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Thinking about moving to Denver? We answer the real questions people ask about cost of living, neighborhoods, rentals, and what living in Denver Colorado is actually like. If you’ve been researching moving to Denver Colorado in 2026, you’ve probably noticed there’s a lot of surface-level information out there. In this video, we go deeper. These are the Denver questions no one really answers clearly, the same ones we hear every day from buyers and sellers relocating to Denver Colorado. We start with the actual moving process. What’s the best way to get here, and what should you avoid? From real experiences, we break down why hiring movers can be risky and what options tend to work better when relocating to Colorado. Then we get into one of the biggest early decisions, renting first vs buying a home in Denver Colorado, and how your timing can impact your entire strategy. If you’re planning to rent in Denver Colorado, we cover how to avoid common scams, and why short term rentals can be a smart move. Denver is more spread out than most people expect, and choosing the wrong area upfront can cost you time and money. That’s why we explain how to use flexible leases to explore before committing. Next, cost of living in Denver Colorado in 2026. From groceries to housing, we walk through realistic monthly ranges so you can understand what it actually takes to live here. We also dive into where to live in Denver and how to choose the right area based on your lifestyle. Instead of just listing neighborhoods, we explain how to think about different parts of the city. Walkable areas like the Highlands, Sloan’s Lake, and Berkeley offer a completely different experience than suburban areas or places closer to the Denver Tech Center. For those considering space and value, we break down the best suburbs near Denver Colorado, including Arvada, Lakewood, Littleton, and Central Park. We also explain the key differences between Denver vs suburbs Colorado, and even north vs south suburbs, so you can better understand what fits your needs. Beyond housing, we get into the real lifestyle factors people ask about. Is Denver a good place to live? Is Denver worth it? What are the pros and cons of living in Denver Colorado? We talk through the culture, how friendly people actually are, and what daily life feels like compared to other parts of the country. And of course, we cover weather. Denver weather surprises a lot of people, especially when it comes to snow, driving, and hail. We share practical tips so you know what to expect and how to prepare without overcomplicating it. If you’re thinking about moving to Denver, trying to decide where to live, or planning on buying a home in Denver Colorado, this video is designed to give you a clear and honest perspective so you can make a smarter decision before you make the move.
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personal lived experience, things we get
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asked the most in this industry, and
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we're answering them.
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So, if you're typing into Google or
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typing it into chat GBT, we are here to
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answer it cuz we figured out that you're
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asking those questions maybe with a
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little more accuracy and personal touch
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from local people. And Jake, why you
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think we're qualified to be answering
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all these questions?
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Well, I'd say because we have a combined
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22 years of experience in real estate,
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full-time real estate, no part-time jobs
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other than being your part-time tour
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guides here on YouTube, and uh just full
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lived experience. And we've been here,
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we lived here even longer. Maybe we
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shouldn't add that number up combined,
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but
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yeah, our whole lives. So, we won't add
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that number.
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So, thanks for joining us today. And
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here we are. We're going to answer
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questions all about Denver, the suburbs,
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where to live, where not to live, and
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all sorts of fun stuff like that.
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Question number one, when it snows in
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Colorado, you're supposed to have a
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beard. So, what gives Jake what happened
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to your beard?
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Well, for one, it didn't snow all of
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winter until today. And for two,
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sometimes I just like to remember how
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young I look. However, my little sister
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here uh broke the bad news that I just
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look old no matter what, with or without
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a beard.
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Not exactly what I said, but I said
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something close to that. Okay, let's get
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into the real questions.
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Real question. Number one, we're going
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to start with the big question of how do
How to Move to Denver (Avoid This Mistake)
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you get to Denver? What do you do when
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you land here? The sort of moving to
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Denver process itself.
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Yep. And number one of that is how do I
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make the move? Like is there a great
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moving company that I should be using to
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make this cross the country move or what
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do you have?
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So, our experience with moving companies
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is kind of all over the place. So, I'll
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say like it depends on when you're
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watching this. What our recommendation
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would be is to reach out to us at the
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time you're watching this because uh
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moving company might be good for a year
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and they might go out of business and
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we've got a new one that we're trying
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out recently. Um but we don't have great
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reports yet to give you an accurate
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answer. So, my honest answer is that
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we're really I'm really reticent to give
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a lot of resources on this one cuz every
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time I hear someone tell the story of
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how they hired a company to leave
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Colorado or come into Colorado, it's
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never a good story. It's always like,
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"Yeah, they quoted us this great price
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and then the day of the move they showed
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up and it tripled." True story from from
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my clients. It's insane
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because they know once they're there and
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you're in the bind, you got to do it.
