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On SecondShelters.com: Will Legal Toking Get Colorado Real Estate Smoking?

By Joanna England / February 19, 2014 /

If the lines out the door of the Breckenridge Cannabis Club are any indication, the new Colorado laws legalizing recreational marijuana sales are making ganja a golden commodity.

But will the new trade in Mary Jane mean more sales for Colorado Realtors? We break down the news from around the state to see where getting your Rocky Mountain High will mean higher sales on SecondShelters.com.

Will Legal Pot Make Colorado Ski Homes a Smoking Commodity? Realtors Doubt Toking Will Lead to a New Joint

By Joanna England / February 19, 2014 /

We’ve seen photos and stories from Colorado ski towns such as Aspen and Breckenridge showing vacationers filing lines out the door at marijuana shops, so of course, we had to wonder what kind of impact legal pot could have on Colorado real estate. Are more buyers putting it in their pipes and smoking it?

Turns out the Colorado Association of Realtors was wondering the exact same thing. After all, with 136 pot retailers in the state as of Dec. 2013, buyers were throwing green after green, eventually causing a state-wide shortage of smokables. But is recreational marijuana a boon for Colorado real estate, or a burden?

Ranch of the Week: Fall in Love in Poetry, Texas

By Kathryn Roan / February 14, 2014 /

I’m not the only one who is in love with my later-in-life hometown of Poetry, Texas. Author Janice Thompson even wrote a novel starring the 1800s version of this darling little town. Located just over 10 miles east of Rockwall, Poetry is a charming country community with sandy loam soil, populated almost entirely by horse owners,…

Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Changes Luncheon Date, Plans Home Tour That Will be a Standing "O"vation

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

So here’s the calendar change for you: the 3rd Annual Distinguished Speaker Series luncheon date was tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 11. Well, it has now been changed to Wednesday, April 2. But the change is well worth it: Harlan Crow will be the featured speaker at the luncheon, to be held at the Dallas Country…

Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Changes Luncheon Date, Plans Home Tour That Will be a Standing “O”vation

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2014 /

So here’s the calendar change for you: the 3rd Annual Distinguished Speaker Series luncheon date was tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 11. Well, it has now been changed to Wednesday, April 2. But the change is well worth it: Harlan Crow will be the featured speaker at the luncheon, to be held at the Dallas Country…