No Dogs Allowed [Due Diligence: Read Your HOA Docs!]
by Osman Parvez----Public service reminder: Read your HOA documents. The following references sections of the standard Colorado Real Estate Commission approved real estate contract to…
Category: Due Diligence
The Case for Caution
by Osman Parvez----With Google’s new building well underway, there has been considerable buzz in the real estate community about the potential impact. As everyone knows,…
Another Money Pit [Tales from the Trenches]
by Osman Parvez----Want to know a secret? Sometimes I talk people out of buying houses. Helping buyers and sellers make smarter real estate decisions is not…
Paint on a Rotten Board [Due Diligence]
by Osman Parvez----My gutter guy pulled off the badly installed rain gutters to find rotten fascia boards. This house was painted a few months before…
What’s an Egress Window?
by Osman ParvezThe other day, I took a buyer to see a house in Boulder. It was listed as a six bedroom house and two…
Deal Killers and Due Diligence
by Osman Parvez----This morning, I helped my buyers terminate a contract on a condo. When we wrote the offer, they absolutely loved the property and…
Osman, How Much Should I Offer? [Investment Analysis]
by Osman Parvez----We took one of our buyers to see an investment property at the Wimbledon in Boulder last week. At the end of the…
Are My HOA Dues Absurdly High?
by Osman Parvez----We're back. After a multi-week adventure in the lovely Nevada desert, we're saddled up and ready to ride. Let's kick off the fresh…
Fresh Listings: Twelve Worth Seeing [Get ‘Em Hot]
minor flood damageTwenty two house listings hit the Boulder market this week. Four were snapped up by desperate buyers. Eight were in bad locations, grossly overpriced,…
The Risk of Municipalization [Due Diligence]
by Osman ParvezEver since the movement began to create a municipal electric utility in Boulder, I've received a steady stream of emails from concerned clients.…