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Yeah. So, I would be really careful
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about these companies. The way we
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typically kind of default is is
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recommending using pods. So, that
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company, they drop off the big red pod
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in front of your house. Either you or
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you can hire local movers to move all
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the stuff into the pod. Pod company
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ships it to wherever you're going. They
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can store it for you for a little while.
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Prices are reasonable. You can connect
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with a good moving company on either
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side.
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And that we do have a good
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recommendation for. So, reach out to us
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here. We've got the great movers that
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we've had time and time again really
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good reports from. It's just the cross
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country movers that not always going
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great.
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Yeah. Never heard a good story. So with
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that, let us know. We'll help you out.
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Next, once you have gotten all of your
Renting in Denver: What You Need to Know
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things here, we should probably be
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looking for a rental in advance. But
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let's talk about find. There's a lot of
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questions about how do I find a rental?
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How do I find a shortterm? How do I find
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a medium-term? What do I need to know
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about rentals? So, we're going to launch
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into that.
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Yeah. Uh, I think the first thing you
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need to be doing when you're looking for
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a rental in Denver is call us, um, text
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us because there is there's a lot of
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things that you need to be aware of when
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you're moving here. And we actually have
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a full renters's guide that will help
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you figuring out, you know, if your plan
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is rent for a little bit and then buy a
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home, we have a ton of tips of how you
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can make that, you know, as seamless as
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possible. They include things on timing.
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Like, it's really important to know when
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the hot time to buy is and try to kind
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of avoid being up against a ton of
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competition. And if your lease lands you
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right in the middle of that, it's un
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ideal. But we can just kind of talk to
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you about if sometimes you have to have
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that be your timing, that's okay. We can
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talk you through how to work around it.
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Kind of some some skills and techniques
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of of how to do that well. And then, of
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course, a ton of stuff on avoiding
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scams. I mean, scams are everywhere here
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when you're renting.
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I'm sure you've run into it. I've
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personally had clients who have sent me
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postings that right away I could tell
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that is not real. And they'll take real
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homes that are actually on the market
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and they will steal the information,
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make it look really legit, and get you
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in and then ask you to ask to collect a
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deposit before they even show you a home
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will help you spot all those red flags.
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So then if you're looking for a short or
Short-Term Rentals & Why They Matter
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a medium-term rental, there's tons of
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places to go on this. Um, personally I'm
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a big fan of Airbnb. It's just like it's
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reliable. It's a large platform. There's
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good insurance and protections for
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everyone on all sides. You can find
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furnished things on there. You can find
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unfernished things on there. Um, but
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finding a good medium-term or short-term
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rental is a great way to land in Denver
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and then start exploring all the
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neighborhoods to before you invest a ton
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of money into buying something. So, you
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can actually have an understanding of
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this very large city. I mean, not large
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in terms of from New York, there's not
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very many people here, but it's very
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sprawling and spread out. So, there's
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Airbnb, VRBO, nurse, uh, you know,
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there's the the what is it called? the
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the nurse nurse finder traveling nurse
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there's a website for traveling nurses
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uh and these are very active in the
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Colorado and Denver area so tons of
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opportunities to find good medium-terms
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they're all over you're going to pay a
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little more for the convenience of the
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short or medium-term but especially like
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we're talking with this timing of the
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market if it can spit you out into a
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really nice time where there's good
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inventory and not a ton of buyer
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competition it's worth a premium to
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figure out, you know, where you want to
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live on your own terms.
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Yeah. We're always talking about costs
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and we're saying when you're looking at
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these short-term costs that they they
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suck. It's not fun. But when you break
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down what you're spending extra to maybe
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have a little extra time on your lease
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or maybe do have a little month-to-month
6:20
lease where you can have the freedom to
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explore everything, that can save you so
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much money in the long term. Because
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what we don't want you to do is come
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here, pick a neighborhood, realize you
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don't love it, or realize you were
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looking for the wrong things in your
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home because you didn't really explore
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and you have to move again in a year.
