Author: Lee Riley

Better Homeowners Grilling Safety  More people grill in July than any other month. While grilling is all about good food, fun, friends and celebrations, it is important to make sure that accidents don’t interrupt your activities. Approximately half of the injuries involving grills are thermal burns. If you work with fire, there’s a chance of getting burned. […]

Better Homeowners Eliminate Mortgage Insurance  Why would you consider refinancing if your mortgage is only two or three years old and the rate is not considerably higher than what is currently available on new loans? Because you may be able to eliminate the mortgage insurance and have significant monthly savings. Many homes have seen their […]

Better Homeowners Where Are the Sellers?  Low inventories resulting in multiple offers are contributing to what experienced agents are calling the most challenging market they’ve ever worked. While buyers with resources may find the market difficult, purchasers with minimum cash and credit are struggling to find and get into a home. First-time buyers feel the […]

Better Homeowners Take Pictures Now  Preserve the memories you’re making by taking photographs of your home now. The pictures will remind you of the role your home played with your family and life. Reminiscing is easier when scrolling through pictures to remind you of people and times. One of the least heard regrets is that […]

Summer has arrived. May was one of the wettest months I’ve seen in Pagosa since I moved here in 1983. Everything is very green, the fire danger is way down, and the river is running strong. The gauging station in town hit 2,000 CFS on Wednesday, which may have been the peak for the year. […]

Better Homeowners Make Your Offer Standout  If a seller was looking at two offers for exactly the same price on their home, there would still be things that could make one standout more than the other. If there happens to be more than two offers, things can really get sticky for a buyer. For that […]

Better Homeowners Who would want to be without one?  When the 75 year old man who had been widowed four times was asked why he was getting married again, he said “for the little bit that they eat, I wouldn’t want to be without one.” In a torrential rainfall, you wouldn’t want to be without an […]

    Memorial Day is the last Monday in May Originally known as Decoration Day, it began in 1865 by decorating the graves of Civil War patriotic soldiers and later to remember the U.S. men and women who lost their lives serving their country.     Lee Riley Jann C. Pitcher Real Estate 2261 Eagle […]

    Memorial Day is the last Monday in May Originally known as Decoration Day, it began in 1865 by decorating the graves of Civil War patriotic soldiers and later to remember the U.S. men and women who lost their lives serving their country.     Lee Riley Jann C. Pitcher Real Estate 2261 Eagle […]

Better Homeowners You’ve Got Money!  Imagine that after checking www.SSA.gov to see what you can expect when you retire and estimated what your minimum required distributions from your retirement accounts will be, you’ve discovered that you’re not going to have enough retirement income to cover your living expenses. Ideally, it would be perfect if the […]