PAWSD Board Member Gene Tautges, at the public meeting, characterized the PAWSD process as “damn the details, just growth, growth, growth”…
Author: Hank Lydick
Hank Lydick took 'early' retirement to build a home in Austin, Texas, and a cabin in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
GROWING PAINS: The Conscious Competence Matrix
For over a year, I’ve wondered why County Development Services would choose to not provide a free, easy-to-use mapping tool to help inform the public…
GROWING PAINS: ‘AirBNBust’ Now Underway in Colorado
I hope local Pagosa Springs Realtors are advising their clients to not expect vacation rental incomes to help offset higher mortgage rates…
GROWING PAINS: Looking Forward to Revised STR Policies in Archuleta County
I look forward to the Archuleta County Short-Term Rental Task Force (TF) publishing an updated annual ‘STR Policy & Procedure Report’…
GROWING PAINS: 447 Styles of ‘Sears’ Kit Homes
Proposition 123 program got me thinking about the Sears “Modern Homes” program that sold 75,000 homes, in 447 different styles…
GROWING PAINS: A ‘Silver Tsunami’ Coming to Pagosa?
Further, based on his recently downloaded and analyzed data, 18% of second home owners in Pagosa Springs are Texans…
GROWING PAINS: The End of ‘Sports Illustrated’?
A few days ago, Authentic Brands Group (which bought SI in 2019) announced a corporate-wide lay-off the majority of its white-collar workforce…
GROWING PAINS: The Downfall of ‘Frontdesk’ STR Management Company
Frontdesk’s arbitrage business model was to strategically acquiring real estate property units, including building leases and apartments…
GROWING PAINS: Will Real Estate Prices Crash in Pagosa?
Prices in the real estate market are set “at the margin” meaning that even a small change in demand can significantly impact values…
GROWING PAINS: Cities and Towns, and Courts, Grapple with STR Regulations
Residential homeowners and Short-Term Rental (STR) owners in New Orleans have been operating for six months under new regulations…
GROWING PAINS: Millennial STR Owners Deal with a Difficult Economy
Inexperienced STR owners are bleeding-out their modest equity as the Federal Reserve is holding interest rates higher for longer…
GROWING PAINS: Price Reductions on Unsold Homes
I looked on Airbnb to find some great STR deals … as possible examples of where Average Daily Rates (ADR) might be going in 2023…
GROWING PAINS: Where is the County STR Task Force?
A publicly available online mapping tool would provide the public with a means to inspect neighborhoods, and provide feedback…
OPINION: My Pillow Moving Company, in Pagosa?
This morning, I was researching how inexpensive it would be to purchase a 2007 or 2008 Freightliner Dock Truck…
OPINION: ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ Pleads Guilty
Konrad Bicher has agreed to forfeit $1,740,407 and must also make restitution to victims in the amount of $1,985,251…
OPINION: The Dangers of ‘Lifestyle Creep’
It was that last example of Lifestyle Creep, that really caught my attention…
OPINION: Long-term Rent? Sell Your STR?
This morning, Travis walked his YouTube viewers through a few easy steps using Zillow…
OPINION: Trying to Sell Your Short-Term Rental?
Could this statistic possibly be true in vacation destination like Pagosa Springs, Colorado?