Monthly Archives: January 2007

Most Denver Homes are Overpriced

By Spencer Barron | Published: January 8, 2007
That’s not new though. Buyer’s market, seller’s market, blah blah blah. What does it mean really? Homes are always overpriced. Always have been. Most homes are overpriced. Through good and bad, sellers usually overprice their homes. The average active list price for a single family home in Denver for 2006 was 20% higher than the average [...]
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Timing the market – Real Estate Slow Stochastic

By Spencer Barron | Published: January 5, 2007
Just for fun, I wanted to take the pricing data stats from my previous post about market timing and apply a slow stochastic to the prices. Here’s essentially how they work with stocks. On the lower part of the image is an example of a slow stochastic. A buy signal is interpreted when the %k (green line) [...]
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Denver Sales Statistics – Trying to time the Market? When to sell and when to buy.

By Spencer Barron | Published: January 5, 2007
Of course, the standard Realtor response is ‘it’s always a good time to sell’. I’ve even heard agents say that the holidays have no effect on sales. I personally think that is just a sales pitch to make them look good, because the statistics are fairly clear. It definitely looks cyclical to [...]
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Real Estate Goals for 2007 Group Writing Project

By Spencer Barron | Published: January 5, 2007
BiggerPockets is hosting a real estate goal writing project to kick off 2007. Oh, I know, by telling everyone my goals I’ll be motivated by the fear of failing in the sight of my peers. It’s all so Anthony Robbins. I’m terrible with goals. I’ll probably just pick the goals I [...]
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Why Johnny Can't Code and How to Help Him

By CurtisBarron | Published: January 3, 2007
When Bill Gates was 13, a parents group enabled his school to buy a Teletype machine and computer time on a remote GE computer that used the BASIC programming language; he, Paul Allen, and others became intrigued by the technology, including obviously the immediate feedback they got from programming in an easy programming language. He [...]
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FSBO – Creepy home for sale

By Spencer Barron | Published: January 2, 2007
You know that creepy home you’ve always wanted? It’s for sale. This “gem” is from a recent Craigslist post by an owner trying to FSBO his home. I’m always on the lookout for a fix-n-flip, but I think I’m going to pass on this one. It’s important in real estate investing to know your limits. [...]
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