Colorado Springs Real Estate & Miltary Relocation Blog

If you are facing imminent foreclosure, you should know that you have options. There are ways that you can stop foreclosure and save your credit rating. Just one of those ways is a Colorado Springs short sale. A short sale is an agreement made between you and your mortgage company that allows you...

So you've heard about short sales.  Now you'd like to find out if you might qualify for a Colorado Springs Short Sale yourself.  Here's a quick litmus test: No Ability to Pay Current Mortage This is really the very first criteria the bank looks at. If a small adjustment on you payment would help ...

Have you been allowed on base recently? If you don't register your CAC card by March 2nd, you may not be. The Air Force is working implementing a new Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) starting on 3/2/09.  It's a scanning device that checks your CAC card to verify your identity.  Pet...

Short Sale Basics  Today's real estate market can be complicated. The declining markets have made it a real challenge to sell your home and the current economic climate can make for a seemingly impossible situation. Most people are only aware of 2 different ways to get out from under your home. I...

Here's a great Colorado Springs short sale home just minutes from Peterson AFB.  It has a lot to offer with large neighborhood trees and a giant back yard.  As a 3 bedroom/3 bathroom home it's a perfect fit for the First-Time Home Buyer.  Inside you'll find upgraded countertops and new paint.  If...

Welcome to another installment of the Peterson AFB Real Estate Minute! Today I'd like to cover the topic of New Homes. I've blogged a few times about the Banning Lewis Ranch Community.  Why?  It seems a lot of my Colorado Springs Military Relocation clients gravitate to that community.  After loo...

In the land of news and media, most stories that grab the headlines are doom and gloom.  So it's nice to share a story with a happy ending. A few months ago I was working with a young couple who were looking to buy their first home.  And like a lot of buyers in the Colorado Springs Real Estate Ma...

The next part of our series for those of you with an upcoming Colorado Springs Military Relocation and current residents in the area of Peterson AFB Real Estate highlights a little-known service the base provides. The Peterson AFB Aero Club is one of the coolest (and expensive) services on the ba...

More information about the services on Peterson AFB for those of you with an upcoming Colorado Springs Military Relocation and current residents in the area of Peterson AFB Real Estate. Today we look at Peterson's new BX and Commissary complex.  It's a brand new building that opened in June of 20...

Perhaps more prevalent than any other profession is the trap of living a manic lifestyle, running from one fire to another with a bucket of water, trying not to let our business burn down...or drown ourselves in the process of saving it. I see it everyday...and sometimes I'm really tempted to fol...