If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! The rising cost of metals is fueling crimes being committed around the country. People are stripping buildings and construction sites of copper.
Home builders deal with thieves all the time. The vacant homes are vulnerable to such stripping because no [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Hot Copper
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Denver foreclosures help lower vacancy rate for apartments.
Denver’s apartment vacancy is at a 5 year low. Currently at 7% the last time it was lower was in 2001. Since then 25,000 apartments have been added.
In 2006 a record 19,425 foreclosures were filed. This number while high is not nearly as bad as it was the last go-round in the 1980’s. Since [...]
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Art Lovers Alert!
Ideas, entertainment, inspiration all shall be fulfilled on the First Friday Art Walk. Saunter over to Santa Fe for the traditional cultural fest of enjoying the local art. Vastly popular and getting more-so every month, the Art Walk is supported by many of the Galleries, restaurants and book stores along the six block stretch [...]
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Blocks to beauty
Yesterday we took a drive up to Breckenridge, one of Colorado’s famous ski towns. Breckenridge is a distinctive Victorian style town that has turned into a very popular place. Each year they host the International Snow Sculpture Championships.
In 2007 there were 14 teams, hailing from Breckenridge, Canada, Idaho, Czech Republic, Alaska, Mexico, New [...]
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Defining Your Own Success
When packing your boxes to make the big move it’s important to keep your goals in mind. Getting caught up in the excitement and pressure of the move is easy, but you can still make it on "your terms."
Defining "your terms" means first figuring out what is most important to you. Often times [...]
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Make it easy
For a buyer looking for a home is stressful. From the seller’s perspective it probably doesn’t seem as bad as their side. Keeping a home in marketable condition while living in it has got to be on the top of the stress list. Selling Denver real estate these days is a challenge for both parties.
33 [...]
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32 Days of Snow on the Ground
Typing out the name of this post reminded me of the song we used to sing on school trips, 99 bottles of beer on the wall….you know the words. Well in the bottles in the song get progressively less, while the number of days on snow on the ground is increasing.
We are so [...]
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Watch your step…
After a snow storm every week, with little rise in temps we are dealing with lots of snow. The side streets (as pictured) are dangerous for pedestrians and challenging for cars.
I got stuck merely traversing this in my car. A little rocking back and forth got me out, thankfully.
Accident numbers are increasing, people are [...]
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A day at the hospital
It’s been a long day. My hubby went in for surgery and as things sometimes go, nothing went as quickly as "he had planned." Of course being the patient is not his best strength.
The hospital experience itself is good. We noted the difference between this facility at Skyridge and the one where his [...]
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