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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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Sep 19, 2024 7 min read

A Rental Property Maintenance Schedule for Colorado

A rental property maintenance schedule is not paperwork for its own sake in Colorado; it is what keeps a landlord ahead of hail season, freeze-thaw, and the state's warranty of habitability requirements instead of reacting to them after a tenant complaint or a failed inspection. A handful of recurring items, tracked on a calendar rather than remembered, prevent most of the expensive surprises.Fou

Sep 18, 2024 7 min read

Renovate or Sell in 2026? What the Colorado Market Pays For

In the 2026 Colorado market, a homeowner holding a mortgage under 3 percent who needs more space wins by renovating. A homeowner who owns free and clear, or who bought after 2022, and who needs a different location, wins by selling. The market pays for renovation work when the finished home stays under the updated-comp ceiling for its street; it refuses to pay when the same subdivision already ha

Sep 18, 2024 8 min read

The Minimalist Kitchen Kit for Front Range Homes

A functional minimalist kitchen on the Front Range comes down to eight to twelve tools that earn their counter or drawer space every week, cookware that stands up to Colorado's hard water, and one adjustment most transplants don't expect: altitude changes how food cooks, which changes which tools are worth owning.In a galley or one-wall condo kitchen, the tools that pay for their storage space ar

Sep 18, 2024 3 min read

The Top 4 Reasons People Move to Colorado

Colorado is the state famous for Rocky Mountain National Park, but it offers so much more than that. It’s a desirable location that attracts plenty of non-native residents each year. Whether you want to move there yourself or simply invest in Coloradan real estate, inform your choices by learning the top reasons people move to Colorado.The state’s nature has to make the top of the list, and for r

Sep 17, 2024 6 min read

Classic Home Design in Colorado: 6 Elements That Sell

Classic home design in the Denver metro pulls from the same six elements as anywhere else, architectural style, symmetry, ornamentation, color palette, materials, and proportion, but Front Range buyers weigh materials and exterior durability more heavily because of the region's freeze-thaw winters and intense sun. Getting these six right, on a new build or a remodel, is what makes a home read as

Sep 17, 2024 6 min read

Colorado Basement Egress Windows: Code and Costs

A code-compliant basement egress window in Colorado needs a minimum 5.7 square feet of clear opening, a sill no higher than 44 inches off the floor, and a window well at least 9 square feet if the window sits below grade. Any basement room used as a bedroom needs one, and skipping it is one of the more common reasons a finished basement doesn't get counted as legal square footage at resale.Baseme

Sep 17, 2024 6 min read

How to Apply for a 1-Bedroom Apartment in Colorado

A Colorado rental application moves fastest when the paperwork is ready before you tour a single unit. This guide covers the documents Front Range landlords ask for, what Colorado law does and does not let a landlord require, and what a first-time renter should check before signing a lease on a 1-bedroom apartment.Most Denver-metro apartment buildings ask for the same core documents before they w

Sep 17, 2024 6 min read

Studio Rentals and Home Studios in the Denver Metro

A working studio in the Denver metro comes in two forms: a leased commercial or live-work space in a district built for it, or a home studio built into an existing house through a garage conversion or an accessory dwelling unit. The right choice depends on budget, how much noise or fumes the work produces, and whether the space needs to double as a residence.Artists, photographers, musicians, and

Sep 17, 2024 9 min read

Buying a Colorado Fixer-Upper With Foundation Issues

Yes, buy a Colorado fixer-upper with foundation issues when a licensed structural engineer has put the cause and the fix in writing, the repair bid is in hand, and the price drops by the full bid plus a 20% contingency. Walk away when the engineer cannot name the cause, the seller refuses an engineer visit, or the fix needs a lender that will not close on the home as it sits.This guide is written

Sep 16, 2024 8 min read

Selling a Remote Colorado Home: Mountain, Foothills, Plains

A remote Colorado home sells when the listing answers the seven questions every buyer's lender, insurer and inspector will ask: the well, the septic, wildfire insurance, road maintenance, cell and internet, winter access, and the comps. Homes in Conifer, Bailey, Pine, Evergreen, Elizabeth, Kiowa, Black Forest and the plains east of Bennett sell 45 to 90 minutes from the Denver Tech Center every w

