February 2, 2022 Author: Heather Connor, Realtor How important really is property insurance? Property insurance seems so basic and easy to breeze over. This common contingency in a contract is something that shouldn’t be overlooked and can be handled with one or two simple phone calls. When you purchase a property, your lender will usually …
January 19, 2022 Author: Heather Connor, Realtor Have you decided that it’s time to sell your home or investment in Crested Butte? Do you want to be sure to do everything possible to achieve top dollar? Well, I whittled the list down to my top 5 favorites that will maximize the net equity gain on …
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December 12, 2022 Author: Heather Connor, Realtor What is an appraisal gap? An appraisal gap is when your lender’s appraiser says that the value of the home is less than the amount you offered to pay for the property. Thus creating a larger amount of cash that the borrower needs to “bring to the table” …
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I love real estate reality shows as much as the next guy. (Or gal.) Of course, I think that it paints an unrealistic picture of what life is really like. Anybody that knows me knows how much I love my wedge heels, and how much I love my make-up. Of course, we all know that …
I had an opportunity to take some time off work lately and take a true vacation. By “true” I mean without check-ins, emails, or any type of “light” work. What I would call a “Free Day”. (If you aren’t familiar with that term, then check out Dan Sullivan with Strategic Coach.) For those of you …
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Happy Sunday everyone. I hope each of you is having a wonderful day celebration whomever has been that strong female role in your life. As well, Happy Mother’s Day to all of you amazing moms who are being celebrated today. For me, I am a dog mom and spent the day with a good girlfriend …
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When home prices increase at a rapid rate, sometimes the appraised value will not increase as quickly. When this happens we call this an appraisal gap. We often see this scenario In a seller’s market, when prices are on a steady and somewhat of a faster-pace increase. Of course, appraisal gaps can happen for numerous …
My current book that I am reading is causing a shift and opening my eyes to other ways that building a business can be done. The book is called Blitzscaling and covers a concept that initially made me squirm. The idea is to prioritize speed and aggressive growth of the business versus a slower, methodical …
There are a lot of changes in Crested Butte and it by no means just started with the onset of COVID. However, the pandemic has been a driving factor for the large injection of hasty buyers into our usually semi-predictable real estate market. The current news has brought about the question of change in our …
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Yesterday it was sunny, warm and beautiful flip-flop weather. Today, it is snowy, muddy, puffy-coat weather. Welcome to spring in the Colorado mountains. Weather aside, I was thinking about change. This morning I was watching a video by Gary Vaynerchuck. He was talking about change and how important it is to adapt to it. In …