Blogs by Author - Brian Lee Burke

Sep 15, 2026 • 6 min read

What Front Range Investors Should Verify Before Investing in Property

Property can look convincing from a distance. Clean listing photographs, updated flooring, a tidy rent estimate, and maybe a spreadsheet showing comfortable monthly income are all positives. Still, an investment succeeds or fails somewhere below that polished surface. The real questions concern recurring costs, physical condition, tenant demand, legal limitations, and how the property behaves aft

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Jul 30, 2026 5 min read

Commercial Property Risk Assessment for Colorado Owners

A commercial property risk assessment identifies the hazards on a building before they turn into an insurance claim, and in Colorado that means starting with hail, wildfire exposure and freeze-thaw damage, not a generic national checklist. The five-step process below applies to an office building, retail unit or mixed-use property anywhere on the Front Range.Owners who treat the assessment as a o

Jul 30, 2026 8 min read

List, iBuyer or Cash: Which Sale Fits Your Colorado Home

The selling method follows the property, not the seller's mood. A turnkey suburban home in the Denver metro belongs on the MLS, where competition sets the price. A home with a failed sewer line, a fire-damaged garage or a title in probate belongs with a buyer who closes on the condition as it stands. An iBuyer fits a narrow band in between: a standard home in a standard neighborhood where the sel

Jul 30, 2026 12 min read

1250 Perry St, Denver, CO: Contemporary Living with a Rooftop Retreat Near Sloan's Lake

Contemporary exterior of 1250 Perry St at Row @ Perry Station in Denver's Villa Park neighborhood.Address: 1250 Perry St, Denver, CO 80204 | Price: $495,000 | 1 Bed / 4 Bath / 977 Sq Ft | MLS# 9121348 | View Full Listing on KennaRealEstate.com →Finding a home that combines modern design, an exceptional location, and low-maintenance living isn't always easy in Denver's competitive real est

Jul 30, 2026 17 min read

Senior Real Estate Help in Colorado: Downsizing, Senior Living Moves, Probate and Trust Sales

A last-time move is not a normal real estate transaction. There is a house, yes — but there is also forty years of belongings, an adult child on a plane, a move-in date at a community that will not wait, a tax exemption that may or may not survive the sale, and a family trying to make a hard decision kindly. We handle the house. We coordinate everything that touches it.Brian Lee Burke has spent m

Jul 29, 2026 6 min read

Why Custom Homes Pay Off Long-Term in Colorado

A custom home costs more upfront than a production or existing home, and on the Front Range it holds value better over time because it is built for Colorado's specific conditions instead of a national template. The numbers below cover what that investment actually looks like from land to move-in.That difference shows up in three places: the foundation engineered for Colorado's expansive soils, th

Jul 29, 2026 6 min read

Storm-Damaged Trees Before Listing a Colorado Home

A storm-damaged tree left standing through a Front Range listing costs sellers more in a buyer's inspection objection than it would to remove before the photos are taken. Clear it, stump-grind it and disclose the work, and a damaged tree stops being a negotiation point.A cracked limb, leaning trunk or dead canopy is the first thing a buyer's inspector flags and the first thing a buyer photographs

Jul 29, 2026 7 min read

Why Plumbing Deserves a Close Look in a Colorado Inspection

Plumbing deserves a close look during a Colorado home inspection because the state's specific conditions, hard water, hard winters and older clay sewer lines in many Denver neighborhoods, create failure points a quick visual check misses. A general inspector runs water and checks visible fixtures, but does not scope the sewer line, pressure-test hidden pipe, or evaluate water heater sediment buil

Jul 29, 2026 6 min read

Why Fiber Internet Matters for Colorado Rental Housing

Colorado renters now expect internet working the moment they get the keys, the same way they expect water and electricity already on. Fiber internet is how Front Range rental properties deliver that, and landlords who treat it as a core utility instead of an optional amenity are winning the lease decision before a prospective tenant finishes the tour.The shift shows up most clearly in how renters

Jul 29, 2026 6 min read

Black Mesh Privacy Fabric for Colorado Yards

Black mesh fabric works well on Colorado properties when you match the weave to the state's specific stress test: intense UV at altitude, wind on exposed lots, hail season, which runs from spring through September, and freeze-thaw swings that can hit 40 degrees in a single day. Get the blockage rating and coating right and the fabric holds its color and shape for a decade. Get it wrong and a soli

Jul 29, 2026 7 min read

Renovations That Add Resale Value in Colorado

Some Front Range renovations return 70 cents or more on every dollar spent at resale. Others return 30 cents or less. The difference is not the project's cost or how nice it looks; it is whether the project fixes something buyers actively check for or adds something the neighborhood's price ceiling already assumes is missing.Garage door replacement, a minor kitchen remodel (not a full gut), new e