Blog Posts From October 2025

Nov 8, 2026 • 7 min read

Cost to Sell a House in Colorado: 2026 Seller Guide

The cost to sell a house in Colorado is the commission you negotiate, plus the owner's title policy, a property tax credit to the buyer, your loan payoff and any credits you give the buyer. Colorado has no statewide transfer tax, only a documentary fee of 1 cent per $100 of the price (C.R.S. 39-13-102): $70.40 on a $704,000 Denver house. Here is every line a Colorado seller pays in 2026, what eac

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Oct 15, 2025 6 min read

Moving to Denver: What New Residents Should Know Before Buying a Home

I work both the city grid and the foothill edges most weeks. Mornings start with garage doors in Wash Park and end with quiet trailheads above Morrison. If you are relocating, the question is not just where to live. It is how you want your days to feel, and which trade-offs you are comfortable making. Here is how I walk buyers through Denver real estate when they are new to the Mile High rhythm.I

Oct 15, 2025 7 min read

Curb Appeal Upgrades Before You Sell in Colorado

Curb appeal upgrades earn back the most at closing when they fix something a buyer notices from the street in the first ten seconds — a worn garage door, patchy landscaping, faded paint — and cost the least when they use materials built for Colorado's climate instead of a national average product. Prioritize the entry, the driveway and the garage door before a full landscape overhaul; those three

Oct 15, 2025 3 min read

South Broadway vs. RiNo: Denver's Arts and Retail Corridors Compared

I'm Brian Lee Burke, and I've been a REALTOR since 2003. South Broadway and RiNo are two of Denver's well-known arts, food and retail areas. Neither is an official Denver neighborhood: South Broadway runs through Baker, Platt Park and Overland, and the RiNo Art District covers parts of Five Points, Cole, Globeville and Elyria-Swansea. Here's how they compare, using Denver's own data and MLS numbe

Oct 14, 2025 8 min read

Dryer Vent Cleaning in Colorado: Detached Vent Fire Risk

A detached dryer vent lets lint, heat and moisture build up inside your walls instead of blowing outside, and in Colorado's dry, low-humidity air that lint ignites faster than in wetter climates. Reconnect it, clean the full run, and test airflow at the outside cap before you run another load.Front Range humidity sits in the teens and single digits for months at a time most winters. Dry lint igni

Oct 14, 2025 7 min read

Staying Organized During a Colorado Move: A Simple Plan

Staying organized during a Front Range move comes down to four habits: a detailed inventory, strategic packing, a color-coded labeling system, and a written moving calendar. None of these take special tools, and together they cut down the chaos of packing, transporting, and unpacking a household.List every room and the items in it before the first box gets packed. Note the condition of each item

Oct 14, 2025 5 min read

Top 10 Denver Neighborhoods for House-Hacking After the Citywide ADU Rule Change

I’ve been walking Denver blocks for years—peeking down alleys, measuring setbacks, talking with neighbors who’ve quietly built something behind the main house. Since the city’s citywide ADU reform and Colorado’s statewide ADU law went live, those backyards started looking different. Rezoning is off the worry list, minimum lot sizes are gone, and setbacks finally make sense. Suddenly, the places t

Oct 14, 2025 6 min read

Denver vs. Boulder Real Estate – Investor Guide to Cash Flow, ADUs & STR Rules

I work both sides of the Front Range and I’ve learned to judge a block by how it sounds at 7 a.m.—garage doors in Denver’s bungalows rolling up for the morning commute, or the quiet of a Boulder cul-de-sac as cyclists clip in for an early climb. On paper these markets look like cousins; on the ground, they behave like opposites. If you’re underwriting a deal today, you’re weighing two very differ

Oct 14, 2025 4 min read

Colorado 55+ Communities Buyer Guide: Rules, Documents, Search

Colorado 55+ communities / Colorado homes for saleColorado 55+ communities are not all the same. Some are age-qualified through community documents, while others are low-maintenance, ranch-style, patio-home, or active-lifestyle searches. This guide explains what buyers should verify before relying on a 55+ label and routes live inventory to the main KLR 55+ communities hub.A useful Colorado 55+ s

Oct 14, 2025 3 min read

Denver’s Foothills vs. Downtown: Mountain Views or City Lights?

I'm Brian Lee Burke, and I've been a REALTOR since 2003. "Foothills or downtown" usually means Golden or Lakewood on the west side versus a condo in downtown Denver. They're different kinds of homes as much as different places. Here's how Golden and downtown Denver's ZIP 80202 compare, using MLS data I pulled on October 29, 2026 and official sources. Call or text my team, and we'll compare any tw

Oct 14, 2025 6 min read

Anthem Ranch Broomfield 55+ Review 2026: Prices, HOA, Homes

Anthem Ranch in Broomfield is one of the better-known 55+ active-adult communities in the north Denver metro, with ranch-style homes, trails, clubhouse amenities, and access toward Boulder, Denver, and the airport corridor.This review is meant to help buyers compare the community, not replace current MLS data or HOA documents. Use it with the latest Anthem Ranch homes for sale and the broader Col