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☆ I'm a college student studying abroad. I'm shocked at how many luxury trips my classmates take.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Katherine Borsting | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was excited to study abroad in Florence and to take small, cheap trips while abroad. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAs a third-year college student attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins, I jumped at the chance to study abroad. I knew studying abroad was a privilege before getting here, but "a weekend in Dubai" was not what I expected. Traveling while studying abroad is a competitive sport with a large price tag that no one told me to train for.

Persons: I'm, —, hasn't, I've Organizations: Service, Colorado State University, Ryanair Locations: Florence, Dubai, Fort Collins, Italy, Morocco, Prague, Instagram, Copenhagen

☆ We spent years moving around the US to find a place that felt like home. After 6 wrong turns, I think we finally figured it out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kristen Bringe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

With a penchant for adventure and the whole country at our fingertips, we've had a hard time choosing a single place to settle down. We were hungry for change and eager to find a place that felt like a better fit for us than our home ever had. Desperate for the freedom we'd felt in Denver, we moved back as soon as possible (in 2017, less than a year later). Kristen BringeShortly after returning to Denver, we had our daughter, which raised the stakes in our search for place perfection. We wanted to give her a great life and thought finding an ideal place to do so was essential.

Persons: —, we've, We'd, we'd, Kristen Bringe, you've, Fort Collins Organizations: Service, Business, Denver Locations: United States, Atlanta , Georgia, Denver, Atlanta, Colorado, Fort Collins , Colorado, Bend , Oregon, Fort Collins

☆ An Air Force veteran with a back injury turned to gig driving to pay her bills. A few months later, she lost her apartment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She can't work a 9-to-5 due to a back condition she said she developed in the Air Force. She's behind on her rent, and the amount she makes from driving can't cover most expenses. She took up gig driving in August 2023, hoping it would help her pay bills. AdvertisementAcross the country, thousands of Americans with disabilities are looking to gig work to make ends meet. In 2015, she tried gig driving for a few months in Fort Collins, which she said was profitable but not as much as a full-time job.

Persons: Rene, she's, Uber, —, Terrence Hayes, it's, hasn't, She's, they're Organizations: Air Force, Service, Business, BI, Veterans Locations: Denver, Fort Collins

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republican state Rep. Mike Lynch announced he's stepping down as minority leader Wednesday, a week after The Denver Post reported that Lynch was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of a gun while intoxicated. Lynch is also running for Congress in Colorado's 4th District, a hotly contested race recently joined by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert after she announced she was switching districts. “I want it to be clear that I’m not stepping down because I won a close vote of no confidence,” Lynch said to gathered lawmakers on the House floor. The report details Lynch telling King he was a supporter of law enforcement and asking the trooper to call Colorado State Patrol’s legislative liaison at the state Capitol. A vote to elect a new minority leader will be held Thursday morning.

Persons: Mike Lynch, he's, Lynch, Lauren Boebert, ” Lynch, I've, Matthew King, King, didn’t, ” Organizations: DENVER, —, — Colorado Republican, Denver Post, Republican, Colorado State Patrol, The Denver Post, Colorado State, Associated Press Locations: — Colorado, Colorado's 4th, Fort Collins , Colorado

☆ I quit my 9-to-5 to start an Etsy store that made $510,000 in 2 1/2 years. It meant I could homeschool my daughter while working an hour a day.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I didn't do enough research for my Etsy store at firstI started my store in July 2021 and connected it to Printify, a print-on-demand site. Working on my Etsy store meant I could homeschool them in 2021 for a year. Since I started my Etsy store in July 2021, I've made $510,500 in sales. AdvertisementI started my own Shopify storeIt's always a good idea to diversify if Etsy changes its algorithm, affecting your store. After that, I decided to focus more on the Shopify store I'd set up the previous summer.

Persons: —, Gina Van De Voorde, Yee, I've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Fort Collins , Colorado, dropshipping

Though aerospace and defense funds understandably haven't done well in this year's faltering market, some individual stocks have posted substantial gains. U.S. support in what's turning out to be a long war in Ukraine will likely push overall contractor spending higher, benefitting aerospace and defense companies. In this era of high-tech warfare, when strategic military engagement is more about digital systems and aerial weapons than boots on the ground, aerospace and defense companies are advantageously positioned. Lucrative products include fighter jets, helicopters, parts for them, avionics products, missile guidance system, drones and anti-drone technology and support services. Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW) Projected five-year annual earnings growth: Data was not available.

