Whole Oats?
by Osman Parvez----I pay attention to the business community in Boulder and have been a little surprised at the somewhat negative spin that local media…
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Ask the Realtor
by Osman Parvez----Got questions? We've got answers.We're introducing a new feature we call Ask the Realtor. If you have a question about real estate, drop…
Fresh On The Market
by Osman ParvezLast year, I wrote a piece on the issue of refreshed listings. It's when a seller (or their agent) pulls the property off…
Boulder in 3D (Google Earth 4)
by Osman Parvez----As some of you know, @Last's SketchUp (a Boulder startup) was purchased by Google last year. I've been playing around with SketchUp for…
Hold Your Fire!
by Osman Parvez----You know it's cold when homeowners in Boulder are setting fire to their own houses to keep from freezing. Perhaps blowtorches aren't the…
Flawed Foreclosure Data
by Osman Parvez----For almost a year I've been tracking foreclosure statistics with data from Realtytrac.com. Now, new information is casting a shadow on the quality…
Radon Scare
by Osman Parvez----Worried About Radon? Get the Facts. When I was a little kid, there used to be public service ads on TV about Radon.…
Fresh Reading
by Osman Parvez----Here's a few Boulder blogs that recently caught my eye.BrdPics. According to his bio, Bill Schmoker is into birding, bird photography, and... mountain…
Don’t Hire Your Friends
by Osman Parvez----Does buying or selling a house have to be a painful experience?A friend shared a horror story with me the other day. It…
Breaking A Lease
by Osman Parvez----Sometimes we have clients who are renting now but are starting to look for a home to buy. The status of their lease…