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BY MARY LYNN BRUNY Decades ago I moved to Colorado from Boston in an old Toyota Corolla filled with all my worldly belongings. Riding shotgun were my two goldfish, their bowl sloshing water the entire journey. Now when my husband and I go away for a long weekend we can barely fit everything we want to take in my small vehicle. And when we buy a new house we have to hire movers with a ginormous truck. What the heck happened? If there’s one thing quarantining at home has made abundantly clear, it’s that my husband and I have way too much stuff. Instead of things feeling like cherished items, a lot of them just feel like they’re weighing us down. This got me thinking: How do we all get so much stuff in our homes? After much thought, I’ve figured it all out: The first step into massive stuff-hood starts when you buy your first property. Once you are a homeowner in a permanent place, things occur. It’s like there is a magnetic-like force in your place, constantly sucking new items towards it. And this force never, ever loses its power. It will forever be absorbing new things without your even being quite aware. Supposedly for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, that would

mean for every item that comes into your home, another would depart it. Unfortunately this principle does not apply here. No, like layers of sediment forming geological wonders, there just gets to be a slow buildup of stuff-ness until suddenly you have your own figurative stalagmites. Related to this there is the “home to stuff ratio.” In short: The bigger your home is, the more items that will magically appear to fill it. Granted, this takes time. But it is another law of stuff-age related to the above noted force: Apparently the bigger your home, the stronger the magnetic-like pull. This force is made even greater with the addition of pets, partners, children and/ or parents, with kids having the biggest impact. Not only are huge numbers of products required at every stage of a child’s life, but every scrap of art and schoolwork said child creates must be cherished, kept and stored for reflection upon some important future date which never arrives. Favorite books and toys and clothes and instruments and sporting equipment must

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also be stored, again for some future use that never seems to actually materialize. Nonetheless, the shrine to childhood must be maintained in order to avoid hurt feelings and years of future expensive therapy. Then there are the things we inherit from people. These items are attached to us with golden handcuffs. You may not like the items - you may actually detest and loathe them - but you will keep them because you loved the now-deceased person. What a lovely parting gift: unwanted ugly items mixed with constant simmering resentment. Add to all this our own weird, little acquiring peculiarities. For instance, as I previously confessed in this column, I have a little linen problem. Luckily I’ve kicked most of this addictive behavior, though my decorative pillow problem occasionally flares up during season changes. My husband, the son of a hoarder, has luckily turned from a man who I could not allow to go to a McGuckin’s tent sale unsupervised to a born-again Marie Kondo apostle. Hallelujah! Now that I’ve identified the problem, I’m trying hard to work against the magnetic-like force of our home and reduce our stuffage. And yet packages just keep showing up on our front porch. So very, very vexing. Mary Lynn Bruny writes about local real estate and home-related topics. Contact her at ml.bruny@ comcast.net. To read previous THE LIGHTER SIDE articles, go to athomecolorado.com/thelighter-side. May 1, 2021

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IF YOU GO... Lingering impacts from a disrupted world are hitting our community, with hunger BY CAROL a growing O’MEARA problem. Last Colorado State University Extension year, gardeners responded to the crisis by reviving the Victory Garden movement, growing and donating over 23 tons of produce to food banks and pantries across Colorado through the Grow & Give project. Victory Gardens have been cultivated throughout our history as a country, popping up when events take a toll on our collective wellbeing. During economic crashes, depression, and war, people sow, grow, and share. As spring warms the soil and the itch to plant consumes us, gardeners are being asked to plant extra to help combat a rise in hunger. The numbers from this aspect of our shared catastrophe are grim. Hunger Free Colorado (bit. ly/hfcCOVIDsurvey) conducted quarterly surveys in 2020, mapping the increase in hunger due to heightened effects from the pandemic. Their third statewide survey, conducted in December, found almost 38-percent of Coloradans are food May 1, 2021

