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Summit County Home
The May/June 2014 edition. Real Estate & Mountain Lifestyle Monthly.
REAL ESTATE & MOUNTAIN LIFESTYLES | M ay/June 2014 3D TECHNOLOGY: THE NEXT BIG THING HOME FRONT Visit summitdaily.com/realestate to read our tablet and desktop edition. MARKET REPORT DESIGN & STYLE Summitdaily.com/realestate 1 PROPERTIES OF THE SUMMIT Each office is independently owned and operated. MOUNTAINWOOD 2BR/2BA condo yards from QuickSilver Lift | $459,000 DOWNTOWN BRECKENRIDGE with picturesque views of the Ski Slopes. 3 bedroom / 2 bath | $795,000 Welcome Home .5 Acre Frisco Home Site Bills Ranch | $425,000 Slopeside 2BR + Murphy 3BA Corner Unit Less than 150 Steps to River Run Gondola | $599,000 Sunny 3BR/3BA with 2-car garage in quiet Mountain Pines Subdivision | $679,000 VICTORIAN GABLES 2 bedroom /2 bath + garage | $545,000 www.VictorianGablesHome.com Nancy Burniche Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist 970.389.1212 email@example.com REMAX Properties of the Summit 220 S Main St Breckenridge Call Butch Today for a Showing! Voyd J. "Butch" Elich II Broker Associate 970.389.4005 RE/MAX Properties of the Summit 305 Main Street, Frisco email@example.com THE BERGMAN'S Making "Mountain Dreams" a Reality 3 Bed/2.75 Bath. Price reduced to $375,295. Great Keystone Penthouse! since 1970 The Bergmans, 1957: Lolly, Keystone Founder - Bill Sr., Bill Jr., and Jane The Tradition Continues: Bill Bergman Jr. SIN 1 CE 98 1 Bill Bergman · MBA BROKER ASSOCIATE 120 Buffalo, Dillon, CO (720) 291-3299 REAL ESTATE AT A HIGHER LEVEL email@example.com 4 Bed/2 Bath a "Stone's Throw" from the Snake River and Adjacent Elevated Resort Living Roomy condo w/vaulted ceilings, new finishes. 1,006 sq ft 1 bed/1 bath. Flying Dutchman Unit 1170, Keystone. Offered at $184,500 Lake Dillon Views. Backs to National Forest. Upscale Finishes in Remodeled Single Family House. Corinthian Hill. $690,000. 5 BD/3BA/2894 sq. ft. Dillon. Horse property and Huge Gore Range Views. $899,000. 4 bed/3 bath 2357 sq ft on 40 acres. Silverthorne. Shuttle to the ski lift from your front door. Spacious 1671 sq. ft., 3 bed/3 bath with a slope view, remodeled kitchen, under-bldg. parking, Sts John in Keystone $450,000 Laurie Williams A Managing Broker RE/MAX Properties of the Summit 970.485.3994 email@example.com SummitCountySkiProperty.com Newly completed luxury paired homes with slope views. Sanctuary at Keystone Units 17 & 18. $819,500 and $840,000. 3 bed/2.5 bath. 2180 sq ft. 2 living areas. Keystone. Parade of Homes award-winning residence. 3,751 sq ft. 4 Bed/4 Bath. 353A Ensign Dr., Corinthian Hill. Offered at $1,225,000. Spacious Keystone Single Family Home On One Level, $1,350,000. 4bed/5 bath/4615 sq. ft. Half acre fenced. Access to pool. 248 Wild Irishman. Privacy, Views and Best Location at Keystone!. Walk to village, activities, shops and dining. Spacious 3-bed/3-bath, 1900 +/- sq ft w/ attached garage. Exquisite furnishings included. Red Hawk Townhomes, River Run Village. Now Offered at $945,000 Saddle Ridge Townhomes in Silverthorne for $389,000. 3 Bed/3 Bath. Family Room 1 car garage ~1,900 sq ft. All new stainless appliances. Perfect get away! Kouri Wolf MRE Broker Associate RE/MAX Properties of the Summit 970.333.0303 firstname.lastname@example.com KWolfRealEstate.com Luxury at Keystone Ranch Golf course for $1,895,000. 326 Mountain Bluebell 6 Bedroom / 4 Bath / 4,539 +/- Sq Ft. Panoramic Views, Open Floorplan, Gourmet Kitchen. 6561 Settler's Creek Townhome for $320,000 1/2 ownership. 3 Bed/3 Bath/1585+/- Sq Ft 1 Car Attached Garage. Very sunny, private, great views, steps to free shuttle. New Development in Breckenridge: Peak Ten Bluffs. Starting at $1,282,500 Now Under Construction! 3 Bed/ 3.5 Bath/2,823 +/- Sq Ft. Family Room, Two Car Garage, Views, luxury interiors, mountain design Build with Us. Stay with Us. BUILDER Magazine's 2012 AmericA's Best Builder New Construction & Renovations Luxury Rentals & Property Management 335 North Main Street Breckenridge, Colorado | 970.453.0727 | pinnaclebreckenridge.com Summitdaily.com/realestate 7 WELCOME CONTENTS matt sandberg Publisher jason woodside Advertising Director ASHLEY KUJAWSKI, Cindy Boisvert, meredith metz Account Managers Jessica Smith Editor afton Groepper Creative Team Supervisor ASHLEY DETMERING Art Director CARLY HOOVER, Malisa Samsel, Darin bliss Production & Design Summit County Home is published monthly by Colorado Mountain News Media, 40780 U.S. Hwy 6 & 24, Avon, CO, 81620. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher. ©2013 Colorado Mountain News Media. REAL ESTATE & MOUNTAIN LIFESTYLES | M AY/JUNE 2014 3D TECHNOLOGY: THE NEXT BIG THING 10 MARKET REPORT March monetary volume is up 30% from March 2013. 12 FACES & PLACES FIRC's new building, Mardi Paws, dancing and more! WEDDINGS Homes offer unique venue opportunities for your special day. 26 PROPERTY SPOTLIGHT 128 Masters Drive on Copper Creek Golf Course. 28 SERVICE DIRECTORY An extensive list of local professionals, brokers and REALTORS®. 30 THE VIEW Unique perspective within an aspen glade. HOME FRONT Visit summitdaily.com/realestate to read our tablet and desktop edition. MARKET REPORT DESIGN & STYLE Summitdaily.com/realestate 1 ON THE COVER This Breckenridge house is in the Highlands, near the golf course. PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAY SCHWARCK PHOTOGRAPHY 29 TRANSACTIONS Summit Real Estate Transactions, April 2014 PHOTO BY NICK YOUNG 15 3D TECHNOLOGY Software program allows owners to walk around inside their house before contruction even begins. 