Posts in Real Estate Transactions
Gift Letters: Using Gifted Money for the Purchase of Your Colorado Home

Are you looking to purchase a home in Denver, Boulder, Adams or Arapahoe County, or anywhere else along the Front Range? Do you plan to use gifted money for your down payment? If so, ensure that your lender’s underwriter declares you as financially fit using a gift letter.

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Recording Title, Title Insurance, and Owner’s Extended Coverage: 3 Tips for Buying Colorado Residential Real Estate

Are you looking to buy residential property in the Denver/Boulder Metro area? If so, make sure you own your Front Range property outright. Read this blog to learn three tips on ensuring your ownership of the property. This blog discusses key points on recording title in Colorado, title insurance, and owners extended coverage.

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That’s Over the (Property) Line! Boundary Disputes Between Neighbors in Colorado

Quiet title actions are legal proceedings where a landowner seeks legal protection over their right to possess or use land. Quiet title actions are common when a landowner’s neighbor is using their land against their will and when a land survey reveals that a property line is different than the landowner and their neighbor previously thought.

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Nosy Neighbor Encroaching on Your Property? Boundary Disputes and Adverse Possession in Colorado

Are you in an extended boundary dispute with your neighbor? Worried that their encroachment might ruin your enjoyment of your property? Simply not sure who owns the disputed parcel? This blog may help quell your fears about the person trying to steal your land. It will also help guide you through the long, complex process of an adverse possession action to quiet title if you think you may be entitled to the property by either record ownership or adverse possession.

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1031 Exchanges: How This Rule Could Save You Thousands of Dollars Investing in Real Estate

Do you own investment property in Denver, Boulder, Adams or Arapahoe County? Do you plan on buying or selling your Colorado investment real estate? If so, you should know about 1031 like kind exchanges. Read this blog to learn how this one tax rule could save you thousands of dollars investing in Colorado real estate.

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Real Estate Disclosures: You should tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

Are you buying or selling your home in Denver, Boulder, Adams or Arapahoe County, or anywhere along the Front Range? If so, do you know about required disclosures and what must a seller disclose about the property they are selling? A seller can be liable for failing to disclose. This blog will briefly guide you through Colorado’s real estate disclosure laws so you can avoid future liability.

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Contracts, COVID-19, and Course of Action: Real Estate Contracts During a Pandemic

Are you a landlord, tenant, or someone involved in real estate that has been affected by COVID-19? If so, you may be wondering how your contract is affected by the pandemic. A party to a contract can be released from performance of that contract due to unforeseeable circumstances if the contract contains a force majeure clause. If the contract does not contain a force majeure clause, you may be able to get out of your obligation through frustration of purpose or impossibility, although these are harder to reach in court.

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Home Inspections, Earnest Money, & Party Walls: 3 Common Issues in Buying Your Colorado Dream Home

Are you planning on buying a home in the Denver/Boulder area? Do you know how to navigate through inspection resolutions, earnest money, and party wall agreements in Adams or Arapahoe County? Purchasing real estate in Colorado can be a long and stressful process, but GLO is here to help. This blog guides you through these residential purchase issues so you can be closer to owning your own home.

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Colorado’s Standard Residential Buy Sell Contract Made Easy

Are you buying or selling a home on the Front Range? The Colorado Real Estate Commission requires all real estate brokers use a standard contract for the buying and selling of a home. Thus, you should read this blog to become more familiar with this contract before buying or selling your Colorado home.

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