Brenda in Laramie

  When buying or selling a home, people tend to look as pricing  from their own unique perspectives.  Buyers see it one way, sellers see it another way. Christine Smith, from Canton, MA, summed up superbly how pricing favors neither perspective: I've disabled comments so that if you have anything...

Yay!  Summer in Laramie is definitely here!  This is the season that tricks people into living here on purpose - even after the winter never seems to end.  Yesterday's high was 88 degrees, the skies were blue and filled with fluffy white summertime clouds.  Today's high was around 85 degrees and ...

Yesterday, I posted about the "house next door".  Granted it has been a source of humor for me over the last few weeks but the reality is - what a shame!  As I watched people go in and out, checking into this "once-in-a-lifetime bargain," I began to wonder about how safe it is for anyone to be wa...

We used to have some nice people living in the house next door.  However, through circumstances unknown to me, the house went through foreclosure to become an REO.  The last time we saw our neighbors was last fall when they were moving out.  As you may know we had a very harsh, long winter in our...

They predicted snow overnight but I didn't believe it.  I guess I should have.  Turns out they were right and we woke up to the gray shine of a cloud covered snowy day.  But, no worries... it'll melt!  And probably by tomorrow as our temperatures are supposed to be back up to 65 degrees tomorrow ...

Aaah, the slow pace of summer is about to arrive in Laramie, Wyoming.  Last Saturday was graduation for most of our University college graduates (Law School graduates this Saturday), with finals and the semester ending as well.  What does this mean for the Laramie residents that live here year ro...

Today's post is decidedly UN-real estate oriented.  While browsing through pictures, hoping to be inspired by a regional shot, I found this memory instead.  While it was taken at Vedauwoo, a local outdoor attraction, I thought the emotion might be universal.  After hiking around the rocks and tra...

After negotiations result in a contract to buy a home, a buyer has to decide.... to inspect or not inspect?  The answer... is not straightforward.                                                                           It depends on the buyers and the actual property being purchased.  Is the ho...

One of the coolest things about going to our dentist (if anything can be cool about going to the dentist!) is the flower garden by the front door.  Somehow, it is in a perfect sheltered south facing location letting it sprout up earlier and stick around longer.  Thus, I was delighted to find thes...

People in general always seem surprised by the price of land here in Wyoming.  I guess they figure with so few people and so much land prices should be lower.  What they don't realize is that the ratio of public land to private is greater out here than anyplace else. Additionally, this area was b...