by Brian Burke | Sep 18, 2026 | Real estate
There is a version of buying a HUD home in Colorado where the down payment is $100. Not $100 plus a catch. One hundred dollars. It is real, it is an official HUD incentive, and this week several of the HUD homes listed in metro Denver carry it. It is also easy to get...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 17, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
HUD does sell to investors. It just makes you wait. Every listing opens with a window reserved for people who will live in the house, and only when that window closes without an acceptable bid does the house open to everyone. Here is how to work inside that. The...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 17, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
Denver’s bungalows, ranches and split-levels are mostly pre-1978, and so is most of the metro’s HUD inventory. Lead-based paint is assumed in any of them. HUD handles it more carefully than a private seller does, and you sign more paper. What HUD does...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 16, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
You do not write a check to your agent on a HUD home. HUD pays the buyer’s broker from the proceeds of the sale, up to 3% of the price, if your agent puts it on the bid. It is one of the two numbers that turn your price into HUD’s net, and understanding it...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 16, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
Earnest money on a HUD home is smaller and stricter than on a normal Colorado purchase. Smaller because the amount is fixed. Stricter because the delivery window and the refund rules are written by HUD and applied by a stranger. The amount Sales price $50,000 or less:...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 15, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
“Foreclosure” covers three different purchases. Which one you are in decides who you negotiate with, how long it takes, and whether a first-time buyer has a real shot. The three, in one table HUD homeBank-owned (REO)Short sale Who owns itThe U.S....
