"Should I Stay or Shall I Go?"

"Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

Denver, CO - Wow... as the title of this blog states, "Should I stay or should I go?", has been on my mind for quite some time, this year!

It's not an easy decision to make, at this point in my life and career, with a firm that has been a part of my life for almost 24 years!!

I do not know how many others have taken this "leap of faith" after being with one organization for so long, but if you have... I truly admire your boldness to make it happen!

AS we all know, too well, that any move is NOT because the "grass is greener on the other side",  because is truly is not!!  Rather it is time to re-invent myself, or get out of the way of myself, in order to improve oneself's mindset!!

It is NO longer the Journey, but the Destination I must acheive "To do today, what other's will not, so that I may have what they cannot".  

So, I am very excited to start a new chapter in my life!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor® 

Broker Associate @Keller Williams Realty - Downtown Denver

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" For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive equity" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

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Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. 

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"Dogs and Snakes, Oh My!"

Westminster, CO -  Stories of Dogs and Snakes, oh my!!  How will you respond to the "next temptation" that will keep you from focusing on your vision and your activity to produce favorable results?

What is so exciting about "self-improvement" mentors and trainers is thatyou can capture the ones that you can relate to, and there are so many great ones out there to learn from!  They can come from all walks of life, and from all venues to reach out to you to assist in your mindset for success!

"Perform an Exorcism", is a great lesson for reminding us to NEVER take our eyes off of what is important to creating success.  Darren Hardy, one of those mentors I referred to above, has such a great way of relating stories and helping us to change our mindsets!  

Remember, change will NOT take place until we change from within!

I hope you enjoy the stories that Darren shares with us, and more importantly, the motive behind those stories... focus and resist the temptations that disrupt us from reaching our potential and goals!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor® 

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance 

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" For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive equity" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! 

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Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. Thank you for reading, "Dogs and Snakes, Oh My!"

"A Wine Country Photographer"

"A Wine Country Photographer"

Westminster, CO -  Wow... what a great profession!   Now, I have to admit, I am a bit jealous of this photographer's talent and being able to hang out in Wine Country!

AR folks, meet Rocco Ceselin... the professional photographer who has taken his skills to a new level.  When one has a passion and a strong WHY, they can make things happen.

“I learned to become a better photographer through art and observing the light of the great renaissance painters", Rocco says.

Enjoy this short article, and have a glass of your favorite Red or White wine!!

"GULP"

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor® 

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance 

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For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive equity" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! 

http://danhopper.com/pages/social-media-506832 

Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. Thank you for reading, ""A Wine Country Photographer""

"What Can You Do To Be Consistent?"

"What Can You Do To Be Consistent?"

Westminster, CO - This is a follow up to the earlier posting about getting P*****.

It goes a bit deeper about what you must do to perform those things that will keep you consistant in your search for success.  OR, as Darren Hardy might reference as, your 10 Comandments!

It is all about being productive without "distractions".  Focusing on those activities that produce the desired results, rather than excuses for non-productive activities.

Be sure to subscribe to Darren Daily!!

NO, I do not work for Darren Hardy, but I believe he has some very important lessons to learn and behaviors to develop!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor® 

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance 

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For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive equity" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! 

http://danhopper.com/pages/social-media-506832 

Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. Thank you for reading, ""What Can You Do To Be Consistent?""

"Nothing Like Getting the Right Motivation"

Nothing Like Getting the Right Motivation

Westminster, CO -  Are you willing to do what you need to do in order to move forward in a positive manner?   We all need some kind of encouraging words and actions to motivate day in and day out!

Enjoy the messages from Darren Hardy... Sorry, "Get Pissed"!  Had to put that in here, and you'll know why!  

Make 2016 a fantastic Start, BEST WISHES!!

Darren Daily, subscribe to and listen!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor® Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance 

Please, LIKE my Fan Page at: https://www.facebook.com/DenverHomeMarket 

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For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" equity market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! 

http://danhopper.com/pages/social-media-506832 

Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. Thank you for reading, "Nothing Like Getting the Right Motivation"

Do You Believe it First??

"Do You Believe it First?"

Westminster, CO - We have been so fortunate to have great trainers, mentors, and other professionals right HERE in AR.

Along with that, we have met wonderful business minded folks on similar missions... to create a successful business!

How many times have you reviewed your "business plan" or you "daily activity" to ensure you are getting the maximum results from your production?   

Every day, we are exposed to many systems from vendors across the spectrum directed towards real estate agents and what they must have to be successful.