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That's not what we want. And our, you
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know, if you're, if you think you have
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an idea of where you want to live, we've
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got video tours of all those
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neighborhoods. I highly encourage you to
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start watching those and really sitting
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with like which one feels like a fit.
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But none of that is ever a substitute
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for coming with us and looking around
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the neighborhoods, looking in the homes,
6:57
grabbing lunch in the area. That's
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really going to tell you if what you've
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seen on our videos confirms for you is
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really right. So, give yourself that
7:05
time with these flexible rental
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situations and really explore what you
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need. Yeah, we're happy to talk you
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through things and tell you what we
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think would be the right neighborhood
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for you. But, you know, sometimes you
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change your mind and what folks tell us
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changes as they explore those
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neighborhoods. Whereas, like maybe you
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think the Highlands is going to be the
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perfect thing for you, but then you get
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to know Congress Park and you're like,
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"Oh, you know, it's a little quieter and
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there's still it's still very walkable,
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but this is actually perfect for us."
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It's a pretty big big difference in
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neighborhood there.
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So, we got a lot of questions about cost
Denver Cost of Living Explained (2026)
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of living. you know, coming from another
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place, you might not know what to
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expect. So, what does the cost of living
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look like here? And I think, you know,
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starting off with maybe like your
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grocery bill, what does that look like?
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Yeah, so it's it's a pretty expensive
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place. It's like one of the, you know,
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definitely top 10 most expensive
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metropolitan areas in the country. Um,
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you know, grocery bills for us, like we
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are a family of four. I've got two
8:00
little girls, so a 5-year-old and a
8:02
2-year-old. Uh, complicated neurody
8:06
divergent things. So, we we don't eat a
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lot of food, but we're very particular
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about our food. Anyway, uh for our
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family of four, uh we're hitting the
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budget pretty hard, and we're making it
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work for right about 1,500 a month. Um
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when we're like a little more loosey
8:20
goosey, you know, with things.
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And you guys almost never eat out.
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We almost never eat out because our
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family sucks at eating out. So, we
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almost always eat at home. uh you know
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and and a little more comfortably, you
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know, if we're not thinking about it and
8:34
being budget conscious, probably like 20
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2,000 to 2,200 a month. So
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yeah, and I think you guys are a little
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bit on the higher end. You guys
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definitely always buy organic. You're
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shopping at the Whole Foods like you
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said.
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We've been hitting Costco harder
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recently. So
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Oh, okay. Yeah. I think our bills a
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little bit lower. Um but it just kind of
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helps you get get a range.
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But yeah, then uh as far as like cost of
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living, you did a whole video on this,
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didn't you, Megan?
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I did. I have a whole video all about
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the cost of living in Denver. And in it,
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I break down every major city, every
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major area around the Denver area, and I
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compare everything from rent prices to
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home prices to where you can find
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cheaper gas. Um, and I I kind of go over
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everything. So, if you want a deeper
9:18
dive on that, I highly suggest watching
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that video. It really sets it all up
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nicely for you.
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All right. So, another frequently asked
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question is, "Where should young
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professionals live in Denver?"
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Fair
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housing police over here. We have to be
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really careful about categorizing a
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specific neighborhood based on the types
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of people we assume live there. We're
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not supposed to be doing that.
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Okay. So, not young professional. So,
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we're going to talk about areas whether
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you're a young professional or an old
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non-professional or anything in between
Best Areas to Live in Denver
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where you might want to live near
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walkable areas, near night life, near
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like tech centers and places where
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there's lots of commerce happening. So,
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places like that, whether or not you are
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in any of those categories.
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Perfect. Jake, what are the first areas
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that come to your mind?
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Uh, I was thinking like the Highlands
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area. So, this is kind of the northwest
10:10
side of Denver. Uh, west of I25, south
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of I7, we've got Highlands, Sloans Lake
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area, Berkeley area. Um, this whole kind
10:20
of like Highlands, Slow High, there's so
10:23
many neighborhoods up there, but this
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whole area is really awesome because,
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uh, one, it's it's super walkable.
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You've got lots of nightife, lots of
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restaurants, lots of coffee shops. Um,
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then you've got access to I7 if you need
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to get anywhere. Uh you've got access to
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uh Highway 6 uh on the on the south side
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if you need, you know, easy access to
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I25 if you're heading down to the tech
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center. Um really exciting place to live
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and you can find really cool homes
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there. Um that's that's probably the
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number one that comes to mind.
