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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Aug 20, 2020 4 min read

Home Security Tips | Colorado | Home Security Hacks -

When you're ready to put your home on the market, look at any potential security risks. You can significantly reduce the risk of a break-in or vandalism by being proactive. Invest in security before you have to pay for repairs.Ensure that you invest in cool light bulbs that can be inserted into remote sockets or at least left on for hours if you've already moved and want your house to look lived

Aug 18, 2020 7 min read

Selling a Colorado Home From Out of State or Deployed

You do not have to fly back to Colorado to sell a house here. Colorado accepts electronic signatures on the listing agreement, the contract and every disclosure, has allowed remote online notarization since the end of 2020, lets a seller sign the deed anywhere in the world before a notary and mail it to the title company, and records a power of attorney with the deed for a seller who cannot sign

Jul 9, 2020 8 min read

Home Appraisal in Divorce: Understanding the Process & Impact | Kenna Real Estate

The marital home is usually the most valuable asset that needs to be divided up during a divorce, so it is essential to find its actual value. One of the first steps that you will need to take to divide up your assets is to arrange a home valuation.Finding out the value of your joint assets is a crucial step when you are getting a divorce. Knowing how much your property is worth is essential to d

Jul 9, 2020 8 min read

How a Colorado Home Appraisal Works: Comps, Gaps, Deadlines

A Colorado home appraisal is a written opinion of market value from an appraiser licensed by the Colorado Division of Real Estate, built on closed sales of similar homes in the same area, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours. On a financed purchase the buyer's lender orders it, the buyer pays for it, and the Colorado Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate gives the buyer a dat

Jul 9, 2020 7 min read

Sell a Colorado Home Virtually: E-Sign, Video, Remote Closing

Every step of a Colorado home sale from the listing agreement to the deed is done online, on video or by mail-away today. Colorado's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act makes e-signatures binding on the contract, remote online notarization has been legal here since December 31, 2020, and title companies close by mail-away every week. This is the step-by-step, in order, with who signs what and how

May 14, 2020 2 min read

Market Report - Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree, CO - 303-955-4220

Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree Real EstateMarket Report June 2008The real estate market in Douglas County fared better than many other areas of Denver, as seen by the statistics gathered last month (June 2008).However, when compared to last June (2007), the number of homes sold and a number of new listings on the market are down.There is good news! The Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree homes for sale

May 14, 2020 7 min read

Carbon Monoxide Detectors: What Colorado Law Requires

Colorado's altitude, long heating season, and mix of gas furnaces, fireplaces, and attached garages make carbon monoxide detection a bigger issue here than in many states. Here is what Colorado law requires, how altitude changes the risk, and what every Front Range homeowner and buyer needs to know about detectors before winter.Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning fuel

May 14, 2020 2 min read

$8000 Tax Credit Information for First time home buyers in Denver area

FEATURE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT:EFFECTIVE FOR PURCHASES ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2009 AND BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2009Amount of Credit The amount of the homebuyer federal income tax credit is the lesser of 10% of the cost of the home bought or $8,000.Eligible Property Any single-family residence (including a condo, co-op, or townhouse) may be an eligible property under the homebuy

May 14, 2020 8 min read

What If My Colorado House Doesn't Sell? The 60-Day Plan

A Colorado house that has not sold after 60 days has one of four problems: price, exposure, condition or access. Each one has a different fix, and cutting the price on a house with an exposure problem donates money for nothing. This post is the decision tree the Kenna Real Estate Group works through with sellers at day 60: reprice, relist, rent it out, take a cash offer, or wait for the spring ma

May 14, 2020 2 min read

Sundance Hills Greenwood Village CO Real Estate Update -

Ten homes were sold in 2009 in Sundance Hills. In 2008, a total of three homes were sold in the community. The average sales price in 2009 was $602,547.From Jan 1st to Sept 27th (year-to-date)As of Sept. 27th, 2009, are 11 homes for sale in Sundance Hills, Greenwood Village, CO. The prices range from $474,900 to $699,000. The lowest price per square foot listed is $118, and the highest is $225.

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