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Should You Convert Your Denver Home into a Duplex?
A Landlord's 2026 Reality Check For most Denver rental investors, converting a single-family rental into a duplex seems like a no-brainer: two rents...
What Should Denver Rental Property Owners Expect From Their Property Manager?
Hiring a property management company is an important financial decision for Denver rental property owners. Owners hire professional management to protect...
Denver Fall Leasing: What Landlords Need to Know
Denver fall leasing requires more planning than the peak summer rental season. For leases ending between September and November, decisions made in the...
The Risks of Being a Landlord in Colorado
Owning rental property in Colorado can be a good long-term investment. Rental income, appreciation, and the ability to build equity over time are all...
Thinking About Changing Property Management Companies for a Denver Rental Property?
It usually does not happen all at once. First, it is a maintenance request that takes a week longer than it should. Then a lease renewal that comes to the...
2026 Colorado Legislative Session: What Denver Landlords Need to Know
The most damaging proposals failed this year. Do not mistake that for a change in direction at the Capitol. The 2026 Colorado legislative session is over....
How Many Rental Properties Should You Self-Manage Before It Becomes a Second Job?
One of the questions we hear most often at DenCO Property Management (DenCO) is, "How many rental properties can I realistically manage myself?" While...
What HB 24-1098 Actually Means for Denver Landlords
Just Cause Eviction in Colorado For decades, a Colorado landlord could simply decline to renew a lease upon expiration, with no explanation required. That...
Denver Accidental Landlords
Denver has earned an unexpected distinction. According to Zillow, the city currently has the highest rate of accidental landlords in the nation. Unlike...
Why Single-Family Rental Owners May Have Their Biggest Tax Refund Opportunity in a Decade
Denver Rental Property Tax Appeals 2026 Rental real estate investors who own single-family homes in Denver may have a rare opportunity in 2026 to...
Denver Landlords: Stop Comparing Yourself to Apartment Buildings
Here’s Why Single-Family Rentals Are Winning in 2026 Investors with single-family rental homes in Denver who have been following the headlines lately...
Why Are Rents in Denver Falling and When Will They Recover?
Savvy investors and property managers in Denver are not surprised by this year’s soft rental market. It is all about supply and demand. According to Yardi...
Preparing Your Home for Rental in Denver’s Soft Market
Denver’s housing market has softened, affecting both sales and rentals. Inventory is up, tenants have more choices, and the days of listing a property...
Spring Rental Property Maintenance
DenCO Property Management (DenCO) conducts a late-winter inspection of all rentals under our management to identify any needed repairs and ensure that key...
Colorado Landlords Dodge Major Eviction Law — For Now
Colorado investment property owners and real estate professionals dodged a bullet last month. The House Judiciary Committee voted not to move HB 1047 out...
Easing Rental Property Move-Ins
How a Smooth Start Benefits Tenants and Owners The move-in process is a critical moment in the life of a rental property. At DenCO Property Management...
Colorado Rental Advertising Changes Under House Bill 25-1090
Effective January 1, 2026, House Bill 25-1090 changes how all residential rental prices are advertised in Colorado. Landlords must now display a single...
Preparing A Property For Rent
Preparing a property for rent is one of the most important steps in the leasing process, and in Denver’s competitive market, details matter. At DenCO...
Condo Construction Defect Reform Update
Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) DenCO Property Management (DenCO) has managed Denver rental properties since 1999, and most of the...
2025 Denver Rental Market Update: Shift to a Balanced Market
It's been 14 months since DenCO Property Management’s (DenCO) October 2024 update about the Denver rental market. The most notable change from 2024 is...
Colorado’s New Security Deposit Law
What Landlords and Tenants Need to Know About HB25-1249 Effective Date: January 1, 2026 House Bill 25-1249, signed into law on June 3, 2025, introduces...
Colorado Eviction Process in 2025
Over the past five years, Colorado's eviction process and tenant rights landscape have shifted significantly, with 2025 offering far more protections for...
Rental Property Cash Flow Metrics
Currently, the Denver rental market is soft, causing property managers to face tighter margins and more competition. Cash flow metrics need to shift from a growth-mode to a resilience/occupancy cash approach, which focuses on protecting margins and maintaining...
Home Alone: How to Protect Vacant Rental Properties
Winter is one of the riskiest times of the year to leave rental properties vacant. From frozen pipes to squatters, homes without occupants are more vulnerable than ever once the snow starts to fall. DenCO Property Management (DenCO) recommends the following safety and...
Property Managers’ Guide to HB-1090
House Bill 25-1090 (HB-1090) has had an interesting journey after it was first proposed by Denver Representative Emily Sirota last year. The initial bill...
Investing in Denver Real Estate in 2025: A Contrarian’s Perspective
The Denver real estate market in 2025 is, to put it bluntly, challenging. Properties are lingering unsold, forcing sellers to rent instead, which causes a...
Colorado’s HB 1240: What Every Landlord Should Know
Colorado landlords face another round of legislative changes with the passage of House Bill 1240, "Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies." Though only eight pages long, the bill introduces sweeping new rules that every housing provider—large or small—must...
Let’s Make Life Harder for Landlords Legislation
DenCO Property Management (DenCO) wants to let real estate rental owners know that the Colorado legislature and Governor Polis have once again decided...
