All Seasons Blog

It may seem to early in the year to talk about watering rules, but the new permanent watering rules for Colorado Springs that were approved by the City Council in December went in to effect on January 1st, so we thought we'd let you know about them. 50% of water used in Colorado Springs is for outdoor spaces, so the new rules are inte...

As we reach the end of the decade (how crazy is that?!), I think it's so important to realize how good we all have it. This time of year is a great time to reflect on the past and regain our focus on where our priorities are and should be for the years to come. It's an ebb and flow and we each have tough patches, but when we look ...

Understanding the Business of LandlordingEpisode 2 - 5 Tips on Maintaining your PropertyMaintaining your property will keep your investment safe and preserved. All Seasons, LLC, CRMC has over 30 years of experience taking good care of rental homes in the greater Colorado Springs area. We are dedicated to forming long-lasting relationships...

Real estate is really moving in Colorado Springs, so you might be thinking about investing in real estate. A great way to get started is to read book written by some of the most successful investors around. To help you on your way, here are the 8 best rental property investment books to read in 2019. Then, call All Seasons. We can help yo...

So you have a new investment property, and you’d like to rent it out. In researching the requirements surrounding being a landlord, you decide you want to hire a Professional Property Manager. Good decision! (Check out our blog post Is Self-Managing a Big Mistake for New Landlords? by clicking here.) The #1 way to find the best resi...

A new episode in our smart home blog series.We’ve been writing about how to set up a Smart Home on our blog for over a year. In this blog post, we’d like to address the issue of how to control smart home privacy when it comes to your active listening devices, like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. Most people have these ...

Have you looked at your oven lately? We all like to have clean surfaces where we prepare our food. Self-cleaning ovens will cook off the leftover food inside your oven, but it creates smoke, and takes energy. Other oven cleaners contain harmful chemicals we don’t want around our families. Here is how to organically clean your oven, ...

Understanding the Business of Landlording, Episode 2Becoming a landlord can be profitable, but it’s not a passive investment. Success means hard work and savvy. Here are 7 rookie landlord mistakes to avoid.1. Not properly planning for expensesWhen adding up investment property costs, you’ll think of mortgage, insurance, and ta...

The latest in the All Seasons Smart Homes blog SeriesRobot vacuums have come a long way since they were first introduced in 1996 by Electrolux. Back then, the vacuums were expensive and inefficient, although they sparked the imagination. Could there be a time when they’d become good enough to clean our homes for us?In 2019, robotics...

If you want to rent out your property, you want a property manager who knows what they're doing. How do you tell? One way to check on a firm you want to hire is to look at their designations. Colorado requires property managers to have a real estate license, but at All Seasons, our team has much more. We have designations.The designat...