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4 Home Improvements With the Best ROI Whether your plan is to remain in your home for years or sell in a year or two, here are 5 home improvements that, according to a recent report issued by ‘Remodeling’ magazine, deliver the best return on investment. Replacing your garage door This one may have come as a surprise. But when you think about, having a newer, updated garage door can freshen up the look of the entire home. Be sure to choose a door that complements your style of home. (For example, if your home is a classic colonial, a contemporary door would ‘fight’ with the home’s style and look out of place.) A new front door I know, I know. You’re probably thinking: ‘enough with the doors already.’ But the statistics show that these issues are important to homebuyers. And let’s face it: a pretty entry door says “Welcome Home”!   Add a deck Everybody loves more space, even outdoors! If your home doesn’t have a patio or deck, adding a deck is a great investment. Whi...

Search current inventory of  Homes in Cripple Creek and Victor Colorado ! Listing Details Great home in Cripple Creek CO 415 Main Street, Cripple Creek CO, 80813 Price: $399,900 MLS number: 3879608 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Square Footage: 2,209 Call Ruth Grainger-Starr at 719-648-2288 to see if this property is still available and arrange a showing. You Will Love this amazing home in quite Cripple Creek Wonderful opportunity to own a old bed and breakfast in Cripple Creek. This home was once a thriving bed and breakfast! Set up for entertaining with a large kitchen ready to prepare those big meals for the Holidays. Inside the warm and cozy feeling of home is all around. With a large family/ dining room you have plenty of room for entertaining. A fenced yard, hot tub area, each bed room has its own bath, A shed to be used as a workshop this house has it all! Looks like a small charming home this house is amazing! Click here to see  additional im...

Search current inventory of Homes in Cripple Creek and Victor Colorado ! Listing Details Great home in Cripple Creek CO 222 E. Carr Ave, Cripple Creek CO, 80813 Price: $225,000 MLS number: 4916625 Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square Footage: 748 Call Ruth Grainger-Starr at 719-648-2288 to see if this property is still available and arrange a showing. You Will Love this charming little home in quite Cripple Creek Wonderful opportunity to own a charming little home in Cripple Creek. This home is on a large lot and has an over-sized two car garage! Situated on the top of a small hill you have amazing views of the city of Cripple Creek and are with in walking distance of downtown and the grocery store. Inside the warm and cozy feeling of home is all around. With a large family/ dining room you have plenty of room for entertaining. A fenced yard is great for keeping dogs in and the Donkeys out of your flower garden! Amazing Gourmet Kitchen Click here to see additi...

Home Buyers Want to Know Your Home Inside-Out While home buyers are as individual as the home they plan on purchasing, one thing they share is a desire to insure that the home they will call their own is as good beneath the surface as it appears to be. “Will the roof leak?" “Is the wiring safe?” “What about the plumbing?” These and others, are the questions that the buyers looking at your home will seek professional help to answer. According to industry experts, there are at least 33 physical problems that will come under scrutiny during a home inspection. We've identified the 11 most common of these and, if not identified and dealt with, any of these 11 items you dearly in terms of repair. In most cases, you can make a reasonable pre-inspection yourself, if you know what you’re looking for.   And knowing what you’re looking for can help prevent little problems from growing into costly and unmanageable ones. 11 Things That You need to Know   to Pass ...

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6 Reasons Your Home Won't Sell Are you ready to sell your home and want it to have a great first impression on the market? Or maybe your home has been listed for a few weeks or months, and you can't figure out why it won't sell, and you know your agent is working hard to market it. We've listed below the top 6 reasons your home may not make a good impression and end up stagnant on the market. 1. IT'S OVERPRICED To be clear, an overpriced home is the #1 reason a home won't sell. We often times want our homes to be worth a lot more than we may see based on the data, but if you put your home on the market for the number you wish it will bring instead of the price it actually needs to be, your home can sit on the market for months without getting a single showing. If you're thinking you need to price high to leave room for negotiations, statistics show that views for your property, for buyers in your price r...

Don't Replace Your Agent With The Internet With the influx of new technology and web based solutions, it isn't a surprise that everything is moving fast into the era of the internet. From sites like Uber to Grubhub, we generally can pull up our phones or laptops to order what we want with ease. And with every industry being revolutionized by technology, the same methods are "attempting" to be applied to the real estate industry.  We could all agree that the simplification of the process through paperwork would be much appreciated by agents and buyers/sellers alike; but the attempt of replacing the agent by sites like Zillow and other third party resources, can lead to a snowball affect of disaster. Think about real estate being smack dab in the middle of fast food and a doctor. You can use your mobile device to quickly place your order for a $20 meal, but when it comes to getting a surgery, you'll want to put that phone...

New listing at 319 Thurlow Ave Cripple Creek Colorado!  4 bedroom 2 bathroom 1,522 Finished Sq Ft.  $190,000 MLS # 6245294 Contact Ruth Grainger at 719-648-2288 to look at this great home!