Many clients and professionals in your fields will come to you for advice at some point in time.  Giving advice is nuanced, and can be very persuasive to who you give it to.  There are many things to consider before giving out advice.  In Highlands Ranch property management, many first time investors will be coming to us for advice on rental rates and market conditions.  Some homeowners are just curious how their house stands up to their neighbor, or if they can really get what John down the street got for his rent.  We treat everyone with an inquiry the same way.First we assess our local expertise on the matter.  There are a lot of news reports and articles with data that very confidently claim certain things.  Interpreting data is a skill of its own, and there are a ton of sweeping ge... 02/12/2019

Part of a sound business strategy in a new year is to work on your networking and expanding your service circles.  Attending leads group or social events can result in a lot of conversations.  In Highlands Ranch property management, we are always looking for the next vendor who may suite our needs or an owner looking to become an investor.  Most conversation will be natural and end up with an exchange of business cards.  Some may not be compatible with what you are looking for.  At some point in the conversation you will need to leave, whether to grab someone else’s attention, you need to keep moving around the room, or the conversation stalls and becomes boring.  Here are some ways to exit a conversation professionally.                The first step is to always have an agenda to follo... 02/11/2019

Tonight, is the second to last Winter Cultural Series at the Cherry Hills Community Church and is one for the books.  We have reported on these events in past Highlands Ranch property management blog series, and these are always a great time.  This entertainment close to home with this series of four professional performances brought to Highlands Ranch.  This series is known to have a variety of shows which have widespread appeal that are stuffed to the brim with fun and friendly family entertained. The event tonight spans from 7:00 to 8:30pm and features the Denver & District Pipe Band.  As part of the Winter Cultural Series, they have all featured great performers.  The Denver & District Pipe Band is a community-based group of bagpipers, drummers and dancers from throughout the front ... 02/07/2019

The Chinese New Year Cultural Fair was this past weekend in Highlands Ranch.  When we can take time out of our busy Highlands Ranch property management schedule, we like to attend the local events known for putting on a good time year after year.  The Chinese New Years Celebration is no different on that front.  A 4-hour event at Southridge, the celebration of Asian art and culture features an array of educational art and craft displays and items for purchase.  The event was both free and sold out, there were plenty of happy participants in attendance.  The event was put on by the Highlands Ranch Cultural Affairs Association and the SCFD partner with Great Wall Chinese Academy to bring the annual Chinese New Year Cultural Fair to life in Highlands Ranch. Speaking of the Great Wall Chine... 02/04/2019

The Father Daughter Dance is an annual tradition in Highlands Ranch, and it is coming to the Highlands Ranch Mansion both tonight and tomorrow.  The event runs in the evening both nights from 6:30 to 8:30pm and there is a daytime session from 1:30 to 3:30 on Saturday February 2.  The event is sold out so you will not be able to get a ticket online or at the door.  For the record, the tickets are usually available in the preceding November month each year.  This is an event that sells out reliably each year, so if you missed the chance to go this year, put it in the reminder’s app or your calendar for next year. The night is dedicated to creating wonderful memories full of fun, laughter, love and dancing with your sweetheart.  They don’t call it the Father and Daughter Sweetheart Ball fo... 02/01/2019

Highlands Ranch, CO 80129Tue Jan 29 2019 This week the median list price for Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 is $500,000 with the market action index hovering around 71. This is an increase over last month's market action index of 66. Inventory has held steady at or around 13.Highlands Ranch 80129 homes for sale Market Action IndexThe Market Action Index answers the question "How's the Market?" by measuring the current rate of sale versus the amount of the inventory. Index above 30 implies Seller's Market conditions. Below 30, conditions favor the buyer.Strong Seller's Market While the Market Action Index shows some strengthening in the last few weeks, prices have not seemed to move from their plateau. Should the upward trend in sales relative to inventory continue, expect prices to resume an... 01/29/2019

Check out the description below for a four-day conference in the Regus Business Center of Down Town Highlands Ranch, coming Tue, January 29 and concluding Fri, February 1. Global Service Provider is spearheading this LSSGB and LSSBB Certification Training in Highlands Ranch, CO. Down below is the description of the event from the actual registration page. Follow this link to sign up.Lean Six Sigma is a business process improvement methodology that aims to maximize shareholders’ value by improving quality, speed, customer satisfaction, and costs. It achieves this by merging tools and principles from both Lean and Six Sigma. It has been widely adopted in manufacturing and service industries. It will also applicable across all industries like IT, Software, manufacturing, service, productio... 01/27/2019

