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Be Shrewd When Buying Real Estate!

Buying investment real estate at the moment requires some extra shrewdness. As the realty prices are fairly tempting right now, let’s investigate the shrewdness angle!

In order to buy an investment property that is going to be a good investment we need to consider its rental chances and its re-sale chances. Where will there always be renters? What does this property have that will encourage re-sale? What does this property have that will still be there whenever you come to re-sell?

Some things such as a sea view or a mountain view can fall into this category, but there are also other investment indicators to consider. One of them is buying in a prospective baby boomers retirement area, such as parts of Arizona, Colorado, the Pacific North West and choice coastal areas. But another investment idea is to buy in a town that will always have renters to rent your property.

A town that always has renters is a town that has a transient population. One of the classic examples of this transience is a University town or city. Quite often parents of college students have bought a second home for their child to live in, and have accidentally found this to be a lucrative investment. The house can be virtually paid for by its renters. Of course, it is not the perfect investment – there is some work involved!

Ideally you will live near this University town, or you will have a child attending University that will take care of the renting for you. If neither of these fits your case, you may be advised to re-consider, unless you are retired and will have extra time to devote to the investment.

Most students do not like to live on campus, and are happy to pay for a room in a house where they share the common areas. Every August, thousands of students flood into a town looking for a place to settle into before school starts in September.

Most homes are three bedroomed and three rents will cover your mortgage. If you make the renters responsible for splitting their own electricity bill, they will all ensure to be more economical. If you pay the bill, the ones who like three hot baths a day will do so! If they pay the bill, they will remember to turn down the thermostat before they leave for the day.

You will be paying the house taxes and perhaps the Internet. (Having Internet already in place is an incentive to move in.) These days everyone has a cell phone so there will be no land line necessary.

The closer you can buy your property to the campus, the easier it is to rent. Waiting for buses/car rides etc is a nuisance to be avoided; being able to walk to the college is a big plus for the renting student. Also they are saving inconvenience and money, which means that you can keep your rent high.

In spite of the odd drops in the property market, most University towns stay steadier with their realty prices- this is obviously something that you can check. This will mean that not only are others buying your house for you, but you will reap the annual appreciation as well.

Posted on June 4, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

Real Estate Market Changes Bring New Opportunities for Investors to Make Big Money!

Consumers are seeing the end of the ever increase real estate values with year over year double digit gains. This new market seems to have signaled the end of the housing boom. The foreclosure rate is now skyrocketing to the highest levels seen in a decade. There is bad news everywhere or at least this is so for many who stretched beyond their financial means. But not everybody will suffer. For those with cash, real estate buying opportunities are plentiful and the margins below market pricing that they can purchase the property are getting bigger and better. There are several sources investors can turn to for bargain basement deals. In almost any multiple listing service, banks are marketing foreclosure properties (real estate owned) for 3% to 5 % below market prices in most Orange County California markets. In other areas of the country such as North Carolina, banks may be discounting as much as 10% off market pricing. In Colorado, builders are having such a hard time moving inventory that they have slashed prices and are offering incentives. In these markets, you may be able to buy a brand new home in rent ready condition with break even on cash flow for as little as 20% down. The builder may even guarantee you rent for x number of months or find a tenant for you. Such is the case in many Florida communities where prime golf course property can be purchased for a similar deal. Short sales are abundant in the California marketplace, but the banks are so swamped with the onslaught of problem loans that it is often months before they get back to you. (A short sale is when the bank agrees to accept less than the outstanding loan on the property.) Tax sales can prove profitable, but there is a lot of competition at these auctions for very few properties. Most California counties hold tax sales a minimum of 2 times per year and auction the property off for the unpaid taxes due on the property. Properties typically go to sale after 4 years of unpaid taxes.

Trustee sales may be your best bet to make serious cash. I have attended many Trustee sales and have seen incredible properties sold at margins sometimes 20% or 30% below market. These are lucrative deals and you can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars purchasing these properties. Buyer beware, you must do your homework prior to bidding as not all liens are wiped out in this type of auction. Property taxes, IRS liens, special assessments, and Hoa dues may all be payable and you may still have fix up costs. But at margins like this, if you do your homework, it will pay off.

So if you are an investor, now is the time. The mother of all deals may just be around the corner and it was once said “fortune favors the prepared mind.” Perhaps they should have said fortune favors the prepared wallet. For investors with cash that like to buy heavily discounted properties, this may be the time you have been waiting for. Ready your cash and keep your eyes wide open.

