You can reach me at [email protected] or “three zero three, nine three one, eight zero zero three.” Leave a voice mail if I don’t pick up. Thanks–Mario
We went to Crested Butte for Labor Day weekend. It’s a beautiful place to visit in the summer. We did some great hikes, ate some good food and our kids got to swim in the hotel swimming pool. Ha! We stayed at the Grand Lodge and it was nice.
One negative it is a long-trip for a 3/4 day weekend. Door-to-door it’s a 5 hour drive–mainly because of traffic and most of the trip is on single lane highways.
Hiking around Lake Irwin
Lake Irwin
Our Weekend Group
Lower Loop Trail by Peanut Lake. My youngest daughter throwing rocks.
Crested Butte Mountain
If you’re moving to the Boulder/Louisville/Lafayette/Superior/Niwot/Erie area and you need a Realtor who specializes in helping Relocation Buyers I can help you.
Mario Jannatpour
Quarter 2 Statistics this year, 2016, the average price of a home in the City of Boulder was $1,119,031 based on the sale of 222 residential homes sold.
For the year, 2015, the average sales price of a home in the City of Boulder was $969,7666.
In 2014, the average sales price of a home in the City of Boulder was $823,421.
Source information–IRES MLS.
As you can see the home values in the City of Boulder keep going up and up, year after year.
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We went to the Big Island over Spring Break recently. It was a great family vacation. From Colorado, Hawaii is about 6-7 hours of flight time. You can fly through Phoenix, San Fran or LA.
Here’s a video I took from our condo:
I have lived in Louisville since 1996 and before that I lived in Boulder for nineteen years.
Here are the reason why and how I came to live in Louisville:
1. Much better value for buying a house in Louisville compared to Boulder when I bought my home and that still applies today. Decent sized homes in Louisville, Colorado start in the $500,000 to $600,000 range. Whereas Boulder you have to start in the high $800s at a minimum and most likely end up around $1,000,000 plus or minus.
2. Less traffic in Louisville. Small city and very easy to get around. Anywhere I have to take my daughters for their activities it’s a ten minute drive. This is great.
3. Small community, population of 19,000. Being here as long as I have I know so many people. Very cool.
4. Excellent public schools. My two daughters go to Monarch K8.
5. Quaint downtown area. Great public library with an awesome Children’s section. In the summer we make it to Sweet Cow at least once a week, best place for ice cream. Lots of great activities in downtown during summer–Farmers Market and the Street Faire with live music on Friday evenings.
6. Louisville is not Boulder yet we’re just 10 minutes away so we can enjoy a lot of what Boulder has to offer—Chautauqua, Pearl Street Mall, Sanitas Trail and lots of nice restaurants.
7. Only a 30 minute drive to Denver (when there’s no traffic.)
8. Real estate values have continually increased since I bought my first house in 1996. A safe place to invest as a homeowner.
One caveat is the biggest issue with buying a home in Louisville is the inventory is extremely limited because once people move here they don’t move. I’m serious. 🙂 I believe this will be relieved a little bit in 2017 when we shall see more new home construction east of Louisville in Lafayette, Erie, Broomfield and Westminster.
Arboretum in Louisville
I remember growing up we visited Boulder a few times during the summer. My family did not have much money growing up so we did the long road trip from Northern Virginia all the way to Boulder, Colorado. Wow, those were long trips. We were squeezed in pretty tight for our first trip but the second trip we had a nice station wagon.
My family fell in love with Boulder the second time we visited. I was fifteen years old. I just remember how beautiful the mountains looked, the bright blue sky, the fresh air and the lack of humidity. The night times were the best because it really cooled off.
We took a day trip up to Lake Brainard and it was the best day of our trip. The Indian Peaks Mountains were spectacular. Even today one of my favorite spots to visit is Lake Brainard and just above Brainard is a great hike up to Lake Isabelle, a pristine mountain lake above 12,000 feet.
After our family went back to Virginia from our vacation one thing led to another and within a few months we decided to move here to Boulder, Colorado. I have lived in this area all my life since. If you are considering a move here then I envy you because the first few years living here are the best because everything is new and fresh.
South Boulder–this is where we lived.
Here are a few valuable tips to help you as a Buyer in the hot (Sellers) market in my area of Colorado—Boulder, Louisville, Superior, Erie, Lafayette, Broomfield, Longmont, and Westminster.
How can you set your Offer apart from the competition? You will be competing with 5 to 10 other Buyers most times when you find a house you like.
Tips:
1. You have to be pre-approved with a local lender. Now, I can’t stress this point enough. Unfortunately any Offers pre-approved with an out-of-state lender or a national lender most times will not even be considered. There are many problems and issues which come up when working with a lender that is not local to our area.
2. Schedule your home inspection as soon as you can after the contract date. Set the Inspection Objection and Resolution Deadline right after the inspection. Get it done right away.
3. Increase the amount of your Earnest Money towards the purchase.
4. Write a personal (genuine) letter to the Seller–why you love the house and how it’s a great fit for you.
5. Don’t do escalation clauses–your Realtor should be able to find out what is the right price you need to Offer to win the deal.
6. If you offer more than list price then be prepared to bring extra cash to the Closing if the Appraisal comes in lower than the contract price.
7. Be flexible on closing date per Sellers needs.
One item I never feel comfortable with is waiving your right as a Buyer for the Inspection clause. I advise all of my Buyers Clients to always have an inspection on the property they are buying.
I also would not advise designating the Earnest Money as non-refundable. My Buyers should always have the right to get their earnest money back per the Contract.
If you don’t have a Realtor helping you in your home search then fill out the contact form below and we can schedule a time to meet or talk on the phone.
Water World
Today I took my daughters to Water World for the first time–they are 13 and 10. My youngest is now taller than 48″ so she can do all the rides. It was a full day of fun in the water.
They have a wave pool (see video below) and many water rides–easy ones, regular ones and very challenging rides. They have one slide which almost goes straight down and it’s very high. My oldest daughter did it and I couldn’t believe it. I did not attempt it–chickened out.
Water World is located in North Denver at 88th and Pecos. A twenty minute drive from Boulder when there is no traffic.
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