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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 2, 2021 6 min read

Water Softeners for Front Range Colorado Homes

Front Range tap water runs from moderately hard to very hard, and the source determines which water softener setup fits a Colorado home. Denver Water delivers roughly 4 to 6 grains per gallon (gpg) of hardness across most of the metro area. Homes on well water in Douglas County, Elbert County and other communities that draw from the Denver Basin aquifers — Parker, Castle Rock, Franktown, Elizabet

Jul 21, 2021 7 min read

How Commute Time Should Factor Into a Colorado Home Buy

A shorter commute buys back hours every week and consistently ranks as one of the factors Front Range buyers weigh alongside price and square footage, but it's a trade-off, not a rule: a 15-minute shorter drive costs more per square foot in most cases the closer you get to downtown Denver or the Denver Tech Center. Here's how to weigh it against everything else on your list.Cutting a daily round-

Jul 13, 2021 6 min read

Colorado Roof Maintenance: Keep It in Shape

A Front Range roof faces a different maintenance calendar than a roof almost anywhere else in the country: hail season every spring and summer, intense UV at altitude, and a real snow load in winter. A simple twice-a-year routine catches most problems before they become a replacement.Twice a year at minimum: once in spring after hail season winds down and once in fall before the first heavy snow.

Jul 12, 2021 6 min read

What to Look for in a New Home in Colorado: A Checklist

The floor plan and yard size matter, but on the Front Range two questions decide more of your long-term cost than either one: is the home on septic or municipal sewer, and how is the yard graded against expansive clay soil. Check both before you fall in love with the kitchen.Start with bedroom and bathroom count against how you actually live, not how many rooms sound impressive on a listing sheet

Jun 22, 2021 7 min read

Preparing a Colorado Property for a Horse: What to Check

A Colorado property needs the right zoning, enough usable acreage, secure fencing, and a reliable water source before a horse can move in, and each of those pieces works differently depending on the county. Here's what to check before buying or converting a Front Range property into a horse property.Space requirements scale with the number of horses. A barn built for one to two horses without an

May 11, 2021 8 min read

Designing a Colorado Short-Term Rental for Bookings

A Colorado short-term rental earns its nightly rate from design choices a guest notices in the first ninety seconds of a listing photo, and it keeps that rate from Denver's licensing rules, the region's dry climate, and how well the furniture survives a mountain winter. Get the license right first, then design for the climate, then design for the guest.Yes. Denver's short-term rental ordinance li

May 10, 2021 6 min read

Identifying Wood Species in Furniture: Colorado Guide

Knowing what wood a piece of furniture is made from matters more in Colorado than in most states, because dry winter air and intense high-altitude sun treat solid wood, veneer, and engineered wood very differently. Here is how to identify common wood species and what each means for a Front Range home.Check the edges and undersides. Solid wood shows continuous grain running through the piece, whil

Apr 14, 2021 3 min read

Don’t Hold Back: The Furniture You Should Splurge on | The Kenna Group at KW DTC

Can you put a price on style? Well, the last bill from your interior designer is between the two of you, but we can tell you this. While there are plenty of ways to save on décor, sometimes, “cheap” will cost you more in the long run. This is the furniture you should splurge on without a twinge of guilt.Go ahead and get quirky with your accent chairs. Pick up an end table while antiquing and DIY

Feb 10, 2021 8 min read

Cleaning Glass Showers and Windows in Colorado Homes

Front Range water leaves spots on glass faster than almost anywhere else in the country, and Colorado's mineral-heavy municipal water is the reason. Wipe a shower door or a glass patio table with plain water here and it dries into a chalky film within minutes, because Denver Water and most Front Range utilities carry high dissolved mineral content that shows up as white mineral deposits the momen

Feb 9, 2021 6 min read

Plumbing Problems in Older Denver Homes: A Buyer's Guide

A home built in Denver before 1970 was almost certainly plumbed with a clay sewer line, and clay pipe cracks at its joints over 50-plus years of Front Range freeze-thaw cycles and expansive soil movement, which is exactly where tree roots get in. A sewer scope inspection, run before the Colorado contract's inspection objection deadline, is the only reliable way to know whether that line is sound