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Yeah, I think if you're maybe a little
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less young in your heart, um you can do
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like Central Centennial area. It's
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really good access to DTC. It still has,
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you know, lots of like shops and little
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restaurants. That's the Denver Tech
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Center, by the way.
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Yes. I'm always afraid. Jake's always on
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me. Like, nobody knows what DTC is.
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Denver Tech Center. Um, but then, you
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know, it's not it's still not like the
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night life that is offered like of
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Denver, so you'd have to be okay with
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maybe traveling a little bit for that,
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but really close proximity to DTC and a
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lot of other things.
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Yeah. And if if you're in the tech
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center, there's a lot of mostly like
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apartments and there are some nice
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houses around the tech center as well.
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There's a lot of uh more condensed
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living. Um, and there's definitely night
11:34
life in the tech center. It's just more
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the kind of night life that you're
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probably going to take an Uber to as
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opposed to walk into
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and maybe clock out a little a little
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earlier.
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Clock out a little early. Yeah.
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You mentioned you feel like Cherry Creek
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was a good option.
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So being near Cherry Creek is a good
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option. Yeah, cuz there's there's some
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commerce that happens in Cherry Creek
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for sure.
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And I just think of it as being so
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expensive up there. Like how does that
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compare though to like Highlands,
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Berkeley, Sloans? Isn't it more
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expensive over in Cherry Creek? the
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Cherry Creek area. So, there's two
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Cherry Creeks, right? So, we're not
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talking about the Cherry Creek Reservoir
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if you're looking at a map. There's the
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kind of Cherry Creek shopping area and
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there's a lot of commerce around there,
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a lot of banking and all sorts of
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things. Um, living in Cherry Creek is
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pretty pricey. Your average detached
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home, I have a whole video on this, so
12:20
make sure you check out that. It's the
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uh Denver appreciation video. Breaks
12:24
down how much it costs to live in Cherry
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Creek. But an average attached home like
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condo, town home, row home sort of thing
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is in the high 900s for that. And your
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average detached like single family home
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is closer to 2 million. So it's way
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is more expensive than those other areas
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we're talking about in general.
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But there's some neighborhoods that put
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you really close to Cherry Creek if you
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just are, you know, if you don't mind a
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10 to 15 minute drive. Uh Hilltop
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Montlair comes to mind as a great place
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to live. Congress Park is just north of
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Cherry Creek. It's a wonderful
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neighborhood. Uh, and one of my
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favorites in all of Denver. Um, Baker is
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not too far. The houses are a little
13:05
old. We can get into that in another
13:07
video. Um, but yeah, being adjacent to
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Cherry Creek is also a great place to
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be. And you can't forget about the
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Washington Park area. This is really
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adjacent to so many things. Easy drive
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to the tech center, easy drive to
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downtown, Washington Park, Cory,
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Merrill, Glendale, all these areas. uh
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probably too many to uh really talk
13:27
about and without ruining this video and
13:28
having it be a 60-minute video. So, if
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you're looking for that sort of
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neighborhood, no matter how young or old
13:34
at heart you might be, reach out to us
13:36
and we'll help you figure that out.
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And we've got tours of almost all of
13:39
those neighborhoods. And if we don't
13:40
have it yet, they're coming soon.
Pet-Friendly Rentals & Rules
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Okay, Megan, the people are asking, "How
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do we find a pet friendly rental in
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Denver?"
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Okay, in Denver, the thing is everybody
13:49
here has a dog.
13:50
If you don't, we will give you a puppy
13:52
on your way in. So, just be ready.
13:55
Yeah. So, if you're looking to rent and
13:56
you've got a dog, um I'd say most
13:58
apartments you're going to be just fine.
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Uh most most of them are fine with dogs.
14:03
Um and a lot of them are fine with cats.
