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COLORADO REAL ESTATE IN COSTILLA COUNTY Lisc. Independent Real Estate Broker STATES OF COLORADO & LOUISIANA Carolyn Matherne 985-974-6982 slvrealestate@yahoo.com |
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| 5 ACRES BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BUILD A HOME ESTABLISHED POWER & PHONE AVAILABLE. only $12000. WATER WELL PERMIT CAN BE OBTAINED ON THIS PROPERTY |
80 AC PARCEL, SOLD LOCATED IN COLORADO EQUITIES, A 2300 PLUS ACRE SUBDIVISION WHERE EVERY PARCEL IS 35-100 ACRES. EVERY PARCEL HAS A DEEDED ACCESS TO CULEBRA CREEK FOR FISHING, CAMPING AND RECREATION. ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY IS A PRIVATE ROAD WHICH COMES OFF A VERY WELL MAINTAINED COUNTY ROAD. COLORADO EQUITIES IS LOCATED APPROX 3 MILES EAST OF CHAMA COLORADO, VERY CLOSE TO RED RIVER SKI AREA AS WELL AS TAOS, NEW MEXICO. CHAMA IS ABOUT 6 MILES EAST AND SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SAN LUIS, THE OLDEST TOWN IN COLORADO. OWNER/AGENT HAS TITLE POLICY AND DEEDED MINERALS And yes, we did drive a vehicle to the top! Just take a look. JUST LOOK AT THE "VIEW" |
| Call me anytime 985-974-6982 |
| "VIEW AERIAL" + DEEDED ACCESS TO RECREATION AREA ON CULEBRA CREEK, CHAMA CO |
| 51 acres only $1350. per ac ."VIEW CHAMA" |
| 160 ACRES LOCATED ON WILD HORSE MESA, INSIDE MELBY RANCHES BUT NOT A PART OF MELBY RANCHES. VIEW CURRENT COURT DOCUMENTS OUTLINING HISTORICAL ACCESS TO CEILO VISTA RANCH FOR TIMBER AND GRAZING "VIEW PAGE" WILL DIVIDE 40 AC $35000. HISTORICAL RIGHTS PASS WITH OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY |
| WILD HORSE MESA LOT VALUED (by the county) $15,900. LISTED AT ONLY $5000. NOT AN EVAN MELBY PROPERTY VIEW PLAT |
| This website has no connection to San Luis Valley Real Estate Company located in Fort Garland Colorado. For those concerned about any affiliation with that company,- THERE IS NOT ANY CONNECTION. Also- I am not an appraiser. And as far as I know the owner of the San Luis Valley Real Estate Company is not a licensed land appraiser. I think perhaps the previous tax assessor was an appraiser while he was working in that real estate office on Camino Tio Irvine, south of Fort Garland. I hope this has answered the questions some have asked. slvrealestate@yahoo.com |
| 5 ACRES 2 MI E OF HWY 159, 11 MI S OF FORT GARLAND. 1/4 MILE FROM ESTABLISHED UTILITIES. WELL PERMIT MAY BE OBTAINED A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD |
| RECENTLY I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES INTERESTED IN PURCHASING LAND IN COLORADO. MY FIRST ADVICE TO ANY BUYER IS "BUYER BE AWARE" THIS ADVICE IS CERTAINLY NOT INTENDED TO DISCOURAGE BUYERS OR TO IMPLY THERE IS ANY REASON NOT TO PURCHASE LAND IN COLORADO. I MEAN THE EXACT OPPOSITE! COLORADO IS A BEAUTIFUL STATE AND CAN BE A GOOD INVESTMENT. UNLIKE STOCKS ON WALL STREET, LAND DOES NOT SHRINK OR GO AWAY. IT IS A "LIMITED EDITION" COMMODITY. THERE IS NO MORE LAND BEING MADE.....BE INFORMED & BUY WISELY. I BELIEVE ANY PERSON WHO PLANS TO INVEST IN LAND, REGARDLESS WHICH STATE, COUNTY OR PARISH, HAS A NEED AND A RIGHT TO KNOW THE FACTS. I ALSO BELIEVE THE AGENT HANDLING THE TRANSACTION HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THE ANSWERS. THE REAL ANSWERS, NOT THE MADE UP POLITICIAN TYPE RHETORIC OR SELF SERVING STORIES. IN FACT A LOT OF SELF SERVNG STORIES HAVE NO BASIS IN FACT AND CAN BE HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SELLER AND THE BUYER. IT ALSO SERVES NO USEFUL PURPOSE IN ESTABLISHING A HIGHER STANDARD OF ETHICS OR RESPECTABILITY FOR OUR OWN PROFESSION. ANY AGENT CAN AND WILL MAKE MISTAKES. BUT THOSE SHOULD BE HONEST MISTAKES, NOT INTENTIONAL DECEIT. ANY AGENT MAKING AN HONEST MISTAKE WILL BE THE FIRST TO TRY TO MAKE THE MATTER RIGHT. THE MAIN REASON I AM ADDING THIS TO THE FRONT PAGE OF MY WEBSITE IS THAT SO MANY CALLS I RECEIVE ARE CONCERNING