Blogs by Author - Brian Lee Burke

Nov 10, 2026 • 5 min read

How Buying a Home Changes Your Life: 8 Benefits of Owning in Colorado

The benefits of buying a home go far past a front door key. Homeownership in Colorado changes your monthly budget, your long-term wealth and your sense of stability. Here is how buying a home changes your life, the case personal-finance author Dave Ramsey makes for owning, and how our Home Loan Readiness Program gets you there if your credit or debt is not quite ready yet. If you are looking for

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Nov 10, 2022 6 min read

Foundation Sinking Signs in Colorado Homes: What to Check

Five signs point to a sinking or shifting foundation in a Colorado home: diagonal cracks running from door and window corners, doors and windows that stick or won't latch, uneven or sloping floors, cracks in exterior brick or stucco, and gaps opening between baseboards and the floor. On the Front Range, the cause is almost always the same: expansive clay soil moving with the seasons, not a struct

Nov 9, 2022 5 min read

The History of Horse Properties around Denver, Colorado

Buying a new home is a huge undertaking, and Kenna Real Estate Group wants to work with you to ensure it’s as worry-free and stressless as possible. Whatever your horse property needs or requirements are, we’ll always be able to help you source the home you want to live in at a price that suits you. Make your dream home move a reality with Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams DTC today.Thin

Nov 2, 2022 7 min read

Advertising Your Home to Renters in Colorado

A homeowner advertising a house to renters in Colorado needs two things a generic listing template will not give: compliance with Colorado's landlord rules and wording that draws Front Range renters without running into fair housing problems. Get the paperwork right first, then build a listing that answers a renter's real questions before they call.Before a listing goes live, confirm the home mee

Nov 2, 2022 7 min read

Seller's Remorse in Colorado: Causes and How to Avoid It

Seller's remorse is the regret that arrives after the closing, when the money is in the bank and the keys are gone. In Colorado it has three causes that show up again and again: the house sold too low in a fast market, the seller gave up a mortgage rate under 4 percent for one nearly double, or the move went too far from work, the mountains or the people the seller sees every week. All three are

Oct 13, 2022 7 min read

Estate Sale Mistakes Colorado Heirs Should Avoid

An estate sale in Colorado is the first step before a house goes on the market in most cases, and most of the mistakes that cost heirs money happen in those first few weeks — before a single showing. Here is what trips up Front Range households handling an estate sale, and how each mistake connects to the home sale that follows it.Pricing everything the way it would sell at retail. An estate sale

Oct 12, 2022 7 min read

Buying a Luxury Home in Colorado: A Complete Guide

A luxury home in Colorado starts around $1.2 million to $1.5 million in most Denver metro submarkets, but the real threshold shifts by neighborhood: a $1 million home is entry-level in Cherry Hills Village or Boulder and firmly upper-tier in outlying Front Range towns. Pricing, financing and buyer expectations all work differently once a home crosses into this tier.There's no fixed dollar line th

Oct 10, 2022 6 min read

Utility Room vs. Laundry Room: What Sells in Colorado

A laundry room is built around one job: washing and drying clothes. A utility room does that plus doubles as mechanical space, bulk storage, a mudroom drop zone or a pet-washing station. For a Front Range homeowner deciding what to build, convert or highlight before selling, the choice comes down to square footage, where the plumbing already runs, and what buyers in your price range expect to see

Oct 5, 2022 7 min read

Off-Market Homes in Colorado: Pocket Listings Guide

An off-market property in Colorado is a home for sale that never appears on REcolorado, the Denver-metro MLS, or any public home search site. The listing agent shows it only to buyers who ask directly, which is why Realtors also call these homes pocket listings. Buyers who want one need a real estate agent with a wide network of contacts, not a search box.A home is off-market when the seller has

Sep 26, 2022 5 min read

Curb Appeal the Weekend Before Photos: A Colorado Checklist

The weekend before listing photos, a Colorado seller has 48 hours and about $300 to $900 to make the front of the house photograph like a $20,000 landscaping job. This is the checklist: Saturday for the work that needs drying time, Sunday for the work that needs to be fresh, and a table with Front Range costs for every item. It assumes the big projects are done or skipped; the one-afternoon wash

Sep 24, 2022 5 min read

How to Increase the Value of Your Home

Owning a home isn't just an enthusiastic encounter. Additionally, a monetary choice can deliver profits as you develop value in your home and see your property estimation increment over the long haul.The pace of this property estimation increment can rely upon various variables, including the local area where your home is found, nearby interest for lodging, and the economy overall. In any case, h