and walked through her actual net sheet before listing, the real number was closer to 8% of her sale price. She wasn't blindsided at the closing table because we had that conversation earl

  Last spring, I worked with a couple buying their first home in Lakewood. They had saved carefully, gotten pre-approved, and found a townhouse off Morrison Road they genuinely loved. Then they heard the words "earnest money deposit" and froze. They thought it meant they were handing over thousands

  Last spring, I worked with a couple in their early thirties who had spent six months losing bidding wars on resale homes in Littleton. They were exhausted. When we pivoted and looked at a new build in a community off Bowles Avenue near Clement Park, they were skeptical at first. "Is it really that

  A few months ago, I sat across from a family at a coffee shop on Main Street in Littleton. They had two kids, one starting middle school in the fall and another a couple years behind. They were not just buying a house. They were buying into a school system, a carpool route, and a community. That c

  A few months ago, I sat across from a couple at a coffee shop on South Wadsworth. They had spent six months watching Littleton listings online, refreshing Zillow at 11 p.m., and losing two offers before they ever called a local agent. By the time we met, they were exhausted and second-guessing the

  A couple relocated from Chicago last spring came into my office having already narrowed their search to two neighborhoods: Littleton and Highlands Ranch. Both checked their boxes on paper. Good schools. Easy highway access. Room for their two kids to grow. What they needed was someone to help them

  A couple reached out to me last spring after outgrowing their townhome near Highlands Ranch Town Center. They had two kids, a third on the way, and were watching listings on Redfin every morning before coffee. Their biggest question was simple: are we going to get crushed in a bidding war, or is t

  I listed a home on South Flower Street in Lakewood last spring. The sellers had lived there for eleven years, raised two kids, and loved every square foot of it. But when I walked through for the first time with fresh eyes, I could see the house was telling a cluttered story that buyers wouldn't c

  I had clients last spring who were under contract on a 1970s ranch home in Lakewood, just off Morrison Road near Bear Creek Lake Park. They were excited, a little nervous, and had no idea what was about to happen at their home inspection. Two hours later, they walked out with a 68-page report and

  A few months ago, I sat across from a family at a coffee shop in Littleton. They had flown in from Austin, had three days to tour homes, and kept asking me the same question: "Which part of Highlands Ranch is actually right for us?" They had done their research online, but nothing they found expla

  Last spring, I worked with a couple relocating from Chicago who had one firm requirement: they wanted to live somewhere that felt like Colorado the moment they stepped outside. No long drives to the mountains, no fighting I-70 traffic every weekend just to see a hill. After two weekends touring ne

  I had a client relocating from Austin last spring who kept asking me the same question before every showing: "How long has this one been sitting?" It's a smart question, and it's one I hear from almost every buyer moving to Colorado from out of state. Days on market in Jefferson County is one of t

  Last spring, I worked with a seller in Lakewood who had lived in their Green Mountain home for eleven years. They knew the house inside and out, loved it deeply, and were ready to move on. About three days before closing, we almost lost the deal because a foundation crack they had monitored for ye

  A few months ago, I took a couple from Lakewood out to Bow Mar for the first time. The wife had grown up in Littleton and driven past the community entrance on South Wadsworth a hundred times without ever seeing what was on the other side of those gates. When we pulled up to Bow Mar Lake and she g

  A couple I worked with earlier this year had been watching Littleton for about eight months before they finally made a move. They kept waiting for prices to drop significantly, and in the meantime, three homes they loved went under contract before they could schedule a showing. When we finally sat

  Last spring, I worked with a family relocating from Lakewood who had a firm budget and a firm dealbreaker list: they wanted acreage, a garage that fit three cars, and a neighborhood where their kids could actually play outside without staring at a fence six feet away. Every home they toured inside

  A few months ago, I sat down with a couple at a coffee shop on West Colfax in Lakewood. Both were in their early thirties, working solid jobs in the Denver Tech Center, and completely convinced they needed to save for another two or three years before buying. When I walked them through the first-t

  Last spring, I worked with a couple in Littleton's Columbine Knolls neighborhood who had already tried listing with another agent. Their home sat for 47 days with zero offers. When they called me, the problem was clear within five minutes of reviewing the pricing strategy: they had priced based on

  Last spring, I worked with a couple relocating from Austin who had done all their research online. They had a spreadsheet, a list of Denver suburbs, and a budget. When I took them to walk Main Street in downtown Littleton on a Tuesday afternoon, the spreadsheet went back in the bag. By the time we