Tony Greer's Blog

Summer Barbecues Contest Results
We are finally finished cleaning up after ourselves from our invitation-only barbecues in Canon City and Penrose. On July 19th, we had a big blowout at our 465 Valley Road office and had about 150 in attendance. We roasted about 200 pounds of beef, 120 hoagie buns, 12 cases of soda, 3 gallons of baked [...]

Canon City and Fremont County Stats
I was updating my realty website and doing some research this week. Local market statistics, which I have taken from the RGAR MLS, indicate some interesting things going on in our market. we use six months‘ inventory, or absorption rate, as the standard for a stable market. Less than six months’ inventory would be considered a [...]

"Down" Market Creates Many Opportunities
There have been a lot of articles written over the past six months about a “down” market. The stock market, the housing market, the money market, etc. I suppose that’s one way to look at it. It is a difficult time to be in the real estate racket, no doubt about it. However, there is [...]

What a week!
My personal hard drive crashed last Saturday. Luckily, I had a backup, but even so, it took me about 14 hours to reinstall everything and restore my backed up files.  In the meantime, I had multiple offers on a vacant lot in Dawson Ranch, a new subdivision (Top Rail Ranch) to market, multiple offers on a [...]

A Cheaper Home May Cost You More
I was talking with some friends the other day, when one of them mentioned that historically, market drops come hand-in-hand with interest rate hikes. The first thing that came to mind was, “What effect would this have on monthly payments.” As soon as I got back to the office, I opened up Excel and went to work. Now, [...]