21 MOUNTAIN 8 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 market report MAR KET PER SPECTI VE historical Transaction breakdown YTD GROSS VOLUME BY YEAR - number of residental transactions, year to date - MARKET SNAPSHOT 239 254 205 2012 YTD 2012 $109,278,500 2013 $116,142,700 2013 YTD 2014 YTD 2014 $129,120,700 March monetary volume ($60,774,200) is up 30% from March 2013. Transactions volume is up +1% from March 2013. March numbers indicate the best increases since March 2008. The most active price points in January were between $400k-$500k. March had 27 Single family, 77 Multi-family and 7 Vacant land transactions. PURCHASER HIGHLIGHTS SECOND HOMEOWNERS TRANSACTIONS YTD 2014 33% OUT OF STATE 49% FRONT RANGE 17% LOCALS 1% INTERNATIONAL 2014 AVERAGE PRICE HISTORY Single family is $844,781 YTD Multi-family is $370,038 YTD Vacant Land is $414,465 YTD 10 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 COURTESY OF LAND TITLE Average Residential pricing for SCHOLARSHIPS NEGOTIATING TABLE SUMMIT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS GRANTS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The Summit Association of Realtors is dedicated to supporting our local community in a number of ways. Each year, SAR continues its long-standing commitment to local high school students by participating in the annual Summit High School Local Scholarship Night. This year the event was held on Monday, April 7th at Summit High School. SAR Scholarship Committee representatives Anne Marie Ohly and Jackie McPheeters were honored to present scholarships totaling $8,000 to ten collegebound Summit High School seniors. This year's recipients are as follows: DUNCAN BIGGIN MEGAN ELIZABETH COSTELLO GRACE COTTRELL DOMINICK DILALLO TESSA GUNNIN SERENITY STREAM MITCHELL CRISTINA ALEXIS ORTIZ ANNE LOUISE PARKER MADISON HUNT SNYDER JULIA LOUISE PARKER SAR Representative Anne Marie Ohly presents a scholarship at SHS Local Scholarship Night. SAR TAKES ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION; UNCONTROLLED PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUM ESCALATION Last summer, the Governor's Wildfire Insurance and Forest Health Taskforce made strong recommendations that could severely impact the real estate market in Summit County, and across mountain resort communities. The recommendations suggest a risk-rating map for every individual property in the wildland urban interface (WUI), with Summit County having the most in the state with 23,000 properties. Homes in these areas would be required to provide a disclosure at point of sale that indicates the property is in a high wildfire risk area. Also concerning are suggestions that there be additional fees on properties in the high-risk areas to help offset the cost of wildfires, and requirements for wildfire mitigation on each property. There are many concerns that these recommendations could stigmatize properties, and unintentionally increase property insurance premiums, already skyrocketing. This legislative session though, legislators are ignoring the task¬force recommendations and taking a positive approach: education. Local organizations working together can be more successful in deter¬mining local wildfire mitigation needs than the state at large. To that end, The Summit Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors recently voted to take a pro¬active approach to wildfire mitigation in Summit County. The Board will work to create a task¬force with the Towns in Summit County to work together to educate home and property owners on ways to voluntarily create defensible spaces. The task force will also look at opportunities to obtain grant dollars for individual homeowners to assist in the cost of mitigation. The Summit Board will also partner with the Vail Board of Realtors in asking our U.S. Senators and Congressman to obtain federal aid to assist the U.S. Forest Service and BLM in cleaning up the forests adjacent to our communities. By taking a pro¬active approach, SAR hopes to help educate our local community through our realtors, local and federal governments, and fire districts in a county wide education campaign to help prevent any future efforts to mandate potentially negative, impactful requirements in our areas, while also protecting our community from catastrophic wildfire. LOCAL REALTORS TEN REASONS WHY YOU NEED A LOCAL REALTOR Com m un it y Challe n g e This month's challenge: With spring upon on, the melting snow can uncover lots of trash that has accumulated throughout the winter. Organize a neighborhood clean-up day and spruce up the area around where you live! Summit County realtors are making a tremendous difference in the lives of people and our community every day. From volunteering for their favorite charity to donating time and money to help support low-income residents with emergency housing needs, our local realtors are making a difference in our community. We invite you to join our realtors in a "community challenge" that will be shared each month in this column. 1. When selling your home, your local REALTOR® can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace including the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties. 2. Your REALTOR® can help you determine your buying power -- that is, your financial reserves plus your borrowing capacity. 3. Your REALTOR® has many resources to assist you in your home search. Sometimes the property you are seeking is available but not actively advertised in the market, and it will take some investigation by your agent to find all available properties. 4. Your REALTOR® can assist you in the selection process by providing objective information about each property. Agents who are REALTORS® have access to a variety of resources including local community information on utilities, zoning, and schools. 5. Your REALTOR® can help you negotiate. There is a myriad of negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. Your agent can advise you as to which investigations and inspections are recommended or required. 6. Your REALTOR® provides due diligence during the evaluation of the property. Depending on the area and property, this could include inspections for dry rot, asbestos, faulty structure, roof condition, septic tank and well tests, just to name a few. Your REALTOR® can assist you in finding qualified responsible professionals to do most of these investigations and provide you with written reports. 7. Your REALTOR® markets your property to other real estate agents and the public. Often, your REALTOR® can recommend repairs or cosmetic work that will significantly enhance the salability of your property. 