James Holmes Real Estate and Mortgage Blog

For a wide range of home buyers from first-time homeowners to the empty nester, the Highlands at Stonegate represents a tremendous value in the highly desirable Stonegate community in Parker, Colorado.The project consist of more than 400 Built Green units comprised of both condominium and town ho...

I LOVE horses! I have shown them in hunter / jumper events and I have been a fan of horse racing for as long as I can remember. I sat down on Saturday to watch the 133rd Kentucky Derby without selecting a favorite to win. This year has been so busy that I didn't pay much attention to the lead up ...

Last week I posted a blog concerning my reality TV debut My Reality TV Debut is Suddenly Here! on HGTV's hit series "My First Place" http://www.hgtv.com/. After the post a few Rainers ask me to post a reminder message today, so here it is. The episode will air tonight Sunday April 29th at 10:30 P...

You might recall a blog I posted back in February concerning my venture into the realm of reality television - here is the link: My Reality TV Experience. At the time it was expected that the episode we had just finished taping would air in late Spring 2007. Today I received an unexpected phone c...

In my market my team and I are positioned as "highly trusted advisors," and new clients quickly recognize that we see our role as financial planners specific to the mortgage transaction; our loan application process is more a financial goal setting and strategy meeting than a traditional fact ga...

I am reading two great books at the moment about the millionaire mind. One book is titled "The Millionaire Mind" by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley, PH.D. This book was originally published in 2000 and it provides tremendous insight into how millionaires think and the habits that they seemed to share withi...

Assuming that you are working with a competent professional mortgage broker or banker, please do not throw your lender under the bus. If your lender is a part-time or hobby loan officer pehaps you should. I have been blogging about the sub-prime meltdown for a few months; I was ahead of the curve...

On Wednesday morning I attended an awards breakfast for the Keller Williams Park Meadows market center for which Benchmark Property Advisors is an affiliate team. There are so many great people associated with the office and I was looking forward to having a great time and meaningful conversatio...

There are moments in life that occur and cause us to ask God why? On a summer day as I rode in the back of a speeding ambulance down a twisting mountain road in the foothills of Denver, Colorado in route to the hospital was one such moment. I laid there with my head strapped to a body board, my l...

Two years ago I was provided with an opportunity to join the fight to end homelessness in Denver within a ten year time-frame as envisioned by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. The initiative is call Denver's Road Home. It was an honor to be asked to serve on a committee with such a worthy mission ...