Buying a home

Buying a Home What Are the Steps

2023-02-02

Purchasing a home is an exciting and significant milestone in life, but the process can also be overwhelming for first-time homebuyers. To help make the process smoother, it’s important to understand each step involved in buying a home.Continue Reading

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Idaho Springs, Colorado – A Hot Real Estate Market
Idaho Springs

Idaho Springs, Colorado Real Estate: The Top 5 Reasons to Move to This Colorado Town. Idaho Springs is a great little mountain town. Downtown Idaho Springs Colorado is a place that tourists and locals love to hang out. For decades, Idaho Springs has been known for many different things. It Read more

Getting Your Home Ready to Sell: Getting Ready to List so You Sell Fast!
luxury modern home showcase exterior and driveway

Selling a home can be a stressful process. It's hard to know where to start and what to do first. You may have heard horror stories from friends or family about the process of selling a home, but don't worry! There are some things you can do to help make Read more

How To Find The Right Real Estate Agent
How to find the right real estate agent

In the offer presentation, the three estate agents include the comparable sale of your home, the average number of days on the market and their proposal for the listed price for the home. These three numbers are similar, but watch out for prices that are much higher than home prices, Read more

Why Local Boutique Real Estate Companies Rock: Why should you choose a local boutique real estate company over a national one?
Orson Hill Realty Luxury Agents

Choose a small local real estate company and not a national one. Just for starters money national companies make are put back into markets that don't help you. They charge franchise and hidden fees. The agent usually has a large split so they can't reduce your rates as much as Read more

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First Time Home Buyers – Tips for Your First Home Purchase

2022-08-07

Buying your first home can be an exciting and nerve-wracking experience. There are so many things to think about and so many details you need to handle. Here is some advice on how to buy a house as your first home. Even before we all became adults, we heard people in our lives talk about the importance of owning a home one day. It’s something that we all get drilled into our heads from a young age, but once you hit your late teens and early twenties, moving out and renting an apartment or condo feels like plenty for most people. The reality is that unless you plan on living with your parents until you’re well into your thirties it’s almost inevitable that at some point in the not-so-distant future you will need to buy a house as your first home.Continue Reading

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Living in the Colorado Mountains – Pros and Cons
Living in the Mountains

You’ll find majestic mountain ranges throughout the United States. None are comparable to the Denver Foothills and the Continental Divide. Some people can’t wait to ditch their city dwelling for a more rural, natural lifestyle. If that sounds like you, you might be considering moving to the mountains to live Read more

Shephard Realty Evergreen, CO
Shephard Realty Evergreen CO

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Getting Your Home Ready to Sell: Getting Ready to List so You Sell Fast!
luxury modern home showcase exterior and driveway

Selling a home can be a stressful process. It's hard to know where to start and what to do first. You may have heard horror stories from friends or family about the process of selling a home, but don't worry! There are some things you can do to help make Read more

Orson Hill Realty – The Best Real Estate Company in Colorado – At least our clients think so
Orson Hill Realty

At Orson Hill Realty, we are a real estate company that provides luxury real estate services for homes of any price range. Our team of skilled real estate agents are passionate about helping people find their dream homes, and are dedicated to making the home buying or selling process as Read more

Zillow Ending Home Buying Program

Why Did Zillow End Their Home Buying Program? Fix and Flip Failure in the This Market?

2022-02-21

Zillow is a company most people know. It’s a popular website that allows users to search for home listings and get information about homes. But recently, Zillow announced it was closing its Home Buying Program, so many are wondering what happened to cause this decision. Zillow has been operating a “Fix and Flip” program for the past 4 years. This program was designed for those who wanted to do some light remodeling on their homes before reselling them for a higher profit. After four years of operation, there were only 350 homes sold in 2017 with the Fix and Flip program. Compare that number with the 3,800 other single-family homes sold during the same time period without using the program. Some people, including myself, believe that it was because of the failure of their ‘Fix’ program. In my opinion, I think this is why they are shutting it down.Continue Reading

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Zillow Fails Again – This Time With Driving Up Home Prices by Flipping Houses
Luxury Homes and Real Estate Agents

Zillow is no longer in the real estate flipping game. The reason? They were terrible at it. Zillow needs to realize they are nothing more than a website. They shouldn't be brokers or real estate agents. They also shouldn't be in the home pricing game because my dog can price Read more

Things to Do in Evergreen Colorado
Things to Do in Evergreen Colorado

Things to in Evergreen Colorado Evergreen Colorado is a great little mountain town with things to do for everyone. Whatever age or interest there is always fun things to do in Evergreen Colorado. Things to Do in Evergreen Colorado Winter Things to do in Evergreen Evergreen Lake is It’s open Read more

Buying a Mountain Home in Colorado: The Best Tips for Finding Your Dream Property
Denver Mountain Homes

One important piece of the mountain home sale puzzle is that you want a mountain real estate agent who is aware of the best deeds for buying a mountain home. The next thing to consider is that your agent needs to know what properties are for sale. That is the Read more

Hiring a Real Estate Agent in Evergreen Colorado, Who to Call First?

The best reason to hire an agent in Evergreen CO is that they will take on the burden of paperwork. Although you can still submit paperwork for mortgage approval and homebuying bids yourself, it is just so much easier to have someone else do it. However, you must remember that Read more