Dawn's Down Home In Denver Blog

~ Pay It Forward - Photos ~ Many of you have read my previous posts about my friend loosing her 19 year old son.  This weekend was his birthday and he would have turned 20.  This weekend my girlfriend, Janine and her husband had a memorial BBQ in honor of their son. A few weeks back, a group of u...

~ Southlands Mall Happenings ~ ~ Aurora, Colorado ~                                                                                                                                                                 Southlands Mall is located on the northeast corner of Smoky Hill Rd. and C-470 in Aur...

~ Seven Hills Home For Sale - Aurora, Colorado ~ Look how much $135,000 can buy you!  I just listed a cute 2 story home in the Seven Hills Subdivision in Aurora, Colorado.  This darling little home offers 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, a one car garage and backs to open space.  It has 1379 square ...

~ Pay It Forward - Dog on the Run ~ I was out showing houses this past week up in the northern suburbs of Denver.  I had finished showing the houses.  The buyer and I had parted ways and I was on my way home.  I turned down the side street to get back on the highway when I had to stop my car.  Th...

~ Is the Market Changing? ~ I have been working with a client since Mother's Day.  Every time we have found a home that meets his needs, by the time I get to the office to research the price to write an offer, it goes under contract and is no longer available.  Really?  Well, twice there was a la...

~Pay It Forward - A Gift to Myself ~ As I mentioned in an earlier Pay It Forward post, our office was raising money for Keller Williams Red Day,  Red Day stands for RENEW-ENERGIZE-DONATE.  I had explained that we needed to raise money in order to complete the community project we had chosen.  I w...

~ Denver - Aurora Ranked #1 ~ The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has determined that for every $1 invested in public transportation, $4 are generated in economic returns.  The APTA has also estimated that individuals living in major urban area are saving over $9500 per year by ...

~ Parker Rd. and Arapahoe Rd. Intersection - Aurora, Colorado ~ Construction is all around us.  You can't avoid it.  Especially those of us that cross rthe intersection of Parker Road and Arapahoe Road right by Arapahoe Crossings in southeast Aurora.  For those of you planning on being in that ar...

~ Would You Buy This Home? ~ I was out showing property today.  We didn't have much luck.  I showed the buyers 4 houses and none of them were much to look at.  In fact they were the types of homes that made you want to douse yourself in hand sanitizer before you got back in the car.  And the smok...

~ My Friday the 13th ~ So there are superstitions about Friday the 13th dating back to the 19th century.  It is supposed to be a day of bad luck.  And there is always at least one Friday the 13th in every calendar year.  For 2011, this is the only one. Did you know that many hotels and high rises...