Recently it was estimated that 1,000 vacation rentals exist in the Pagosa Springs area…
Author: Hank Lydick
Hank Lydick took 'early' retirement to build a home in Austin, Texas, and a cabin in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
GROWING PAINS: Thoughts About the Drinking Water Challenges at Elk Park
PAWSD Board Member Gene Tautges, at the public meeting, characterized the PAWSD process as “damn the details, just growth, growth, growth”…
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?