Status: Sold List price: $439,000 Sold price: $441,500 Days to Offer: 4 Set up a private showing Open House this Saturday 6/29/19 10AM-12PM Featuring: .19 acre lot 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom Total Sq ft: 1191 New Stainless Steel Appliances Updated Kitchen Alley Access & Big Yard Enjoy idyllic Old Town living on this coveted & quiet street, with fruit trees blooming, huge backyard complete with fire pit, fenced-off garden area, & solid shed. Updated kitchen with stainless steel ap

Status: Sold List price: $780,000 Sold price: $805,000 Set up a private showing Featuring: .86 Acre lot 4 bed/3bath Total Sq ft: 2920 1200 square foot garage/shop Walkout basement Hot water baseboard/AC Stunning, light-filled mid-century home on ~1 acre in town with a 1200 square foot garage/shop. Impressive architectural details and modern, warm, designer finishes. Enjoy the sunset over Horsetooth rock from your living room! Chef’s kitchen boasts skylights, built-in hood & o

Status: Sold List price: $565,000 Sold price: $578,000 Days to offer: 5 Featuring: .24 acre park-like lot 3 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms Total Sq ft: 3,186 Energy efficient upgrades 5-piece Master Suite Irrigated yard & garden beds Passive solar custom two-story facing Edora Park! Open plan boasting vaulted ceilings, exposed beams & SO MUCH LIGHT. Hardwood throughout & a gorgeous kitchen. Cozy freestanding gas stove in living room. Killer master retreat & upstairs laundry. Newly car

2833 Zirkels, Fort Collins, CO 80526 Status: Sold on 5/2/19 List price: $470,000 Set up a private showing Wow! This 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom home has been completely remodeled & the craftsmanship is incredible. Nearly every square foot updated. New kitchen cabinets, counters, appliances, flooring, trim, doors, paint (inside & out), A/C, sprinkler system, landscaping, deck, & stamped concrete patio. Walk in to beautiful new hardwood floors & relax in the tastefully updated master

6404 Lunar Ct., Fort Collins, CO 80525 Status: Sold Sold for list price of $339,000 on 3/19/19 Tons of natural light in this gorgeous ranch with the seamless addition of a master suite, family room, and loft. Everything is renovated: new windows, new doors—including garage door—, paint, flooring, toilets, plumbing fixtures, renovated kitchen with farmhouse sink and stainless steel appliances, ceiling fans and attic fan. This spacious home truly packs elegance and value into e

920 Deborah Dr., Loveland, CO 80537 Status: Sold List price: $250,000 Sold price: $265,000 Excellent opportunity for first-time buyer or investor to build equity into this already valuable property. This home has been a rental generating $1600/month. New carpet, some fresh paint, and an updated kitchen make this house move-in ready. You'll have the opportunity to redo the sun room for additional square footage, quickly increasing the value of the home. Spacious backyard with

Sold for $437,000 on 1/2/18 2701 Chaparral Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526 List price: $429,900 Only showing Fri. Sat. Sun Nov. 9-11. Don't miss your chance to see this beautifully remodeled home. This 4bd 3ba spacious home is an amazing value in centrally located Woodwest, a stone's throw from neighborhood parks, movie theaters, fitness centers and grocery stores. The open floor plan, remodeled kitchen, abundant interior space and back patio make for the perfect space to host, wh

This beautiful ranch sold on 12/5/17 for $675,000. As properties of this size and in this price range often do, this home sat on the market for several months before the right buyer came along. Before listing this home, we had the home professionally photographed inside and out (including aerial photos), and worked with the sellers to stage the home using their own furnishings. Through the process of showings and open houses, we listened to the feedback and acted accordingly

In part 1 of this series, we looked at how to analyze the local market vs the national market to answer the question, "Is Northern Colorado a safe investment?" After answering that in the affirmative, we move on to define exactly what we're looking for. Our focus will be "Buy-and-hold" investments, which have about as obvious a definition as you'd expect. A buy-and-hold investment is one that you plan to buy and then hold for usually a minimum of 5 years to realize both appre

We recently hosted a real estate investing meet up of the same name wherein we looked at the general state of real estate in Northern Colorado, and then we dove into our methodology for analyzing properties. Our first big question: Is Northern Colorado a safe investment? We all remember the crash of 2008 and the strong real estate market that precipitated it—is this deja vu? Let's answer that by the numbers. When we hear that Northern Colorado has a crazy real estate market,

Sold for $324,000 Near the rolling foothills, Poudre River and too many trails to count, this beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom ranch sits on a large lot in Northwest Fort Collins, perfectly proximal to Old Town amenities and outdoor possibilities. This charmer features newer flooring and stainless steel appliances among its many updates and upgrades, where the only thing 1970's about it is the plentiful space for croquet and lawn darts (the safe, plastic kind, of course). Join

Time to talk about Tax Asses! Whoops, that got cut off. I meant, "Tax Assessments!" But you're still reading, so please disregard the shameless attempt to hold your attention and proceed to our succinct explanation of that heartfelt Notice of Valuation you should have recently received in the mail from the Larimer County Assessor's Office. Time is of the essence as all protests must be submitted by June 1, 2017. We would all like our property to be valued as high as possible

We've talked a lot recently about this Nomad real estate investing idea. But let's be honest, moving sucks. Especially as your family grows. Today, I'll walk you through our journey. And, show you with real numbers, where we started and how we began using our equity to propel us to the next level as investors. Fair warning, this will be a bit of a longer post, but the journey (and the people on that journey with us) is the best part of the story. When Dee and I married in May

Nomad is a buy-and-hold real estate strategy that—similarly to the sheep and goat herding strategy—involves temporarily occupying a place before pulling up your stakes and moving on. But that’s about all the two have in common. The nomad strategy we recommend for most people—especially if you're starting out: 1. Buy a multifamily using an FHA loan. 2. Rent the other unit(s) to offset your mortgage payment. 3. When you have >20% equity in your home, refinance into a convention

This past week, we hosted a real estate meet-up and focused on three different strategies in buy–and–hold investing: Turnkey, Nomad, and BRRRR. I've purchased rental properties with each of these strategies and no single strategy is necessarily better than another. I firmly believe each have their time and place. Today, we're going to revisit the real numbers, get "into the weeds" a bit, and discuss why this specific strategy fits well with my situation. Keep reading to see h

Your home was probably pretty great when it was first built. Maybe you did an update here and there, out with the shag and in with the hardwood, down with the wood paneling and up with the tasteful paint job. But entropy is real, and it takes no time at all for the projects to pile up. Now is a very good time to look ahead at your year, take an honest inventory of everything your home needs, prioritize, plan and execute. This project can seem daunting, but if you break it dow

One of the most common sentiments we hear when real estate investing comes up in conversation is, "I would love to invest, but I don't have the money." And it just so happens that one of the most annoying things that real estate investors say is, "Money is not the limiting factor. There are always lenders to finance a good deal." And it's annoying because it feels untrue. "Money's not a limitation? Of course it is! What world do you live in?" is the natural gut response. In t

There are no shortage of articles and posts just like this one warning of the changing season and the toll it can take on your property. The problem for most of us is that we still procrastinate these simple tasks. In Colorado especially we have these Indian summers that lull us into complacency. "Winter? Nah, that doesn't happen anymore, haven't you seen the NatGeo posts about the polar bears?" And suddenly, a foot of snow dumps in the morning, melting into our leaf-clogged