                When you are renting a home in the middle of winter there are several things you need to remember.  Since we are renting homes year-round as part of our extensive Highlands Ranch property management portfolio, we have become uniquely in tune with some tips to ease the process towards the finish line.  There are always some factors you simply cannot change.  This is anything to do with the property itself, like location, or proximity to a busy street to available parking or not.  What you need to do is take the factors you can control into your own hands and go from there.                 The first thing you can always control is price.  This is the engine that drives the rental market.  To land on a price that someone qualified can simply not turn down will get you to th... 01/24/2019

The second of four Winter Cultural Series is right around the corner. This week in fact. The Cherry Creek Chorale will be swinging by the Cherry Hills Community Church this Thursday to perform. Come by for an intensely rewarding and loud live performance. The concert will range from 7:00pm to 8:30pm and will feature one of Denver’s biggest and best community choirs. This broadly appealing program will celebrate American music and other beloved choral classics. A special highlight of this very family-friendly concert will be a generous sampling of all your favorite Disney Movie songs. There are so many to choose from, and undoubtedly everyone’s favorite may not be completely aligned, however if you are a fan of Disney movies in general and the animated ones specifically, there will be a ... 01/20/2019

Tresana Highlands Ranch Condos have seen a lot of interest from buyers and sellers the past couple of weeks. As Buyers continue to far outnumber Sellers, we are checking the inventory of Highlands Ranch Condos every day, watching for properties as they are entered into the MLS. As we were researching properties for one of our clients, we created this report and thought it may help some of you in the market.Here is the Market Summary: Currently active Tresana Condos on the market: 5. Currently active Highlands Ranch Condos on the market: 31. There are Currently 5 under contract Tresana Condos on the market. There are currently 24 under contract Highlands Ranch Condos on the market. There are 0 Highlands Ranch foreclosures on the market. Average prices increased $169,397.00 over the last ... 01/18/2019

Are you looking for a new job?  Are you about to transition from high school to summer and would like a college job?  How about a part time job during the school year, or maybe your first transitional job after college?  There are plenty of different life circumstances that would allow you to consider a few different paths forward.  Sometimes if you have not worked a job before or are really looking for a change from your current position, you might not know what else interests you.  The HRCA Only Job Fair is coming next Monday between 10:00am and 2:00pm to the Southridge Auditorium.  January 21 is the day that you may find out what your new interest is, and possibly apply for it on the spot.  The best opportunities may be hidden from view but explained in detail.  That is usually the w... 01/15/2019

There will be a fun daytime event this weekend for anyone who is a family of fans of pirates.  There are many ways to express your love of pirates and individual fandoms.  A concerted effort to get Pirate fans together is taking place this weekend at the Southridge Rec Center in Highlands Ranch.  Anyone who is a regular reader of our Highlands Ranch property management blog will know by now that Southridge is a frequent host of the most fun family friendly events in town. They can be reliably relied upon to deliver pirate thrills and chills and fills.  Join the Pirate Ship as they sail through the day, taking your little pirate into the caves to enjoy the food, the sun and beach as they dock their ship into port and the various age appropriate spoils that are available to a young pirate... 01/14/2019

Mon Jan 14 2019 This week the median list price for Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 is $465,000 with the market action index hovering around 66. This is about the same as last month's market action index of 66. Inventory has held steady at or around 17. Highlands Ranch homes for sale Market Action IndexThe Market Action Index answers the question "How's the Market?" by measuring the current rate of sale versus the amount of the inventory. Index above 30 implies Seller's Market conditions. Below 30, conditions favor the buyer.Strong Seller's Market The market has been cooling over time and prices plateaued for a while. Despite the consistent decrease in MAI, we’re in the Seller’s zone. Watch for changes in MAI. If the MAI resumes its climb, prices will likely follow suit. If the MAI drops cons... 01/14/2019

