Troia Team's Blog

Where do you even begin when talking about Home Owners Associations? I have been wanting to write something about them for quite some time now, but where to start? And, do I really want to write a novel about HOA's? I could. I have a lot to say about them, both good and bad. There was an article...

"Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play; Where seldom is heard A discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day." Sounds like the wild, wild west? This could be the description for Boulder, Colorado, we have Buffalo, lots of Deer, not many antelope but loads of Elk....

Even Boulder Colorado is struggling in our current economic state. In relation to real estate, my customers are worried. Clients are telling me that they feel the strain on their pocketbooks. Buyers fear loan rejection and homeowners are pricing their homes low in order to sell. Can the recently ...

I know...I know...how can I possibly be talking about buying investment property with the recent developments in the economy. The truth of the matter is rates are still at historic lows and it's a buyer's market in Boulder Colorado. With depreciating home prices and a rise in foreclosures, why no...

Mapleton Avenue It's hard to imagine Boulder Colorado's humble beginnings in the late fall of 1858 when the gold rush brought participants that erected log cabins just below the base of Boulder Canyon. At the time, Boulder City was part of the Nebraska Territory. It wasn't until 1861 that the Te...

Where is Gunbarrel? Believe it or not it's part of Boulder, fabulous Boulder, Colorado. Gunbarrel is north east of Boulder and it is part of unincorporated Boulder County. Lots of advantages to living in Gunbarrel; taxes are less, sales tax is less when buying a durable good or a car or a big tic...

We're talking about Net Zero Energy Homes, one of which is currently under construction in Dakota Ridge Village in Boulder Colorado. Nestled in between your traditional new builds, stands a more modern, uniquely designed living space, called The NZE House. This progressive piece of real estate wi...

Until this year no one in the Boulder Valley School District ever felt it was necessary to do background checks on their volunteers. As a result, sex offenders could have been cruising into your children's schools with free hall-passes for years. Click here for the rest of the story.

Why of course ... Niwot Colorado! My grandmother says that you're always suppose to talk nice about people after they die, or maybe even name a town after them or a street! How many times have you thought, where in the world did they come up with that name? Named after Chief Niwot, an Arapahoe tr...

What does today's average buyer look for in a home?  Here are the top ten home features according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2007 profile of buyer's home feature preferences.  As a real estate professional, I have made these observations when working with home buyers.  This lis...