insecure, lacking reliable access to nutritious food. This is more than two times what Colorado experienced during the Great Recession. The survey found that more than half of households with children are struggling to have regular access to nutritious food, while 19-percent of children are not getting adequate nutrition because there is not enough money for food. Twenty-five-percent of adults reported having to cut back or skip meals because there wasn’t enough money to buy food. Gardeners, we give advice, seeds, and plant divisions freely to anyone who’ll take them. We joke about too many zucchinis or the year cherry tomatoes buried us. Let’s plan for that bounty this year in order for others to eat and plant an extra hill or two of zucchini or pop another cherry tomato vine in the ground. Let’s sow fvor our community as well as ourselves. Want to grow food but need a bit of advice? Check out the new Grow and Give website (growandgivecolorado.org), to find short how-to videos, longer webinars, or information sheets on growing fruits and vegetables in your garden. You’ll find information added weekly, but if there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, send me an email with

your suggestion. Sign the pledge to donate part of your harvest and join a community of concerned gardeners who want to make a difference. The website has a map of food pantries and locations for drop off, along with information on days and times they’re accepting donations. You can help. Plant extra and donate it to pantries, to your neighbors who need it, or friends who have seen a decrease in income. Whether it’s a dozen carrots or a hundred tomatoes, it doesn’t matter; grow, and give. As you grow, Master Gardeners are here to answer your questions virtually, via our email Help Desk; email questions and photos to us at mggpa@bouldercounty.org. Colorado State University Extension, together with Boulder County Parks and Open Space, provides unbiased, research-based information about consumer and family issues, horticulture, natural resources, agriculture and 4-H youth development. For more information contact Colorado State University Extension at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd., Box B, Longmont, 303.678.6238, e-mail comeara@bouldercounty.org or visit ext.colostate.edu/boulder.

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With the cost of real estate today, the 20% down rule is no longer so hard and fast. In fact, Colorado homebuyers typically financed 86% of their home’s BY TOM KALINSKI purchase price. RE/MAX of Boulder First-time buyers who financed their home typically financed 95% of their home compared to repeat buyers at 81%, according to the 2020 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers recently released by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). That translates into down payments of 5-14%. And it’s possible to put down even less – for example, Freddie Mac’s Home Possible® mortgage products let eligible homebuyers put down as little as 3%. But what’s the smart thing to do? Save until you have 20% down and avoid paying private

mortgage insurance (PMI)? Or gathering the biggest down payment you can and bear the cost of PMI? Many experts say the best strategy is the one that gets a big enough down payment and doesn’t jeopardize your finances in the long run. To amass the down payment, first-time buyers often rely on gifts and loans from family. Among home buyers ages 28 and younger 28% used a gift from a relative or friend to make a down payment, according to NAR. Lenders accept down payment gifts, but it involves more than depositing a check. The donors need to verify the gift in writing, specifying that it is a gift and not a loan – meaning there is no expectation of repayment at any time. The donor also needs to verify their financial ability to make the donation, and may require a bank statement as proof, reports NerdWallet.com. Even with generous relatives, chances are you will not have the full 20% down. Since you’re

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likely to need PMI, there are two important factors to keep in mind, says realtor.com: On conventional loans, if you put less than 20% down, you’ll need PMI, but only until the principal balance reaches 78% or less of the original purchase price. FHA loans require mortgage insurance for the life of the loan – so for as long as you live in the home or until you pay off the mortgage. The cost of your PMI varies based on loan–to–value ratio — the amount you owe on your mortgage compared to its value — your credit score, and the insurer. But Freddiemac.com says you should expect to pay between $30 and $150 per month for every $100,000 borrowed. The good news for those paying that extra PMI, it does not have to be for the life of your mortgage. You can adopt strategies to eliminate your PMI, like the following suggestions from Bankrate.com. Termination strategies The federal Homeowners Protection Act enables you to end private mortgage insurance requirements in two ways: Get automatic PMI termination at specific home equity milestones, or request the removal of PMI when you reach 80% home equity. And in fast-appreciating home markets, when your home value rises to a sufficient level, you will have 80 % home equity needed to request termination of your PMI. Prepayment path You can choose to make extra payments to prepay the principal