8. Your REALTOR® will know when, where and how to advertise your property. There is a misconception that advertising sells real estate. A study by the National Association of Realtors shows that 82% of real estate sales are the result of agent contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, family and personal contacts. HOMEFRONT SOCIAL GALLERY FACES&PLACES BELOW: FIRC Open House: County Commissioners Dan Gibbs, left, and Thomas Davidson, right, helped cut the ribbon at the FIRC Open House event celebrating the nonprofit's new office in Silverthorne. Dancing Delectables duo: Thekla and Merl Schultz practice their swing dance moves for the Evening of Dancing and Delectables fundraiser for the Summit High School music department. Mardi Paws Barkus Parade: Kim Nicoletti and her four-legged friend joined others dressed to the nines for the Mardi Paws Barkus Parade this February, an event to benefit the League for Animals and People of the Summit (LAPS) nonprofit organization. ABOVE: Peak 9 Restaurant owner Kevin Brown, left, shared a moment with skiing legend C.J. Mueller on closing day of the restaurant, Sunday, April 20. 12 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 It is totally within your power to decide whether it is the right time for you and your family to move or purchase a second home. Even in the current market."How?" Let's look at the simplicity of the famous Serenity Prayer and apply it to buying a home in today's real estate market. W hy does any house sell? Simple. The Buyer and Seller came together! The Buyer believed the property was a good value and it fit their needs. The Seller believed the offer would work for them to move onto their next adventures! Our Summit County real estate market is in transition right now – moving in a very positive direction - and in a transitional market, the predictability of market value is diminished. I came across an article that may help you feel more stable from the "Keeping Matters Current" blog (used with permission!) HOW THE SERENITY PRAYER MAY HELP WHEN BUYING A HOME You may be frustrated while attempting to buy a home in today's market. You may feel powerless in the process. How could anyone possibly know whether the current good news about housing will continue? There is no doubt that today's real estate market is difficult to navigate. However, know that thousands of homes sold yesterday, thousands will sell today and thousands will sell each and every day from now until the end of the year. "GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN; AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE." Accept the things you cannot change. The two main concerns many talk about when discussing the housing market are: 1. The current lack of inventory in many segments is impacting housing prices 2. The impending raise in interest rates As an individual, there is very little you can do to impact either of those two situations. The best think-tanks in the country are struggling to discover what impact each of these items have on real estate. Price will only be higher later this year and though interest rates are rising, they are still at historic lows. That means that your monthly housing expense will still be lower than almost any time in the last 50 years. The wisdom to know the difference. With the winter over, the outlook on inventory is moving up. Sellers will look to come out of hibernation and list their homes. The question is whether or not it makes sense to delay moving on with your life until everything gets 'better'. Should you not buy a property and not live your mountain dream? Should you hang on to a property here even though your doctor recommends you move to a climate better suited to your current medical situation? This is where your wisdom must kick in. You already know the answers to the questions we just asked. You have the power to take control of the situation by moving forward. The time may have come for you and your family to move on and start living the life you desire. That is what truly matters. Have the courage to change the things you can. Whether you are a first-time buyer or a move-up buyer and you believe now is the right time for your family to purchase a home or a vacation home – DO IT! Agent: For answers to your real estate questions, call Allison at 970-468-6800. Email - firstname.lastname@example.com. Her philosophy is simple, whether buying or selling, she understands that the most important real estate transaction is yours. Want to know the value of your Summit County property? Visit www.SummitHomeValue.com Allison Simson Company: Summit Real Estate, The Simson Team Contact: 970.468.6800 email@example.com Summitdaily.com/realestate 13 TECHNOLOGY A Glimpse of the Future I by JESSICA SMITH f a photo is worth 1,000 words, how much is a threedimensional design worth? While Michael Rath, managing partner of Trilogy Partners in Breckenridge, doesn't have a tangible number, he's experienced the power of a 3D design tool. Just over two years ago, he incorporated the three-dimensional modeling program SketchUp into his process, and hasn't looked back since. "It's kind of a game changer," he said. HOMEFRONT TECHNOLOGY HOW IT WORKS THE 3D MODELING PROGRAM SKETCHUP SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT A BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE BEFORE IT'S BUILT. THE MODELS ARE A MORE HIGH-TECH VERSION OF BLUEPRINTS, WHICH WERE TRADITIONALLY HAND-DRAWN. PHOTO BY NICK YOUNG. DESIGN MODELS COURTESY TRILOGY PARTNERS. 