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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Colorado Rockies Real Estate
The Colorado mountains, real estate, ski resorts, lifestyle and vacation homes is my focus. I am a resource for people who want to know more about buying, selling and renting their vacation homes in all of Summit County; Breckenridge, Frisco, Copper Mountain, Keystone, Dillon and Silverthorne.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
This is wildflower season.  I enjoy hiking and I always take my camera, but sometimes even a good camera can't do it justice.  Perhaps a better photographer would be a good idea!  My favorite hikes in Summit County involve water, and that is because the best wildflowers grow in wet areas.  Wheele...
07/05/2007
 What is an avatar?   I wondered that too, and I looked it up.  According to Wikipedia, it is an internet users' representation of himself or herself.  We have all kinds of them on AR, from tradtional photos to parts of faces to regular  logos.       Meredith Hanson (my daughter) Kristal Kraft an...
07/02/2007
                                                                        Updated!  It happened again.  I am now in Phoenix for a real estate convention that I spent $1000 or more to attend.  Today I attended about 2 hours worth of classes because I was negotiating offers all day.  It turned out th...
06/30/2007
As Breckenridge  land gets scarce and more expensive, the little cabins and chalets that were built as summer getaways 30 to 40 years ago, get re-built, or sometimes even torn down completely, to make way for a newer, larger home.  I prefer to use "re-built" instead of  "remodeled" because so oft...
06/28/2007
On Saturday I attended the Rocky Mountain Resort Alliance meeting as the representative from my Board.  Today I attended the NAR sponsored Resort Symposium in Vail, and I will be there again tomorrow.  Attending the Resort Symposium is a way to help earn yet another designation, the RSPS, which s...
06/25/2007
I read a post somewhere about signing your blog posts with your signature, and I searched for it on Active Rain but couldn't find it anywhere.  Then it dawned on me that the person who wrote that post was the one that always signs with her signature, Lorelle on Wordpress.  I found the post that s...
06/22/2007
We get the blame for our markets getting expensive.  How many times have you heard that the Realtors are the reason prices are going up?  If those darn Realtors wouldn't suggest such high prices we would be able to afford that house!I lost out on two listings this week to agents who suggested hig...
06/21/2007
 Today we did our weekly Wednesday hike.  We were south of Breckenridge in an area called Mohawk Lakes, a round trip distance of about 7 miles.  The trail starts near Spruce Creek Road and follows Spruce Creek itself about 3 1/2 miles up hill, gaining 1700 feet of elevation in the 3 1/2 miles.The...
06/20/2007
Our Board of Realtors uses MLXchange, and we have been happy with it for the most part.  Not having been a member any other Boards, I don't know how technically advanced or behind we are compared to others.  One of the best features we have, automated searches and notifications, has had a real im...
06/19/2007
I think this could be a really cool feature.  Trulia provides a map that can be embedded on your website.  All you have to do is provide the RSS feed for your listings and it gets automatically updated when new listings get added.  The colors and features can be customized to suit your website.I ...
06/18/2007
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Joanne Hanson

Summit County, Colorado Realtor
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The Colorado mountains, real estate, ski resorts, lifestyle and vacation homes is my focus. We talk about buying and selling ski condos in Breckenridge, Keystone and Copper Mountain. Homes and land in Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne are also in our market area