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Most if not all Colorado residential developments these days have a homeowner association and recorded documents that establish the rules for and obligations of the homeowners. Understanding those documents help homeowners avoid fines, lawsuits and unhappy neighbors. Yet, most homeowners have never read the governing documents.

Everyone is a little short on cash these days, especially homeowner associations with members behind in paying association dues and assessments. While the governing documents of the homeowner association may say the homeowner must promptly pay dues and assessments, collecting what is owed can be quite a bit more difficult.

Colorado Deed Service is a comprehensive real estate document management resource based in Colorado that provides the following services:

Deed preparation and recording in Colorado. Colorado Deed Service can assist you in all your Colorado real estate document needs.
Transfers of Colorado real estate into revocable trusts. Colorado Deed Service can manage the entire process of putting [...]

Have a dispute with your beloved homeowner association? Thinking about withholding your dues or assessments in protest? Well, be careful. You may lose your real property in the process.

Avoiding ancillary probate is easy. By putting real estate into something called a nominee trust or living trust, ancillary probate proceedings and the associated expense can be avoided. As an alternative to a living trust, a limited liability company can be created, the real estate transferred to the company and then ownership in the company can be transferred to the heirs through the primary probate proceeding…

Understanding Local Colorado Real Estate Law
Thinking about buying real estate in the Bahamas? Maybe a timeshare in Barbados? A quaint villa in the French West Indies? Well, before you do, you may want to research the local real property taxes, think about how this little piece of paradise fits into your overall estate plan and [...]

With more and more people buying residential real estate for investment purposes, many novice landlords learn the hard way that keeping a security deposit can result in big trouble. Landlords must comply with Colorado’s Wrongful Withholding of Security Deposits Act (the “Act”). Read on and save yourself (or collect!) treble damages and attorneys fees.
Colorado’s Wrongful [...]

There is more to a commercial lease than just the cost per square foot. The written terms of the lease can be critical to a tenant’s rights should a problem arise sometime during the lease term. The time to negotiate those lease terms is before the lease begins. Here are just a few tips when [...]

In a real estate market where last week’s drywall subcontractor is this week’s seasoned home builder, negotiating a new home construction contract becomes more important than ever before. When entering into a contract to buy a newly constructed home, here are just a few important points to consider.
1. The Importance of Reading the Contract
First, new [...]