The author John Daniel is a licensed real estate broker and investor in Orange County California

Posted on May 11, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

MLS Playoffs Betting: Colorado Rapids vs San Jose Earthquakes Odds

The San Jose Earthquakes will meet the Colorado Rapids in the MLS playoffs for the Eastern Conference championship on Saturday at 9:30pm EST from Dick’s Sporting Good Park as the winner will advance to the MLS Cup Championship. The game can be seen live on ESPN2 or ESPN Deportes on Saturday and online sportsbooks have opened with Colorado as a -135 MLS playoff betting favorite while San Jose is listed as a +350 underdog. The over/under beting total is set ar 2.5 UNDER -145 while point spread MLS odds favor the Rapids -1/2 (-135) over the Earthquakes +1/2 (+105).

The Earthquakes were the lowest seed and last team to qualify in MLS playoff betting but they are coming off a major upset win over the New York Red Bulls, who had a payroll 5 times larger than the Earthquakes. The match-up of San Jose and Colorado offers a stark contrast as the Earthquakes are a defensive oriented team while the Rapids are one of the most dangerous offensive teams in the MLS odds led by Conor Casey and Omar Cummings. Defense proved to be the difference for San Jose in their win over New York as they suffocated the Red Bulls and left them no openings. Bet San Jose +350 a underdogs in MLS playoof betting odds vs Colorado on ESPN2 with up to a 0 deposit bonus when you deposit 0 or more!

The one source of offense for San Jose is Chris Wondolowski, as he had 18 of the team’s 34 regular season goals. Casey had 14 goals for Colorado while Cummings had 14 as well for the Rapids. The two teams met twice this year and the home team was a 1-0 winner in MLS odds for each match. Colorado is also well regarded for their quickness and ability to move the ball which will provide the supreme test for the Earthquakes. But San Jose was one of the top road teams in MLS playoff betting this year and should be confident that they are up to the task after their big upset win over New York. Bet Colorado -135 as underdogs in MLS playoffs odds with up to 155% in total bonuses including up to a 55% reload bonus.

MLS Playoff Picks: Colorado Rapids -135

Posted on May 5, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

Digital Tombstones Are The New Way You Rest In Peace

Forget flowers, the next big thing in living memorials for the dearly departed may just be a weatherproof, high tech digital scrapbook, powered by a solar cell. This product, known as the Serenity panel, developed by Vidstone LLC, is sold by Riverview Monuments of Wausau, Wisconsin and retails for approximately ,000.


As with most technological innovations, word of the product is spreading slowly.


Doug Ellis of Riverview Monuments told CNN in a recent interview, that he hasnt sold any adding that many customers tell him that it is not there style. He believes that the Wausau area is a little more conservative and that it will take time for expansion.


The panel, according to CNN, amounts to the front of the gravestone, and pays tribute to the deceased in color pictures, words, music, and even videos, all courtesy of a small memory chip in front of the device; technology developed two years ago by Vidstone LLC, a company with offices in Florida and Colorado.


According to Vidstones national sales director in Aurora, Colorado, the company has approximately 100 dealers across the country; two in Minnesota, four in Illinois, and seven in Michigan, and one in Wisconsin.


They dont release sales figures, Lucking told CNN. Tho he confirmed its not a huge number at the moment.


Maria Schlitzbeger, of Schliztberger and Daughters Monument Co. in Houston, said that her company has sold one Serenity panel in a year.


Its a big step, putting electronics on your headstone, she explained to CNN. People are used to sandblasted granite and marble.


According to Lucking, although a digital video scrapbook on a tombstone may sound a little strange to most people, it can be compared to the advent of the cell phone, when only a few owned them and the rest swore that they never would.


Most funeral homes now use LCD screens to do multimedia presentations during services. Since five or six years ago video tributes have increased.


The screen, powered by the sun, includes headphone jacks for private audio listening.


Ellis thought it was a neat thing to bring into the industry. Something unique, something a little above and beyond just the standard engraving and pictures that end up on a monument at the current time.


He saw no reason why someone couldnt stand in front of a video camera and give a message to there grandchildren. Is this the next step in a future of mp3s and ever expanding leaps in technology or is this product to soon and will get lost in the technology bag, only time will tell.

