Home Made with Kirk Hawkins

From a small town outside Charlotte, North Carolina to LA’s west side, Shelton Wilder has been a success in the world of high fashion, luxury lifestyle management and she even made an appearance on Shark Tank with an invention! But now, Shelton has set her sights on real estate and is making her mark. In this episode we talked about what you need to know before you buy into a homeowner’s association, if it’s better to sell a home as-is or spend money fixing it up before it goes on the market, how to navigate price reductions if you are looking to buy, and why she says you need to be a positron.

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Sam Batayneh has been a Mortgage Broker for 15 years. We talked about what could happen to the market if interest rates go up, why it’s so important for potential buyers to sift through bad information with help from their loan officers, why artificial intelligence and robots could change the home loan industry forever, and why you shouldn’t go beyond your means when it comes to a monthly payment. We began by asking him what he thinks about the market right now.

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Tent Hut is a relatively new non-profit that is helping veterans with all aspects of housing. In this episode, we are going to hear from Jon Kim, a veteran and veteran loan expert, and Pedro De Leon, a veteran and one of the founders of Tent Hut. They both will explain what it means when you receive an offer from a Veteran Affairs, or V.A. loan, and why housing is so important for so many of our veterans returning from war.

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With recent wildfires, and even earthquakes, we have been reminded of the perils that come with living in Southern California. Cari Butler is an emergency preparedness expert and the brains behind a company she created called Emergency Cafe. She says she is the only Angeleno who provides emergency preparedness consultations and services. She formed the company after volunteering at her daughter’s school.

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Neyshia Go is an experienced and top producing real estate agent in the Los Angeles area. She is going to tell us her secrets for success, the one thing that keeps her grounded, and a sneak preview of her new show CNBC called Listing Impossible that aims to show homeowners the error of their ways whether they want to see them or not.

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Courtney Cohen and Jason Hanussak met while working for a staging company and decided to form their own design firm Elysienne. We talked about mastering the art of accessorizing when it comes to pillows, sheets and candles in your home. The design tips that they use to decorate homes for their VIP clients across Southern California will help your living space feel much more like a home.

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Potential buyers and sellers are always asking about the market and in this episode we will bring you up to speed with the real estate market in Southern California. It slowed down toward the end of 2018. A sharp increase in mortgage rates was to blame and meant a drop in home sales. Since early 2019, mortgage rates have dropped and that has means a strong and robust market. We spoke to Frank Nothaft, the Chief Economist from Core Logic about the risk of recession and what it could mean for you if you plan to buy or sell.

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Sean Yashar and Oliver Furth met more than 10 years ago when Sean's firm, The Culture Creative, was looking for young design talent like Oliver. What began as a strong friendship has evolved into a partnership that spearheads a unique roving pop up gallery. We talked about the design renaissance underway in Los Angeles, interior design trends, what will shape how you design your home in years to come and the one thing they want every homeowner to do right now.

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Potential buyers are always wondering when prices will drop across Southern California. But will it ever actually happen? We posed that question to Trulia's Chief Economist Issi Romem. We also asked him why it's so expensive to buy property in the LA area.

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Drew Seeley is an Actor, Singer and Writer with credits that include High School Musical, The Cinderella Story and Jersey Boys. Amy Paffrath is an actor and TV host you may recognize from MTV and Dating Naked. Drew and Amy met while working a side job for Verizon and got married 7 years later at a beautiful ceremony in Key West.They returned to their beloved apartment in Hollywood and eventually realized it was time to leave the comfort of rent control for a triplex. This is the third episode in my series about investment real estate. Drew and Amy share the story about their search for a new home and what they learned along the way.

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