Sep 16, 2024 7 min read

1031 Exchange Rules for Colorado Real Estate Investors

A 1031 exchange lets a Colorado real estate investor sell a rental, commercial building, or investment land and defer the federal capital gains tax by reinvesting every dollar of proceeds into another investment property. The trade works only inside two fixed IRS deadlines: 45 days to identify a replacement property and 180 days to close on it, and neither clock pauses for a Front Range snowstorm

Sep 16, 2024 7 min read

Private Lending vs. Bank Loans for Colorado Investors

A traditional bank loan and private lending both fund a Colorado investment property, but they solve different problems: a bank offers the lowest rate and the slowest timeline, and a private lender offers speed and flexibility at a higher price. The right choice depends on the property's condition, the closing deadline, and how the investor plans to exit.A traditional bank or credit union underwr

Sep 15, 2024 6 min read

Buying a Mattress for Your New Colorado Home

A mattress bought for a Denver-area home should match two things a national buying guide never accounts for: the bedroom's actual footprint once you've seen it in person, and Colorado's dry, thin air, which changes how foam and fabric perform over years of ownership. Buy sizing and firmness first, price second.Yes, in two ways. Humidity along the Front Range sits well below what most mattress mat

Sep 15, 2024 8 min read

Affordable First Homes for Couples in Colorado: 7 Paths

A couple with two incomes and under $25,000 in savings buys a first home in Colorado with one of seven tools: CHFA down payment assistance, metroDPA, an FHA loan at 3.5% down, a rent-to-own lease option, a condo or townhome, an FHA-financed duplex they live in, or a co-buy with another household. Each one lowers the cash to close or the monthly payment by a set amount, and most of them stack. Thi

Sep 15, 2024 9 min read

New-Build Foundation Problems: A Colorado Guide

Foundation movement is the number-one structural issue on the Front Range, and it shows up in brand-new homes about as much as in older ones. The cause in most Denver-metro cases is the ground itself: expansive bentonite clay soil that swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries out, pushing and pulling on a slab or foundation wall year after year. A new build does not protect you from that

Sep 15, 2024 3 min read

Mastering Real Estate by Brian Lee Burke | Guide for Aspiring Agents in Colorado

Are you looking to break into the real estate industry or advance your career in Colorado? In Mastering Real Estate, author Brian Lee Burke, known as "the hardest working man in real estate," shares invaluable strategies and insights to set you up for long-term success. This comprehensive guide is perfect for new agents just starting out and experienced professionals who want to sharpen their ski

Sep 13, 2024 7 min read

Apartments With Utilities Included in Denver Metro

An apartment with utilities included in the Denver metro runs $100 to $250 more a month than a comparable unit that bills separately, but it protects you from the swing a Colorado winter and summer put on an Xcel Energy bill. Whether that trade is worth it depends on how the complex actually splits the cost among tenants and what exactly "included" covers on your specific lease.Ask for the covere

Sep 13, 2024 9 min read

What to Look for When Buying a House in Colorado

A house in Colorado is checked system by system, in this order: the roof for hail, the foundation for expansive soil, the sewer line, the electrical panel, radon, the water heater and furnace, the windows, the grading, the garage and the basement egress. That is The Kenna Group's walk-through list for buyers across the Denver metro, Colorado Springs and Northern Colorado. This post gives you each

Sep 13, 2024 6 min read

Easy Ways to Decorate a Colorado Home Fast

Decorating a Colorado home with minimum effort means working with the state's light and dry air instead of against them: a light color palette, furniture placed to use natural light, and a few pieces chosen to hold up under strong sun and low indoor humidity.Declutter first, then rearrange existing furniture before buying anything new. Moving a sofa away from the wall or turning a dining table to

Sep 12, 2024 7 min read

Smart Home Technology and Security for Denver Homes

Smart home technology in a Front Range house does two jobs: it makes daily life easier to manage, and in the right combination, it adds a feature buyers in Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton and Centennial notice and sometimes pay more for. The systems worth installing are the ones that solve a Colorado-specific problem, not just the ones with the most features on the box.Buyers touring a Front