Telluride, first and foremost, is a ski town with great summer activities. Because of the nationwide financial crunch, we are forced to examine the underlying basics of our local economy, cultures, lifestyles and priorities. When I get enough…

    As some of us are boldly spending some of our discretionary funds, snapping up consumer bargains on anything from automobiles to socks and underwear, this deflationary cycle will probably soon come to an end. It has been swift…

Where Are the Foreclosure Deals?

This is a question I get asked regularly. With foreclosures at an all time high nationwide, vulture funds are springing up like daisies in the spring trying to snap up bank discounted foreclosure values. San…

The snow conditions trump the economy. Last December 11th when Ralph Garretson made his presentation at the Tourism Board’s (M.T.I.) Annual Meeting in the historic Sheridan Opera House he projected a slide that showed skier days from the 1980’s through…

Prices remain steady, however there many great deals to be found. The developer of 2 Rivercrown units has dropped his price from $3.2 million to $2.1 million. Needle Rock #1 is a great value at $1,100,000 fully remodeled, just a…