Dawn's Down Home In Denver Blog

~ Pay It Forward - I'll Take Your Photo ~ On Friday night Dave and I went to the free concert at Southlands Mall in Aurora, Colorado.  Hazel Miller was the performer.  We truly enjoyed the concert.  We ordered a pizza to go from Old Chicago's, which is located across from the pavilion where the c...

I just got through reading Thom's post on the Top 5 Regrets People Have on Their Deathbed.  What a thought provoking post.  I know that in our industry, it is difficult to get away from the work and try to enjoy life, especially in this kind of a market.  But I don't want to have my life knowing...

~ All Work and No Pay Today ~ Have you ever had one of those days when you work your butt off to put things together and the puzzle pieces you are working with just don't seem to fit?  Well I have a puzzle that is still not put together despite all of my efforts.  I have been working on this sinc...

~ 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 ...