16 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 WHAT IT IS Designed in Boulder, SketchUp software came into being around 2000, spent a few years as property of Google and now is owned by Trimble Buildings, a group that builds construction technology. Unlike programs like Revit and others from AutoCAD that cost hundreds of dollars and more, SketchUp is free. For people like Rath, that means that not only can he and his colleagues easily download and use the program, but so can his clients. "With this we're trying to create a comprehensive process that allows the client to totally understand what they're paying for, what's being designed," Rath said. Ralph Henderson's Breckenridge home is currently going through a large remodel and he has used SketchUp with Rath throughout the process. "For me, the customer, to look at an idea and see what it would look like, … you see it and get a feel for it," Henderson said. In the past, architects used hand-drawn blueprints to convey the aspects of the to-be house to customers. Computers ushered in more complicated pictures and 3D models, but now programs like SketchUp have reached a new level of detail. "The days of drawing plans and elevations, we've gone past that, and that's going to be the trend," said Marc Hogan, architect and principal of bhh Partners in Breckenridge. He feels this is a good thing. "I don't really think the artistry is lost. I think it's actually improved because you get to look at more options," he said. Using the GPS coordinates of the house-to-be and Google Earth, Rath "drops" the three-dimensional outline of the house onto the property. Later, this will get more detailed, from furniture placement all the way down to wall textures and the tile design in the bathrooms. Once the house is geo-located, Rath (and anyone with the SketchUp technology) can look at it from an eagle's eye perspective, then with a few clicks of the mouse, zoom inside any room. Once inside, turning toward the windows will show the outside view, particularly any mountains, as it will be seen from inside the actual building, courtesy of Google Earth. On paper blueprints, an architect would draw an arrow indicating the direction of the view, but with SketchUp, Rath can actually show it. WITH THIS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A COMPREHENSICE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE CLIENT TO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR, WHAT'S BEING DESIGNED – MICHAEL RATH, MANAGING PARTNER, TRILOGY PARTNERS ABOVE/LEFT: THE SKETCHUP BATHROOM MODEL COMPARED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT. BELOW: A KITCHEN AS SEEN IN THE SKETCHUP 3D MODELING PROGRAM BESIDE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE KITCHEN ITSELF. "This is exactly what you're going to see," he said. That way, he can orient the windows exactly to match the ideal view. If the mountain doesn't fully show up in the window, the plans for the windows can be changed. If a muntin (the strip of wood separating panes of glass in a window) is blocking the mountain, it can be moved — and all before construction even starts. "If we don't make mistakes, then we save money too," said Rath. "When we design these houses, we know exactly what we're doing, exactly what we're going to build." This is particularly helpful for the engineers and architects, like Hogan, working with Rath. "It actually saves us time. We've been able to cut our costs by about 50 percent by having the 3D capabilities. It allows you to do things quicker and then the programs are smarter, so accordingly, it's taken a lot of the drudgery out," said Hogan. "It helps you troubleshoot problems before PHOTOS BY NICK YOUNG. DESIGN MODELS COURTESY OF TRILOGY PARTNERS. you're out in the field. … It saves a lot of stress." One of the features that Henderson liked best about using the program was how it helped him and his wife visualize all aspects of the remodel. "I'm pretty decent looking at 2D stuff, standard old architecture drawings, but there are a lot of people that probably aren't so good at visualizing," he said. Another feature of the 3D model can be used to calculate maximum energy efficiency. The program shows what direction sunlight will come from at any given date or time, which will affect window placement. Windows are popular features of Colorado houses, Rath said, but sometimes they're not always thought out. If windows are placed into a wall that receives a lot of sunlight, the house will stay warmer in the winter. However, if an array of windows is put into a side of the house that receives little to no sun, the place will be colder, requiring more energy and money to heat it, particularly during the winter months. Problems like this can easily be avoided by looking at the 3D model. It's also incredibly precise. For example, Rath can look up exactly where the sun is going to hit on a house at 7:02 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2014. Summitdaily.com/realestate 17 HOMEFRONT TECHNOLOGY INTERIOR DESIGN TOOL TOP: A HOUSE IN SUMMIT COUNTY CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE OWNERS USED SKETCHUP TO VIEW THE PROJECT AND MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED. ABOVE (2): SKETCHUP STAIRCASE MODEL, LEFT, AND PHOTO OF FINISHED STAIRCASE, RIGHT. PHOTOS BY NICK YOUNG. DESIGN MODELS COURTESY TRILOGY PARTNERS. 18 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 Not only does the SketchUp model assist in the architectural aspects of building a house, but in its design as well. Rath has used SketchUp for brand-new houses as well as already-built hoses in need of a remodel. "The amount of detail that's getting into these houses because of this is extraordinary," said Rath. "I detail everything down to the nth degree." To provide the detail, Rath uses a file of hundreds of textures and designs for tiles, walls, fireplaces and outdoor siding. If a texture isn't in his database, he does some research — sometimes driving around town — and takes a picture, uploads it into Photoshop and adds it to the model. This way, clients can view changes with the click of a mouse, before any materials are ordered. "(It's) not just 'the wall's going to be green,'" said Henderson, of the exact detail of the software. "It's whatever color of Sherwin Williams' green you pick out." Rath can also do concept design. For example, he could create a custom chandelier in the program, and if the customer likes it, he would contact various contractors to see if it could then be made. "We can not only design it but we know how it's going to look," he said. "We can tweak it, we can make a decision, if it's worth spending four or five thousand dollars." The program also allows for the distribution of furniture and appliances, down to the exact models, all uploaded by Rath and easily manipulated with the mouse. CONNECTING One of the things Rath likes best about SketchUp is that he and his clients have constant access to it from their computers. "A lot of our clients don't live here," he said. "They can have a copy of the model on their computer, I can make changes, upload it to Drop Box," and