The truth to all of these systems are they were started with a plan, a belief that if incorporated with the right "mindset", you can achieve pretty much what you set out to do.  My opinion, has always been, if ONE person has created wealth by following ONE system as designed, then MANY can do the same thing.

SO... why is that NOT all can achieve the success from any one system?

I think Darren Hardy touches on ONE simple element to the right "mindset"!

You ask, who is Darren Hardy?  Darren, has been the publisher of Success Magazine until just recently.  His goal is to work with 3 million entrepreneurs and CEOs to help create success for them.  He has written many books to help the Entrepreneur types to create the right attitude and efforts, mindset that leads to success.

Please take the time and listen to what Darren briefly talks about in creating the right mindset.

BELIEF IT!

... and NO am not a paid promoter of Darren Hardy.  When I find successful folks, I believe you should follow them and learn from them!  

Becoming a Leader of many successful people is truly a Blessing!

I HOPE this will lead YOU to a very prosperous New Year in the real estate endeavor!!

Take the plunge, and subscribe to Darren Daily!!  

Oh, I have... and you can see that I had the opportunity to meet Darren Hardy, as well, see below photo!!

Thank you for reading my blog, Dan Hopper, Realtor®

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It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! http://danhopper.com/pages/social-media-506832 

Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado. Thank you for reading, "Do You Believe it First?"

"It Tis the Season..."

"It Tis the Season"

    Westminster, CO- Yes, "it Tis the Season" for caring and sharing!  OH, let's not forget about the White Christmas, too!!  Oops, we are a bit early... but that is Denver and Colorado weather!!  

It is one of those days that you might as well just stay inside and work on the internet!!  I mean... why get in a snow bank or worse, an accident?? 

Why not discover "What Your Home Is Worth", and stay warm in the process!!

For those that MUST get out and drive, please be careful and we wish you the very best on returning home without incident!!  

I will take this moment to reflect upon the wonderful blessings we have received over this year, 2015.   We look forward to another exciting year in 2016, and will continue to improve in our lives and business!

The very Best Wishes to all of you and your Family!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper, Realtor®

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance

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" For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!!

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!!

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!!

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Dan Hopper, Realtor®, specializes in residential real estate in the Greater Metro Denver and Front Range areas, assisting the community in buying and selling real estate, Foreclosure avoidance in Denver Short Sales, Arvada, Golden, Denver, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Broomfield, and Colorado.

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"Cute Cat Reminds Us that Things Happen!!"

"Cute Cat Reminds Us that Things Happen!!"

   Westminster, CO - Happy Holidays to All!!  As we move into this "festive season", we wish the very Best to you and your family!!

Oh yes, we caught our Cat doing a selfie, so we photo bombed it!!

I could not help myself by watching this video, below, a few times over... and I realize that this "theme" of the video really does touch home in our daily lives!!

What do I mean by that?  Simple... this cat reminds us that we must always be prepared for the "unknown or unseen" events that causes us to always take a different avenue when reacting to a problem!  

REMEMBER, be the "problem solver" for your client!!  Be confident, be bold, be there with positive posture, and always smile!!

Enjoy the video!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance

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" For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! 

Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!! 

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A Career Buyer Takes The Stage!

Westminster, CO - Must be something in the wind this Fall... but I have finally closed on a buyer I picked up in 2012!!  Yep, my "career buyer", that has made the decision to buy.

I must have shown this family homes in the Wheat Ridge area, a suburb West of downtown Denver, about 40-45 homes over 3 yrs.  A great location for many that want to be 15 minutes from the foothills of the Rocky Mtns, and 15 minutes from downtown Denver.

I met them at an "open house" I conducted in the Wheat Ridge area, and continued to stay with them ever sense.  

So, after losing out on about 4 homes due to competition, a successful win and closing on their new purchase mid-October was very exciting for them, as well as, for me!

I guess the "moral" to this story is... continue to provide a service to a client that trusts you and believes in you, and there will be a "happy ending" for all!

My Wife kept telling me, "patience is a virtue"... she was right, even tho I wanted to slap the snot out of patience!!

Thank you for reading my blog, 

Dan Hopper 

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance

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For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!!

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!! 

PLEASE FOLLOW DAN AT YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE! CLICK ON LINK BELOW!!

http://danhopper.com/pages/social-media-506832 

Dan Hopper specializes in assisting home owners to avoid Foreclosure in Denver, Colorado. Denver Loan Modification Help, Denver Short Sales. Denver Realtor. Westminster, CO Loan Modification Help, Westminster, CO Short Sales, and Westminster Realtor. 

