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RERL-1599- Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate – Unconventional Financing

Conventional wisdom would leave most consumers to believe financing is super conservative right now. To a certain extent most consumers would be correct, but a lot of people would be surprised at what non-QM financing will get you these days. Non-QM financing has really come to the forefront and you might be surprised to find out just how many people are getting non-QM loans. Listen in as Joe and Mike explain what unconventional financing has…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 30, 2019 / Tagged with FHA, Intero real estate, Joe Cucchiara, Mike D'Ambrosio, Silicon Valley, Super Bowl, agent, asset depletion, bay area, buy, career breaks, credit score, down payment, economy, feds, financing, holiday, home, house, interest rates, inventory, listings, mls, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, no work, non qm, podcast, property, qualififed mortgage, real estate, realtor, refinance, reradio, rerl, retirement, sabbatical, self employed, sell, unconventional financing, vfa / Posted in General

RERL-1598-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt

For over 15 year Steve Hotovec helped consumers manage taxes, stocks, bonds mutual funds and more, but one investment often left out is where most consumers have about 70% of their net worth tied up. Today Steve has groups and products that allow homeowners to intelligently access home wealth without taking out a loan or hurting their current equity. Listen in as Joe, Steve Hotovec and Steve Droz explain home equity sharing and how it…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 28, 2019 / Tagged with 401k, Alain Pinel, , Joe Cucchiara, Silicon Valley, Steve Droz, adu, barastone, bay area, buy, capital gains, construction, downpayment, emergency funds, financial, financing, gift funds, home, home wealth management, homeowners, house, income, investor, liability matching, listings, manageable asset, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, remodel, renovation, rental property, reradio, rerl, retirement, sell, steve hotovec, tax deferral, taxes / Posted in General

RERL-1597-Growing Your Business – Bringing on Partners

Congratulations! You’ve made it to the level of growing your business! By now your business is looks like it’s actually going to work, consumers are giving you thumbs up and more people are needed to make your business run. Bringing on a partner can be exciting and complicated and in some ways as serious as a marriage born out of necessity. Today Joe and Jack Russo discuss what entrepreneurs need to know before bringing on…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 24, 2019 / Tagged with Joe Cucchiara, Silicon Valley, angel investor, attorney, bay area, business and professions code, buy, california, competition clause, computer law group, employee, entrepreneur, financing, hiring, home, house, intellectual property, iq, jack russo, lawyer, legal, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, non-compete, partnership, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, recruiting, reradio, rerl, sell, small business, startup, vc / Posted in General

RERL-1596-Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate-Market Conditions

It’s busy, it’s expensive and there’s a lot of stuff going on, but there is still a lot of interest when it comes to investing in Bay Area real estate. In fact over the last 5 decades real estate has appreciated an average of 3% a year. How many investments can you think of that can boast that number? Whether you’re in this market as a consumer or a professional Joe and Mike will provide…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 23, 2019 / Tagged with Joe Cucchiara, Mike D'Ambrosio, Santa Clara County, Silicon Valley, Super Bowl, agent, appreciation, bay area, buy, buyers, condo, declutter, depersonalize, depreciation, economy, financing, flooring, government shutdown, hoa, home, house, inter real estate, interest rates, inventory, investment, jobs, landscape, liability, listings, mls, mortgage, move up, new American funding mortgage, normal market, offers, open house, paint, payment, planning, podcast, pricing, property, real estate, realtor, reradio, rerl, sell, sellers, single family residence, strategy, taxes, townhouse / Posted in General

RERL-1595-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt

Over the last 10 years home prices have escalated incredibly which means homeowners have seen a dramatic increase in their homes equity. In fact surveys suggest that homeowners may have 70% or more of their entire wealth tied up in their home. Having a majority of your wealth in one illiquid asset can be a mixed blessing that our friends at Barastone can help you with. Today Joe and Mark Rogers discuss how homeowners can…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 14, 2019 / Tagged with 529 plan, Education, , Joe Cucchiara, Mark Rogers, Silicon Valley, adu, appreciation, barastone, bay area, buy, college, credit cards, debt, depreciation, diversify, down payment, financial planning, financing, gift funds, heloc, home, home equity line of credit, home wealth, house, income, liquidity, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, pension, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, remodel, rent, reradio, rerl, retirement, sell, , value / Posted in General