14:04
When you start switching over into the
14:06
single family world, it might get a
14:07
little bit harder if you're looking to
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rent a, you know, freestanding detached
14:11
home. Um and it's going to be even
14:13
harder if you have a cat. So, just know,
14:16
you know, you might be want to be want
14:17
to be buying pretty quick. I have a
14:19
whole in the rental guide, I have a
14:20
whole section all about some of your
14:23
rules, your rights as a tenant. And in
14:26
that, we've made some recent changes on
14:27
caps on how much you can collect, the um
14:30
how security deposits work and all of
14:31
that kind of stuff. They've all been
14:33
made to be a little bit more pet
14:34
friendly than they were just a few years
14:35
ago.
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And this is also to me a good reason to
14:38
check out the medium-term rentals
14:40
through Airbnb. So, you're going to find
14:41
a decent amount of folks who are willing
14:43
to have pets in that because Airbnb
14:46
actually offers this phenomenal
14:48
insurance in favor of the homeowner. So,
14:52
they are less concerned about pets
14:54
destroying their things in some cases
14:56
because of that great insurance that
14:58
Airbnb offers. So, not a bad way to go.
15:00
And then when it comes time to buy, you
15:02
should just know there are some areas of
15:04
some states that have lighter
15:05
restrictions on how many dogs you can
15:07
have. Um, I didn't know that this I
15:10
didn't know that we were on the lower
15:11
end until I've had several clients come
15:13
with more dogs. So, we most areas of
15:15
Denver are maxed out at three or four
15:18
dogs depending on your area. Um, so just
15:21
know that that is a rule that exists
15:22
here in most places. All right, a lot of
Best Suburbs Near Denver
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folks want to know where should they
15:26
live that's a suburb but is still really
15:28
close to the city.
15:28
All right, so we're going to have some
15:29
answers here that uh some of these are
15:31
going to kind of be questionably within
15:33
the Denver city limits, but they're
15:35
totally different vibes and things. But
15:37
let's start with Arvvada. Arvvada is on
15:40
the northwest side of town. It's a super
15:42
neat little suburb. It's an easy drive
15:44
to downtown Denver. Gets you really
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close to everything. Uh it's got a
15:48
really cool town center. It's called
15:50
Oldtown Arvvada. Um really neat place
15:53
and on the west side of town. Easy
15:54
escape to the mountains.
15:56
Yeah. And I would say like retweet for
15:58
Lakewood. Uh maybe not as cute of a
16:00
little downtown area. I think Arvvada is
16:02
definitely got like a cuter little
16:04
Yeah. Lakewood's got the Belmar Center
16:05
which is like a mall. Yeah, but still,
16:08
you know, I'd say everything else, you
16:09
know, like some of the proximity to
16:12
features and still really close to
16:13
Denver.
16:14
Yeah, we we'll have a video out soon for
16:16
Lakewood. But something kind of cool
16:17
about that west side of town, especially
16:19
in Lakewood, is it's it's really close
16:21
to town, but you'll drive into these
16:22
neighborhoods where you're like, where
16:24
did we just drive into the farmlands?
16:26
Like, where where are we right now? And
16:28
it's it's really cool. Neat little
16:30
pockets in Lakewood.
16:31
Mhm. And then if you want to go east a
16:33
little bit, you got Stapleton still
16:34
pretty close.
16:35
Oh. Yeah, you it's called Central Park
16:37
now, Megan.
16:38
Central Park. I've been here too long.
16:39
It used to be Stapleton. So, if you ever
16:40
hear Stapleton, Central Park, that's
16:42
what we're talking about.
16:43
Stapleton got cancelled. So, just But we
16:45
we did want to bring that up and say
16:46
like, yeah, it's called Central Park
16:48
now, but if you hear people who have
16:50
been here a long time, and some of the
16:51
recording documents still say Stapleton.
16:54
Um, but that said, Central Park is a
16:56
really neat area. It's it's technically
16:58
in Denver, but it is like its own vibe
17:01
completely. It's a totally different
17:02
place. Um, it's a a kind of more
17:05
intentionally designed, newer builds.
17:07
Um, so you've got a lot of push to like
17:10
front yard culture. Um, you've got some
17:13
walkability there. There's a couple
17:14
little pockets that have cool things
17:16
like the Stanley Marketplace. Um, and
17:18
it's just very familyfriendly. There's
17:21
tons of people, tons of families there
17:23
and and lots of cool events they go on
17:25
like the Big Wonderful is there. Um,
17:27
it's a really neat vibe of town. Also,
17:30
Lowry is just south of there. It's a
17:33
similar vibe, but it's a little older
17:35
and a little pricier. Um, but not, I
17:38
would say, as walkable and maybe family
17:41
ccentric, but still a really cool area
17:43
town. And it's it's blowing up there,
17:45
too.