MISINFORMATION RECEIVED OR A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TOLD. ANYONE INVESTING MONEY ON WALL STREET IS TRUSTING THE STOCK BROKER/AGENT. ANYONE INVESTING IN PROPERTY IS TRUSTING THE REAL ESTATE BROKER/AGENT. IN COLORADO AS WELL AS IN LOUISIANA, A LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT IS ONLY AN APPRAISER IF THEY ARE LICENSED TO BE APPRAISERS. AN APPRAISER IS ALLOWED TO GIVE YOU A "VALUE" OF PROPERTY. A REAL ESTATE AGENT CAN ONLY GIVE YOU AN "OPINION" OF THE MARKETABLE VALUE OF PROPERTY. WHEN A REAL ESTATE AGENT STATES THAT A PROPERTY IS PRICED RIGHT/GOOD/CHEAP, THAT IS THEIR OPINION- NOT A CERTIFIED VALUE. MOST REAL ESTATE AGENTS CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT PROPERTY IS VALUED BUT THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY OR BUSINESS TELLING A CLIENT THEY "PAID TOO MUCH" OR "THAT PROPERTY IS NOT WORTH THAT PRICE". IT IS ALSO NOT ETHICAL TO EVER TELL A BUYER "YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE/BUY THERE" UNLESS THE AGENT CAN GIVE THE CLIENT SPECIFIC AND FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE CLIENT OR THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. A LICENSED AGENT SHOULD FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES IN DETERMINING WHAT IS ADVERSE & WHAT IS NOT.. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED WHY THEY WERE NOT TOLD THE COMMON GOSSIP OR RUMORS ABOUT A PROPERTY THEY HAD PURCHASED OR PLAN TO PURCHASE. AS AGENTS LICENSED BY THE STATE WE HAVE A DUTY TO OUR CLIENT. IN COLORADO AS A TRANSACTION BROKER WE HAVE A DUTY TO ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. THOSE DUTIES ARE SPELLED OUT IN GREAT DETAIL BY THE COLORADO REAL ESTATE COMMISSION. WE HAVE A DUTY TO THE BUYER TO PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE OF A DEFECT OR ANY FACTS THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PROPERTY OR THAT PERSONS INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A DUTY TO THE SELLER NOT TO REPEAT RANDOM GOSSIP THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT HIS PROPERTY. AN EXAMPLE: SUPPOSE WE KNEW- OR THOUGHT WE KNEW- NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET HAD GOTTEN A DIVORCE, OR FILED BANKRUPTCY, OR LIKE TO FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS, OR THAT THE VERY PROPERTY IN QUESTION HAD ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF A COURT PROCEEDING IN THE PAST BUT THAT COURT PROCEEDING HAD LONG BEEN SETTLED WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE OWNER. ARE THESE MATTERS WHICH WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PROPERTY OR ITS VALUE TO THE BUYER? WILL IT IN ANY WAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BUYER? IF THE ANSWER IS "NO" THEN THE AGENT HAS A VERY WELL DEFINED DUTY TO THE CURRENT LAND OWNER/SELLER NOT TO DRAG UP GOSSIP OR RUMORS OR SUPPOSITIONS THAT COULD TAINT OR DAMAGE THE REPUTATION OF THE SELLER OR HIS PROPERTY. WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR CLIENT, NOT ABOUT THEM. IF A CLIENT TELLS US THEY HAVE PLANS TO GROW A GARDEN, HAVE A HORSE, PLANT TREES, HAVE A NICE LAWN AND WASH THEIR CAR EVERY SATURDAY BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT A PARCEL OF LAND WHICH DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A DOMESTIC WATER WELL, THAT IS AN ADVERSE FACT. THE CLIENT NEEDS TO KNOW THIS! THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSION HAS NO PLACE OR CAUSE FOR AN AGENT TO RESORT TO COMMON GOSSIP. A RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL AGENT WILL NOT RESORT TO SPREADING RUMORS AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT OTHER AGENTS OR THEIR LISTINGS. OURS IS A PROFESSION TO BE PROUD OF. IF WE WANT THE RESPECT AND TRUST OF THE BUYERS OR SELLERS THEN WE NEED TO BE TRUSTWORTHY. WE NEED TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AS RESPECTABLE AND RELIABLE PROFESSIONALS. OUR