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  3 Bedroom Durango Home Bordering National Forest We recently listed for sale a 3 bedroom (plus office)  Durango home bordering national forest about 5 miles south of Durango Mountain Resort. This home will offer plenty of room to grow because there is 2200 ft.² finished plus an additional 1500 ...
06/14/2013
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 I Miss My Father   If my father were alive today, he would be 103 years old this year; the very same age of my “Auntie” who raised my mother.  However, my father died when he was 82 years old, and 21 years later I still miss him very much.  He had a different way of showing how much he loved all...
06/14/2013
  Durango Condominium Near DMR We are now offering a Needles Condominium located about 1 mile south of Durango Mountain Resort. This 1450 square-foot three-bedroom, 3 full bathroom, one car attached garage unit lives like a townhome since it is on 2 levels and has its own main level deck off of t...
06/10/2013
  Durango Mystery House for Sale I have been selling Durango real estate for a long time and I have to admit I’ve never marketed a property quite like this. I don’t mean that the house is unusual, but rather how we are “pre-marketing” this home is a first. We have a new listing that we are not ye...
06/02/2013
Immaculate, Telluride inspired home on 1.16 acre Ponderosa Pine covered  lot in a well-cared-for subdivision.  You have neighbors but it won't feel that way. This three level home has 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. It  features a vaulted, tongue and groove pine ceiling and plenty of natural lig...
04/30/2013
 We are never too old to learn and even though I have been selling Durango real estate for 35 years, I picked up a good insight today. We had an interesting discussion at our sales meeting this morning regarding working with potential sellers.  I happen to use an Excel spreadsheet divided into 3 ...
04/10/2013
First Quarter Durango Real Estate Statistics-Comparative For years I have been doing a comprehensive Durango Real Estate Statistical Analysis where I compare this year’s YTD statistics to the very same timeframe the year before. I do these every 3 months, so this analysis is for the first 3 month...
04/04/2013
 Should I Purchase a Fixer-Upper? Many times, home buyers give some thought to whether or not they should purchase a fixer-upper home.  This will certainly depend on the market that you are in, but if you are doing your Durango real estate search or Bayfield real estate search, that is a question...
04/03/2013
 Looking for that great piece of Durango real estate near Lake Nighthorse in the Shenandoah or Trappers Crossing area?  Then look no further, because here it is.  Spectacular top-of-the-mountain property with tons of Ponderosa pine trees, acres of flat land on which to build adjoining Ute land an...
04/01/2013
About 10 days ago I got into a lengthy conversation with my brother who lives back in Michigan regarding real estate.  He wanted to know what were the 6 or 8 most essential questions a buyer should be asking of their Realtor when they start narrowing down their search to specific areas in the cou...
03/27/2013
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43+ years of successfully selling Durango Colorado real estate certainly qualifies me as having seen just about everything. There have been funny moments "What do you mean you're going to cash my earnest money check?" And there have been serious moments where we completed a short sale just hours before the foreclosure sale was to occur. My greatest satisfaction comes from knowing that we have the expertise and are able to help those people in what is usually the largest financial transaction of their life. One of our clients once said "We sure are glad that you were at the helm of the ship steering our transaction. A little gray hair behind the ears of the 'captain' sure made these passengers feel safer."