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Karen Levine

Business Owner Sponsor Advocate Policy Expert Guest Host

Arvada, Colorado

Karen Levine is an award-winning RE/MAX Alliance realtor with over 30 years of experience in the Denver metro market. A director with the National Association of Realtors, she advocates for property rights and homeownership.

Biography

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Karen Levine is an award-winning realtor with RE/MAX Alliance, bringing over 30 years of experience to the Denver metro real estate market. She leads the DeVito Dream Makers team, helping families navigate the home buying and selling process with expertise in market conditions, financing options, and property valuation.

Beyond her work with individual clients, Levine serves as a Director with the National Association of Realtors, representing 1.3 million members nationwide on policy issues affecting homeownership. In this role, she works to protect private property rights and advocates against regulations that increase housing costs and reduce affordability for working families.

Levine is a passionate voice for homeownership as the foundation of American wealth-building and family stability. She regularly discusses housing policy, market trends, and threats to property rights, drawing on her extensive industry knowledge and policy expertise. Her advocacy work extends to local, county, state, and national levels.

A longtime sponsor of the Kim Monson Show, Levine appears regularly to provide market updates and analysis of housing policy. She has also served as guest host when Kim is away. Her topics range from monthly market statistics to analysis of ballot measures affecting property owners.

Levine is based in Arvada, Colorado and volunteers with Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies.

Episodes

217 appearances

June 19, 2026

Private Property, Free Markets, and the American Idea of Freedom

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Guest host Brad Beck with Danielle Lammon on affordability, Joe Arbuckle on military meritocracy, and Karen Levine and Lorne Levy on housing. June 19, 2026.

“People came here because we were the West and we were free. And so they're not feeling that. And so they're looking for places that offer them more freedom.”

58:15 – 1:51:35

Segment

June 11, 2026

Record Education Spending, Failing Schools, and the Fight for Parental Rights

Courts, Lawsuits & Legal Challenges

Mark Tapscott breaks down a 749% surge in school spending, Lori Gimelshteyn the Cherry Creek lawsuits, and Karen Levine the housing market. June 11, 2026.

“For many, many decades, we have found that home ownership is foundational to building wealth in America.”

1:03:20 – 1:08:03

Segment

June 4, 2026

The Wyoming Wind Wall, Golden Eagles, and the Price of Green Mandates

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Wendy Volk and CFACT's Craig Rucker on the Wyoming Wind Wall and golden eagles, plus Karen Gordey on Lakewood rezoning. Kim Monson Show, June 4, 2026.

“And yet when they sit in city council meetings at the state legislator, at the county commissioners, they impose more and more policy, more guidelines, more laws, more rules, more regulations that create costs.”

1:06:05 – 1:11:18

Segment

May 28, 2026

Hollywood’s Failure on Death and a Call for National Forgiveness

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Dream Team Thursday with Allen Thomas, Cain, Mark Baisley, Teddy Collins, Ben Williams, Karen Levine, and Nena Robbins on May 28, 2026.

“The bond market is happier and performing more positively with regards to interest rates, and activity is picking up because buyers are like, there's an opportunity and there is housing choice.”

1:02:40 – 1:05:25

Segment

May 22, 2026

Property Ownership, Digital IDs, and Cherry Creek Accountability

Colorado Politics & Policy

Karen Levine and Lorne Levy on property and mortgages, Dr. Jill Vecchio on digital IDs, Molly Lamar on Cherry Creek, Teddy Collins on guns. May 22, 2026.

“The minute that those rates drop, we have seen it throughout this year and previous years, the rates drop, the buyer activity increases.”

1:08:11 – 1:35:18

Segment

April 23, 2026

Peace Through Strength and the Defense of Property Rights

Colorado Politics & Policy

Liberty Toastmasters Day on peace through strength, Xcel's smart meter ultimatum, the PUC sunset, and homeownership under siege. April 23, 2026.

“Homeownership gives you freedom and independence, and it allows you to create wealth. But if you are dependent on a rental unit, you're dependent on your landlord to provide you housing, which in many cases has now become government subsidized, which means you're dependent on the government.”

