By Marc Cunningham - Tuesday, August 27, 2024

HB24-1318 Landlords Required To Pay For Property Modifications For Tenants With Disabilities

HB24-1318 Landlords Required To Pay For Tenant Disability Modifications To Rental Properties *Grace Property Management is not an attorney firm, and this is not legal advice. The below is simply our interpretation of some aspects of HB 24-1318. A legal professional should be consulted before relying on any of the below information. Colorado House ...

By Marc Cunningham - Monday, January 29, 2024

Top Reasons Landlords Get Sued On Tenant Security Deposit Returns

After working with thousands of real estate investors over the past several decades, we have seen a pattern in some of the most common mistakes that landlords make when they are returning a security deposit to a tenant vacating a property. When a tenant moves out of a property, the landlord must complete a security deposit disposition, where they r...

By Marc Cunningham - Saturday, February 20, 2021

Four COVID-19 Landlord Legal Updates

Key PointsCOVID-19 relief legislation for property managers and tenants is active, and in many cases extended through March 31, 2021.Relief related to eviction, late fees, and mortgages is available for property managers and tenants. COVID-19 relief legislation requires property managers to be educated in order to execute proper relief to tena...

By Marc Cunningham - Monday, October 19, 2020

Is Now the Time to Sell Your Denver Rental Property?

As we approach the end of 2020, and with the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force, many Denver real estate investors are asking this question in the midst of chaos: “Is now the right time to sell my Denver rental property?” To answer this question we offer four considers for every real estate investor:1. Interest Rates are at All Time...

By Marc Cunningham - Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Do I Have to Pay My Mortgage During COVID-19?

COVID-19 is impacting nearly every aspect of our lives, and real estate investors are particually impacted as some tenants are not able to pay rent. Our clients have a lot of questions including:"Do I still need to make my mortgage payment during COVID-19 if my tenants aren’t paying rent?" In this blog post, we explain the COVID-19...

By Marc Cunningham - Saturday, February 22, 2020

Biggest Risk For Colorado Real Estate Investors & Tenants in 2020

**Important Update - HB20-114 was just voted down in committee. Thank you to the wise legislators who voted no - please reach out and thank them for supporting affordable housing in Colorado! They are listed at the bottom of this post**In 2019, there were a number of pieces of legislation passed in Colorado to give renters more rights as it related...

By Marc Cunningham - Saturday, September 28, 2019

Warranty of Habitability Law Update for Denver Real Estate Investors

Earlier in 2019, Colorado legislature passed four new laws impacting Colorado real estate investors, property managers, and landlords. In part four of our four part blog series on these real estate law updates, we’re going over HB19-1170, which outlines updated laws regarding warranty of habitability for Colorado rental properties.What is Wa...

By Marc Cunningham - Sunday, August 25, 2019

Update: Time Period to Cure Lease Violations for Denver Property Managers

In previous posts, we’ve highlighted new laws recently passed in the Colorado legislature that have a significant impact on Denver property managers and real estate investors.In this post, President Marc Cunningham reviews the law update regarding the time period to cure lease violations for tenants. Evicting tenants due to non payments is ne...

By Marc Cunningham - Sunday, July 28, 2019

Rental Application Fairness Act for Denver Real Estate Investors

Recently, four new laws relating to Colorado property management have impacted how Denver landlords and real estate investors manage their properties. We looked at the Bed Bugs in Residential Premises Act in a previous post. In this post, we discuss rental applications. Like most things in the world, the price of renting and applying to rent p...

By Marc Cunningham - Sunday, June 23, 2019

Bed Bugs in Residential Premises Act HB19-1328

The state of Colorado passed four laws in HB19-1328that significantly affect how Denver landlords and real estate investors manage their rental properties. We give an overview of these four laws Colorado landlords need to know. In this post, we’ll be breaking down the law update relating to bed bugs in Denver rental properties and discus...