17:45
Yeah. I mean, we'll say this in lots of
17:47
different videos, but how Colorado tends
17:50
to work is as you head further east, you
17:52
tend to find more affordability. There's
17:54
obviously like pockets that defy this
17:56
rule. Um, but yes, if you are looking
17:58
for like more affordability on the
18:00
eastern side of I25, still close to
18:02
Denver, there are some areas that might
18:04
be a good pick.
18:05
Other areas that are close to, I would
18:08
say, like Centennial and Greenwood
18:09
Village are really easy access. They're
18:12
definitely suburban areas. Um, but uh,
18:17
yeah, Centennial I would think of as
18:18
like more like I think Arvvada and
18:20
Lakewood and Centennial, they all have
18:22
like these pockets of just true suburbs
18:25
while still having some proximity. It's
18:26
all just about like how much proximity
18:28
you need.
18:29
And then we can't leave out Littleton.
18:30
That's the one last one we should
18:31
discuss here. Littleton also has a super
18:33
cute uh downtown area. Very strong vibe
18:36
of its own. Feels like its own little
18:38
city. uh an easy access to downtown and
18:41
the tech center uh because you can shoot
18:43
up uh highway 85/ Santa Fe um and and
18:47
really just a great spot there.
18:49
Yeah. And every one of these have tons
18:52
of pockets with lots of diversity of
18:54
what you're looking for. So it's hard to
18:56
just narrow down and say like, "Oh, I'm
18:58
looking for this. Which suburb is right
18:59
for me?" Each of these different cities
19:02
have little suburbs that have different
19:04
features. I mean, in Littleton, you can
19:06
find larger lots, multi-million dollar
19:09
homes. You can find smaller homes that
19:11
are more affordable in a more like
19:12
traditional suburb layout.
19:13
Oh, and by the way, we have videos about
19:15
most of these cities.
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19:16
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19:18
Okay, Megan, we get this one a lot when
19:19
people are trying to figure out where in
19:21
the Denver area to live. What is the
19:23
difference between the north side and
19:25
the southside suburbs outside of Denver?
19:28
Yeah, there's a lot that's similar about
19:29
them. Um, but there's a lot that's
19:31
different. And I say like the first
19:32
thing that comes to mind for me is age.
19:34
I'd say in everything we're going to say
19:36
is such a generalization. So, you know,
19:38
you got to you got to really go and see
19:40
and then like figure out each
19:41
neighborhood. But in general, all of the
19:43
southern suburbs are a little newer. If
19:45
we're talking like Highlands Ranch,
19:47
Parker, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, and
19:49
comparing them to like Wheat Ridge,
19:51
Thornton, Lakewood, Arvvada. Um I'd say
19:54
quite a bit newer and a little more
19:56
master planned down at South. So you can
19:59
have more homeowners association down on
20:01
the south side. That's a little less
20:03
common in like the Arvvada, Westminster
20:05
areas, but you'll still find that for
20:07
sure, but a little less.
20:08
Yeah, I think with that master plan
20:10
community feel, is it safe to say like
20:12
there's a little bit more trail
20:14
walkability, like planned designated
20:16
open spaces in the southern suburbs?
20:18
Yeah, I think you've got more of like
20:19
the the concrete paths for walking
20:22
under. I mean, Highlands Ranch is
20:24
phenomenal for that. It definitely
20:25
exists in in our VA and areas, but uh
20:28
particularly on the west side.
20:30
Particularly on the west side. Yeah.
20:32
Mhm.
20:32
As far as affordability goes, I'd say
20:34
they're pretty comparable. Like there's
20:35
going to be pockets that are more
20:36
expensive, pockets that are less
20:37
expensive. Um you probably get a little
20:40
more square footage in the southern
20:41
suburbs for what you pay. And that's
20:43
just because of age. Newer homes just
20:46
tend to be built a little bit bigger.