1:00:50 – 1:50:34

Segment

April 16, 2026

Property Rights Under Fire From Transmission Lines to Tax Overrides

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Virginia Macha warns of Southwest Power Pool land grabs. Susan Miller tackles Jeffco's MLO. Greg Lopez updates the wolf reintroduction pause. April 16, 2026.

“Again, picking winners and losers and the government choosing, you know, who gets the benefits. And that's where it's unfair.”

1:05:15 – 1:11:12

Segment

April 9, 2026

Lakewood Voters Reject Upzoning and the Court Affirms Therapist Free Speech

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Lakewood voters reject upzoning 63-37%. Greig Veeder and Dr. Broman on the Supreme Court therapist free speech ruling. Brad Beck on founding principles.

“I think the people of Colorado or the American people have said, you know, interest rates are what they are. Prices are what they are. And we want to be homeowners.”

1:04:03 – 1:08:17

Segment

April 2, 2026

No Right to Violate Rights and the Energy Policies Fueling American Decline

Ballot Measures & TABOR

Dave Walden on why group rights contradict individual rights, and Daniel Turner on state policies driving $9 gas in California. April 2, 2026.

“Easter provides us a time to remember the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on our behalf, so that we could start new. We could be new beings.”

1:08:00 – 1:12:22

Segment

March 26, 2026

Voter Roll Irregularities, Lakewood Rezoning Fight, and Election Record Battles

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Kim Monson examines voter roll data, the Lakewood rezoning fight, FBI election probes, and Colorado legislation. March 26, 2026.

“I was thinking this morning about the things that are stable, that are things we can predict. And that is if you hire a professional to sell your home, you prepare your home, you price it right, your home sells. And that is consistent from market to market.”

1:03:52 – 1:08:47

Segment

March 19, 2026

The Endangerment Finding Falls and South America’s Deepwater Stakes

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Steve Goreham analyzes the EPA's endangerment finding rollback. Todd Callender details China's race for a Chilean deep water port. March 19, 2026.

“I think we're making adjustments mentally and in the marketplaces to hopefully meet the needs of the buyers and sellers.”

1:04:23 – 1:08:50

Segment

March 13, 2026

Taxpayer Deception, School Board Corruption, and the Fight for Fair Elections

Colorado Politics & Policy

Kim Monson examines Cherry Creek School District corruption, the open primary lawsuit, SB135's TABOR threat, and housing market shifts on March 13, 2026.

“When the government steps out to protect a segment of the market there is harm done to another segment of the market and with that the responsibility doesn't fall on those who are being irresponsible it falls on those of us who are already responsible.”

1:01:12 – 1:51:33

Segment

March 5, 2026

Lakewood’s Zoning Fight, Colorado’s Tax Assault, and the Case for National Repentance

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Lakewood rezoning referendum, HB26-1203 ranked choice voting, Colorado property tax crisis, and the case for national repentance. March 5, 2026.

“The problem is we have created an environment that people have become dependent on the government at the cost of you and I, the middle class citizen. And that was not the intent of government.”

1:04:10 – 1:11:32

Segment

February 13, 2026

Runaway Spending, School Board Scandal, and Colorado’s Housing Showdown

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Jay Davidson sounds the alarm on spending. Molly Lamar exposes Cherry Creek nepotism. Housing affordability debate on February 13, 2026.

“I continue to ask the question, how do you bring affordable housing to a marketplace without government assistance? And I haven't figured it out.”

1:03:03 – 1:50:30

Segment

February 5, 2026

State-Forced Zoning, Orchestrated Protests, and Angels for America’s Fallen

Civic Engagement & Grassroots

Kim Monson examines Colorado's HB26-1001 zoning overreach, Cloward-Piven protest tactics, tariffs, and Angels of America's Fallen on February 5, 2026.

“I've kept in touch with these folks, these homeowners, for over 30 years. And when their situation changed and it was time to make a change in their real estate, they said, we want you to represent us. And that always makes me feel good that I serve them well over the years.”

1:04:17 – 1:08:55

Segment

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