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A Short Sale Listing to Remember!

A Short Sale Listing to Remember!

Westminster, CO - Wow, what a crazy short sale experience, and I have had many to ponder over!!   Now, mind you... I have done about 70 over the last 15 yrs, and probably 20 of those were assisting other Brokers in my office.

This one takes the cake!!  I have not touched a short sale in about 1.5 yrs, until I was referred to this one in May.  Just to keep it simple, it involved a seller that was in default for 5 yrs.  You wonder how is that?  After, many trial loan mods and a note being bought from one lender to another, it has come down to foreclosure process being started last December 2014.

I normally do not work my own buyers on my short sales, and it is probably a good thing I did on this one!  The buyer was a very good prospect that just wanted this property no matter how long it took or what was involved.  Good thing, too!!

The seller was a bit difficult to work with, but we managed to make it happen, and closed last week.  Patience with the seller to move into a rental was somewhat of the delay, but so was working the 1st and 2nd lienholders.

Bottom line to all of this, and sort of makes me NOT want to see another short sale for some time, was the lost commissions to make this work.

The 1st lienholder was a complete pay-off, since the BPO was about $35,000 higher than the TOTAL pay-off amount. Simple right?  Well, not at first.  The offer we had in hand was about $15,000 over that pay-off.  Remember, when a lienholder has total pay-off with and an offer in hand that is over than amount, they DO NOT care about selling costs, that is your problem as they stated to us.

Simple solution... eliminate the 1st lienholder, get them payed off by getting the purchase price closer to the BPO value.  Not to satisfy the 1st lienholder, but to have funds to work the 2nd lienholder.  There was not much motivation within this process, since these 2 loans were attached to a chapter 7 bankruptcy.  They had no recourse with the borrower, seller.

 A fun ending here!!  

So, the buyer increased their offer by $13,000, and I decreased my commission by $18,000 (stupid or get it done?).  Got the 2nd lienholder paid off at $14,000, the 1st paid off at $455,000.  

You wonder what happens when a borrower is behind for 5 yrs?  Well, the balance in default was $320,000!!  Making accrued interest and back payments a value of $135,000 (including attorney fees).  For that total pay-off $455,000.

YES, that was my face, Linda Blair above, for about one hour!!  My good deed for the year!!  $8,000 commission better than a kick in the teeth, as my Mother would tell me!!

Thank you for reading my blog,

Dan Hopper

Broker Associate @RE/MAX Alliance 

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For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the HOP to Excellence"!! 

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!! Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!!

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Dan Hopper specializes in assisting home owners to avoid Foreclosure in Denver, Colorado. Denver Loan Modification Help, Denver Short Sales. Denver Realtor. Westminster, CO Loan Modification Help, Westminster, CO Short Sales, and Westminster Realtor. 

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Time Management or Massive Action?

"Time Management or Massive Action?"

 Westminster, CO - We all have had the overwhelming marketing of "Time Management" tools coming at us from many directions!   How many have actually implemented a system to find it useful to producing results?  

There are so many out there, and some very good ones, too.  Yet, what if we just did those things that created productive results?  Without, trying to define the exact times, hours, activities, etc.... to achieve our goals and desired results. Some times we just tend to over complicate what really needs to be done!!

Remember, whether you want to call yourself a "real estate consultant, buyer consultant, seller consultant, advocate for buyers and sellers, etc.", you are a Salesperson!!  Be proud of this profession and do not be afraid to LEARN how to do it better!!

Take a moment and review some of the books Grant Cardone has authored!  YOU will learn some pretty neat things, and YES, Grant gets in your face!  "If you want change, then you must do something different to make that happen"!!

This never should take the place of your current Mentor, but to ADD value to yourself, and your profession, your family, God, and yes, Country!!

What a great time to jump right into it, this coming Independence Day Celebration!!

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 For your NEXT MOVE ... 'Take the  HOP to Excellence"!!

It is encouraging to see the real estate market change to a "positive" market swing, and NOW is the TIME to seize that opportunity to Buy and Sell!!

Sellers, we need your home on the market, there are Buyers out there searching for homes, due to the lack of inventory!!

CONTACT DAN, NOW!!

Dan Hopper specializes in assisting home owners to avoid Foreclosure in Denver, Colorado. Denver Loan Modification Help, Denver Short Sales. Denver Realtor. Westminster, CO Loan Modification Help, Westminster, CO Short Sales, and Westminster Realtor.

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