then customers contact him with their comments, ideas and suggestions. It is, essentially, a communication tool between Rath and his clients, whether they're on the Front Range or across the world. They can enter their house-tobe anywhere at any time, and often Rath will go through the model at the same time as his clients, discussing each aspect and design decision along the way. "It's literally walking through the house together," he said. This is true for Henderson, who is based out of Denver. "You don't have to leave the comforts of your own home," he said, while he's discussing the project with Rath. "Michael takes control (of the SketchUp model), and he walks you through … and in no time at all we can say 'we like that' and 'no we didn't like that over there, can we change it?' He does it on the SketchUp model thing and click, you're looking at it!" Henderson said he would definitely recommend using the 3D model to any friends who were remodeling or building a new house. "As in all these things, none of them are perfect, but this is pretty close. It's an excellent communicating tool, to communicate sometimes hard to grasp concepts," he said. "I'm impressed; I'm hooked." LEFT: EARLY STAGES OF A 3D SKETCHUP DESIGN. BELOW: SKETCHUP ALSO HELPS WITH WINDOW PLACEMENT, FROM SHOWING WHAT THE VIEW WILL BE THROUGH GOOGLE EARTH, TO DETERMINING WHICH AREAS GET THE MOST SUNLIGHT. BOTTOM (2): MODEL AND REAL LIFE COMPARISON. PHOTOS BY NICK YOUNG. DESIGN MODELS COURTESY TRILOGY PARTNERS Summitdaily.com/realestate 19 20 Summit County HOME | MAY/JUNE 2014 DESIGN & STYLE MOUN TA IN WEDDINGS YOU'VE FOUND YOUR "PERSON," you've accepted the ring, and the time has come to start planning your dream wedding. While Summit County may be most well known for its skiing, locals know that summertime in the mountains is near perfect. Why not celebrate your big day with the resplendent Rocky Mountain landscape as your backdrop? Step away from a traditional ballroom and into the woods for a refined and rustic mountain wedding. There are a handful of lovely churches and event venues to choose from throughout Summit County. Another appealing and cost effective option is to rent a mountain home to host your entire ceremony, reception, and a place for you and your bridal party to spend the weekend. These beautiful homes often have large common area rooms that can be situated to comfortably host a smaller wedding. Turn the outdoor deck into the ceremony area to fully enjoy the natural beauty that surrounds you. Use the living room as a reception area, and the dining room as a buffet area. These well appointed homes often come with large commercial kitchens that are perfect for caterers. The multiple bedrooms allow you to invite your family members to stay with you in the home, and be surrounded by love and joy all weekend long. Once you've selected the perfect home for your wedding weekend, the fun begins. When it comes to decorating your wedding, there are three areas to consider: theme, color and accents. Before you jump by JASMINE LISTOU BIBLE PHOTO BY KELLY SHROADS into the details, consider an overall theme for your wedding. How formal or informal would you like it to be? Vintage or modern? Start a Pinterest page of the weddings you like and see if there is a common theme among them. While this doesn't have to be a strict style rule, agreeing on an overall vibe may help when moving on to the next steps. Your mountain wedding can be both rustic and refined if you keep a cohesive theme throughout. Summitdaily.com/realestate 21 DESIGN & STYLE MOUN TA IN WEDDINGS The next step is choosing colors for your wedding and bridal party. Consider the interiors of the home that you are renting. For example, if there are bold red accents in the home, consider choosing harmonious colors like blues, turquoise and green shades. Or choose a neutral palette with textural elements like french linen, ivory lace and creamy silk. When it comes to flowers, stick with your color theme, and consider using mountain wildflowers. A tiny sprig of lavender tied with twine can be an impactful place setting. Loosely arranged wildflowers in mason jars can be a delicate and rustic centerpiece on tables. The third step is to choose accents. Avoid becoming trend obsessed and focus on personalizing your wedding. If you are an avid reader, choose a stack of books with spines that match your wedding colors as an accessory to the guest book signing table. If your soonto-be husband is a fisherman, have a florist create a boutonniere with a fanciful fishing fly, sans hook. Elements that are true to your personalities will never go out of style and will be the most memorable for you and your guests. Once you have a game plan for the ceremony and reception areas, think about creative ways that you can utilize the multiple rooms in the house. Transform a guest room or den area to a photo booth, or photo room. Photo booths or rooms are a great way for guests to loosen up and have fun, gifting you with silly images to enjoy for years to come. Choose your backdrop - a solid wall or curtains in your wedding colors, and perhaps a banner with your wedding date. Set out a basket of fun props - hats, glasses, mustaches and scarves in colors that coordinate with your wedding style. If your wedding has a vintage vibe, choose an old fashioned suitcase to house the props. Enlist the help of your photographer to provide proper lighting and camera setup. Turn the game room into a gentleman's whisky bar - a swanky room for your male guests to toast to the happy couple. Turn a guest room into a tea room - ask the caterers to set up coffee and tea for your guests to enjoy throughout the evening. Personalize the room with pictures of you and your groom growing up and your parents or grandparents on their wedding day. Hang the wedding gowns of your mothers and grandmothers for the guests to admire and enjoy the memories of their own weddings. When it comes to wedding favors, send your guests home with a piece of Colorado. Perhaps tiny jars filled with local honey, seed packets with Colorado wildflowers, or tiny soaps from a Summit County soap maker. Enlist the help of your bridesmaids to scan vintage images of Summit County and create postcards on thick paper stock for your guests to take home, reminding them of your beautiful Colorado mountain wedding. BUYING INTO THE RESORT LIFESTYLE? ELEVATE YOUR FINANCING. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM (2): PHOTOS BY KELLY SHROADS FINANCING PRIMARY & SECONDARY RESORT HOMES CALL ME TODAY Betty Lauziere Mortgage Loan Officer 617.645.2715 | NMLS ID: 91413 email@example.com everbank.com/blauziere Lighting | Furniture | Accessories | Rugs | Western Art | | 695 Summit Blvd. | Frisco, CO 80443 | 970.668.9989 14ERM0059.01. NMLS ID: 399805 © 2014 EverBank. All rights reserved. Carbonate Real Estate Company TOM MALMGREN ~ CARMEN YONN Copper Mountain, Colorado Tom Malmgren Owner/Managing Broker Realtor email@example.com 970-968-6854 www.skicopper.net 1-800-526-7737 SELLING COPPER SINCE 1974 COPPER - THE MASTERS HOME Golf & ski from this gorgeous 6 bedroom, 6.5 bath home. 3 fully finished / furnished levels with rec room, library, den, 3 car garage, heated driveway & patio! Offered for $3,100,000 COPPER - TOGWOTEE LODGE TOWNHOMES Located just steps from Copper's Center Village, these townhomes offer great value, spacious floorplans & renovated interiors! Pricing from $369,000 to $1,150,000 COPPER - THE WOODS TOWNHOMES Gorgeous golf & ski townhomes back to fairway #11 with sweeping SKY chute & ski slope views! Large private decks & dedicated garages! Pricing from $658,000 by motivated Sellers! Carmen Yonn Broker Associate Realtor firstname.lastname@example.com COPPER - BEELER PLACE TOWNHOME Sweeping Copper Mountain Resort VIEWS from this high-end townhome. All new interior "top to bottom!" 3 bedrooms + den with 3.5 baths. Offered for $988,000 COPPER - SUMMIT HOUSE EAST CONDOS Located in Copper's East Village. 2 level condos in true turnkey condition with views west across the golf course! Building: hot tub, garage, saunas, elevator & storage. Pricing starts at $299,000 COPPER SPRINGS LODGE CONDO Just listed! 2 bedroom/2 bath condo with open deck, gas fireplace, fully furnished & equipped to meet short term rental requirements. Offered for $359,000 PROPERTIES OF THE SUMMIT Each office is independently owned and operated. Mary D. 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Keep Positioning Simple: "Hit It Where They Ain't."
Long before marketers discovered positioning, early baseball great Wee Willie Keeler (lifetime batting average .345) summed up how to score on the competition: "Hit it where they ain't."
In positioning your B2B software, that means making a unique claim that sets you apart from the competition. Of course, like a well-placed hit, it's even better if it makes the other guys look like they are playing out of position.
How do you do it? Intuitively, the answer is obvious: pay attention to your competitors. Many B2B software companies have a competitive intelligence group, and they typically do a great job of assessing and comparing features, functions, and capabilities. It's hard work, time consuming, and requires a stealth mentality, but these groups almost always focus on product issues, and that's not where your positioning battle is fought.
Avoiding the "Me Too" Trap
Competitive analysis isn't complete until you evaluate competitors' advertisements and marketing materials to uncover intelligence about how they are positioned. This is actually easy work, doesn't take a lot of time, and the results are strategic. It's how you can easily determine whether your proposed product positioning is unique, and avoid creating "me too" marketing materials that fail to set you apart from the competition.
Testing your positioning statement for uniqueness is a critical step in the positioning process, but one that many B2B software marketers overlook. It gives you confidence that you've discovered the right position, assuming you've done all the research (see The Three Cs of Successful Positioning for more detail.)—you need a thorough knowledge of your channel, customer, and competition. In this final part of the series, you'll learn how to avoid the most deadly sin of all—using the same position or a similar one as your competitor, and not knowing it.
Give the Prospect a Break—Differentiate!
It's been more than twenty years since Al Reis and Jack Trout, said, in their marketing classic, Positioning. The Battle for Your Mind, that "too many companies embark on marketing and advertising as if the competitor's position did not exist. They advertise their products in a vacuum and are disappointed when their messages fail to get through."
The goal in positioning is to help the target market associate a significant benefit with your product or company. You can stake your claim to a position by consistently communicating an idea that has meaning and importance to the target audience.
Don't expect the prospect to work hard to understand, for example, that your software delivers benefits your competitor's product does not—or that your competitor has failed to communicate. With one eye on the competition, seek a unique positioning strategy that provides a clear point of differentiation. By definition, differentiating your product will make it stand out, resulting in increased awareness and possible consideration of your product.
Failure to differentiate creates market confusion and that inevitably leads to longer sales cycles, a familiar problem for many B2B software companies. You probably know the symptoms, and most likely blame the buyer for the long sales cycle, but what about "me too" marketing? Differentiation is what B2B software companies covet the most. Yet few companies successfully differentiate, generally because they either don't know how to evaluate and determine competitors' product positioning, or simply don't think it's important.
Clear is Better than Clever
One common mistake is believing that clever writing can make your position unique. This approach will miss the mark when there's no expression of a benefit, and only a clever description of what the product does. You don't have a position if you are not making a benefit claim. And ideally, your benefit claim directly addresses your prospect's most pressing problem. Of course, even then your positioning may not be unique, if someone else has claimed it already.