RERL-1594-Growing Your Business

In 2018 Jack Russo joined the RERL team and taught us just about the concepts and steps one needs to take when starting a business. One year later 2019 is time to change gears and discuss growing your business. This time Joe and Jack will address major questions regarding how to accelerate your growth and what can you do about the various legal issues that come up during the growth phase. Specific topics include: SWOT analysis…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 10, 2019 / Tagged with Joe Cucchiara, Silicon Valley, attorney, bay area, buy, computer law group, contractors, employee churn, employees, employment, entrepreneur, financing, growth, hiring, home, house, intellectual property, jack russo, legal, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, opportunity, outsourcing, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, reradio, rerl, sell, small business, startup, strength, swot analysis, talent, taxes, threat, uber, weakness, wfh, work made for hire / Posted in General

RERL-1593-The Employee Real Estate Platform

Exciting news is what today’s podcast is all about. Bundle Select has officially announced their employee real estate platform. Exclusive only to certain companies, it doesn’t matter what size your company is or where in the US you are located; all you need to do is connect and figure out if you and your company qualify as a good match! Today Joe tells us all about Bundle Select’s employee real estate platform. Specific topics include:…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 9, 2019 / Tagged with Bundle select, Joe Cucchiara, Silicon Valley, bay area, benefits, buy, communication, company, compensation, concierge, customize, employee real estate platform, financing, home, home ownership, house, hr, human resource, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, relocate, relocation, reradio, rerl, sell, talent acquisition, technology / Posted in General

RERL-1592-Rates Drop & It’s Buyers Time!

The holidays are officially over and we are ready to take on 2019! Joe is kicking off the New Year with some good news for anyone paying attention to interest rates and some even better new for buyers entering the market. Tune in as Joe explains all the new opportunities that await you as a New Year begins. Specific topics include: The drop in interest rates Jumbo loan opportunities Why look at your financing now?…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 8, 2019 / Tagged with HELOC’s, Joe Cucchiara, Jumbo financing, Silicon Valley, accessory dwelling unit, adjustable, adu, bay area, blended rates, buy, buyers, closing costs, conforming, consolidate, contingent, credit card debt, drop, economy, fees, financing, fixed, home, home equity line of credit, house, interest rates, inventory, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, podcast, property, real estate, realtor, recast, refinancing, remodel, reradio, rerl, second loan, sell, stock market, transaction / Posted in General

RERL-1591-The Future of Sales Innovation by Uber Connect Force

Small business owners often refrain from building a sales and marketing division within their company. Not only can creating your division be costly, it usually becomes an unneeded headache and that takes up much needed time. Jack Russo takes over as host in today’s podcast as he welcomes back Steve King, CEO of UberConnectForce. Specific topics include Addressing today’s biggest sales problem Attracting anti-phone millennials Matching with ideal customers Who can hire UberConnectForce More than…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / December 27, 2018 / Tagged with Joe Cucchiara, Silicon Valley, Uber Connect Force, ai, artificial intelligence, attorney, automation, bay area, buy, ceo, cold calls, computer law group, crm system, data, email, entrepreneur, financing, future, hardware, home, house, jack russo, law, leads, legal, lists, marketing, mortgage, new American funding mortgage, phone number, podcast, profile, property, rapid dial, real estate, realtor, reradio, rerl, robocalls, sales, sales force, sell, small business, software, startup, steve king, target, technology / Posted in General

RERL-1590- Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate- Planning For 2019 For Buyers & Sellers

Am I positioned correctly? Should I get preapproved now? What else should I be doing now? Buyers and sellers have a lot to think about with 2018 coming to a close and the market looking much different from previous years. A changing market will not only require buyers and sellers to come up with new strategies to complete the transaction, but to revise how they begin preparing for these situations. Today Joe and Mike discuss…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / December 26, 2018 / Tagged with 1031, 2018, 2019, agent, american, area, assets, bay, bowl, buy, buyers, christmas, comparable, credit, cucchiara, dambrosio, equity, estate, exchange, financing, fix, funding, funds, gift, holidays, home, house, inspection, intero, interview, inventory, investment, joe, mike, mls, mortgage, move, new, of, out, paperwork, podcast, preapproved, prepare, prequalify, price, property, real, realtor, repair, reradio, rerl, rodents, roof, sale, sell, sellers, silicon, state, strategy, super, taxes, termites, underwritten, up, valley, value, verify, winter / Posted in General