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Terry Story’s Real Estate Survival Guide podcast includes her weekly round-up on NPR's "The Steve Pomeranz Show," WLRN and affiliates. The show provides expert advice in all aspects of the real estate transaction from listing to negotiations; to sales and purchase and everything in between.
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Monday Aug 27, 2018
6 Rental Tips To Help First-Time Landlords Succeed
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Screening tenants is very important to your long-term success as a landlord. Your tenants will either maintain your property nicely or trash it. So verify their rental history, check their income and credit history, and do criminal background checks. (718)
Monday Aug 27, 2018
In This Hot Housing Market, Don’t Let A Low Appraisal Kill Your Deal
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
With limited housing inventory, competition for homes often results in bidding wars and higher-than-asking purchase prices. In such situations, mortgage companies often appraise homes at less than what the buyer is willing to pay, and the buyer could lose out on the home if the sale is contingent on mortgage appraisal. May 23rd, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Ladies! Don’t Let The Gender Pay Gap Force You Into A Smaller Home
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
Switching topics, Steve wonders to what extent the gender pay gap reduces a woman’s ability to buy a house and whether she can take steps to still come out even in the housing market with men with higher pay.
For instance, in Seattle, men can afford 150% more house than women, and 122% more in Colorado Springs. So women are at an inexcusable disadvantage when it comes to home purchases because financial advisors recommend spending no more than 28% of your monthly income on a mortgage. May 16th, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Got A Leaky Pipe? Here’s Who Should Pay
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Terry says it’s only the association’s responsibility for the damages if they were informed of the pipe leak. However, the association can‘t be responsible for something they weren’t informed about. In this case, the association wasn’t negligent, as the unit owner never informed them.
May 9th, 2018
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Who’s Responsible If Your Ball Hits A House On The Golf Course?
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Steve asks Terry what he should have done when his golf ball hit the window of a home in the middle of the course. While the window didn’t break, Steve wants to know who would have been responsible if it had? May 2nd, 2018