Scouting the Competition
It's pretty easy to learn how competitors are positioning themselves, because they do it in public. So start reading and analyzing print advertisements, marketing collateral, and Web sites with an eye to deducing the positioning behind them. You'll probably find that a lot of the marketing communications put out by B2B software companies aren't backed by real position. Often, they're just a brain dump of product features or vague platitudes like "be more productive" or "cut costs." They lack the heart and soul of good positioning: a meaningful benefit statement. In other words, a reason the audience should care about their product.
A positioning statement frequently appears in the first or last paragraph (or both) of an advertisement, or in a prominent place on the home page of the Web site. A good one should be a focused benefit idea or concept underpinning the executional theme of the advertisement, home page, brochure, etc. For each competitor, analyze as much of their marketing material as possible, including direct and e-mail marketing pieces, brochures, and press announcements.
Once you have determined each competitor's idea or theme, organize them in a table according to the conveyed benefit statement. Some competitors are likely to have similar or identical positioning statements. Other competitors may publish many claims, making it harder to determine how they are positioned, if at all. It is common—and a mistake—for companies to make two or more benefit claims of equal importance. Check those too.
Figure 1 is a real world example of how the following mid-market and enterprise accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies are positioned.
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In a future, I will look at these vendors in more detail, and explain why I reached the assessments above.
Perception Maps Let You See Where They Ain't
Okay. You've analyzed your competitors, and created an informative table. Now, how do you decide if there is an unclaimed gap you can claim for your own? Follow Wee Willie Keeler's example, and "hit it where they ain't."
A table won't show where, but a map will—a perceptual map of the competitive landscape. Figure 2 below maps the positioning landscape for the software companies listed in the table.
The axis labels represent abstractions based on the positioning statements found in the following vendors' recent advertising:
Figure 2. ERP accounting vendor perceptual map
The axes indicate the ranges of benefits. There is no set way to designate them, and depending on what you find in your research, you may have more than four axes. You may also employ multiple maps to look at different kinds of competitors, such as best-of-bred or vertical-specific vendors. Having multiple axes helps reveal where multiple benefit claims are being made by one or more competitors and potential areas of opportunity.
Monitor the Competition— A Change Could Signal More Than New Positioning
Are you finished? Actually, you're never finished. You need to pay close attention to your competitors on a regularly basis to know how they position themselves relative to each other. If you detect a change, it signals the need to thoroughly re-evaluate the competitor making the change. It could indicate a management change, a new company strategy, a change in target market, pressure from other competitors, or other factors.
Spotting Opportunities
Throughout your research and mapping, keep a mental checklist of possible opportunities for you. Is the competitor's communication clearly conveying the position? Or is it too complicated or muddled to grasp quickly? Does it promise a solution for the prospects' most pressing problem? Is the message consistent? Is it drifting off target? Is there continuity over time and across communications media?
Consistency can indicate that your competitor is disciplined, and leadership is confident of its vision and direction. Inconsistency can mean your competitor is much more vulnerable. Most important, expect that, with a blink of eye, your competitor will change its position.
Where Competitive Analysis Comes Together
Other important factors that can impact your message strategy are your understanding of the strengths and weakness of your product vis a vis your competitors', and feedback you've gotten through your sales channel. For example, if you always win deals when the prospect takes a close look at several products, often after they ask for a proof of concept, you may decide to craft your message strategy to suggest a "bake-off". You may want to make a particularly bold benefit statement that your competitor can't match in order to suck your competition into a sales battle you know you can win. Can't you just picture Keeler faking a bunt, then punching a base hit over their head?
What If a Competitor Claims the Same Space?
What can you do if you and a competitor are making similar claims? Or if after all the research, brainstorming, and soul searching, you conclude that you need to position similarly to a competitor? It's happened to me in the past. My best advice is to dig deeper in that same position. You may discover something your competitor missed. Also tell a better story about your product, one that is focused, compelling, and talks to the prospect in his or her terms.
Most of all, don't worry. You may find yourself the sole owner of that position, since few companies show the discipline to stick with an idea long enough to own it. It's not unusual to see a B2B software company abandon a position in less than a year to start a new campaign with a completely different position. Your patience and persistence can reward you with exclusive ownership of what is now an even more valuable position.
Reality Draws the Playing Field
Let's be realistic. The size of your company and its standing in the market have a significant impact on winning and losing, and therefore how you position your product or service. Make claims that fit your standing in the market and ability to deliver. Dominant players have more latitude than small players—a sad fact in many markets, especially B2B software.
On the other hand, remember that Wee Willie Keeler was only 5'4" tall.
About the Author
Lawson Abinanti is co-founder of Messages that Matter, a consulting firm that helps B2B software companies create compelling message strategies that build awareness and demand. Messages that Matter gives clients the knowledge and tools to develop powerful message strategies that differentiate products and services from those of the competition. Lawson has held strategic marketing positions with several B2B software companies including Navision, Applix, TM1 Software and Timeline. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Mercedes-Benz won the prestigious World Car of the Year award as well as two of the four category awards organized by the group.
Nissan is aiming to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other endurance auto races with its new race car, the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO.
Inflation changes to the Internal Revenue Service's annual mileage rate deductions are small. Business drivers, however, do get a slightly larger write-off in 2015.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed to extend its oversight to auto finance lenders that are not banks.
Toyota developing a new semiconductor chip that will improve the fuel efficiency of its hybrid cars by up to 10 percent.
Sweden's famed ICEHOTEL features a Mini car-themed suite built by BMW's DesignworksUSA.
