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Tenant Scams: How Landlords Can Spot and Avoid Them
There is always the risk that a tenant damages property or stops paying rent to landlords. Yet, there are more deceptive risks you should be aware of, too. A recent survey shows that scammers target 85% of property managers. Tenant scams cost time and money, and put your business at risk. Below, you’ll learn about [&hellip[...]
A Guide for First-Time Colorado Homeowners Moving to Our Rocky Mountain State
The current population in the state of Colorado stands at 5.8 million residents, making this an all-time high since more than 1.5 million people have moved to the state in the past 20 years. Colorado continues to attract new residents, and you should consider a few things before moving. What should you know when moving [&helli[...]
How to Invest in a Rental Property with No Money Down
Being a landlord investor in Colorado is incredibly lucrative and looks to be getting more lucrative as time passes. Rents in Denver are up 13% since last year, with a minuscule vacancy rate of 4.3%. Rents in Colorado Springs have risen more than 40% over the past five years. And as mortgage rates continue to […]
12 Ways to Repurpose Social Media Content for Email Marketing
The beauty of digital marketing is that you have access to so many different channels, all of which can be used in tandem. This includes social media and email marketing. Of course, they both have different functions. For starters, social media is capable of reaching a wider audience and receiving real-time feedback. You also [...]
Purchasing a “Second Home” as Your First Property
Real estate is all about location. It’s no secret that the current economic climate of the past few years has caused major shifts in real estate buying habits. The volatile market, combined with the need for more multi-purpose and spacious homes, has created a new trend among investors and home buyers alike. Buyers are inves[...]
Temporary Madness
The news that there are no longer any single-family homes in the Denver area for $300,000 or less is, frankly, horrifying. As the median price for area homes has crept to the $1 million mark, what these two facts together mean is that even a $500,000 home is in a sketchy neighborhood. At least sketchy […]
Live from Colorado: The Future of Sports Betting
On a sunny Saturday afternoon last October, Denverite Richard Terry did something audacious: bet that the Oklahoma Sooners would win a football game. It was midway through the annual “Red River Showdown” against the University of Texas. The Sooners were getting drubbed 28-7. Terry, a 37-year-old corporate relocation spec[...]
Colorado Women in Film: No Cash Cow, But Wildly Collaborative
The film industry is an incentives business. And historically Colorado hasn’t secured the cache that brings big names, crews and budgets to underdog states like neighboring New Mexico. Colorado is beholden to TABOR, the amendment that caps state revenue retained and spent, but also jockeying interests. “We have a couple [...]
Prioritizing Cybersecurity When Building Your Company Website
If your business does not yet have an online presence, then you may be missing the boat. These days, many customers are skipping the physical stores and going online, shopping from the comfort of their own homes. Many Colorado businesses have already jumped on the bandwagon, and that is one of the reasons why experts […]
Colorado Agtech Hits Critical Mass
A third-generation Colorado farmer, Marc Arnusch grows barley and other grains on 2,200 acres in the Prospect Valley east of Keenesburg. His son, Brett, joined Marc Arnusch Farms after he graduated from Colorado State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences in 2018. “We didn’t know if he’d come back to the farm o[...]
Rethinking the Workplace
Now that the Great Resignation has played out, companies are gearing up for the Great Return — the return to the office, that is. With COVID receding, people who have been working remotely for the past two years are gearing up to head back to offices, and companies are trying to figure out ways to […]
The Economics of Exploitation
There is a dichotomy within my ancestral families. My mother’s side has ties to slave ownership while on my father’s side we find post-Civil War carpetbaggers. Contemplating these disparate realities, I see a common thread—human exploitation of one type or another. In the case of slavery, the exploitation is obvious. Wit[...]
