Two minutes
Are you ready to bid on a HUD home? Take the two-minute quiz
Seven questions, and you get a specific next step: pre-approval, the down payment stack, the 203(k) path, the investor timeline, or “pick the house.” Not a generic contact form.
Call or text 303-955-4220 and a live person answers. Not a robot, not a phone tree.
Owner or investor
It decides your window: the exclusive owner-occupant period first, or the extended period.
Pre-approval and help
Whether the $1,000 stack fits you, and which lender to call.
IN, IE or UI
Which listings you can actually close on.
This week or later
What to do before the house appears so you bid on day 1.
Written and reviewed by
Brian Lee Burke, Colorado HUD home specialist and team leader
Licensed Colorado real estate professional since 2002 · REALTOR® · Team leader and licensed broker of the Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams DTC, a HUD-registered group that regularly bids on HUD homes · Author of The Real Estate Playbook and Mastering Real Estate. Brian’s full HUD biography.
Last reviewed: September 20, 2026 · Sources: HUD Home Store (hudhomestore.gov) and HUD program guidance, HUD Handbook 4000.1, REcolorado MLS data via kennarealestate.com, and the Kenna Real Estate Group’s own HUD transaction files.
Contact: call or text 303-955-4220 or homes@kennarealestate.com. During office hours you reach a live local Kenna real estate professional, not a robot or a national call center. Brokerage: Kenna Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty DTC, LLC, 6300 S Syracuse Way, Suite 150, Centennial, CO 80111. Each Keller Williams office is independently owned and operated. The Kenna Real Estate Group is an independent real estate team and is not affiliated with or endorsed by HUD or any government agency; official property information comes from HUD Home Store. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Free guide, PDF
The Colorado HUD Home Buyer's Playbook
How HUD bidding really works, the nine ways buyers lose, and the bid worksheet. 18 pages, free.
Why you want it before you bid:
- The 15-day owner-occupant window, day by day, so you never miss a deadline
- The net-to-HUD math HUD actually scores, with a one-page bid worksheet
- The nine ways buyers lose a HUD home, and how each one is avoided
Find every home available, not just HUD homes
Advanced home search: every listing on the Colorado MLS, with the full filters, on kennarealestate.com.
Opens kennarealestate.com, the Kenna Real Estate Group’s full MLS search. HUD homes only? Use the tiles and the map on this site.
Want us to take it from here?
Send your answers and a HUD-registered agent calls with the exact next step for your situation and this week’s matching homes.
Call or text 303-955-4220
A live person answers. Not a robot, not a phone tree.
