2022 and Beyond: Market Analysis and Marshall Fire

Photo Credit: Wildfire Today By Karen Libin, John Dabbs, and Lou Barnes   We are long-time Colorado real estate and mortgage people, cumulative experience among the three of us 94 years, and we write to you with the long view. Some years, even whole decades (as 2010-2019) are reasonably predictable. However, any short-term outlook today […]

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Remember When?

What happened to summer? Firstly, it sped past at an unprecedented rate despite the lockdown and when it left it did so in Colorado fashion. But wait, having wreaked havoc it may be back for a while. Activity at the large hardware stores over the weekend was testament to the preparations underway. Shopping was done […]

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Now Fake Reviews

Do you pay attention to online product reviews? Certainly, in the days when organic ranking counted, we felt driven to get [positive] client reviews on our website. Unsurprisingly the practice has morphed and crept into online marketing—both with faked positive reviews and now with fake negative reviews on competitor’s sites. Some reviewers have been involved […]

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Iterating Language

It used to be that use of the male gender would encompass both feminine and neuter genders. That is no longer acceptable practice and it has triggered some interesting quirks. Consider the sentence: if you see someone without a mask, call him or her out. This is correct language but a mouthful. What has crept […]

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Going over the top

A recent article by Greg Lowell in the Redstone Review highlights the continuous carnage on our  local  highways. Deer seem to take the brunt of it but every time the elk herd crosses Highway 36 between Lyons and Nelson Road, they run a deadly gauntlet reminiscent of going over the top on the western front […]

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The Covid Conspiracy

It reads like a Robert Ludlum book title, but it is not fiction, and instead is a game-changer. There have been precedents throughout history but never under the scrutiny afforded by the modern media and the likes of Ebola were largely ignored by an introspective general public. This time it will be different. Covid-19 In […]

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Killing them Softly

I am of an age where the medical world is playing a bigger part in my life, telling me what to eat and what not to. In essence, if it comes in a packet, a can or a box I am to steer clear of it (so I ask for my Big Mac on a […]

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Moving guide for the visually impaired

Written by Patrick Young Moving is hard even when you don’t have issues that lower your ability to view the world around you. But as with everything else you’ve accomplished, there are things you can do to make sure your disability doesn’t get in your way. The right help Movers are a vital component for […]

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