Persons: Lockheed Martin, Giuseppe Cacace, Northrup Grumman, Howmet's, Wright, Woodward, Gerald R, Ford Organizations: US Air Force, USAF, Lockheed, Maktoum International Airport, Afp, Getty, U.S, Publicly, General Dynamics, TransDigm, Inc, Parsons Corp, U.S . Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Federal Aviation Administration . Products, Aerospace, Curtiss, Wright Corp, CW, N.C . Products, Woodward Inc, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Coast Guard, Ford, Pentagon Locations: Dubai, Al, Maktoum, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, what's, Virgina, Washington, Davidson, N.C, Fort Collins , Colorado

☆ 15 cities where U.S. homebuyers make the largest down payments—the top 5 are in California
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Homebuyers put down an average of 13.8% of the home price in 2023, according to a Realtor.com analysis of the 150 largest real estate markets for the quarter ending in September. Here's a look at the 15 most expensive real estate markets, based on the median cost for a typical down payment on a home. In Killeen, Texas, median down payment is only $2,182. This includes Fayetteville, North Carolina; Shreveport, Louisiana; and El Paso, Texas, where median down payments are $5,000 or less. U.S. Department of Agriculture loans also require no down payment, which might lead to low down payments in relatively rural areas.

Persons: Homebuyers, That's, Freddie Mac, Warren Buffett Organizations: PMI, Santa, Thousand Oaks, Seattle, Boston, Cambridge, Fort, Stamford -, U.S . Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S . Department Locations: California, U.S, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara , California, Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley , California, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara , California, Angeles, Long, Anaheim , California, Santa Rosa, Petaluma , California, Oxnard, Ventura , California, Tacoma, Bellevue , Washington, Diego, Chula Vista, Carlsbad , California, Newton , Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Fort Collins , Colorado, Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom , California, Naples, Marco Island, Florida, York, Newark, Jersey City , New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Portland, Vancouver, Hillsboro , Oregon, Washington, Bridgeport, Stamford, Stamford - Norwalk , Connecticut, U.S . California, Killeen , Texas, Killeen, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Shreveport , Louisiana, El Paso , Texas

☆ I lived in a school bus and traveled the US for a year with my boyfriend. We used Taskrabbit to make money and connections.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Maggie Peddicord and her boyfriend, Joseph, bought a school bus and traveled in it for one year. To fund their journey and bus expenses, they both started working on the handiwork app Taskrabbit. Before I started on Taskrabbit, I worked as a research assistant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Once we moved in and started traveling, it cost about $500 a month for gas and other repairs and about $250 a month for groceries. Joseph networked with Taskrabbit clients by finding people who might be interested in selling or purchasing a yacht one day.

Persons: Maggie Peddicord, Joseph, —, It's, Tasker, Joseph Chazin, I, We've, van lifers, Carly Wesolowski, Taskrabbit, Here's Organizations: Service, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Facebook Locations: Taskrabbit, Fort Collins , Colorado, Cincinnati, Banks, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Seattle, San Diego, Washington, DC, Columbus , Ohio, Northern Michigan, Missoula , Montana, Skokomish, San Francisco, Los Angeles . San Diego, Colorado

Reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers has told USA Basketball that he intends to play for them at the Paris Olympics, a person with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. Embiid became a U.S. citizen last year and could have also chosen to play for France — or even Cameroon, his homeland, if it qualified for the Paris Games. The U.S. will try for a fifth consecutive gold medal at Paris next summer. Embiid is expected to address his decision later Thursday at 76ers' training camp in Fort Collins, Colorado. ___AP coverage of the Paris Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games

Persons: Joel Embiid, Embiid, Grant Hill, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker Organizations: NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, USA Basketball, Paris Olympics, ESPN, France, Paris Games, Paris, 76ers, U.S Locations: U.S, Cameroon, Embiid, Fort Collins , Colorado, paris

☆ A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

The City Council bought about 17,000 acres of farmland 60 miles to the north, near Fort Collins, along with the associated water rights. Today, almost 40 years later, the water Mr. Ethredge secured for his city remains out of reach. The city purchased 17,000 acres of farmland 60 miles north, near Fort Collins, decades ago. The Thornton water treatment plant. ; Thornton Water Project By Leanne AbrahamBack when Mr. Ethredge secured the water rights up north, Thornton planners figured they would need that water by 2000.

