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Bill Bourbonnais - Taxes and Real Estate - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

What You Should Know About Taxes and Real Estate

February 20, 2025 jayizso Podcast, taxes

Taxes can make or break your real estate strategy, and most people miss out on huge savings. In this episode of Real Estate Right Now, expert tax advisor Bill Bourbonnais reveals the key tax strategies that homeowners, investors, and real estate professionals need to know. From deductions to loopholes, we’re breaking down how to maximize your benefits and avoid costly mistakes. Real estate is one of the most tax-advantaged industries, but only if you know how to use it. Bill will cover Section 121 (home sale capital gains exclusion), 1031 Exchanges (deferring taxes on investment properties), and tax-saving strategies for agents and brokers. If you’re in real estate, you[…]

Dwayne Reece - Real Estate in January - It's not Molasses - Real Estate Rigth Now with Jay Izso

Is Real Estate as Slow as Molasses in January?

January 27, 2025 jayizso Appraisal, Buyer Beware, Home issues, Podcast, Pricing, real estate myths, Real Estate Sales, Selling a Home in January

When it comes to residential real estate and times of the year, there are some myths. One of them is that real estate is “slower than molasses in January”. That’s not exactly true. In fact, January’s can be a very productive month in real estate. The holidays are over, people are now looking at purchasing a home. True, there are fewer buyers in the market, but those buyers are extremely active. So, is it a good time to put your house on the market for sale in January? Is it a good time to buy? Does a change in a president make a difference? Well, to discuss these matter and[…]

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

June 21, 2024 jayizso NAR Lawsuit, NAR Settlement, National Association of Realtors Settlement, Podcast

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[…]

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

June 6, 2024 jayizso Home Buyers, NAR Lawsuit, NAR Settlement, Podcast

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[…]

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

What is Multi-Generational Housing?

May 30, 2024 jayizso in-law suite, multi-generational home, Podcast

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[…]

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

Mortgage Update May 2024

May 23, 2024 jayizso Mortgage Predictions, Mortgage Update, Podcast

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,[…]

Viewer and Listener Questions Part 2

May 23, 2024 jayizso Listener Questions, Podcast

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[…]

Judd Weisgal - What is in the mind of a home buyer in today's real estate market - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Inside the Mind of Homebuyer Who Owns a Home

April 16, 2024 jayizso Home Buyer Mindset, Home Seller Mindset, Linda Craft and Team, Podcast

There are many people who would like to buy a home, but they don’t…So, what’s is a home buyer who can afford to buy thinking when it comes to buy a home? Does having a lower interest rate really on their current home keeping a buyer from buying a home, knowing that they are going to have a higher interest rate? How much of a factor is it? Does the lower home inventory keep a home buyer out of the market? How much of an impact does that have on their decision? In this episode of Real Estate Right Now we are joined by Judd Weisgal who currently owns a[…]

Chris Coy - What You Should Know About the Home Closing Statement Part 2- Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Part 2 – What You Should Know at Closing About the Home Disclosure Statement

February 29, 2024 jayizso Closing, Closing Disclosure, Podcast

When you get ready to close on your home, you will be presented with the Home Disclosure Statement. It is going to have a bunch of dollar figures on it, and many of them are not going to make sense. In fact, you may ask, “What am I paying all this for?” And those are great questions. You may also ask, “Why is there an Escrow account?”, “How much is lender making on the load?”, “What do you mean I have to pay taxes before they are due?” and probably many more. When you purchase a home, the home closing disclosure can look very confusing not to mention intimidating. On[…]

Tony Fink 3 Seller Myths and 3 Buyer Myths - Real Estate Right Now with Jay Izso

Real Estate Mythbusters: 3 Seller Myths 3 Buyer Myths

November 3, 2023 jayizso Podcast, real estate myths

Real Estate Mythbusting There are so many things happening in real estate right now. Interest rates have increased, low housing inventory, some places and prices are still experiencing multiple offers. Some people are afraid to sell, some are trying to buy, but not sure if they can. It can feel all quite chaotic. And then couple that with different things we all hear from different people it is difficult to sort the myths to the realty. Well in this episode of Real Estate Right Now we do some more Real Estate Mythbusting with Buyers Seller and Buyers Expert Tony Fink of Linda Craft Team Realtors. This is a fun show,[…]