on your loan, which reduces the balance, and helps you build equity faster and save on interest payments. You may elect to make an extra payment each month, apply a lump sum toward principal or make an extra mortgage payment each year. These strategies will reduce total interest paid over the term of the loan and build your equity to 20% faster so you can eliminate your PMI, according to bankrate.com. Home price appreciation If you own your home now, you could have it reappraised to see if it has gained enough value to get you to the 20% equity level. Remember, the Homeowners Protection Act has clear rules and protections on private mortgage insurance. Before you sign a mortgage with PMI, get the PMI rules and schedule. Then you can track progress and develop your strategy to end the PMI payment. For more information read: bankrate.com/mortgages/ removing-private-mortgageinsurance; realtor.com/advice/ finance/down-payment-myths; nerdwallet.com/article/mortgages/ down-payment-strategies-first-timehome-buyers; freddiemac.com/ blog/homeownership/20170620_ downpayment_math.page Tom Kalinski is the broker/owner of RE/MAX of Boulder, the local residential real estate company he established in 1977. He was inducted into Boulder County’s Business Hall of Fame in 2016 and has a 40-year background in residential and commercial real estate. For questions, e-mail Tom at tomkalinski33@gmail.com, call 303.441.5620, or visit boulderco.com.

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Greeley • Brenda Jaynes -- 2259 46th Ave. Court Unit D, Jeffrey S Anderson, $268,000. • Jace and Taylor Hansen -- 3200 Borrossa St., Michael and Erin Garner, $390,000.

Berthoud • Shelby Cooper -- 21454 County Road 5, David and Michelle Hofmeister, $855,000..

Kersey • Andrew and Randee Shaw -30770 County Road 50, Lynn M Erickson, $465,000.

Eaton • James Mccoy -- 1721 Westward Circle Unit 4, Legacy Devl LLC, $328,200.

La Salle • Calvin and Ashley Loving -- 227 Mount View Road, Kenneth D Wilson, $270,000. • Jeffrey Hagen -- 18435 County Road 33, Lyle and Jill Lafferty, $820,000.

Evans • Austin Case -- 1522 38th St., 1522 38th Schultz Trust, $346,000. Fort Lupton • Annette Kokoszka -- 2449 Mountain Sky Drive, Melody Homes Inc, $429,900.

Loveland • Rebekah and Matthew Brady -- 2433 Eagle Drive, Vern and Gloria Elijah, $355,000. • Cheyenne Wilkes -- 350 Slippery Elm Place, David and Ann

Harms, $380,000. • Kelly Bestich -- 5456 Segundo Drive, Saint Aubyn Homes LLC, $454,100. • Jan and Jane Goss -- 1709 N County Road 23h, Barry S Ringus, $500,000. • Thomas and Melissa Glorioso -4208 Silene Place, Joy Callender, $559,000. • John and Judith Hummel -- 1630 Antonio Court, Gregory and Michele Taylor, $587,000. • Kevin and Jessica Kauffman -- 466 Cove Drive, Gerardo M Fremaint, $685,000. • Renee Shea -- 4951 Saint Andrews Court, Jerry and Cheryl Holman, $745,000. • Jeffrey and Kimberly Ballenski -- 5401 Norwood Ave., Malcolm and Lisa Maclean, $885,000. Severance • Eric and Kamerie Harris -- 1044 Mt Oxford Ave., Jeffrey and Whitney Baldwin, $360,000.

Amazing opportunity to own a side-by-side duplex Live in one side/Rent the other Great investment property

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday, May 2nd, from Noon to 3:00 Following CDC guidelines, please wear a mask for the tour. Listing provided by The Resource Group LLC Kathy Haas • kathyslistings@gmail.com • 970-531-7448 IRES 938731 May 1, 2021

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Windsor • Nikole Jones -- 1111 Cottonwood Drive, Jesse Krueger, $402,000. • Dane and Cassandra Obrien -487 Stonebrook Drive, Lee and Caitlin Wistrom, $408,000. • Jennifer Kean -- 1942 Golden Horizon Drive, J J Constr Northern Colo LLC, $424,600. • Jacqueline and Matthew Healea -- 748 Dakota Way, Jordan and Desiree Johnson, $490,000. • Paul and Heidi Thibert -- 1926 Covered Bridge Parkway, Melody Homes Inc, $492,100. • Robert and Megan Fickbohm -- 2021 Orchard Bloom Drive, Bridgewater Homes LLC, $702,400.

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Timnath • Courtney Moon -- 5765 Champlain Drive, Hartford Constr LLC, $383,100. • Matthew and Marie Mccrary -5942 Story Road, Melody Homes Inc, $855,000.

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