Persons: Jack Ethredge, Ethredge, Thornton, Ethredge’s, Mr, “, ”, Jeni Arndt, Thornton’s, Brett Henry, “ We’ve, we’ve, Denver Thornton, Colorado Adams Thornton, Leanne Abraham Back, Fort Collins, Barry Feldman, Feldman, Gary Wockner, “ We’re, we’re, Henry, Barbara Cohen, Ted Leighty, “ Thornton, Maiker, Peter LiFari, Christina Ra, Roger Uthmann, Wockner, Uthmann, ” Thornton, ” Mr Organizations: City Council, Housing, San, Loveland Greeley, Weld County Colorado Larimer Boulder Longmont, Boulder Adams, Denver Thornton Colorado, Greeley Weld, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Adams, Colorado Adams Thornton Denver, Colorado Supreme, Thornton, Home Builders Association of Metro Denver, Maiker Housing Partners, “ Locations: Thornton, Colo, Denver, Fort Collins, “, Rocky, Thornton’s, Colorado, San Luis Valley, Douglas County, In Texas, San Antonio, Collins, Loveland, Loveland Greeley Rocky, Weld County, Denver Thornton Colorado Denver, Greeley, Greeley Weld Larimer, Larimer County, Larimer, Thorton, Laporte

☆ 47-year-old mom's 'totally passive' side hustle makes $2,700 a month: When I don't work, ‘the money still keeps coming in'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Last November, Andreea Matei made money from her Amazon side hustle for the first time. They've earned her $21,700 in eight months, an average of $2,700 per month, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. "I have not had any time to make videos this week, and the money still keeps coming in." Matei discovered the program while watching a YouTube video called "the world's easiest side hustle." Matei says the side hustle keeps her from getting burned out at her day job, and the extra cash is obviously nice.

Persons: Andreea Matei, Matei, she's, They've, she'd, Warren Buffett Organizations: Amazon, CNBC, Facebook, YouTube Locations: Fort Collins , Colorado

Companies Boeing Co FollowJune 7 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N) was sued on Wednesday by a Colorado company that accused the aerospace giant of stealing trade secrets for NASA's Space Launch System rocket, and then building components with "critical" safety flaws that could endanger astronauts. "Boeing has captured billions of dollars in revenue because of the infringement of Wilson's trade secrets," and must turn over "all revenues and profits Boeing has obtained as a result," the complaint said. Wilson also said Boeing stole trade secrets related to bolt installation tools for its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Boeing has described NASA's Space Launch System as the most powerful rocket ever built, and "the backbone for a permanent human presence in deep space." The case is Wilson Aerospace LLC v Boeing Co, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, No.

Persons: Wilson, David Wilson, Jonathan Stempel, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Boeing Co, Boeing, Wilson Aerospace, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Western District of Washington, Thomson Locations: Colorado, Seattle, Arlington , Virginia, Fort Collins , Colorado, Western District, New York

☆ Want to Make Your Mom Happy? Tell Her She Was Right.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you’re in need of a Mother’s Day gift, try making a list of everything your mom was right about and reading it to her or including it with a card. And if you’ve lost your mother, consider writing a list as a remembrance. Here are a few reader responses to inspire you:Quotes have been edited for clarity and length. “When I wanted to get my first tattoo at 21, she subtly suggested I get it someplace where I did not have to see it every day. My mom gently reminded me that I should always be running toward something, not away from something.” — Sheryl Magzamen, Fort Collins, Colo.⬥“Select friends with traits of the kind of person you want to be.” — Seun Sowemimo, Manalapan, N.J.⬥

☆ Properties in Austin have skyrocketed in value over the last 25 years. Here are the top 10 US areas where house prices have grown.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Property values in Austin have soared over the past 25 years, an analysis from SmartAsset found. The study analyzed average home value data in metro areas from 1998 to 2022. The study analyzed average home value data in 400 metro areas between 1998 and 2022, calculating collective increases to measure growth and drops in value to measure stability. Two areas in Colorado — Boulder and Fort Collins — also saw above-average home value growth. Here are the metro areas that have seen the biggest property value growth in the last 25 years:

☆ These cozy tiny houses on wheels are meticulously handcrafted and cost as little as $175,000 — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Mitchcraft Tiny Homes has been building customized homes with floor plans under 400 square feet since 2015. Courtesy of Mitchcraft Tiny HomesIt takes them about four months to build a house. Mitch Holmes founded the company after he built his own tiny home. Holmes and his team have designed and built over 70 tiny homes in their Fort Collins, Colorado, shop. They're then trucked off to people around the US.

☆ Investors who lost $9,000 on their first flip before building a 7-figure company share 3 mistakes that will cost you in the flipping business
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Real estate investors Aria Khosravi and Alan Blue did their first home flip in 2009. While flipping homes can be a lucrative business, it's far from guaranteed money. Friends and business partners Aria Khosravi and Alan Blue have paid their dues in the industry. We've made a lot of mistakes along the way and they cost money. Now, they know exactly what to expect and what to look for — and their business is booming thanks to their experience.

