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Home and property
Buying, assessments and appeals, special districts on the tax bill, HOAs, short-term-rental rules, and the property questions specific to Colorado.
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Home and property - June 10, 2026
Radon is a normal home test to run in Baca County
Radon is a common indoor-air concern in Colorado homes, and a simple test tells you where a Baca County house stands before you move in.
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Reading the layered plateau country above the Grand Valley in Mesa County
The high plateaus above the Grand Valley are dramatic, layered geology worth understanding. The Colorado Geological Survey maps where the ground can move, including the 2014 West Salt Creek landslide near Collbran that took three lives.
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Testing for radon is a normal step for a Pueblo County home
Radon is a natural soil gas that can build up indoors across Colorado, and testing a Pueblo County home is a simple, standard part of buying or owning one.
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The Slumgullion Earthflow is a slow landslide you can see from the road
A slow-moving earthflow near Lake City dammed a river to form Lake San Cristobal and parts of it are still moving today.
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The South Platte can flood, so check the floodplain before you buy near it
The South Platte River that runs through Logan County is usually low, but it has flooded the valley before, so a property's flood-zone status is worth checking before you buy.
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Wildfire is part of life in Huerfano County's forest edge
Homes in the wooded country around La Veta, Cuchara, and the Spanish Peaks sit in wildfire territory, and defensible space is work worth doing before there is smoke.
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