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The Importance of Staged Rooms

When we stage our homes for sale there are different points of view and many consumers find the differences between cheap staging and expensive renovations to be a bit blurry at times. In fact sellers aren’t even committed to staging the whole home, a few choice rooms are usually enough to do the trick. The National Association of Realtors recently unloaded some statistics on us and we just had to share them. With our years…

Better Understanding Interest Quote Rates

One of biggest challenges in the industry today revolves around financing. In fact most consumers find real estate transactions and fees to be fairly straight forward while loans are more likely to be confusing or misleading. Today Joe covers things be aware of when being quoted for a home loan. Specific topics include: Why loans become more confusing when you focus on them second Identifying problem areas in the lending process What you don’t know…

The Central America Trip

Bobbi and Buddy are known as the world travelers around RERL and through today’s show our hosts will be taking you on a tour around Central America with them. Our eye-opening podcasts with Michael Cobb turned our heads away from people moving to the US and brought forth the issue of people moving outside the US. Since this is something we don’t have much data on, Michael Cobb has used his knowledge to make himself…

Live & Unplugged: Helping Consumers Better Understand the Future of Real Estate and Lending with John Melo, Larry Matos and Frank Fuentes

California is a state like no other and that knowledge holds strong looking at our real estate. Hosting live from the Toll House Hotel Joe is joined by 3 guests:  Century 21 M&M and Associates Founders, John Melo and Larry Matos and National Vice President of Multicultural Lending at New American Funding, Frank Fuentes. Joe kicks off today’s show by gathering their overall thoughts about Silicon Valley’s market, touching on how today’s market compares to…

Getting Your Offer Accepted & Tech That Is Changing Real Estate

The Bay Area is a great place to live that has a lot of jobs. While this makes for a hot market it doesn’t necessarily make a great buyers market. In the first half of today’s show Joe tackles this dilemma by sharing strategies and decisions that provide buyers with a better shot at getting their offer accepted. Bridge financing vs. pledging assets – Could one of these be enough to ease the buyers’ pain?…

Creative Financing Strategies and Mobile Home Investments

Getting creative with your financing is not exactly a hidden subject and many of us are familiar with the arms and bridge loans. In the first half of today’s show Joe explains lesser known strategies available when traditional down payments become too burdensome; something extremely helpful for retirees in need of financing. Joe also chats with serial entrepreneur Kevin Bupp who has found a niche in mobile home investments when the search for affordable housing…

The Return to Radio and the Equifax Fiasco

We’re back! On the radio that is. As part of our celebration we’ve decided to share another way to tune in and communicate anything and everything real estate with us- live streaming on Facebook! Like our page and get notifications so you won’t miss a day of information. Today is not just celebration though. Peter, who is looking to invest in a single family house in San Leandro, calls in with a cash flow question…

Joe chats with Angelo Gallo and Julio Anchante of Century 21 M&M and Associates

In studio with Joe today is Bay Area Sales Manager, Angelo Gallo and Regional Vice President, Julio Anchante from Century 21 M&M and Associates. After our “getting to know you” phase Joe will have our guests tell us about the tremendous amounts of growth M&M has achieved since starting in 1994 with just two agents. They also provide us with a market update on Santa Clara County and which areas are finally starting to become…

Finding Investing Success In Multifamily Real Estate

If you had to ask a majority of the phone calls and emails we receive are usually from someone with a genuine interest in real estate investing and not a lot of knowhow. If you find yourself in that group then Joe’s guest today is someone who can really help you out: Tyler Sheff, founder of Cash Flow Guys. Success investing in multifamily homes wasn’t gratifying enough for Tyler so he made it his duty…

Sell Your Home Smarter with HomeLight

We’re super excited to continue our Technology In The Real Estate Industry Series because it means we get the chance to interview another startup ready to revolutionize the way we do real estate. Today, Joe welcomes HomeLight COO, Sumant Sridharan, who is helping his company clear the way by using data-driven algorithms to connect sellers with the best realtors in their area. Specific topics include: What sellers can expect when getting matched with an agent…