Posted on April 30, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

Grab ‘Em Fast: Buying REO Properties Before MLS Listing

There are great opportunities for investors in the Denver real estate market today. Bank owned homes and short sales are often discounted much lower than well-maintained neighboring homes.

Some Denver homebuyers want to find the elusive “unlisted REO homes”. Should you search for distressed homes that aren’t on the market? And how do you find them?

There are five primary reasons why a Lender owned property in Denver is not in the MLS. Each of these reasons prevents the Lender from proceeding with an MLS listing or a private sale:

1. Lender has not yet obtained Public Trustee Deed to the property. The Deed is issued a few weeks after the Colorado foreclosure auction. In this interim period, a sale cannot take place.

2. Lender is conducting post acquisition inspections, which includes securing the property against prior owners, squatters and vandals. As soon as the lender completes the inspections and obtains a market valuation, it will be assigned to a Realtor®. Asset managers will not deal directly with buyers, and they will not sell a recent acquisition before a market valuation has been performed.

3. Listing has expired and Lender is transferring the listing to another Realtor®. Typically, there is one reason for the property’s failure to sell during the initial listing period: It was overpriced given it’s poor location or distressed condition. It will be in the MLS again shortly.

4. Property is not saleable due to a major problem. These problems include:

· Structural problems (settling foundation due to Bentonite soil in the Denver area)
· Hazmat issues such as evidence of a meth lab
· Clouded title issues

5. Ownership of REO is being transferred in bulk between lenders. Lenders won’t pull one property out of a bulk transfer.

Asset managers list properties with a Realtor® as quickly as possible. Listing in the Denver MLS gives the Lender the broadest possible exposure, enabling the Lender to attract multiple interested parties. Asset managers know open market competition results in the highest possible price given the property’s condition and location.

A knowledgeable Buyer’s Agent will understand the REO process and will be able to guide you towards the best purchase of a bank owned property in Denver.  Then again, you might save thousands by buying a traditional owner-occupied home that is in excellent condition.  It’s always best to weigh the out-of-pocket cost of repairing a distressed property with the financed cost of purchasing a home in premium condition.

Posted on April 2, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

Real Estate SEO for the Web Novices

The world of real estate is going through dramatic change and I don’t mean the current market upheavals caused by the change from a Seller’s market to a Buyer’s market.

Independent of price level there will always be buying and selling of homes going on. But the way people search for and find homes is in the middle of a dramatic change. The Internet is the great equalizer but also the great differentiator.

People searching online are not aware of your achievements, everybody is equal at first. If your website does not offer the design and services people appreciate they will not stay long enough to find out. This is where you can differentiate yourself.

But design and functionality are a secondary issue to the problem of how to get found in the first place. Use the analogy of websites being online business cards. New business cards are deposited not at the top of the pile but at the very bottom. Customers are picking up business cards from the top of the pile. SEO or search engine optimization deals with efforts to move ones business cards further up the pile so that customers can find one’s site through popular search engines.

So you have a new website. So you basically just had your business cards printed but nobody knows how to find them. Or even more dramatic you don’t even know if somebody is picking up your business cards and you don’t know if your business cards are in the big pile yet.

I would define SEO as the efforts to purposefully move ones website to be placed higher on the results page in response to a search query at a range of search engines.

But there are thousands of search engines out there. True. But all but 3 are irrelevant to your optimization efforts. Google, Yahoo and MSN control about 98% of all searches performed on the Internet. Focus on the three big search engines and the rest will take care of itself.

What is there to optimize? The aim is to be found by people searching for things that you offer on your website. When people search they do this textually by querying a search term or phrase. For you to optimize your site you first have to understand for which keywords or key phrases you want to be found. As I am practicing real estate in Aspen, Colorado and appropriate search term could be “Aspen Real Estate”.

Make sure you repeat your keywords and phrases on your homepage. Make the most important key phrase a headline and type it in a bold font.

It is important to understand that search engines are automated computer systems programmed by humans to evaluate the webs content without human interference. This means that search results are based on what is called a computer algorithm. This is basically a set of instructions for the computer on how to evaluate certain criteria and translate the results into a sequence of importance. Most important website first, least important website last.

The art and science of Search Engine Optimization is to try to understand what the search engines are looking for in a good site and then giving the search engine just that. The google search engine algorithm probably looks at hundreds of different criteria. It is so complex that not even the engineers inside google know the whole picture. Well you might say, how should none google employees then know what to do?

