Colorado Springs Real Estate Podcast with Donny Coram

We pride ourselves on being on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to marketing and selling homes. Today we are excited to discuss a technology with you that just hit the market, and will revolutionize the way homes are sold.

We are talking about the 3D Matterport Camera, which allows potential buyers to walk through your home anytime, digitally. The buyer gets to control the action and see the entire home from a first-person perspective.

We have found, on average, our tours are being viewed 200 times per property listing. This means that 200 extra buyers are able to walk through your home, without ever having to step foot inside. You are going to love this technology, just check out the example in the video above. It’s pretty incredible.

This technology could mean the difference between you getting top dollar and your home sitting on the market. By utilizing this tech to sell your home, we want to help you sell for top dollar in a shorter period of time.

If you want to use this technology to work for you in selling your property, give us a call or send us an email. We would love to talk to you more about it.

Today, we'll go over selling your property in the winter season. The conventional wisdom is that you shouldn't sell your home in the winter because no one wants to buy a home and move during the holidays. However, we've seen that winter is one of the best times to sell and get top dollar.

Why? It's a simple matter of supply and demand. Due to the conventional wisdom out there, many people opt to wait and sell in spring or even take their homes off the market during the fourth quarter. This leads to a shortage of inventory.

No one wants to move during the holiday season. Those that move during winter do so because they have to. Maybe they are a military family. Perhaps, they've been transferred by their employer and need to move in by the end of the fiscal year, which is December 31st. These buyers are highly motivated. Since there aren't as many homes available for sale, you can get the most amount of motivated buyers with the least amount of competition!

In the winter, you will most likely spend fewer days on the market, and your overall sales price can go up because of the highly motivated buyers. If you're thinking of selling your home or if you have any other questions for us, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

We've had an amazing summer here in Colorado, but now that the fall is in full swing, there's no better time to start preparing your home for the cold winter months!

The first thing to look at is your outside lighting. It's starting to get dark a whole lot earlier, so now is a great time to get outside and replace bulbs and fixtures as needed. You don't want to wait until there is snow on the ground to do these things! You're really going to enjoy the fact that your lights are working when you arrive home after work and it's pitch-dark out!

It's been so warm here lately that there's obviously been no need to use the furnace. A bad thing about an unused furnace is that it collects dust, which is bad for your heating system and, more importantly, your health. Now is a great time to pull out the filter and clean it (or replace it altogether)!

Next, you should take advantage of the remaining nice weather days to clean your gutters. This is important: as ice and snow accumulates, it will build up in your gutters if it has nowhere else to go. Leaves and brush block the drainage system on your roof, and this is dangerous because once the ice and snow melts, it will not drain properly and could cause harm to your home and your family.

Lastly, take a look at your water spigots and your hose and make sure that no water is left in the lines. The biggest problem we have with sudden freezes in Colorado is flooded basements. If you're going to be leaving your house for an extended period of time, you need to leave your thermostat in the 60s to prevent freezing. However, even this can be risky; I suggest unscrewing your hose from the water spigot, which will allow water to flow from the hose and should prevent breakages in the system.

If you want to stay dry and warm this winter, we highly recommend taking these tips to heart! Give us a call or shoot us an email if you have any questions for us or if you need real estate assistance of any kind. We're always here to help!

We recently sold a home at 5578 Kingsboro Dr. This five-bedroom, 2.5-bath ranch home sold in just 22 days! 

What's even better is that this property sold for 99% of its asking price! We generated a ton of interest in the Fountain Valley Ranch area, and now we simply have too many buyers looking for homes in this area.

Please contact me soon if you're looking to sell in that area. We have buyers waiting for you!

Today, I want to discuss a topic I come across a lot: whether you should sell your home or keep it and rent it out.

There are a lot of things you want to take into account before making the decision to sell or rent your home. The very first thing to consider is your ability to be a landlord. Can you stomach dealing with tenants who trash your property or who make it difficult to collect rent? While these things shouldn't be taken lightly, they are extreme situations - they don't happen as often as you might think.

The next thing you want to do is have a market analysis done so you can determine how much you can get for rent. We will help you find out how much you can get for rent, so you can compare it against your monthly mortgage payment and see if being a landlord is right for you! 

Really, there is no right answer when it comes to selling or renting. The pros and cons vary on a case-by-case basis. The best thing you can do is sit down with us for a free, no-obligation consultation, where we'll assess your particular situation. 

We would love to be your consultant, so that you make informed, and ultimately profitable, decisions in our marketplace. Give us a call or shoot us a quick email to chat about your options, or if you need real estate assistance of any kind. We're always here to help!

Hey everybody, we are here today to discuss home valuation, a topic near and dear to my heart. As a local appraiser here in Colorado Springs, I learned how to and am licensed to provide valuations of homes. I also learned there is a big difference between the market price of a home and the appraisal price.

When I'm evaluating your home to sell, we are going to take into accounts a ton of its features, including floor plan, square footage, and comparable sales in your neighborhood. By taking into account all of these features, I can help you find the best price to list your home.

By pricing accurately, we can prevent you from getting pushed out of the market by being either under or overpriced. I'd love to put my valuation skills to work for you to help you list and sell your home, and get you the most amount of money for your home in the shortest amount of time possible.

If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I'd like to put my expertise to work for you and make sure your home doesn't sit on the market too long. I can't wait to hear from you!

Today we'll be discussing the proper steps that can be taken to get your home market-ready so that you can sell for top dollar this spring. I should have you know that you should put your home on the market as soon as possible to avoid the extra competition in the springtime, but if you need to wait until then to sell, then I have some good tips for you.

So, if you're ready to sell please contact me. Even if you're not ready to sell just yet you should give me a call or send an email, because I would love to see what I can do to get your home sold quickly and for top dollar.