It appears that the market is certainly picking up as the big deadline for the Tax Credit approaches. In the past week, I have had three separate buyers have to deal with a multiple offer situation on the house they fell in love with. Two of these homes had been on the market for about a month and another for 3 [...]

I recently attended a real estate investor meeting regarding buying foreclosures for fix and flips. It was a packed room. As I scanned the faces in the room, I tried to determine how many people were actually investors. The few I spoke to were other agents, financing and loan originators, or contractors. By the nature of the questions [...]

While our family was in London last month, we had the opportunity to visit with many of my husband's overseas friends and family, and I found it really interesting that several of them mentioned the 16th Street Mall when relating their experiences visiting Colorado. Obviously, the mall makes an impression on visitors, especially those who [...]

As Realtors, it seems like we almost always have an answer for yourquestion, or at least know where to find it. The one question that wecan't answer is the one we get all the time, is this neighborhoodsafe? Constrained by fair housing laws, we aren't allowed to declareneighborhoods safe or œbad mouth them either. All we are allowed todo is [...]

I've noticed that"Dead Battery Locked Hood 996" is anever-increasingly popular Porsche Tech Q&A search. For that reason I've provideddetailed instructions in 12 steps on unlocking the lidsand jumpingthe battery with easy to understand pictures to solve this modernPorsche Carrera driver's dilemma. [...]

It is well acknowledged, ifnot documented, that the 1999-2004 Porsche Carrera 911 (or 996) is the uglystep-child of the 911 family. Having been born right after thepampered darling, the 993, the muchbelittled 996 was intended as a leap forward in luxury andperformance a Porsche for the new age.

In my opinion, Porscheaccomplished that leap with great clarity but we'll get to [...]

Just a couple ofimportant things that you ought to know when thinking about buyinga 993 (or have just purchased one), especially if you've neverowned an air-cooled Porsche911 before.

"993" is the common nomenclature for 911s builtbetween 1995 and 1998. 993 was Porsche's in-houseproject codename. Similarly, 996 refers to 911s built between [...]