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Remediating Mold, Lead, Asbestos and More!

  At some point we are going to deal with mold. It is a given if you live or have a business anywhere, but especially in the Southern Atlantic States. But often times we purchase older homes and commercial buildings that we have plans to renovate only to realize that we may have issues of not only mold, but perhaps lead, asbestos, or something else. How is this remediation handled? Is there a right way and a wrong way to handle these remediations? And are there other things we should consider as well. In this episode of Real Estate Right Now Owner and President of Carolinas Environmental, LLC Paul Oxendine[…]

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Jill Merritt - Expert Advice in Moving from A Moving Expert - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Expert Advice in Moving from A Moving Expert

When you are selling or buying a home there is also the thought of how you are going to move your belongings from one place to another. Even the most seasoned buyer or seller will tell you that moving their possessions are not the easiest of the most fun. And then there are considerations about how long the move will be. It might be one thing if you are moving across town, but what if you are moving across the state or the country? And what about children? What should you consider when it comes to moving them? And what about preparation? What are your options? It is these questions[…]

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Leigh Brown - The Impact of the NAR Settlement on You and How Real Estate is Done - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

How the NAR Settlement Will Affect You – Leigh Brown 2023 NC Association of Realtors President

When it comes to changes to the way residential real estate will be conducted in the not too distant future. Things are moving very quickly. Already in the state of North Carolina, as in many states we are seeing changes to the forms that will be used for both buyers and sellers. What is more there also appears to be some additional complications that will possibly come out of these changes. To help us gain some clarity of what is coming and what may come, 2023 President of the North Carolina Association of Realtors, Leigh Brown joined us in studio to talk about how the NAR settlement is going to[…]

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Jimmy Vena - Building, Renovations, Additions, and More - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Insights on Building, Renovations, and Additions

What can a general contractor/builder tell you about building? A whole lot. Things that you probably are not thinking about. And when it comes residential homes or commercial properties the things you should know about building are vast. And what about renovations? What are the most common?  Are they worth it? How about building an Addition? Should you do it? Should you wait? What does a GC/builder say? Have you thought about building at the beach?  Is it the same as building anywhere else?  Things that you should know. Well in this episode of Real Estate Right Now we are joined by Founder, Owner, and President of RCC-Carolina, Inc-JCV Construction[…]

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Kim Crump - How the NAR Settlement May Affect You - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

How Buying a Home May Change after the NAR Settlement

If you are in the market to buy or sell a home hopefully you have been keeping an eye on the NAR settlement. Many people believe that the settlement will only affect real estate professionals, but that simply is not true. In fact, when the dust settles from the settlement (pun intended) buyers may find that they will be paying out of pocket costs that they simply did not have to pay before. In this episode of Real Estate Right Now, Senior Listing and Buyers Expert Kim Crump with Linda Craft Team REALTORS joins us again to help us understand how borrowing money may change as a result of the[…]

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Tony Fink - What are Generational Homes and What is There Appeal - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

What is Multi-Generational Housing?

I remember growing up my aunt and uncle had a multi-story home where my aunt’s parents also lived. I guess you could say it was a multi-generational home. Today however, multi-generational homes are actually a class of homes that are being built for this generation. A number of years ago you may have heard of the phrase the “in-law suite”, but today they are actually building at times separate residence for that parent who wants some independence, but at the same time desires to be near the family. In this episode of Real Estate Right Now Tony Fink, Linda Craft Team Realtors senior Listing expert talks about generational homes from[…]

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Chris Coy - Real Estate Mortgage Update 2024 - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Mortgage Update May 2024

If you talk to anyone about real estate, it is inevitable that the conversation will come around to interest rates. And Interest rates have not moved much in the past few months.  If anything they seem to have increased. We are nearly half way through May of 2024. Interest rates have been the talk of the country. What should you know as we head into summer of 2024? The state of the mortgage industry has been a little crazy to say the least. The rates have stayed high relative to the 3% interest rates we knew just a couple of years ago. Well to answer all these questions and more,[…]

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Steve Kruger - Answering Viewer and Listener Questions Part 2 - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Viewer and Listener Questions Part 2

Thanks to our awesome viewers and listeners they provided us with some really great questions to do an entire second show.  Thank you we truly are grateful. On this episode of Real Estate Right Now, Senior Selling and Buyers Real Estate Expert Steve Kruger joins us again to talk about a couple of questions that you think about but have not asked. One of those questions is about a pool and a pool house.  Pretty relevant summer questions.  Join us right here for the show.  It promises to be a real estate eye opener! Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 39 years their customers call their customer service “legendary”. Linda[…]

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Baxter Walker - What You Should Know About the Commercial Real Estate Market - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

How Commercial Real Estate Effects Residential Real Estate

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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Steve Kruger - Answering Viewer and Listener Questions Part 1 - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Listener and Viewer Question Answered Part 1

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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