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[podcast] Top 10 Hottest Markets In 2017 and Better Understanding the Single Home Buyer’s Market

The Super Bowl has finally passed which means we are officially entering home buying season! While we wait for the inevitable inventory increase, Joe and Mike reveal the Top 10 hottest markets we will see this year and developments pushing Sacramento back to a thriving community. Statistics are showing an increase where 24% of home purchasers will be single buyers. Whether the increase is owed to divorce, separation, partners’ death or just staying independent; our…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / February 7, 2017 / Tagged with alimony, american, area, baby, bay, boomers, ca, city, colorado, cucchiara, dambrosio, death, denver, divorce, elk, estate, finance, florida, funding, grove, home, homebuyer, house, intero, investment, joe, jumbo, knoxville, lake, loan, mike, millennial, mortgage, nashville, natomas, new, ogden, oregon, orlando, podcast, portland, preapproval, property, provo, qualify, real, realtor, reradio, rerl, retirement, sacramento, salt, seattle, separated, separation, silicon, single, sprawl, taxes, tennessee, trend, urban, utah, valley, w2, washington, widow, women / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[podcast] A Look into Home Buying with Millennials

Millennials look to make up a large part of 2017’s buyers market? Who is classified as a millennial? Today Mike D’Ambrosio checks out the typical millennial buyer and the traits they share. Will the home buying process prove their biggest frustration? Is there another baby boom on the way and what does it mean for the housing market? Mike also discusses millennial home buying statistics and several home buyer assistance programs. To contact Mike D’Ambrosio…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / February 7, 2017 / Tagged with FHA, HUD, american, area, assistance, baby, bay, bobbi, boomers, buddy, buyer, buying, community, credit, cucchiara, dambrosio, debt, decker, down, efficient, energy, estate, financial, first, firsttime, funding, government, grant, hoa, home, homebuyer, house, interest, intero, joe, loan, mike, millennial, mortgage, new, ownership, payment, podcast, process, property, real, realtor, rent, reradio, rerl, saupe, seller, silicon, sotheby's, statistics, student, survey, time, traits, valley / Posted in General, Mike D'Ambrosio, Podcast

[PODCAST] Home Tastes & Trends: What Is REALLY In & Out

We all know that knowledge is power…but sometimes the amount of data out there is information overload, especially when it comes to home design & décor! Not to mention by the time those ‘reality’ home shows get produced and coffee table books get printed, sometimes they aren’t even a reflection of what is really ‘in’ anymore. When in doubt, we turn to a truly time-tested resource – the Wall Street Journal! With recent reports of…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / February 3, 2017 / Tagged with american, area, bay, bobbi, brass, buddy, colors, concept, cucchiara, dambrosio, decker, design, estate, floor, flooring, foodie, funding, geometrics, hardwood, home, house, intero, italian, joe, journal, kitchen, living, metal, mike, mortgage, new, nickel, open, outdoor, pewter, plan, podcast, property, real, realtor, redecorate, remodel, reradio, rerl, rigid, saupe, silicon, sotheby's, street, teppanyaki, trend, trends, valley, wall, warm, wsj / Posted in Bobbi Decker, General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[PODCAST] Learn the Difference Between Pre-Qualification vs. Pre-Approval

With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend buyers are waiting for increased inventory. This means it’s time for Joe to educate buyers on coming prepared with a quality pre-approval and the difference between being pre-qualified and pre-approved. This podcast isn’t just for buyers though; realtors need to be prepared and know what they should expect from their buyers. Specific topics include: What is preapproval? Steps to getting a formal preapproval Communication between realtors, lenders…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / February 2, 2017 / Tagged with 1099, american, approval, area, bank, bay, bobbi, buddy, buyers, buying, campaign, credit, cucchiara, dambrosio, data, decker, down, drip, employed, estate, financing, funding, home, house, income, information, intero, joe, jumbo, lender, letter, loan, mike, mortgage, new, pay, payment, podcast, preapproved, prequalified, process, property, real, realtor, reradio, rerl, returns, saupe, score, self, silicon, sotheby's, statements, stubs, tax, underwriter, valley, w2 / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[PODCAST] Reducing Property Taxes and Strategies with CPA, Bill Snyder and Joe Cucchiara

Tax season is coming up which means it’s time for Shannon & Snyder CPA, Bill Snyder, to rejoin Joe in the studio. Developing strategies to reduce commercial property taxes became Bill’s specialty after the last real estate downturn and today he has come to share a few strategies that could be right for you. Specific topics include: What commercial building owners may not know about property taxes Companies who have benefited by working with Bill…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / February 1, 2017 / Tagged with Audit, alameda, american, apartments, area, assessor, bay, bobbi, buddy, building, charges, clara, commercial, consultation, county, cpa, cucchiara, dambrosio, decker, development, estate, exemption, francisco, funding, home, house, intero, investment, joe, mateo, mike, mortgage, net, new, podcast, property, real, realtor, reradio, rerl, return, san, santa, saupe, shannon, silicon, snyder, sotheby's, sscpa, strategies, strategy, tax, taxes, tenant, triple, valley / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[PODCAST] Bay Area Market Update and Alternative Financing

