Crowdfunding has become a popular way of raising financing. It generally involves using the internet to ask a large number of people to each contribute a small amount of money to support a cause or a project. In some cases, people give money as a donation because they believe in the particular cause or project. … Continue Reading
What Is Mediation and Do I Have To Go To Mediation? In most family law cases, the court orders mediation where the parties have to try to resolve their differences with a neutral third party, the mediator. In the event that you are able to resolve your differences (and there is a signed settlement agreement) … Continue Reading
You may run into the dilemma of not being able to afford to pay your child support payments. Perhaps you lost your job, decided to go back to school, you were in a car accident, you now have the children 100% of the time and have not had time to take steps to modify the … Continue Reading
In order to reform Colorado’s construction defect laws, Colorado’s legislators enacted the original Construction Defect Action Reform Act (CDARA-I) in 2001 and CDARA-II in 2003. The intent of these laws was to preserve adequate rights and remedies for property owners bringing construction defect claims against construction professionals while also curbing perceived abuses related to such … Continue Reading
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What do Dodd-Frank and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regulations Mean for Owner Financing in Colorado? The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) introduced a host of new regulations designed to protect consumers and avoid another housing collapse. Key components of Dodd-Frank were designed to create greater certainty that borrowers can repay their … Continue Reading
Failure to complete the Seller’s Property Disclosure and the “as is” Language in the contract doesn’t avoid the need to disclose known problems Webcast. 12/16/13: Failure to complete the Seller’s Property Disclosure and the “as is” Language in the contract doesn’t avoid the need to disclose known problems. A November 2013 Colorado Court of Appeals … Continue Reading
Recognizing Real Estate Broker’s Susceptibility to Scams Webcast 9/28/13: Recognizing Broker’s Susceptibility to Scams. The natural optimism and goal orientation of Brokers, combined with big rewards from successfully closed deals, makes Brokers susceptible to scams. Learn how to avoid these scams before you’ve wasted too much time or effort. Red Flags for Brokers: Never met … Continue Reading
Denial of Coverage for Damage from the Great 2013 Colorado Floods With the massive devastation and destruction to homes and personal property caused by September 2013 Colorado flooding, insurance companies will aggressively be looking for ways to reduce their losses. In many instances coverage will be denied for claims. While not all of these denials … Continue Reading
Also see: Contracts Don’t Enforce Themselves (Re/Max of Boulder Podcast 10/20/15). Question: A buyer put up five thousand dollars of earnest money and entered into a contract to buy a house. The buyer has a clear trail establishing that she valiantly pursued getting her loan, yet she couldn’t get financing. She timely exercised her loan … Continue Reading
