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 17, 2014 6 min read

Colorado Home Energy-Saving Tips to Cut Your Bill

Colorado's dry climate, wide daily temperature swings, and altitude change which energy-saving tips actually move the needle on a Front Range utility bill. A strategy built for a humid coastal climate wastes effort here, while a few Colorado-specific adjustments, starting with insulation and appliance settings, cut real dollars off an Xcel Energy bill every month of the year.The Front Range sees

Jul 14, 2014 2 min read

A FLAWLESS HUD HOME? REALLY? YES - THIS GREAT HUD HOME FOR SALE IN WESTMINSTER IS ABSOLUTELY GORG...

This GIANT HUD HOME FOR SALE IN WESTMINSTER IS A STEAL!! THIS HUD HOME FOR SALE IS A GIANT HOUSE AND YARD AND BACKS UP TO OPEN SPACE!!What a great home! Call us IMMEDIATELY to see this home!Click here to see the complete listing. To schedule to see this Stunning home with terrific buy and it's a HUD home, CALL US, or to place a bid, contact us. Bidding is done online via a HUD-designated broker a

Jul 12, 2014 2 min read

Thorton one of the best cities in Colorado and now you can move into this HUD Home in Thorton SUP...

This GREAT TRI-LEVEL HUD HOME is 1,528 square feet (finished) in THORTON, CO 80233.What a great HUD home in Thorton! This is a tri-level with giant rooms - beautiful hardwoods - waiting to be personalized by you! THE BEST PART? All of this for UNDER $200,000.Contact us to schedule to see this THORTON, CO HUD home or place a bid. Bidding is done online via a HUD-designated broker and follows parti

Jun 30, 2014 6 min read

Buying a Colorado Home With Student Loans: How Lenders Count

Student loans do not stop a Colorado home purchase; the monthly payment the lender counts is what sets the price. A buyer with $60,000 in federal loans on a $250 income-driven payment qualifies for about $40,000 more house than the same buyer whose lender has to count 1 percent of the balance, and the loan program decides which number is used.This guide is for Front Range buyers carrying student

Jun 24, 2014 6 min read

Colorado Down Payment Assistance Grants Explained

Colorado home buyers who need help with a down payment have several real options, led by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, known as CHFA, plus city-level programs like Denver's down payment assistance and the multi-city metroDPA program. Most combine a first mortgage with a second loan or grant that covers part or all of the down payment and some closing costs.Three programs cover most

Jun 17, 2014 7 min read

Why a Colorado Mortgage Needs So Much Paperwork

Every document a mortgage file asks for exists to prove one of three things: you earn what you say you earn, the down payment money is really yours, and you can afford the monthly payment on top of your other debt. Colorado buyers who understand that framework stop feeling like every request is arbitrary and start gathering documents in the order underwriting actually needs them.Federal underwrit

Jun 11, 2014 7 min read

10 Questions Before Renting Out Your Colorado Home

Answer these 10 questions on paper before you rent out a Colorado home that did not sell. An owner who answers all 10 with a number, a name or a document is a landlord. An owner who cannot is a seller who is postponing the sale, and every month of postponement costs the mortgage, the taxes and a piece of the capital gains exclusion.The yes-or-no math lives in the companion post, should I rent my

Jun 4, 2014 8 min read

Colorado Housing Market: Buyer and Seller Sentiment

Perception and reality do not always match in the Colorado housing market. Buyers who assume prices are still climbing fast commonly find unexpected negotiating room on a Front Range listing, while sellers who remember the frantic bidding wars of a few years ago are sometimes slow to adjust to a slower, more balanced market. Here is what actually shapes how Colorado buyers and sellers feel about

May 31, 2014 6 min read

Power Outage at Your Denver Home: What to Do Now

When the power goes out at a Denver-area home, check the breaker panel first, then report the outage to Xcel Energy, then walk the property for downed lines before doing anything else. What happens next, how long the outage runs and what it risks in the house, depends heavily on the season: a summer thunderstorm outage clears within a few hours in most cases, while a winter storm outage raises th

May 12, 2014 6 min read

New Construction vs. Existing Homes in Colorado

Nationally, close to 4 in 10 buyers say they would choose a newly built home over an existing one at the same price. On the Front Range the reasons hold up: no deferred maintenance, a builder warranty, and a chance to pick finishes, but new construction here carries its own cost structure, from metro district taxes to the wait for a certificate of occupancy. Here is what a Colorado buyer needs to

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