Carrie N Miller Gold Country Realty, Cripple Creek, CO

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• The cost is $5 per person.
  Tours are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
  June 1-30 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays.
  July 1-Sept. 4 Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays.
  Reserve early as tours are very popular and fill up quickly. Reservations: online at VictorColorado.com or at 719-689-4211.
• No children under 5 allowed on tours.
• The maximum on each tour is 14.

• Our new online tour reservation system is up and running and you can easily book tours for your guests/visitors by going to www.VictorColorado.com and clicking on the link on the front page of the website (the tour looks like the logo in this email).
• To be sure we have serious tour-goers and to be fair and give everyone equal chance to book a reservation, payment is required when the reservation is made.
• Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance and can only be cancelled by calling the tour reservation line or emailing minetours@victorcolorado.com.
• Read through and be sure everyone understands the policies. Select the date and time for the tour you want from the calendar at the bottom of the page.
• Create a reservation, entering all information requested.
• If you do not wish to use PayPal, select the option to pay with your credit card on each screen that appears (usually on the left side of the payment screen and does not require a log in). All transactions for credit cards are processed through our PayPal account but you are not required to have a PayPal account to use your credit card for purchases.
• If a tour is booked it will not allow you to open the reservation date screen.
• The email address entered for the reservation will receive a confirmation.

• Tours are about 2 hours in length and begin at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, 3rd & Victor Ave., Victor CO. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your tour time.
• All Proceeds from the tours go to the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, a 501c3 non- profit.
• We accept secure payment via PayPal and credit cards. If you do not wish to use PayPal, select the option to pay with your credit card on each screen that appears (usually on the left side of the payment screen and does not require a log in). All transactions for credit cards are processed through our PayPal account but you are not required to have a PayPal account to use your credit card for purchases.
• All cancellations and changes are subject to cancellation fee of $2.50 per person. Cancellations or changes must be made at least 24 hours prior to 9 a.m. on the tour reservation date. All cancellations or changes made after 24 hours prior to 9 a.m. on the tour reservation date will not be refunded.

One of my favorite placs to visit, although I don't get there enough!

http://www.visitcripplecreek.com/CrippleCreekDistrictMuseum.aspx

**REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE CCD MUSEUM:

Y'all need to check this out!

Reposted with Permission from the CCD Museum!

NOW, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS?! Just wish I had pics!

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Or you can always call Carrie!

Presidents Day Febuary 15, 2010;

Cripple Creek Ice continues to Fly and Chain Saws Roar up and down the Streets of Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek as the Ice Carvers continue to coax hunks of frozen water into fanciful works of art!

Wandering through the maze of ice on Friday, this is what the very preliminary sculptures look like prior to yeilding their inner secrets known only to the carver!

You can see the form evolving in the distance......

Here are some Ice Carving Tools!

Saturday, the carvings are taking shape!

But its still hard to tell what they are going to be!

Obvously a Fish Tail!

The Theme for this years Carvers:

Under the Sea!

My Favorite; the kid slide! This little guy was having a ball!

and Mike in his Cowboy Gear Saturday evening as the evening started to set.....

Ice goes on through the next weekend, Febuary 20 & 21st. All week the Carvers will be refining their masterpieces and bringing the undersea world to life right here on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek!

You can also go to www.goldcountryco.com and on the bottom of my homepage click on the "Webcam" and see down Bennett Avenue LIVE at your leisure....

If you do come up, stop by my office at 333 E Bennett (next to the Candy Store) and Say "Hey"; I'll be in there working today, Monday, Presidents Day!

Ok. I don't know HOW many times I try to tell people, but you HAVE to qualify prospects BEFORE you take them out on a showing!

Sure, you have a GREAT property to show..BUT....did you even stop to ASK this couple BEFORE you saddled up that pony and trotted them down to your property IF THEY HAD ANY UNEXPIRED AGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH ANY OTHER BROKERS or IF THEY WERE WORKING WITH ANYONE ELSE?

So when I call into the office to ask how things are going, I don't get your attitude!

Sorry, I DIDN'T DO IT! Whatever it is that put that BEE in your BONNETT It wasn't my fault! It says right there in the OFFICE MANUAL to ASK FIRST!

I'm sorry you had to find it out after you took them to your prize listing and THEY told you that THEY HAVE ANOTHER REALTOR THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH!

AND THEY LIKE HIM JUST FINE!

So, AGENTS! Lissen UP! STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! ASK first! AND WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, HOW ABOUT GIVING THEM THE COLORADO RE COMMISSION APPROVED RE FORM BROKERAGE DISCLOSURE TO BUYER? (BD24 5-09) (Mandatory 7-09)

From the CO RE Manual:

"Brokerage Duties Disclosure to Seller (REO and Non-CREC Approved Listing

Agreements) (Form BDD56)

Brokerage Disclosure to Buyer/Tenant (Form BD24)

* Brokerage Disclosure to Tenant (BDT20)

These disclosures are used when a broker comes in contact with a potential buyer or

tenant and discusses the possible purchase or leasing of property. The property address or

requirements must be included. Also, the broker must state whether: (a) the broker is an

agent of a seller or landlord and the buyer or tenant is a customer; or (b) the broker is a

transaction-broker." (emphasis added)

"E. Other Upfront Disclosures

Tell Others

A broker who has already established a relationship with one party to a proposed

transaction shall advise at the earliest reasonable opportunity any other potential parties or

their agents of such established relationship.

Transaction-Brokerage

Prior to engaging in any brokerage activity, a transaction-broker shall disclose in writing

to the party to be assisted that such broker is not acting as an agent for the other party and

that the broker is acting as a transaction-broker."

So, Brokers! Maybe it's time to REVIEW and UPDATE that OFFICE MANUAL!

Note to self: UPDATE & REVIEW OFFICE MANUAL!

I gotta say, as much as I try, I don't always get out the words "Just so you know, I am a SELLERS AGENT or TB or BUYERS AGENT" for XXX. Here is a Colorado RE Commission disclosure that outlines my current agency and duties; would you mind taking a minute to REVIEW and ACKNOWLEDGE in WRITING this disclosure?"

So take a min. Review with your agents this particular policy. It may save you a bit of Grief down the road!