20:47
Yeah. A little more modern living. Like
20:48
in Arvvada, you're going to find more of
20:50
like the ranch style homes. We have one
20:52
level above ground and then the
20:53
basement. Whereas like in Highlands
20:55
Ranch, you're going to find more of your
20:56
twostory homes and things like that. Um,
20:59
also I would say the north side you're
21:02
closer to Denver than the southside
21:05
suburbs. You know, there's just like a
21:06
lot to get through and a lot more
21:08
highway to get there. Whereas the north
21:10
side, you know, it's it's kind of just
21:11
north of I7 and Denver's right there. So
21:14
north side, I'd say biggest thing, a pro
21:16
proximity to Denver is the biggest plus.
21:19
Uh, and no less homeowners associations.
21:22
Southside, a little more bang for your
21:24
buck and a little more community control
21:26
with those associations. Okay, Megan,
Denver Culture & Lifestyle
21:29
what is the literary and book seller
21:31
scene like in Denver?
21:33
That's a question.
21:34
That's a real question.
21:36
I I'm so sorry. I don't think I'm
21:38
qualified to the answer to answer that.
21:40
Maybe it sucks because I'm not even
21:42
exactly sure what that's asking.
21:44
I know. We do have like bookstores and
21:46
like the tattered cover is kind of a
21:48
famous, you know, it used to be like six
21:50
stories high and like it was
21:52
I love our libraries. I love tattered
21:54
cover.
21:54
Yeah, we are the second most uh literate
21:58
city in the country right after Seattle.
22:00
Okay, cool. Well, then it's fantastic. I
22:03
guess come on down book lovers.
22:04
We can't tell you what it's like to be a
22:06
book publisher here, but that we had to
22:08
address that. It was such an interesting
22:09
question.
Weather, Snow & Driving Tips
22:10
All right. There's a lot of questions
22:11
about friendliness in Colorado. like are
22:14
Colorado people friendly? Are they fake
22:16
friendly? Are they real friendly? Like
22:18
what do you think about that?
22:19
You know, this question's always tough
22:20
for me because I lived here my whole
22:22
life. So, I don't have a ton of exposure
22:25
to a lot of other cultures, but I'm
22:27
always asking people when I find out
22:29
they're move here or every time I have a
22:30
client that is new here, I'm always
22:32
asking them, "What do you think about
22:34
our culture? Like, do you think we're
22:35
friendly? Do you think Colorado has been
22:36
pretty friendly so far?" And people
22:38
always tell me yes. But I do find I've
22:41
had we've had several YouTubers comment
22:43
and say that they don't actually feel
22:44
like Colorado is a very friendly place
22:46
and those always take me by surprise and
22:49
I'm that sometimes I just wonder like
22:50
what's your definition of friendly cuz
22:52
I'll tell you if I'm in the grocery
22:54
store and someone just like and then I
22:57
have a bunch of stuff to do and I'm in a
22:58
rush and someone wants to just like
23:00
chitter chatter with me I I don't really
23:03
engage a ton. Now, I think I'm like
23:05
pretty friendly, but that's just not my
23:07
idea of like what I want out of my day.
23:11
Maybe that's true for a lot of people. I
23:13
don't know. I don't think it's true for
23:14
you. You want to titter chatter with
23:15
someone at the grocery store.
23:16
Depends on the day, honestly. These
23:18
days, I have kids now, so I'm more
23:19
introverted than I used to be. But I
23:21
think there's a different kind of
23:22
friendliness depending on the part of
23:24
the country you are, right? Like I would
23:25
say, you know, uh like take the
23:28
Northeast as an example. Like if you're
23:30
from the Northeast is that I think maybe
23:33
I I don't know if you would call it
23:35
friendly. I think most people might not
23:37
call it friendly, but um what I notic
23:39
about being in the Northeast is I'm a
23:41
play like Philadelphia is like are
23:43
people friendly? Like in a different
23:45
sort of way. It's almost this different
23:47
level of vulnerability. Like if I'm
23:49
standing in line somewhere in the middle
23:51
of Philly, you know, like people are the
23:53
kind of vulnerable. they'll tell me like
23:55
what happened in their day and they'll
23:57
really tell you and there's almost this
24:00
like living together like oh you're just
24:02
we're all in this struggle together and
24:04
that's a different thing that comes from
24:05
I think these cities stacked on top of
24:08
each other right it's like I mean it's
24:10
the kind of place where it's like if you
24:11
order your sandwich wrong they might
24:12
send you to the back of the line but
24:14
they'll also tell you how awful their
24:16
day was and like what's going on with
24:18
their mom that doesn't happen in
24:19
Colorado it's a little different than
24:21
that we're friendly but maybe we're
24:23
concealing a little more of what's going
24:25
on behind the scenes. Whereas if you're
24:27
from the south, it's a very different
24:29
kind of friendliness. Like you know,
24:30
some people I love the south personally.
