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 30, 2021 2 min read

Where to See Santa in Highlands Ranch, Colorado | The Kenna Group at KW DTC

If you live in Highlands Ranch or Littleton and need a place to vist Santa Claus this yesr look no furthere that your favorite real estate group, The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC! The Kenna Group is hosting Santa Claus in the New improved Real Estate Office located at 3624 Highlands Ranch Parkway Unit #101, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Bring the Kids by The Kenna Group office to visit with Sa

Nov 30, 2021 7 min read

Solar Panels in Colorado: Key Factors Before You Install

Installing solar on a Colorado home is not the same project as installing it in a flatter, lower-elevation state. Roofing has to withstand hail, the racking has to be engineered for snow load, and any covenant-controlled community has its own review process. Work through these factors before you sign a contract, not after the crew shows up.A roof under 10 years old with no active leaks is the sta

Nov 25, 2021 5 min read

Boost Denver Commercial Property Profitability in 2026

A Denver metro commercial landlord who wants higher rent and lower vacancy has to compete on more than square footage. Security, amenities, parking, and energy costs all show up in a tenant's decision before they sign a lease.Office and retail vacancy in the Denver metro has stayed elevated since 2020, and tenants who have their pick of available space now compare buildings on more than rent per

Nov 23, 2021 6 min read

6 Things to Do Before You Move Into a Colorado Home

Before you move into a Colorado home, rekey every exterior lock, put the utilities in your name, test the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and confirm the roof and radon numbers before the truck shows up. Handle those items in the first 48 hours and the rest of move-in week gets easier.You do not know how many copies of the old key are out there: past contractors, a previous tenant, a neighbo

Nov 18, 2021 8 min read

Adapting a Colorado Home to Age in Place: Changes and Costs

A Colorado home works for aging in place when everything you need every day sits on one level behind a zero-step entry: the primary bedroom, a bathroom with a curbless shower, the laundry and the kitchen, reached through 36-inch doors under bright, even light, with a plan for the snow between the car and the door. A buyer over 60 who picks the house with that bones-level fit spends $5,000 to $30,

Nov 16, 2021 9 min read

Buying a New Construction Home in Colorado: Full Guide

Buying a new construction home in Colorado means signing the builder's contract, not the state's, and that one fact drives everything else: the earnest money terms, the delivery date, the inspection rights and the warranty all come from a document the builder's attorneys wrote. Read it with a buyer's agent before the sales office deposit, order your own inspections at three stages, and compare th

Nov 15, 2021 6 min read

Affordable Ways to Refresh a Colorado Home's Mood

A gallon of paint, a lighting swap and a few hundred dollars in accent pieces change how a Colorado home feels more than any single renovation. The moves that work best here account for the intense UV at 5,280 feet, 300 days of sun a year, and dry indoor air that most homes in other climates never have to design around, and they line up with what buyers respond to if you decide to sell down the r

Nov 15, 2021 6 min read

5 Reasons to Add a Fireplace in a Colorado Home

Adding a fireplace to an existing Front Range home comes down to choosing between a gas line install, an EPA-certified wood insert, and an electric unit, and the right call depends on the home's age, whether it already has a chimney, and how soon it needs to be ready for a sale. Here are five real reasons Colorado homeowners add one, with the permit rules and costs that come with each option.A ho

Nov 9, 2021 6 min read

Improving Indoor Air Quality in a Colorado Home

Indoor air quality in a Colorado home has three problems most states do not deal with together: winter air so dry it cracks skin and wood floors, a radon zone that covers most of the Front Range, and a wildfire smoke season that can push outdoor air unhealthy for weeks. Fixing it takes a different combination of steps than a national air-quality guide gives you.Denver's elevation of 5,280 feet me

Nov 8, 2021 6 min read

Metal Roofing on a Mediterranean-Style Colorado Home

Metal roofing panels formed and coated to read as tile or slate give a Mediterranean or Spanish Revival home its traditional low-pitch, red-tile look while standing up to a Front Range hailstorm far better than actual clay tile does. That combination of style and durability is why more Denver-metro homeowners with this architecture are switching roof material at replacement time instead of matchi