Basically the most important fundamentals of what makes a good websites are known. Google for example uses a patented mathematical concept they called “Page Rank” at the root of their systems. Links are seen as votes. The more links are pointing to one website the more important that website must be. The more important the website is that votes for another website the more weight that vote caries.

So, try to get people to link to your website. It is important to know that links from website that have the same topic as your website seem to be more important than links from website that do not fit the subject. Links from other real estate related website are more important to my website then links from websites promoting toys.

Search engines like content rich websites. The more pages with useful content the better. Blogs are a great way to accumulate great on-topic content over a period of time. This is all the more important as search engines like website that have fresh content on a regular basis.

DMOZ.org is a human compiled directory of websites. Read their instructions carefully and submit your website to a relevant category. Yahoo and Google use this directory and it helps to be listed.

Generate a site map and place the xml file on your web server. A site map is basically a long list containing all your web pages in a format that is readable by computer programs employed by search engines to browse the web. These programs are called “bots” or “spiders”. This will help the search engines to find all the pages on your website. Remember, the more web pages the search engine knows about the better for you.

Search engines cannot read certain content. Graphical content is one such thing. If your site consists of mainly pictures the search engine will not understand what your site is about and therefore will not offer it as a result for a search. Make sure your site is text rich.

Real Estate website can have pages for the different subdivisions in the area serviced. Write a Blog on the property of the week. Incorporate a section of “Frequently Asked Questions”. Write about yourself and give people a bio on you. Explain the buying and selling process. Offer sales statistics. The list goes on.

Get a program Like “Advanced Web Ranking” to search the search engines for search results containing your keywords. Optimization is fun when you start to see results. But manually looking for your website in search results is labor intensive and a good job for an automated program.

Read web forums and a couple of books on SEO once you are past the basics. The field is constantly evolving and there us tons more to learn.

Posted on April 1, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

How You Can Take Advantage of the Current Real Estate Market – Arizona Land For Sale

With the rise in Arizona Land For Sale prices, and the increase in the American and world populations, the demand for available vacant land on which to build has dramatically increased. Because of this, the real estate industry has seen a dramatic rise in people from Arizona, the west coast and across the country looking to buy vacant or undeveloped Arizona Land For Sale.

With supplies limited or very expensive in many areas of the East, Midwest, and West coast, attention has turned to the mountain west and southwest. Many are wondering about Arizona land for sale.

A new area of interest for recent land acquisition and development has been Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. The benefits of the high country of the southwest as opposed the hotter low desert, have gained increasing recognition. While the Las Vegas area and the Phoenix-Pinal County-Tucson corridor remain immensely popular, many more people have become interested in northern and eastern northern New Mexico, and the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, and northern Arizona Land For Sale.

The most important questions raised by anyone interested in purchasing vacant southwest land is, “What happens once the other vacant land for sale in the area begins to be developed?” That depends on the use for which the vacant land will be developed.

For example, if land is bought in the Prescott-Chino Valley area of Yavapai County, Arizona, it may be developed as residential real estate for retirees, second homes for the affluent from Phoenix, or California or young families seeking a more wholesome environment for their children. This requires the expertise of an experienced contractor specializing in residential development, because the land, once it has entered this stage, will need large investments for the basic infrastructure of utilities and roads.

If you have bought a smaller parcel of Arizona Land For Sale in this area under development, you can take advantage of such improvements. The value of your parcel will have increased so that you may either sale it at a nice profit or begin your own small-scale development.
Determine how many and where houses or apartments should placed. Working with a residential construction company, you can plan a development that best takes advantage of the infrastructure improvements of the larger development.

This is one of the major benefits, of investing in vacant Arizona Land For Sale in such growing areas as Arizona. The value of the nearby land will increase in value as the area development continues.

Another aspect of purchasing vacant land would be the fact that it is undeveloped land, and you can determine its future. This would mean you could give it almost and ranching, commercial, or residential use as allowed, and in the southwest, you will find minimal restrictions compared to much of the country. A third benefit of purchasing vacant Arizona Land For Sale is its appreciation value. There is a much difference in the value of the property when it is vacant land versus developed and again when a house is built upon it.

Buying undeveloped, vacant land in the southwestern United States offers many worthwhile investment opportunities that are no longer available in much of the country and can lead to lucrative investments.

