Brooke's Thoughts!

  Below is the different leagues or different teams kids can play soccer in.   Leagues - (developmental) Parks and Recreation - http://www.springsgov.com/Page.asp?NavID=5610 YMCA - www.ymca.net     Teams- (developmental and competitive) Pride Soccer Club - http://www.pridesoccer.com/ Rush Soccer ...

Skiing in Colorado   Some of the finest skiing in the world is found only minutes away from Colorado Springs! Below is the driving distances between Colorado Springs and ski areas in Colorado. They are listed from the closest ski areas to the furthest away from Colorado Springs.    Breckenridge ...

Brooke Shepherd | Keller Williams Clients' Choice Realty | 432-8485 2604 Antietam Dr, Colorado Springs, CO This house is located in the Charter Greens subdivision. With the hardwood floors, tile countertops and finished basement, it is too good to pass up! 5BR/3.5BA Single Family House offered a...

Last year my husband and I were considering moving to Austin, Texas.  One of the things I got frustrated with was the lack of information on youth basketball down there.  SO that gave me an idea to do a blog on the different basketball leagues that can be found in Colorado Springs.  If I miss any...

There is a new up and coming community in the highly desirable Flying Horse Community.   The neighborhood is called "Encore at Flying Horse".  The new neighborhood, Encore at Flying Horse, will include the following:- An age qualified community of 55+ years.- Within the Award Winning Flying Horse...

I was at a meeting the other day and heard about this website.  So, I went and checked it out today for my neighborhood.  I found out that there is a great couple in our neighborhood and a hypocritical couple in my neighborhood.  Now, this is from the perspective of the neighbors.  I was wonderin...

So, when I first started real estate I came up w/ a tag line.  "The right choice is key.."  I had a gold key kinda next to the word key.  Well then I went to an agency that didn't really encourage us to do tag lines, so I dropped it.  Now I am back my another agency and am teaming up with a girlf...

We all need to be aware of a couple points in this legislation.  New Homebuyer Tax Credit - For qualifying home purchases after April 11, 2008 and before July 1, 2009, the Act provides eligible first-time homebuyers a refundable tax credit equal to the lesser of 10% of the purchase price of a pri...

Well, there is good news and bad news.  Mostly bad though.  According to Pikes Peak Realtors Services, Corp ("RSC") 3 out of 18 areas in Colorado Springs actually went up in sales.  The 3 areas are Falcon at 3.7%, Peyton at 19.6% and Manitou at 8.8%.  The rest dropped in value, see below: Tri-Lak...

I have been in real estate for 2 1/2 years.  In those 2 1/2 years I am on my 4th agency.  I started with a nationally known agency, then went to one that had about 20 agents and then went to one that had 8 agents.  Now, I am back to my original agency.  What have I learned...   I left the first a...