#ChickChat Episode 52- Five Things To Consider When Picking Your Lender
In this episode, we are going to talk about the five best ways to pick a lender.
Number one, your big banks, your Chase, your Bank of America, they're probably really good at keeping your money safe, but they might not be the best to finance your ...
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#ChickChat Episode 51- Avoid These 3 Things That Go Wrong When You BUY A HOUSE
In episode six, we're going to talk about the three things that can go wrong whenever you're looking for a house.
Number one is thinking that there is a perfect home. The way that I like to think about it is that you have a trifecta, okay? This is ...
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#ChickChat Episode 50- Owning a Home Builds Wealth
All right. This episode is a really, really interesting one and I want my millennials to really pay attention. This one talks about how owning a home helps you build wealth.
If you think about it, all of the really wealthy people, the Grant ...
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#ChickChat Episode 49- Five Things No One Tells You About Buying a House
Here are five things that no one will tell you about buying a home.
Number one, there's no such thing as a perfect home and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There will be flaws in every single home. That's why you really need to focus on your ...
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#ChickChat Episode 48- The Role of Your Interest Rate
This episode is all about why the price you pay for the home doesn't even matter. We are seriously in a very big seller's market. So the price you pay for a home doesn't matter as much as your interest rate, which is really, really good news ...
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#ChickChat Episode 47- Before You Make An Offer
In this episode, we're going to talk about five things you need to know before you make the offer. A lot of buyers make this mistake, and then they end up asking these questions once their contract is accepted.
Number one, you want to know the ages ...
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#ChickChat Episode 46- Yay! We are Back for More Tips!
Hey guys, welcome back to ChickChat. This is season five. I'm so excited to get started. We have some amazing tips for you this season, and I cannot wait to give you as much information as possible. That way we can help you make the best decision ...
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#ChickChat Episode 45- How does a Seller Choose
So, sometimes you as a seller are blessed with multiple offers. That's such a good problem to have, but how do you choose the winning bid?
Well, first of all, I'm not going to give you a blanket answer because there's there isn't one. But, you ...
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#ChickChat Episode 44- Questions to Ask BEFORE Listing Your Home
Here are the top five most important questions that sellers ask me before listing their home.
First, obviously, "How much is my home worth?" Every time without fail, that's a question. The second is, "How soon can the house sell?" Number three, ...
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#ChickChat Episode 43- Who's Gonna Be There?
One really common question that I get at listing appointments is who's going to be there whenever people come to see my house?
Worst case scenario, the listing agent, the buyer's agent, the seller, and the buyer are all present. That is not ...
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#ChickChat Episode 42- OPENDOOR: What do we know?
This episode is all about open door, which I know consumers have a lot of questions about. Open door is really good for one thing, and that is convenience only. If you're looking to net the most amount, open door is not your avenue.
Here's what we ...
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#ChickChat Episode 41- So What SHOULD Your Realtor Be Doing?
Here are four things your realtor should be doing. Number one, your realtor should be networking with other realtors. I call myself the multiple offer queen and that's because honestly, I network a lot with other agents, and that is sometimes how I ...
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#ChickChat Episode 40- Final Walkthrough Checklist
Four things to look for at the final walkthrough.
So usually you're going to do your final walkthrough the day before closing. And the reason for that is that just in case anything needs to change or the sellers need to do anything, they have that ...
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#ChickChat Episode 39- Back-to-back Closings!
I know. Buying and selling a home on the same day, back-to-back, is usually pretty stressful. So, I'm going to have a glass of wine while we talk about it. Thank you.
It's actually really common when we do back-to-back closings, a lot of the times, ...
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#ChickChat Episode 38- DO NOT Overprice Your Home!
So in this episode, we're going to talk about what happens when you list your home too high, because I know it's tempting to do so, but it just doesn't help you get higher value for your home. It really doesn't.
First of all, you won't get a lot of ...
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#ChickChat Episode 37- From Contract Acceptance to Closing
From the time that the buyers offer is accepted until closing, sometimes it's 30-45 days. So you have to keep your home in the same condition as when the buyer saw it, the day that they wrote the offer.
So some sellers want to know what happens if ...
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#ChickChat Episode 36- Your MULTIPLE OFFER QUEEN is Ready
Remember how I told you, last season, that I was a multiple offer queen. I don't call myself multiple offer queen for no reason. Okay.
This season, I'm going to tell you how to get multiple offers when you're a seller. So, the secret really is in ...
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#ChickChat Episode 35- We're back and feeling SASSY!
It's been so fun getting topics from everybody and caring feedback about the show. I think this is helping a lot of buyers and a lot of sellers, so we're just going to keep on going. Season four is a little sassy, so stay tuned, we've got a lot of ...
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#ChickChat Episode 34- It's ALWAYS the RIGHT time to BUY or SELL!
We've got pros and cons of selling it every single season. And yes, we have seasons even though it doesn't feel like it.
Spring is arguably the best time to sell. A lot of times when you put your home on the market, by the time it closes it is ...
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#ChickChat Episode 33- Should You Get a Home Insurance?
Here is more than three ways to save.
First of all, talk to your insurance agent about bundling your home and auto insurance. I know I sound like a Geico commercial right now, but it actually can save you some money. You don't have to go to Geico. ...
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Posted by Kristine McKinley on March 4, 2022 in #ChickChat Series