There’s one more week till Super Bowl LI and the unofficial kick-off of selling season. Even with the slight bump up from last week, inventory is still drastically low. Joe and Mike cover multifamily inventory stats from around the Bay Area and could whether or not we could see a market where both buyers and sellers are happy. Can you finance a home purchase and not have traditional income? Joe and Mike do away with…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 31, 2017 / Tagged with FHA, american, approve, area, asset, bay, buyer, clara, condo, county, cucchiara, depletion, disability, divorce, employ, estate, family, first, funding, home, house, investment, ira, joe, loan, market, mortgage, multifamily, new, off, options, partnerships, podcast, pre, property, qualified, real, realtor, rental, reradio, rerl, restricted, retired, returns, revocable, rsu, santa, self, seller, silicon, single, stock, tax, time, trust, units, valley, write / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[PODCAST] New HOA Assistance Program and 2017 Predictions with Mike D’Ambrosio

Even with a more balanced buyer and sellers market, it’s no secret California and the Bay Area is still dealing with a housing crisis. Today Mike discusses a new HOA assistance program you may not have heard of, but is gaining traction. There are several stipulations qualified first time home buyers must meet to achieve the $2,500 giveaway from the Homeowners Association Dues Payment Assistance Program so listen in and see if this program is…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 31, 2017 / Tagged with 2016, 2017, FHA, affordability, american, area, assistance, association, bay, bobbi, buddy, california, car, construction, crisis, cucchiara, dambrosio, decker, dues, escrow, estate, foreign, fund, funding, growth, haf, hike, home, house, housing, increase, intero, inventory, investors, jobs, joe, limit, luxury, market, mike, mortgage, national, new, of, owners, payment, podcast, program, property, rate, rates, real, realtor, realtors, reradio, rerl, saupe, silicon, sotheby's, valley / Posted in General, Mike D'Ambrosio, Podcast

[PODCAST] Home Repairs Owners Shouldn’t Delay

After years of drought status here in California – it’s going to sound funny when we tell you that there is one ‘problem’ with the rain, right? After all, the heavy showers that dampened anything but our spirits as our reservoirs filled couldn’t possibly be anything to complain about, right? Perhaps the problem we are talking about isn’t so much the rain as it is the repairs lacking in our homes in absence of it….

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 27, 2017 / Tagged with american, area, asset, asthma, bay, bobbi, buddy, chimney, control, cucchiara, damage, dambrosio, decker, decks, downspout, drain, dry, estate, faucet, funding, gutters, home, house, intero, investment, joe, leaky, mike, mold, mortgage, new, pest, podcast, preventative, property, railing, rain, real, realtor, reradio, rerl, rot, saupe, silicon, soot, sotheby's, termites, toilet, valley, waste, water / Posted in Bobbi Decker, General, Podcast

How to Best Prepare For Financing When Refinancing and Purchasing

Financing has changed drastically since the mortgage meltdown and consumers usually end up facing a lot of frustration. Today, Host Joe Cucchiara looks to relieve some of that frustration by explaining how to prepare for your homes purchase or refinance. New levels for standard conforming, high balance and jumbo loans took effect this January so your requirements may have changed. What goes into the typical refinancing checklist and what information does a self employed person…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 26, 2017 / Tagged with 1099, RE Radio LIVE, american, appraisal, area, balance, bay, buddy, checklist, conforming, contingency, contract, credit, cucchiara, down, employed, estate, funding, high, home, house, income, joe, jumbo, lender, liability, mortgage, new, off, payment, podcast, preapproval, preapprove, preapproved, prequalified, prequalify, property, purchase, radio live, real, real estate, realtor, refinance, reradio, rerl, return, score, self, silicon, standard, tax, taxes, underwriter, valley, w2, write / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Podcast

[Podcast] Host Joe Cucchiara and Mike D’Ambrosio Disucss 2017 Market Review and Closing Costs

Can you believe were almost one full month into 2017? Joe and Mike review the current state of the market which is once again showing us crazy low inventory. With the number of active homes significantly lower from January 2016, can we expect a rebound after the Super Bowl? Is the rainy weather keeping people in their homes? Mike and Joe also tackle confusing closing lending and real estate fees as well as the truth…

Posted by Real Estate Radio LIVE / / January 26, 2017 / Tagged with 2016, 2017, account, american, area, association, bay, bowl, clara, closing, commission, costs, county, cucchiara, dambrosio, escrow, estate, fee, funding, hoa, home, house, impound, intero, inventory, joe, lending, loan, market, mike, mortgage, new, occulus, owner, podcast, property, rate, real, realtor, reradio, rerl, rift, santa, saupe, silicon, super, technology, valley / Posted in General, Joe Cucchiara, Mike D'Ambrosio, Podcast