CLIENTS NEED FOR US TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM, THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT THEY PLAN TO INVEST OR HAVE INVESTED IN. THAT IS OUR DUTY. THEY NEED TO KNOW WE CAN BE TRUSTED WITH THEIR ESCROW, THEIR INVESTMENT, AND SOMETIMES THEIR VERY FINANCIAL FUTURE. THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION EXPECTS NO LESS OF US AND WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO MEET THE HIGH BUT VERY FAIR AND HONEST STANDARDS THAT DEFINE OUR PROFESSION. BUYERS ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT WATER ACCESSIBILITY AND WHAT "RIGHT" THEY COULD EXPECT WHEN PURCHASING PROPERTY. IN COSTILLA COUNTY THERE ARE OVER 30 DEVELOPED SUBDIVISIONS. NOT ALL OF THESE SUBDIVISONS QUALIFY FOR A WATER WELL PERMIT. MOST OF THE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE QUALIFY FOR AN INHOUSE WELL ONLY. THE BUYER NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT INHOUSE MEANS A RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY. THE PROPERTIES THAT CAN QUALIFY FOR A DOMESTIC WELL HAVE A MORE LIBERAL WATER USE ALLOWED. A DOMESTIC WELL IS BY NO MEANS AN IRRIGATION WELL- TO WATER 40 ACRES OF ALFALFA OR POTATOES FOR INSTANCE. THE DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES IN ALAMOSA CAN GIVE SPECIFIC DETAILS TO ANYONE INTERESTED. I RECEIVED A CALL THIS WEEK WHERE THE POTENTIAL BUYERS WERE CONSIDERING PURCHASING MULTIPLE LOTS ON WILD HORSE MESA BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY COULD COMBINE SEVERAL LOTS TO TOTAL MORE THAN THE 35 ACRES REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE RULES OF SUBDIVISON AND ALLOW THEM TO GET A PERMIT FOR A DOMESTIC WATER WELL. (WHEN I WORKED OUT THE REPLATTING FOR HARVARD COLLEGE IN BOSTON TO COMBINE 9 LOTS TOTALING OVER 67 ACRES IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COLORADO WATER AUTHORITY THAT THE ONLY WAY A SUM TOTAL OF ACREAGE IS EXEMPT FROM THE USUAL SUBDIVISION RULES IS IF THE SUM TOTAL OF 35 OR MORE ACRES IS 1 (ONE) TRACT OR PARCEL.) THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME MISINFORMATION ABOUT HOW A POTENTIAL BUYER CAN "BEND" THE RULES. THERE IS ALSO MISINFORMATION BEING GIVEN TO POTENTIAL BUYERS THAT STATE RULES ARE NOT ENFORCED AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE AN INHOUSE WELL AS IF IT HAD NO RESTRICTIONS. THE STATE MAY NOT BE ENFORCING THOSE RULES BUT IT IS NOT ETHICAL FOR US TO ENCOURAGE DISREGARD FOR STATE RULES. THE BUYER COULD FACE SOME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THIS IS A CASE WHERE AN AGENT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPING TO CREATE AN ADVERSE SITUATION THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CLIENTS INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY, THUS ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BUYER. I STRONGLY RECOMEND THE BUYER MAKE SURE HE WILL HAVE THE RIGHTS HE EXPECTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE CONTACT THE COLORADO STATE GOVERNMENT, DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES, 301 MURPHY, ALAMOSA, CO 81101 THE NUMBER IS 719 589 6683. EVERYONE IN THIS OFFICE IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL. HAVE AVAILABLE THE LEAGL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY , SUBDIVISION, UNIT#, BLOCK# & LOT # WATER IS A PRECIOUS COMMODITY IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GET THE FACTS.! REMEMBER: "IF SOMEONE WILL GOSSIP TO YOU THEY WILL ALSO GOSSIP ABOUT YOU" |
| BE INFORMED. ASK QUESTIONS & LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE ANSWERS & ASK AGAIN! I AM BY NO MEANS A TAX EXPERT BUT I DO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THE RISING TAXES IN COSTILLA COUNTY. "CLICK" TO READ THIS PERSONAL OPINION MORE INFO AND CONTACTS TO VOICE YOUR OPINION TO WWW.COSTILLOCOUNTY.CO.GOV USE THE ADDRESSES AND EMAILS TO VOICE YOUR OPINION OF THE RISING TAXES! |