Entries from February 2010

February 28, 2010

Lease the Sun

Posted by Michael Hughes      February 28, 2010 SunRun’s first home solar system was installed this week by REC Solar in Boulder, Colorado.    The system is being leased so there are no upfront costs and they give you a breakdown of what savings not to mention clean energy. SunRun partners with REC Solar, Namaste Solar [...]

February 26, 2010

Get your Buzz in Boulder

By Michael Hughes  February 27, 2010 Please leave any comments you wish Pillars of the community. Coffee houses. They bring together friends who talk frenetically about their current or past lives. They bring together, lovers, affairs, friends, bff’s, colleagues, investors, students, stay at home and soccer moms, shoppers, girlfriends, out-of-towners going to buy a home [...]

February 25, 2010

Zillow iPhone App Update

Posted by Michael Hughes February 26, 2010 The popular real estate app gets a robust update with improved search and social sharing features. Read the whole story here. If you have questions regarding this article or info on how to Buy A Home In Boulder please call me 303-359-6627 or e-mail Michael Hughes at Fuller [...]

February 25, 2010

Another Best

Posted by Michael Hughes   February 26, 2010 Do you wake up in the morning like Oh yeah! Feet on the floor! I live in the best city on the Planet! Woohoo! Let’s push the envelope today! Eager to get out the door! Well I do.  I live in the best place on the planet. Boulder [...]

February 25, 2010

The DEA vs. Medical Marijuana (Colorado)

Posted by Michael Hughes February 25,  2010 An open letter from Representative Jared Polis to Attorney General Eric Holder after the illegal DEA raids on a medical marijuana grower in Colorado on February 12, 2010. Attorney General Eric Holder U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder: As [...]

February 24, 2010

I dig dirt

Posted by Michael Hughes  February 25, 2010 February this year has been unrelenting in Boulder with snow and cold. If you have bought a home or are going to buy a home in Boulder, now is the time to do “prep” work. You don’t want your chores to snowball (no pun intended) when March and [...]

February 23, 2010

Nuclear-Coal-Photovoltaic-NIMBY!

Posted by Michael Hughes  February 23, 2010–Please leave any comments you wish. Would you rather have 20 square miles of PV panels on the open plains perhaps desecrating the gramma and buffalo grass in that area or would you rather have a coal burning, carbon spewing, fossil fuel chomping power plant? Better yet how about [...]

February 19, 2010

Home for sale Boulder;HAFA Starts April 5, 2010 (Short sale vs. Foreclosure)

Posted by Michael Hughes  February 19, 2010 Please leave a comment and link to my blog. If you have a home for sale in Boulder, a short sale as it were the lender agrees to take less than the full amount the homeowner owes on the mortgage. The transaction is saying that the value of [...]

February 16, 2010

Boulder Double Happiness

By Michael Hughes  February 16, 2010 *Please leave comments* Feeling down? Don’t take a pill.  Consider buying a home in Boulder and a move to Boulder, Colorado. A massive new study of Americans’ attitudes concludes that the city at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is home to the happiest, healthiest people in the United [...]

February 15, 2010

Sellers; An Iconoclastic Approach To Pricing Your Property in Boulder Co

By Michael Hughes February 15, 2010 *Please leave comments* Ockham’s Razor:  “Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.” A seller the other day said “Why am I getting such a low price for my property?” Well in most areas it’s a buyer’s market right now. The market is telling us that [...]