Posted on March 20, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

Reasons To Choose A Local Real Estate Agent

With the economic downfall that has just about killed the housing market a lot of sellers and buyers have quickly become cautious when it comes time to choosing a real estate agent for their own basic needs. Everywhere you look in the news there has been a lot of different controversies regarding the real estate agents and how they are breaking contracts and swindling buyers and sellers out of thousands of dollars. All of this has made the word of mouth even more vital than it had ever been. One of the best ways that you can be sure that you are getting the best deal on the property that you are either selling or buying is to go through a local real estate agent.

Therefore if you are looking for a new home that is located in a new neighborhood then you should really consider choosing a local real estate agent. The people that are located in the area will be able to tell you which realtor is the best. They will also be able to tell you about their overall professionalism and dependability. Word of mouth is a very valuable tool and when you take the time to listen you will be well on your way to gaining a great realtor for your own personal needs. Also the people in the area where you are looking will even be able to provide you with various listings to talk to these agents about that have not even had the chance to hit the market yet.

Most of the good local realtors in the area will have a good hold on the vibe of the current housing market and most generally will have prior knowledge of even some of the properties in the area that have not been added to the market. This will give you a huge boost because you will be able to be one of the first potential buyers for a house that you may particularly love. Also if the realtor is good they will have a good reputation in the area that you are currently looking in.

A local real estate agent will also have prior knowledge of all the necessary essentials that are in the particular area. This should include the crime rate, schools, hospitals, and whether the house you are currently looking at is located in a safe neighborhood or not. The local real estate agent that you choose should have a good knowledge of all these aspects and others. This will help you save time in your search and can also save you money overall.

As you can see choosing a local real estate agent just makes great sense as they can provide you with the best deals and they have the most knowledge.

Posted on March 6, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

The Real Estate Short Sale Dilemma

Castle Rock, CO 7/2/2009

Unless you’ve been shipwrecked on a desert island, you are aware that the housing market is in the doldrums. Even though the Denver market is faring better than other areas, the average price of an existing home keeps sinking. However, one part of the real estate market has recently swelled:

The Short Sale market.

In a Short Sale, the existing lender agrees to take less than the amount owed and then releases the mortgage lien so the house can be sold. If a homeowner falls behind in his mortgage payments, the idea of a Short Sale can seem pretty attractive. The homeowner sells his house and the new buyer gets a house at a discounted price. But, if it seems too good to be true – like the ship coming to rescue you from that desert island – it probably is.

When you get a mortgage, your lender has two available paths to secure his mortgage. The first path is the mortgage lien and foreclosure power of sale on the house itself. The lender can take back the house, sell it in a foreclosure sale, and pocket the proceeds.

The second path is the personal mortgage obligation of the homeowner. In the promissory note and deed of trust, the homeowner personally guarantees the repayment of the mortgage. If the lender doesn’t get what he is owed, a deficiency occurs. A deficiency judgment is a judgment lien against a debtor, defendant, or borrower whose foreclosure sale did not produce sufficient funds to pay the mortgage in full.

Previously, when a deficiency occurred, the lender was satisfied by writing off the loss. The lender would simply send the homeowner an I.R.S. Form 1099, thereby characterizing the amount of the deficiency as a ‘gift’ from the lender to the homeowner. This gave the lender a tax deduction, but for the foreclosed homeowner it became taxable as income.

This all changed in December 2007. The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 generally allows taxpayers to exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal residence. Debt reduced through mortgage restructuring, as well as mortgage debt forgiven in connection with a foreclosure, qualifies for this relief. This provision applies to debt forgiven in calendar years 2007 through 2012. Up to million of forgiven debt is eligible for this exclusion ( million for taxpayers who are married filing separately).

What happens now that there is no longer this relation of tax deduction and tax payment? Can the lender choose to sue the homeowner for a deficiency judgment, i.e., the amount the lender lost? There is a certain amount of confusion on this issue among real estate professionals.

* The first confusion concerns whether a lender can get a deficiency judgment in Colorado. The answer is yes, it can. Not all states allow deficiency cases, but Colorado does. A number of states, including California, Oregon and Washington, have laws which restrict deficiency judgments – it is easy to see why this confusion exists. Colorado decided to clear things up.

