Is Your Home A Haunted House?

Halloween is just around there corner and we all know that there are plenty of haunted houses and attractions that are up that will make all of us run out screaming like high-pitched school girls! However, there are homes out on the market that can look or feel like one of those haunted houses. No, I don't mean there's a ghost in there or some psycho with a chainsaw that wants you for supper.

Have you ever been into a home where it looks like a tornado just went through it? It could be the home of a family with a lot of little kids or the single guy. We all know what that looks like, right? The pizza box that is on the floor, cans with half drank drinks, socks, clothes, you name it its on the floor. Oh, and worst of all it smells like a boys locker room back when you were in high school! Those are pretty horrifying homes to walk into; you might think a trash monster will jump out at you!

There are those homes though that look nice on the inside and outside but when you actually get into the home, you might uncover something deathly, terrifying! You know what I mean, the "remodeled" home that was not contracted out and no permits were pulled. Pause! Let's clear the air real quick. Simply because there was no permits pulled does not mean that the contracted job was done poorly, it just means no permits were pulled. It's easy to get them pulled and have an inspector inspect the job to make sure everything is okay. Play! We've seen it, someone decides to make a room bigger and takes out a wall that's a load bearing wall, which in turn means they find some creative way to still keep the wall down. Or the ones where there is a step into a new the other room and its more like a foot and a half drop with no stairs.

So, is your home a house of horrors? If you want to know give us a call today and we'll walk through with eyes of a buyer to tell you what would give the scare chills to a potential buyer! Of course we do it humbly. We can see when you make a change to something creatively and its not a hazard! So call us today! www.coltonweatherford.kwrealty.com

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Winter Already and Low Rates?!

Ah the smell of cold, brisk winter morning air is what I've woken up to the past two day and it's only October 5th! Yes I'm one of the few weird people, called a Coloradoan, that absolutely loves winter! Summer was great but I don't like over 90 degree weather. Needless to say I'm ready for fireplaces, snow, bundles of clothes, and snowboarding to be here, along with below 40 degree weather.

What does cold weather have to do with the housing market? Well when cold weather hits us around Colorado we all know that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. Meaning, family and old friends are going to be coming around and we want to have the house already and settled for them to visit. The market kind of takes a slow down around this time of year. We'll see a little bit of rush for people wanting to get into a new home before the holidays hit but it won't last but a couple months. Besides, who wants to move while the kids are in school? Well...I'm hear to tell you that now is the time to move. Many people were waiting around for the interest rates to get better and we were telling them why wait? The rates were already extremely low! Yet to my surprise along with the cold weather I got a report on interest rates saying they were BELOW 4%!! WHAT?!?! It's absolutely crazy that they are that low! Why isn't everyone jumping on this fantastic opportunity to get a home at such a low interest rate! You could be owning a home with a monthly mortgage payment cheaper than you could rent a place! Meaning you are getting equity in the home, instead of throwing it away with the rent!

Okay if you haven't noticed I'm a little excited about this. Lets look at this, back when interest rates were way up there in the 20% range not many people could afford a home. I don't want you to go purchase a million dollar home just because interest rates are low if it's out of your price range it's out of your price range. However, you'd be surprised what you could get for the price range you are in! If you're not sure what you qualify for contact me today and we'll get you in contact with a great lender and we can see what you can afford with these low rates! Let's get you into your OWN place! Go to www.coltonweatherford.kwrealty.com for homes and my information! I look forward to hearing from you!

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