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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Apr 3, 2020 6 min read

Do You Need a Permit for a Shed in Colorado?

Colorado requires a building permit for most sheds larger than 120 square feet, and several Front Range cities set the threshold even lower, so a kit shed from a home store is not automatically exempt just because it looks small.Every Front Range city and county sets its own exemption size, and the number that matters is the shed's footprint, not its price. Denver exempts detached accessory struc

Feb 26, 2020 7 min read

Tempered Glass for Colorado Homes: Code and Costs

Tempered glass is heat-treated to be roughly four to six times stronger than standard annealed glass, and it's required by building code at specific locations in every Colorado home: near doors, in and around tubs and showers, and along stairways and low windows. Custom-cut tempered glass also holds up better to Front Range hail than standard glass, which makes it worth considering beyond the loc

Feb 6, 2020 7 min read

What to Expect From a Colorado Real Estate Agent

A Colorado real estate agent's job is to run the transaction end to end: pricing, marketing or search, negotiation, paperwork and deadlines, so a buyer or seller does not have to learn the state's contract law in the middle of the biggest purchase of their life. Below is what that work looks like in practice, on the Front Range, from the first call to the closing table.A buyer's agent sets up a s

Jan 21, 2020 6 min read

Make Your Denver Rental Stand Out to Tenants

A Denver metro rental stands out to tenants through tech features, honest staging, small targeted upgrades and outdoor space presented well, not through cutting the rent below the market. A property that shows better rents faster and attracts a tenant who renews, which is worth more over a year than a lower starting rent.Highlight what the unit actually offers, tech features, updated finishes, us

Nov 15, 2019 7 min read

Decluttering a Colorado Home Before the Holidays

Decluttering a Front Range home before the holidays does two things at once: it makes the space easier to host guests in through the season, and it is the first real step toward a strong winter listing if selling is on the table for January. Both goals point to the same starting move, which is clearing the rooms buyers and guests see first.The entry sets the tone for the whole home, and it is the

Oct 30, 2019 7 min read

New Home Traditions in Colorado: What Actually Works

Bread and salt on the counter, a broom as a housewarming gift, new keys cut before the old owner's set is out of your hands — most new-home traditions started as practical advice dressed up as superstition. Front Range buyers can use both: the old habits and a real move-in checklist for a Colorado closing.The custom says bread for a full pantry and salt for a flavorful life. The practical version

Sep 11, 2019 8 min read

Pre-Construction Condos in Colorado: What to Know

An off-the-plan, or pre-construction, condo is a unit you buy before it is built, based on floor plans and finish samples instead of a finished space you can walk through. Colorado buyers see this most commonly in Denver's newer condo and townhome developments, and it comes with real advantages and real risks that a finished-home purchase does not have.It means you sign a purchase contract and pu

Aug 15, 2019 6 min read

HVAC Energy-Saving Tips for Front Range Colorado Homes

A Front Range home spends more on heating than cooling most years, and altitude, hail season and 300 days of sun all change the math on an energy bill. Tuning the furnace before the first cold snap, sizing equipment for 5,280 feet, and shifting habits around Xcel Energy's rate windows cut a typical Denver metro heating and cooling bill by a meaningful percentage without a single equipment upgrade

Jul 9, 2019 3 min read

6 Low Maintenance Plants Perfect For Denver Gardening -

It's not easy being a green thumb in Colorado. Between the scant amount of rainfall, the cold winters, and the soil, many plants need help to thrive in a Mile High garden. Lawns need watering and aerating more often. But if you choose your grass type and plants wisely, you can have a garden full of color and visual interest with little work. Here are six low-maintenance plants perfect for your De

May 20, 2019 2 min read

How Seniors And Millennials Are Impacting Denver’s Housing Market -

Westword reports that millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) could be waiting twenty years to save enough to afford a 20% downpayment on a home in Denver. Despite this news, Denver remains a popular location, with millennial house-hunters buying homes at an increasing rate — even if they have to pay more than previous generations. One reason is the new trend of older Americans "aging in place,"

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