Property Management and Taxes
How We Help Owners with Their Tax and Fee Obligations DenCO Property Management (DenCO) believes the relationship between owners and property management companies requires trust, transparency, and accountability. Owners entrust us to handle rental income, reserve...
HB 25-1168: Housing Protections for Victim Survivors
Is Housing a Right in Colorado? Currently, HB 25-1168 has two titles - Housing Protections for Victim Survivors and Expanded Protections for Victims of Gender-Based Violence. Once the legislators decide on a name, the law could hold rental real estate investors and...
Rental Real Estate Investing in Denver Still A Good Idea?
Does Denver still pique rental real estate investors' interest? The answer is yes, but there are some caveats. On the positive side, people are moving to the area making the City a good place to invest in rental real estate. According to Axios, Denver grew 2.8 percent...
Where Have the Condos Gone, Long Time Passing
DenCO Property Management (DenCO) has been managing rental properties in Denver since 1999. We manage homes, townhouses, and condominiums. Interestingly, most of the condos we manage are at least 15 years old or older. The condo market in Colorado died in 2010...
Colorado Warranty of Habitability Overhaul
In 2024, Colorado's habitability laws underwent significant changes, impacting both landlords and tenants. These updates came through Senate Bill 24-094,...
What Is A Reasonable Rent Increase In 2025?
The Rent Pricing Balancing Act Denver-based owner and property management companies must think out rent increases before moving forward. If set too high,...
How to Use Rent-To-Income Ratios Screen Potential Tenants in Colorado
A property management company's top two tasks are protecting owners' assets and keeping their rentals occupied in that order of importance. Over the last...
HB25-1249 Tenant Security Deposit Law Amendments
HB25-1249 Tenant Security Deposit Law Amendments impose burdensome restrictions on security deposits, making it harder for landlords, property management...
Communications With Tenants
Good communications with tenants help build strong relationships, avoid misunderstandings, and establish a mutually agreeable rental experience for leaseholders and the property management company. Below are some tenant communication tips: Set Clear Expectations...
Expect More Colorado Fair Housing Act Enforcement in 2025
Heads up, residential property investors: Colorado's enforcement of Fair Housing will become more robust in 2025. The state is deploying undercover agents to test for compliance and identify discriminatory practices. Non-compliance could result in costly...
Should Homeowners Sell or Rent Their Homes?
Life happens. Sometimes, people have to move for life or job changes. The decision to sell or rent a home in Denver depends on market conditions, owners' financial goals, and lifestyle considerations. DenCO Property Management (DenCO) suggests that homeowners ask...
The Hidden Costs of Being a Landlord
What Hidden Costs? Management companies such as DenCO Property Management (DenCO) believe there are no hidden costs associated with being a landlord because we have systems in place to track all the costs associated with managing the rentals under our management....
Fees, Fees and More Fees
The State of Colorado and Denver are in fee mode, charging residents and business owners fees for many services that, in the past, taxes covered. Since Governor Ritter's term, the State has used service fees to get around increasing taxes. In a Denver Gazette opinion...
The Jury Trials For Evictions Punt
The Colorado Supreme Court took the extraordinary step on Monday, December 16 to retract its two-month-old decision recognizing tenants have the right to a jury trial in eviction disputes. When Naomi Bermudez's landlord moved to evict her this year from her apartment...
The Market Does Not Care About Your Mortgage
Property Management in Slowing Rental Market DenCO Property Management (DenCO) has noticed a slowing rental market in the latter part of 2024. The winter months are usually slow. People want to stay put during the holidays. Rents for homes in good neighborhoods are...
Colorado’s Climate Change Mandates Collide with Reality
Breaking News - Denver's Green Mandates Paused According to the Denver Gazette in their January 14, 2025 editorial titled City Backs Down on 'Energize Denver,' The City of Denver postponed a deadline for large building owners to comply with the green mandates of...
Colorado Sees A Wave Of Landlord-Tenant Rules
How Did We Get Here? Colorado residential investment property owners and property managers now have a slew of new rental laws to follow, including no-fault evictions, screening limitations, price stabilization in disasters, and warranty of habitability. Colorado is...
Colorado’s 2024 Housing Market Trends
Understanding Colorado’s housing trends requires keeping up with the market. Below is a summary of Redfin's April 2024 housing report. Redfin is a popular real estate brokerage buy and sell application. Home Sales Prices On A Median Basis The median sale price in...
Tenant Guide for Easy Move Out
Tenants Notice To Vacate Easy move-outs from rental properties benefit both the tenant and landlord. Time is money, so the faster the property management company gains back possession of a rental, the sooner they can get the property ready for the next tenant. On the...
Property Tax Relief Signed By Colorado Governor Polis
In 2020, Colorado voters repealed the Gallagher Amendment, a 30-year-old constitutional provision that determined residential and commercial property assessment rates. The Colorado Legislature procrastinated for three years, and then residential property owners were...
Property Management Companies Must Be Licensed in Colorado
Property management companies in Colorado must be licensed. However, there is no specific property management license. Instead, the Colorado Real Estate...
Lease Renewals Are Required Now in Colorado, With Five Exceptions
House Bill 24-1098 represents Colorado's legislative attempt to enhance tenant protections and clarify the responsibilities of landlords and property...
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