☆ Real estate investors who flipped 15 properties that profited $1.2 million in 2022 share 4 keys to successful flipping
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since executing that deal in 2009, the investors have done 91 flips mostly in the Denver area, they said. They did 15 in 2022 alone and turned $1.2 million in gross profits, according to a profit-and-loss statement of their LLC viewed by Insider. "You're going to want to look at the age of the furnace. Because if you feel kind of strange when you're looking at it, so will the potential buyers." But now that we've been doing it for a long time, we know what to expect and we know what to look for."

☆ 'We didn't come from rich families': How 2 friends bought their first home as college students and then built a 7-figure real estate flipping business in Denver
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

They experimented with other ventures, including a hookah lounge, before focusing on real estate. Along the way, the entrepreneurs opened a hookah lounge and a bar before committing to real estate full-time in 2019. While they had a real estate agent showing them homes, Khosravi and Blue found their first property on their own. "I was visiting some friends at ASU and there was a hookah lounge there. At the time, "we were making $35,000 a year, if that, from the hookah lounge," added Khosravi.

☆ These are the 20 safest U.S. cities for solo female travelers—6 are in California
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

TripIt, a travel organizing app, shared their list of the top 20 safest cities in the U.S. for women travelers exclusively to CNBC Make It. Using data from GeoSure, a platform that analyzes metadata to determine the safety of particular destinations, TripIt ranked the cities using a score from 1 to 100. The cities on the list were scored based on variables like:rights and libertiesenvironmental factorsopportunities to meet needs. All of the cities on the list landed a score of 71-80. Jen Moyse, VP of product at TripIt, tells CNBC Make It that the safest destinations in the U.S. have a few things in common.

☆ Macy's is closing another batch of stores in 2023 — here's the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Macy's will close four additional stores across the country in the first quarter of 2023. Macy's has been experimenting with opening smaller concept stores outside of suburban malls. A Macy's spokesperson told Insider that employees at the affected stores would be offered roles at nearby stores or severance packages. Macy's closed stores in 2020, 2021, and 2022, including seven locations in January of last year. The department store chain has been experimenting with opening smaller, trendier concept stores known as Market by Macy's, which are located outside of suburban shopping malls.

☆ The University of California invested $4 billion with Blackstone to buy up rental apartments and student housing, which they see as the bright spots in the real estate market this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The University of California is investing $4 billion with Blackstone to acquire rentals and student housing. The investment comes at a crucial time for Blackstone's Real Estate Income Trust Inc. fund — also known as BREIT— a $68 billion property investment vehicle. "We consider BREIT to be one of the best positioned, large-scale real estate portfolios in the US, managed by one of the world's top real estate investors," said Jagdeep Singh Bachher, the University of California's chief investment officer. The University of California's investment could become a model for other universities with large endowment funds — typically in the billions of dollars — that want to invest in real estate investment trusts or commercial real estate assets. BREIT's portfolio includes assets in popular college towns such as Fort Collins, Colorado, where Colorado State University is located, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which is home to Louisiana State University, according to the fund's website.

☆ Beer is on pace to lose its leading share of the U.S. alcohol market as spirits surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This week, Samuel Adams maker Boston Beer debuted Loma Vista Tequila Soda, a ready-to-drink tequila cocktail in both lime and mango flavors. Last year was the 12th consecutive year spirits have taken away market share from beer in the total U.S. alcoholic beverage market, according to a report earlier this year from the Distilled Spirits Council, a national trade organization. The beer category, which includes hard seltzer, accounted for 42% of the U.S. beverage alcohol market in 2021, while spirits accounted for 41%, according to DISCUS. At this trajectory, spirits are pegged to overtake beer in market share in the next few years, even though beer sales have grown. The downward trend of beer market share has also been reflected on the online ordering and alcohol delivery platform Drizly.

Latinos were 31 percent of the state’s high school graduates that year. But at 31%, the six-year graduation rate for MSU’s Latino students lags far behind CU Boulder, where it was 63 %. On the CU Boulder campus stands a 4-foot-7 memorial to “Los Seis,” six activists, including CU Boulder students, who were killed in two off-campus car bombings in 1974; the killings were never solved. Seventy-two percent, 510, of the middle and high school students enrolled in the program for 2020-21 were Latino. Vela and three other CU Boulder students who spoke with NBC News first learned about the campus through the Aquetza program.

☆ A ‘Pig’ at a Wedding? His Vintage Land Cruiser Is a Party Animal.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( A.J. Baime | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TJ Scholand , 51, who lives outside Fort Collins, Colo., and is a marketing manager for Netgate, which develops network security products, on his Toyota Land Cruisers, as told to A.J. I was living near Golden, Colo., and one morning it began to snow. All of a sudden, a stranger showed up with a truck with a snowplow mounted on the front. I had no idea what the truck was, but I knew it was really cool. That is how I met my then-neighbor Bill.

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