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Your vacation home can pay for itself
In a post last week I mentioned that it is possible to have your vacation home/rental property make money and pay for itself. When…
What happened to interest rates this week?
Interest rates improved slightly when the stock market took a dip. Below I have quoted our friends Jeff and Renee Kneller at Mountain Equity…
Favorite powder stashes at Copper Mountain
We went looking for powder today, and as it was very windy, found more than a few stashes in the trees. Seventeen Glades had…
Link to a great overview of Summit County Restaurants
I found this article about Summit County restaurants on Chowhound.com. They missed a couple, but by and large it is a good list and the reviews…
Recipe for a sale
The Five ingredients for your recipe for a sale: Location We usually can’t move a home to a new location! The favorite phrase of…
What to do with all the pine beetle killed trees
The Summit Daily ran an article today about the possibility of using the standing dead trees to heat buildings in Vail. Summit County has…
Resorts and global warming
I am on my way home from attending the Rocky Mountain Resort Alliance meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho. The focus of the group is…
Second home real estate markets are different
Today I had an offer on a property that was $75,000 less than the asking price, which was just over $500,000. The Seller was…
Fire evacuation tips
My sister lives in Oak Creek Canyon, near Sedona, Arizona. She recently had to evacuate because of a large wildfire. As she has had…