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Let the Biblical Floods Subside

• June 20, 2014
• Tagged as: Colorado Floods, The Jay Garvens Show

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  Natural disasters are a fact of life in Colorado Springs. You can nearly set your watch to them. Every year we are guaranteed at least one moderately destructive hailstorm, one large wildfire, and at...

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FACT CHECK: House District 20

• June 18, 2014
• Tagged as: Miles Dewhirst, Mortgage, Mortgage Banking, Politics, Real Estate, The Jay Garvens Show

By Leslie Jorgensen Four Republican candidates are running in a race to replace Representative Bob Gardner who is term limited. Judging by the radio ads and email exchanges, the two frontrunners appear to be businessman…

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Attack of the Killer Loan

• June 6, 2014
• Tagged as: Mortgage, Mortgage Banking, Real Estate, The Jay Garvens Show

            My August 4th, 2012, show titled “Attack of the Killer Loan” was an instant cult classic. It sparked a torrent of calls and emails, and I have referenced it…

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HAIL TO COLORADO

• June 6, 2014
• Tagged as: Mortgage, Mortgage Banking, Real Estate, The Jay Garvens Show

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  As a radio host, it’s important that I remain assiduously topical. There are times when people aren’t talking about mortgages; it’s rare, but it does happen. In such instances, it’s my duty to contribute...

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Story of a Vet

• May 30, 2014
• Tagged as: The Jay Garvens Show, Veterans Day

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Much as I enjoy talking about the real estate and mortgage industries, I find it refreshing to dedicate the occasional show to other important topics. This week, the subject was veterans and their stories. If...

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When and What? Buying a House

• May 21, 2014
• Tagged as: Buying a House, The Jay Garvens Show

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Impulse buys are seldom reasonable, but most are at least excusable. The World’s First Flying Tricycle, for example, has a multitude of practical uses. To impulsively buy a house, however, is neither reasonable nor excusable....

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Momma Knows Best

• May 13, 2014
• Tagged as: Buying Tips, Mother's Day, The Jay Garvens Show

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Did you call your mother? Did she remark that she can’t believe it’s snowing in Colorado on Mother’s Day? “Easter, sure, but Mother’s Day?” This seems to be the template for most conversations with mothers:...

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Spring Cleaning

• May 6, 2014
• Tagged as: Credit Repair, Spring Cleaning, The Jay Garvens Show

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You prepared for it all winter. You dreaded it, accepted it, then bit the bullet and tackled it. You scrubbed the floors, purged the closets, and shook out the rugs. Now—finally!—you feel you’ve finished with...

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Spring has Sprung: The Purchase Wave to Come

• May 2, 2014
• Tagged as: The Jay Garvens Show

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Spring is here—finally!—and I for one am glad to bid farewell to winter. Economically, this winter was a season of uncertainty. The economy was sputtering, the full effects of the sequester had been realized, new...

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Government Stimulus & Buyer Beware: Jedi Mind Tricks When Buying a House

• April 23, 2014
• Tagged as: Government Stimulus, The Jay Garvens Show

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We are now effectively five years into the government’s 2009 stimulus program. How’s that going for us? To save the banking system and revive the economy, the government tried TARP, tax cuts, tax hikes, and...

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