Michael Burkhard's (michaelburkhard) Blog

This morning while I was picking some vine ripened tomatoes from my garden and I could feel the cool breeze blowing across the Colorado River, I stopped for a moment and just looked around at the beautiful valley I call home. WOW what a wonderful place to live. I have what is called a gentleman's...

Do the summer days sometimes seem to go by to quick. I noticed the back to school specials and it never dawned on me that summer was going to be coming to an end until I heard that the Palisade Peach festival is this weekend. That means that the harvest is in full swing and I can count on some gr...

You know when you are sitting here thinking what in the world is making this market the way it is. We have not ever really seen anything like this. I for one am always looking at past trends and statistics to see if you can see a real comparison. We have home values that have dropped substantiall...

  With interest rates at a historically low place, there should be no question as to whether to buy or to rent. Yet with all the new regulations, the media has everyone thinking that they cannot get a loan. Therefore they are sitting on the fence waiting for rates to go down more, or we have not ...

  As we all get ready for the start of summer with the first 3 day weekend, Let us not forget what this weekend is all about. There are all kinds of stories as when Memorial Day started, but there is no doubt it was started as a time to remember all the fallen soldiers that fought for our freedom...