Snakes, raccoons, dead cats?!—Those are just a few of the unsightly critters home inspector, Jeff Baker, has run into during the course of his career. Listen as Jeff takes the CSIRE audience through the oft overlooked UGLY side of home inspections.
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Think working as a home inspector is a cake-walk?—tell that to today’s guest, Russ Hensel, who’s been forced to endure some pretty brutal inspections including one where the home owner decided to punch him in the face.
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Meet Kamal Cheeks, the man who’s reinvigorating the metro Detroit real estate market one property at a time. Listen as Kamal takes us through dark days of Detroit real estate, when properties were selling for as little as ONE DOLLAR, to the brightening horizon of today’s market.
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00:30 – Today’s guest is one of the leading realtors from Detroit…please welcome Kamal Cheeks to the show
00:44 – Also the current president of the Detroit Association of Realtors
00:55 – Focused on preserving property rights in the Detroit area
01:05 – Detroit has been through some craziness unlike anywhere else in the nation
01:20 – Currently in the recovery stage, but struggling still
01:45 – Defining how Detroit is struggling
02:05 – The majority of properties are WAY less than you’d see across America
02:25 – Brick, 3 BR houses are selling for $500 to $1000 in property auctions
03:00 – How a foreclosure auction works
03:10 – Many of these bids are sight unseen—it requires a lot of caution
03:37 – Hire a realtor to do the due diligence
04:05 – In one block you can go from a nice neighborhood to what amounts to a demilitarized zone
05:00 – What due diligence looks like in Detroit
05:20 – Always serve a realtor who knows Detroit, specifically metro Detroit
07:35 – When shopping for property in Detroit, find a realtor that is plugged-in politically as well
08:30 – Right now there is a ton of money being invested in Detroit because the market has been so depressed
09:49 – Talking about the “Dark Times” of Detroit
10:08 – Tax foreclosure homes were selling for (literally) $1
10:35 – The Detroit Association of Realtors partnered with the Wayne County Treasurers Office to help get these homes sold
11:55 – Whatever doesn’t sell in the September auction goes to the October auction
13:00 – Get in touch with Kamal via Facebook, or Google the Detroit Association of Realtors, or call him at 586-298-1229
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“Real estate is a sink or swim industry” according to Nancy Minor, real estate extraordinaire for the Metro Atlanta area. Listen as Nancy shares her more than 30 years of experience, and that hilarious time her first high-priced showing went underwater…literally.
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00:33 – Today Leigh welcomes Nancy Minor!
00:43 – 8 agents pushed Leigh to get Nancy’s story on the show
01:59 – She has been in real estate for 30 years
02:15 – Nancy’s story
02:25 – Got a call offering to work with the company’s president
02:44 – Nancy did everything to show off
03:15 – She got a client to preview a prestigious neighborhood
03:30 – Being a new agent, Nancy never had shown any high priced homes before
04:35 – Neighborhood agent got a page – Nancy was left with her buyer
05:22 – The dark room
05:42 – She flipped on the light and whoops! She’s under water!
06:10 – Client had NO idea what happened
06:35 – Popped up laughing hysterically
07:13 – Gracefully stood up and walked away calmly
08:01 – It was hysterical
08:16 – The showings must go on!
08:26 – Clients didn’t purchase
09:14 – 3 weeks later…
09:25 – Nancy received a Snorkel from her client!
10:02 – The seller was appalled on what happened and put a lock on the door
11:11 – There’s always a new story
11:17 – Leigh’s takeaways from Nancy’s story
12:35 – Contact Nancy Minor at 404-955-SOLD
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Meet Nobu Hata, a former real estate agent who’s turned to the dark side…just kidding. Nobu actually makes realtors life’s better for everybody involved in the home selling/buying process by working as they Director of Member Engagement for the National Association of REALTORS®. Sit backand relax as Nobu shares a supernatural experience from one home-showing “hell” never forget.
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00:40 – Leigh welcomes Nobu Hata to the show
01:02 – How Nobu got out of real estate
01:59 – Nobu’s crazy real estate story
02:25 – It was cold, dark, and Nobu was on his last of the day
02:38 – The third story of the home was a finished attic
02:47 – Immediately, when we walked into the home Nobu had a bad feeling, a feeling that only increased as he moved upstairs
03:23 – Nothing happened, the showing finished, and Nobu walked out only to realize he left the light on in the attic
03:46 – He went back up to the attic to shut the light off and, as he was flipping the switch, he saw a man
04:15 – Quickly, Nobu turned the light back on, but the man was gone
05:03 – Nobu sent a feedback to the agent
05:18 – Mel, the ghost
06:02 – Nothing on Google about the home
06:25 – Nobu shares his friend’s ghost story
07:23 – Ghost in a house is not a material fact—so it cannot be disclosed
07:38 – Haunting disclosure in Minnesota real estate forms
08:28 – Are you a listener with a crazy story to share? Ping Leigh at www.crazyshitinrealestate.com
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In Episode #2, Leigh invites her dad and real estate inspiration, Darrell Thomas, on the Crazy Shit in Real Estate podcast! Listen as they discuss the formidable floating interest rates of the late 1970s early 1980s, the regulations impeding the industry, and why consumers are no better today than they were 40 years ago.
In Episode #3, Leigh invites Manhattan real estate titan Patrick Lilly onto the Crazy Shit in Real Estate Podcast. Listen as Patrick shares one of his most embarrassing listing pitches, and gives good credence to the saying “if you break it, you buy it.”
In Episode #1, Leigh welcomes a bright, bushy-eyed world to the very first episode of her brand new podcast, Crazy Shit in Real Estate!—a podcast that will shatter the HGTV-induced veneer of real estate, and celebrate the challenges of working in this wild, wacky business. Listen as Leigh talks about her vision for the podcast, and tells her very first crazy-shit story.
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