In December 11, 2008, the Colorado Division of Real Estate issued a Revised Position Statement concerning Loan Modifications in general and Short Sales in particular:

” The Director of the Division of Real Estate finds that a position statement regarding loan modifications is necessary in order to provide clarity to the industry. . . The purpose of this position statement is to clearly notify loan modifiers (those who engage in the act of directly or indirectly negotiating a loan modification) of the applicability of Colorado mortgage broker law.. . . Short sale – A short sale is the sale of a real property for less than the mortgage loan balance. In the settlement of the short sale transaction the existing mortgage is extinguished. Any deficiency created from the settlement of the transaction may be transformed into a promissory note, charged off, forgiven, or pursued as a judgment against the previous owner.” (emphasis added) .

* The second confusion is a misunderstood belief that the federal government passed a law that did away with deficiency cases. This refers to the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. This act lifted the homeowner’s tax burden but did nothing to stop deficiency cases from being filed.

A Short Sale creates a deficiency just like a foreclosure does. So what is a homeowner to do?

**- First, if the parties choose a Short Sale, the homeowner must make sure that there is a specific clause in the documents stating the lender will not pursue the homeowner for any deficiency. One example is the clause of “payment in full without pursuit of any deficiency judgment.” Unfortunately, in most Short Sale situations, the parties are all so eager for the sale to go through that most attention is paid to the release of the mortgage lien on the property instead of any protection for the seller.

**- Second, the homeowner should explore whether the house can be sold without the mortgage lien being affected, thereby avoiding any possibility of a deficiency. This can be done with an Installment Land Contract, Wraparound Financing or our firm’s Bankless Financing Program (BFP). With no deficiency, there is no deficiency judgment.

**- Finally, if the foreclosure or Short Sale has already been done and the lender seeks a deficiency judgment, the homeowner can explore discharging the judgment in bankruptcy.

Short Sales have both good and bad characteristics. The goal of all homeowners in this situation is to stay afloat.

Mike Robinson is Senior Partner at Robinson & Henry P.C., a Castle Rock, CO Law Firm. He was assisted in writing this story by Ryan Wood, an Associate with the firm.

Posted on January 23, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment

City Of Distinction: Boulder, Colorado

If you’re looking to buy a home in an area that will satisfy your needs for outdoor recreation, cultural diversity, and sustainable living, then perhaps you should consider Boulder, Colorado. This city of about 93,000 people has consistently been recognized by national publications as one of the great cities in the country.

Praise for Boulder includes commendations for being green, smart, sporty, brainy, and artsy. It was voted the “Most Educated City in America” by Forbes Magazine, placed number 5 on Country Home Magazine’s list of America’s “Top 25 Green Cities,” and Bicycling Magazine choose Boulder as one of its top 5 cities in its list of the “Best Cities for Cycling.”

Baby boomers will be interested to know that Boulder was also declared one of the “Best Places to Retire” by US News and World Report, and was #5 on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the “Best Cities for Empty-nesters.”

Boulder has also been voted by Seventeen Magazine as one of the “Top Ten Cities for Teens”—how’s that for diverse?

Although located only twenty-five miles from Denver, Boulder does not live in the shadow of its big sister. The city has developed a character all of its own. After all, where else can you join a group of cyclists and cruise around town every Thursday, wishing residents a “Happy Thursday”? As many as 500 people take part in the Boulder Cruiser Ride during the warm summer months, with many choosing to dress up and decorate their bikes for the occasion!

Boulder is a great area for cyclists, and has been labeled a “Platinum-Level Bicycle Friendly Community” by the League of American Bicyclists. A forward-thinking state, Boulder hosted its first annual “Bike to Work Day” in 1977, and is believed to be among the first cities to do this.

Among its educational opportunities, the University of Colorado at Boulder is the largest university in the state. Boulder also has a large selection of private schools, charter schools, colleges and science institutes, and also features the only accredited Buddhist-inspired university in the USA (Naropa University).

There are weekly farmer’s markets held in the summer, and shoppers enjoy strolling around the pedestrian-friendly Pearl Street Mall, which spans four blocks.

If all that doesn’t tempt you, its pleasant climate will. Boulder has mild, dry summers, comfortable winters (the surrounding mountains shield the city from many bad storms), and more than 300 days of sunshine per year. And with the glorious mountain ranges to explore, Boulder has one of the most inviting landscapes in the country.

Posted on January 7, 2005 by admin | Posted in Colorado Real Estate | Leave a comment
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