The overall theme of the July 2008 Ecobroker conference (www.greenrealestate2008) seemed to be use it up, make it better and green - o - vate! Remember your grandparents saying "Use it up, make it do or do without?" Panels: Greening the MLS ( 3rd party verification) Green Financing http://activer
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07/25/2008
Should there be a basic standard for ALL housing sold in the US? The idea does make for some interesting discussion. Recent conversations have intrigued me enough to write about this. Should Section 8 housing be required to meet minium energy standards as well as health and safety? One person at
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07/25/2008
I don't suppose there is any place on the planet where people don't say "wait 10 minutes" and the weather will change. I took these pictures out my back door last night. Fortunately, I had my camera handy. There was a huge storm to the East and the sun setting in the West, this made for a very st
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07/25/2008
Within just the last few weeks I've been in some REO houses showing buyers around. And in both houses you could not help but notice the black shadows on the walls. One house had the marks in just a few places, near doorways, in the bathroom and kitchen. The other house was covered in the black ma
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07/18/2008
At the recent Green Real Estate 2008 conference (http://www.ecobroker.com/conference/) for Ecobrokers (www.ecobroker.com/) a number of lenders sat on a panel. The lenders from Country Wide, Wells Fargo, My Energy Loan and others spoke about the current and future trends in lending. One of the mai
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07/18/2008
Just wanted to jump into the Rain and tell everyone that I'm in Denver at the Ecobroker conference. I'll write about it all when it's done and when I've collected all my notes. But so far I'd say it's a success! There are approx 300 Realtor / agents here and numerous vendors. People are here from
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07/17/2008
The Colorado Chieftain is where the Pueblo foreclosure list is published once a week. I usually glance at it. It's very tiny print and today it's 47 pages long, lately it's been many more pages. And it's so hard even at a glance, not to see pain written in that newsprint. You know you are seeing
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07/15/2008
Not long ago I was invited to go to a sales meeting / class at a local title company. There were no continuing education credits, but I figured it might be worth my time. Most of the meeting and information was a review for me, nothing new. But I was sitting next to a heavy hitter here in town wh
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07/15/2008
As real estate professionals we should all be familiar with : Civil Rights Act of 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property. Fair Housing Act The Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States.
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07/11/2008
Dena Stevens | Colorado Western Real Estate, llc | 719 546-3700 102 CR 530, Gardner, CO Stop looking - this is the place! 35 acres Vacant Land offered at $35,000 Lot Size 35 acres DESCRIPTION Fantastic vistas in multiple directions, gorgeous terrain, spectacular location for privacy. 35 acres of
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07/10/2008