Recent changes suggest General Motors is back on track after the government bailout.
Toyota is the most valuable car brand, surpassing BMW in the 2013 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study.
Insurance fraud seems to be on the rise according to data on so-called questionable claims.
An unmodified Toyota Tundra pickup truck made history recently by towing the Space Shuttle.


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In brief: HP's quarterly net income rises 28%
HP's quarterly net income rises 28%
SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s net income jumped 28 percent in the latest quarter as stronger demand for computers is helping to heal a battered technology industry.
The company also raised its 2010 forecast, sending shares higher.
The results mark a continued growth in profit at the world's No. 1 maker of personal computers and printers. Although HP had been making money even during the height of the recession, its net income had been getting smaller each quarter.
But for three straight quarters now, net income has been growing.
HP said after the market closed Tuesday that it earned $2.2 billion, or 91 cents per share, in its fiscal second quarter, which ended April 30.
It earned $1.7 billion, or 71 cents per share, in the same period last year.
IRS offers reprieve to small charities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service is offering a reprieve to more than 200,000 small charities that missed a tax filing deadline and are now in danger of losing their tax-exempt status.
A 2006 law required nonprofit organizations with receipts of less than $25,000 to file tax returns for the first time in 2007.
If charities fail to file for three years, they lose their tax-exempt status. The law excludes churches.
Monday was the 2010 filing deadline, but IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said his agency will issue guidance soon on how charities that missed the deadline can keep their tax-exempt status.
In the meantime, Shulman urged charities that missed the deadline to file as soon as possible.
10 EU nations loan Greece $18 billion
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The loans from other countries that use the EU's joint currency, the euro, are part of a $136 billion joint EU and International Monetary Fund rescue package to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt and dealing the euro a severe blow.
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Business Angels (BAs) are wealthy individuals whose investments in entrepreneurial ventures enable them to increase the likelihood of both attracting subsequent Venture Capital (VC) and achieving long-term venture success. Unfortunately more than 95% of entrepreneurs seeking funds from BAs are unable to do so, raising questions about whether this high failure rate might be reduced. Scholars suggest the answer lies in gaining a better understanding of the investment decision process itself and identifying why opportunities are rejected at each stage of the decision process. However, the private nature of the interaction between BA and fund-seeking entrepreneur constrains our ability to observe the multistage nature of the interaction and how rejection reasons change at each stage. As a consequence, much research relies on BA's biased post-decision recollections, which limits our ability to understand the decision process and identify opportunities for improvement. In this research we overcome these constraints by observing interactions from the reality TV show Dragons' Den, where fund-seeking entrepreneurs pitch their early stage businesses to five BAs. During the interaction, each BA must either make an offer to invest or provide a reason for rejection. We develop hypotheses about why this complex decision evolves over several stages, and why rejection reasons change at each stage, which we then test by coding observations and decision outcomes. We draw on research in behavioral economics and decision making to propose that BAs use heuristics to reduce their decision making effort at each stage and initially examine the criteria that are easiest to retrieve. They then assesses each opportunity based on the most easily retrieved criteria and reject those they believe unlikely to achieve their aspiration level for required return, or because the risk of failure exceeds the BA's own risk aspiration level. We propose that during subsequent stages of the interaction, each BA audits the entrepreneur's behaviors to assess performance and relationship risk, rejecting those where the risk level exceeds their aspiration level. We use trained observers to code the information exchanges and behavioral cues provided by the entrepreneur to find support for our hypotheses. We observe that, during the venture assessment stage, BAs do reject opportunities that fail to reach aspiration levels for investment return or investment risk, however, contrary to normative assumptions we find BAs do not trade off investment risk for investment return. For opportunities not rejected, we observe BAs assess how the entrepreneur's behaviors and decisions inform their assessment of managerial risk and increase the likelihood of venture failure. We note BAs are more likely to reject entrepreneurs whose behaviors indicate low level of capabilities, experiences or traits, while excess traits can also increase this likelihood. For opportunities not rejected at this stage, we observe BAs audit the entrepreneur's trust behaviors to inform their assessment of the relationship risk. We find BAs more likely to reject entrepreneurs who damage or violate trust in comparison to those who build trust. We also observe that BAs invest in entrepreneurs who damage trust, but only if they can introduce appropriate behavioral controls. Our observations help explain the multistage nature of the decision process and why opportunities are rejected at each stage. We suggest that better prepared entrepreneurs who display appropriate behaviors are less likely to be rejected. Increased understanding of the decision process enables BAs to improve their decision-making, while knowledgeable policy makers will be better able to cost-effectively deploy appropriate resources to enhance funding activities. Our observations should encourage academics to further explore entrepreneurial behaviors, perhaps adapting our research method and coding schema in future research.
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Posted: Apr 12, 2013
Posted: Jul 6, 2012


text: Buzz Russell 5pts Having just had the chance to drive the new 2015 Challenger R/T and SXT Plus, I am a changed man with a changed mind. Now, I did make the mistake of driving the R/T first, OMG, gotta love that torque! With the 6 speed manual I was back in a driving car. Very comfortable seating, minimalist interior, great rumble at WOT, quiet at highway speed. I'm sold. Drove the SXT Plus, and what an interior, beautiful job. While you don't get that kick in the butt when you mash the go pedal, this would be a great highway cruiser and daily driver. Suspension felt a little soft for me, but that's personal opinion. The 8 speed auto was amazingly smooth and with the track pack features, you can get more out of it than you think. Before you go bad mouthing Dodge, go drive one, then decide.