The first magic show of the New Year is a magic show like no other! The magician and Denver mentalist, Anthem Flint will be bringing his amazing magic to the Recreation Center at Southridge in Highlands Ranch. Anthem's magic is fairly unique. It blends humor and genuine curiosity as well as respect for the craft, which results in an end product that will really have you scratching your head as to how he completed certain tricks and illusions. He likes to connect with people and stir the imagination. Anthem believes that in magic there are no limits, and on 1/18/2019 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM you can see if that is really the case. At worst, you walk away with a new appreciation for a trick and less understanding how it could possibly be real. Tickets: $8 early bird pricing, $11 at the door... 01/12/2019

Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO Building Information and Market ReportReal Estate in Tresana, Highlands Ranch, COTresana is a family-friendly residential community at Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The neighborhood features beautiful townhouses, well-landscaped streets, and lovely amenities. Home buyers who are looking for a suburban town that's a short drive away from Downtown Denver with several schools and shopping centers will consider Tresana as a great place to call home. Real Estate in Tresana is large townhome with multiple bedrooms and baths, garage parking, spacious living area, fireplace, walk-in closets, custom furnishings, full kitchen, and dining room. Each Treasana home has a Tuscan-inspired architecture providing attractive exteriors with a cozy feel. Check out our original nei... 01/09/2019

Palomino Park Resort, Highlands Ranch, CO Building Information and Market ReportReal Estate in Palomino Park Resort, Highlands Ranch, COPalomino Park Resort is a luxury residential development located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado just 18 miles south of Denver. The gated golf community features resort-like amenities, beautiful residential low-rise condominiums, and fantastic views of the mountains. Homes in the neighborhood are two and three-bedroom units with spacious living areas, multiple baths, garage parking, balconies, full kitchens, and hardwood floors. Residents have easy access to shopping centers, schools, healthcare facilities, outdoor parks, restaurants, and more just outside the neighborhood. If you're looking for your dream home outside the city limits of Denver, few places... 01/09/2019

This Thursday January 10 at the Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch is the beginning of the Winter Cultural Series.  There are many professional performances throughout the year that are worth attending, and these Winter Cultural Series have always delivered on that front.  The StageDoor Theater prefers that their night of entertainment is full of family fun and keeps you on your toes.  It has been called a perfect blend of music, mayhem and murder.  If that sounds interesting to you and something that is worthy of your investigation, consider coming to the Murder for Two, A New Musical Comedy.  The small synopsis of what you are in for is 90 minutes of a small-town policeman with dreams making it to a detective colliding with a murder at a birthday party.  This show will h... 01/08/2019

The return of the 21+ Glowga night at Highlands Ranch Southridge Rec Center is at the end of the month. On Saturday January 26, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm come by and experience this unique event. Everyone is encouraged to wear their favorite neon yoga clothes and come move to a mellow, rhythmic backlight vinyasa flow set to a unique playlist. The goal of the class is to practice in near darkness which makes your brain more cognizant of your surroundings and pushes your brain to rely on a heightened awareness from senses other than vision to process sensory information in order to stay balanced. This is an allure of the class, especially if you have not yet tried something like this. The neon and the other glow in the dark paint and black light items are just a visual flair to round out the ... 01/07/2019

The Southridge Rec Center has always been a great venue for unique events that celebrate certain hobbies.  Sometimes there are less popular hobbies on display, which is great for finding likeminded people who share your interests.  In other cases, there are popular hobbies, like the trend of Home Brewing Beer.  This is by no means a new endeavor but has gained considerable traction in the past years.  For those of you in our Highlands Ranch property management portfolio who enjoy home brewing or looking to get into it, you may want to check out this course that will happen next Saturday January 12.  If you love beer and want to take the next step to learn how to brew your own, then this is for you.  This class is put on by the Castle Rock Home Brew Supply Professionals and their mission... 01/03/2019

The Winter Cultural Series returns to Highlands Ranch next week on Thursday January 10.  Located at the Cherry Hills Community Church at 3900 Grace Blvd, the Winter Cultural series has always been a staple of the changing seasons.  They are a showcase of entertaining professional performances close to home.  Being so close to Highlands Ranch these shows have a widespread appeal and are guaranteed to be fun.  A night of Family Entertainment is ahead.  This is the first of four shows, with the other 3 being later in the month and in February! This event will be the StageDoor Theater, a perfect blend of music, mayhem and murder.  Even though January is a seasonably slow time of year for Highlands Ranch property management, we still like finding the extra time to visit events like this.  Th... 01/02/2019