Real Estate Right Now

Month: August 2026

Fix it - List it - Profit - Steve Kruger - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Fix It – List It – Profit – The Smart Way to Sell for More

Fix and Flip, Podcast

What if the difference between listing your house as-is and walking away with real money came down to knowing exactly where to put $10,000 — and exactly where not to? That’s the question I dug into on this episode of Real Estate Right Now with Steve Kruger, Senior Listing and Sales Expert with Linda Craft Team, REALTORS. Steve’s team built a Fix & Flip program that lets sellers renovate before they list and pay at closing — but here’s what most people miss: the real value isn’t the financing. It’s Steve walking through a home and telling you, room by room, which fixes actually move the sale price and which[…]

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How Your Home Computer Can Be Hacked – Bayne Schulstad

cyber security

What if the biggest risk to your next closing isn’t a low appraisal, a shaky buyer, or rising rates — but the laptop sitting open on your desk right now? Wire fraud, phishing emails disguised as title company updates, and data breaches are quietly costing real estate professionals and their clients real money, and most of us have no idea how exposed we actually are. That’s exactly why I’m sitting down with Bayne Schulstad, Owner of Triangle CompuDocs, on this week’s episode of Real Estate Right Now. Bayne has spent years in the trenches fixing what breaks, patching what’s vulnerable, and explaining tech in plain English to people who just[…]

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Dwayne Reese - Listing and Sales Agent - Linda Craft Team Realtors - First Time Buyers

How to Get $15,000 to Buy a Home

Buy a home, First Time Home Buyers

Are you holding off on buying a home because you think you need 20% down, or that interest rates have priced you out of the market entirely? You might be leaving real money on the table. On this episode of Real Estate Right Now, Jay sits down with Dwayne Reece, Listing Expert with Linda Craft Team Realtors, to reveal a major resource for North Carolina renters: the NC 1st Home Advantage Down Payment Program, which offers up to $15,000 in assistance for qualified buyers across all 100 counties. Dwayne breaks down the most persistent real estate myths keeping renters stuck paying someone else’s mortgage. From waiting for price drops to assuming[…]

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