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}" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is an early morning shot over Lake Dillon towards Bald Mountain&amp;nbsp; 13,684.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This&amp;nbsp;listing is in Frisco, Colorado.&amp;nbsp; Frisco is a quintessential mountain town, where you can stroll down Main Street and be captivated by towering mountains on the west and&amp;nbsp;the pristine Lake Dillon on the east.&amp;nbsp; Frisco is located in the heart of Summit County about equal distance to each of the ski areas, making it a prime location for those who like to mountain hop(the home prices prove that).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;This town&amp;nbsp;has a relaxed flair you would expect in a mountain town not attached to a&amp;nbsp;ski resort&amp;nbsp;and all the bustle that goes with that.&amp;nbsp; It has great restaurants (Tuscato's, The Blue Spruce, Po Boys, The Back-country Brewery, A-Train Bistro, The Ore House, the Boatyard, Samplings, Food Hedz World Cafe, Carlos y Miguels&amp;nbsp;and the Chop House), shops with local art (pottery, glass, paintings),&amp;nbsp; the new Summit Medical Center and hospital, a great library, the Frisco Peninsula (think cross-country skiing, Frisbee golf, mountain biking, camping, beautiful), great summertime BBQ contests, and bike paths galore.&amp;nbsp; It also has few properties as good a deal as this one:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="reflect" height="250" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/412814884_dce48b1524.jpg?v=0" width="320" onload="function anonymous()
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}" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This end unit is the&amp;nbsp;easternmost&amp;nbsp;condo in Lake Forest; Lake Forest is the last complex of properties Frisco has to offer as you head across the Dam Road, is located on the Dam Road, giving it views like this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img class="reflect" height="375" alt="frisco, on the lake, dam road, great views" hspace="0" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/412716983_aef8c41b4b.jpg?v=0" width="500" onload="function anonymous()
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}" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In these pictures the Lake Dillon is frozen, but here is one where it is not:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="reflect" height="375" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/412822312_d503768280.jpg?v=0" width="500" onload="function anonymous()
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}" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I last searched Frisco for 2 bedroom properties with a garage, there were only two under $400k; there&amp;nbsp;were only six listings&amp;nbsp;total, under 400k.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is a spreadsheet for all the units sold in Lake Forest over the previous years.&amp;nbsp; Note that the other two bedroom units sold over six months ago, for comparable prices, and did not have any upgrades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/412915494_f6a379ff3f_b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And for those of you who are interesteed in&amp;nbsp;putting&amp;nbsp;the property on a short-term rental program, I have included below an investment analysis.&amp;nbsp; I put in conservative figures; please e-mail&amp;nbsp;or call&amp;nbsp;if you have questions about this,&amp;nbsp;or want&amp;nbsp;us to send you the spreadsheet so&amp;nbsp;you plug in different numbers (&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@SnowHome.com"&gt;Jason@SnowHome.com&lt;/a&gt;).&amp;nbsp; As with most rental properties in Summit County, the property management companies are all different, and we can recmmend ones we trust.&amp;nbsp; Rentals can easily offset&amp;nbsp;your costs, and your real profit shows&amp;nbsp;up on sale of the property. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/412915493_2b598ba2f8_b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;This unit is steps from the bike path and the lake&amp;nbsp;on the Dam Road, a three&amp;nbsp;minute&amp;nbsp;drive to food and shopping and the free bus station (Summit has an excellent free&amp;nbsp;shuttle service most anywhere in the County), a five minute drive to Main&amp;nbsp;Street, the&amp;nbsp;Marina, the Senior Center, the recycling center, and the&amp;nbsp;library.&amp;nbsp; In short, it's pretty close to paradise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blog by Jason Brewer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;</Description>
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