24:32
Some people say like the south is fake
24:34
friendly, but it's a different
24:36
We have so many people from like Texans.
24:38
Texas is one of our big places where we
24:40
get a lot of people from.
24:41
Super friendly. I always I always enjoy
24:44
conversation with them and
24:47
like they're really polite. But I would
24:48
say like our friendliness is probably on
24:51
a similar level of like California
24:53
friendliness. Whenever I go to
24:54
California, it's like the conversations
24:56
I have with people, interactions is
24:58
almost indistinguishable. And it's big
25:01
surprise. Tons of people from California
25:03
came here. So, um, yeah, different level
25:05
of friendliness, but I would say it's
25:06
genuine. It's just on a different level
25:08
and a different kind of friendliness
25:10
depending on the part of the country you
25:11
come from.
25:12
Comment and tell us what you think about
25:14
friendliness in Colorado. I love reading
25:16
those YouTube comments. because I feel
25:18
like it exposed me to this whole new
25:20
world of perspectives I didn't even know
25:21
existed. I'm over here thinking Colorado
25:23
is so friendly, so lovely. It's
25:25
interesting hearing people affirm that
Final Tips Before Moving to Denver
25:27
or deny it.
25:28
All right, Megan, from our folks from
25:30
warmer places, what is it like living in
25:33
Colorado and, you know, for people who
25:36
aren't used to the snow and the weather?
25:38
Well, first of all, if you came this
25:39
year, you didn't have to deal with any
25:40
snow. We're having like our third
25:42
snowstorm right now, which is really
25:44
crazy. But most years we do get quite a
25:46
bit of snow. And a lot of times I have
25:48
people from out of state and they ask me
25:50
about snow tires. Um I would say in
25:54
general if you're just doing like
25:55
regular typical driving, I don't think
25:58
you need to usually buy just specific
26:01
snow tires that you change out just for
26:03
the winter. I've always just gotten
26:05
allseason tires, but you need to get
26:08
nice ones. a really really nice
26:10
allseason tires on most cars will get
26:13
you through good winters. Um, but if you
26:16
skimp and or you have old tires that
26:18
like the tread is starting to wear, that
26:20
can really impact you on the ice and
26:22
snow. So, just get nice allseason ones
26:25
and should be pretty set and stay on top
26:26
of maintaining them. And then hail, I
26:29
think, you know, if maybe you have hail
26:31
if you don't have snow, but hail's
26:33
really big here in Colorado. So every
26:35
time you have a hail stom, get your
26:37
insurance adjuster out because if you
26:38
get the big hail storm and it comes
26:40
through and you wait too long, the
26:42
insurance won't cover it. So even even
26:44
if you have like a past hail storm
26:46
damage and the new one comes through,
26:48
get your adjuster out and then that way
26:50
you can just make sure you get that
26:51
covered.
26:52
It is nice to have yourself at least an
26:54
all-wheel drive, if not a four-wheel
26:56
drive vehicle. Uh the difference there
26:59
is like all-wheel drive is that all the
27:01
wheels are kind of functioning together
27:04
and four-wheel drive is just like it's
27:06
it's more powerful, right? So the
27:08
four-wheel drive is like they they are
27:11
all four wheels are working and they are
27:13
just like plowing through things. So um
27:16
nice to have one of those things or at
27:18
least not a rear wheel rearwheel drive
27:20
vehicle. Those are pretty rare these
27:22
days, but if you have one, you are not
27:23
going anywhere in the snow if there's a
27:25
big snowstorm. But you don't need to buy
27:27
some massive SUV. Like I live I had two
27:30
different Honda Civics back to back. And
27:31
that's what I had from like 16 to like
27:33
23. And they served me lovely. Just had
27:37
nice tires on them. They did great.
27:39
All right, that's a wrap for frequently
27:41
asked questions for today. Uh but if we
27:43
missed anything, drop it in the
27:45
comments. Let us know what your
27:47
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28:03
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