Episodes

  • How Commercial Real Estate Effects Residential Real Estate

    How Commercial Real Estate Effects Residential Real Estate
    May 16 2024
    You may not know much about commercial real estate. And yet we cannot live without commercial real estate. Every store, every office, every restaurant is commercial real estate. The fact is it affects each and everyone of us every day. If you have not paid attention, then you should know that if commercial real estate has a collapse it will negatively affect residential real estate. So what should you know about the current commercial real estate market? On this episode of Real Estate Right Now we are joined by veteran commercial broker Baxter Walker of Avison Young to help us make sense of the current market and teach us a[...]
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    29 mins
  • Listener and Viewer Question Answered Part 1

    Listener and Viewer Question Answered Part 1
    May 16 2024
    We are grateful for all our DBTV viewers and podcast listeners. Because we have some of the best listeners and viewers in the world, we reach out them to ask them what questions they would like to have answered. Well you did not disappoint! You gave us a lot of really great questions. In fact, so many we needed to do 2 shows to answer a good number of them. Who could handle answering these questions? Well, we thought that none other than senior listing and buyers real estate expert Steve Kruger should sit down and answer those questions. So join us on Real Estate Right Now for part 1[...]
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    30 mins
  • What You Should Know About Spring Summer Yard Maintenance

    What You Should Know About Spring Summer Yard Maintenance
    May 2 2024
    As we are into full Spring for many of us the yard we have at are home is looking pretty good. But it will not be long until the heat will come rolling in and that beautiful yard is…well…not so beautiful. What things should you be doing to take care of your yard? What should you be preparing for during the summer coming up? Then there are questions of what should be looking for in your yard that should be of a concern? And how should you treat it. In this Episode of Real Estate Right Now Chris Williams of the Landscaping Company Yardology joins us to help you with[...]
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    28 mins
  • Inside the Mind of Homebuyer Who Owns a Home

    Inside the Mind of Homebuyer Who Owns a Home
    Apr 16 2024
    There are many people who would like to buy a home, but they don’t…So, what’s is a home buyer who can afford to buy thinking when it comes to buy a home? Does having a lower interest rate really on their current home keeping a buyer from buying a home, knowing that they are going to have a higher interest rate? How much of a factor is it? Does the lower home inventory keep a home buyer out of the market? How much of an impact does that have on their decision? In this episode of Real Estate Right Now we are joined by Judd Weisgal who currently owns a[...]
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    29 mins
  • How Might the NAR Settlement Affect You as a Buyer or Seller?

    How Might the NAR Settlement Affect You as a Buyer or Seller?
    Apr 4 2024
    As the National Association of Realtors settlement draws nearer and changes will inevitably be made to real estate in the summer, the question looms how will these changes affect you? Fortunately, if you are living in North Carolina, because of their proactive nature, there will be change, but probably not as dramatic as the rest of the country. But there is still some panic, uncertainty, and misinformation about who will be affected, how dramatic it may be, and how will real estate be conducted. In this episode of Real Estate Right Now Veteran Sellers and Buyers Expert Kim Crump of Linda Craft Team Realtors joins us to give us a[...]
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    27 mins
  • What Does the NAR Settlement Really Mean to You and Conducting Real Estate

    What Does the NAR Settlement Really Mean to You and Conducting Real Estate
    Mar 22 2024
    What Does The NAR Lawsuit Real Mean for Real Estate? The news has been all over the fact that the National Association of Realtors has settled to pay hundreds of millions of dollars on a law suit. What was this lawsuit really about? Is every state affected the same way? But what does this really mean to the future of doing real estate? How does it affect consumers? And how does it affect real estate professionals? Well time will ultimately tell, but there are some things we do know for sure will need to change as this may not be all that great for the consumer. In this episode of[...]
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    55 mins
  • What You Should Know About the Most Recent Property Assessment

    What You Should Know About the Most Recent Property Assessment
    Mar 21 2024
    If you live in Wake County in North Carolina you saw your home values increase according to the most recent assessments. For some that increase is rather significant. But hold on! It may not be as bad as you first thought when you saw the huge increase in your assessed home value. Also, you can dispute the increase, but that may not always be in your best interest. So how should we approach these increases? Well in this episode of Real Estate Right Now, Paul Fitts, Senior Loan Officer from Advantage Mortgage joins us to help you understand the ins and outs of the assessment. Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more[...]
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    26 mins
  • Part 2 – What You Should Know at Closing About the Home Disclosure Statement

    Part 2 – What You Should Know at Closing About the Home Disclosure Statement
    Feb 29 2024
    When you get ready to close on your home, you will be presented with the Home Disclosure Statement. It is going to have a bunch of dollar figures on it, and many of them are not going to make sense. In fact, you may ask, “What am I paying all this for?” And those are great questions. You may also ask, “Why is there an Escrow account?”, “How much is lender making on the load?”, “What do you mean I have to pay taxes before they are due?” and probably many more. When you purchase a home, the home closing disclosure can look very confusing not to mention intimidating. On[...]
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    26 mins