Housing Literacy with Matt Guarino

Welcome back to the latest installment of Power 180's- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic: What does it mean to have a Powerful Home?  It is one that is OWNED because we believe ownership changes everything in your life.  Something is activated when you make the decision to own your life…and a home or investment property.

This is the FINAL part of a  3-part series, and today's topic is: How should I use Power?

We rise by lifting others.  – Robert Ingersoll

 We always bring the receipts with anything we talk about in the form of real-life transactions:

Our Powerful Homes brokerage found a property for a 20-year teacher that was a perfect fit for her and her son who is expecting his first child.   But there was much more to the story that illustrates the definition of power.

We positioned the buyer/teacher in the best way to win the offer in a competitive market.
We helped the buyer/teacher with a grant that went to pay for issues at the property.
We dug deep on the inspection to solve issues to create a safe home for everyone living there.
We inspired the other broker that the SELLER contributed to the buyer/teacher’s costs in a market like that we are experiencing in 2021.

AMAZING: if we use our power to lift others…it can be noticed and replicated by others. 

Being an OWNER is a great responsibility, but it also creates an opportunity to influence others in way that creates winning outcomes for everyone that can change the world.  

The greatest good is what we do for one another.  -  Mother Theresa

As always, if you have any questions feel free to text Matt directly at 303-885-1644.

Welcome back to the latest installment of Power 180's- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic: What does it mean to have a Powerful Home?  It is one that is OWNED because we believe ownership changes everything in your life.  Something is activated when you make the decision to own your life…and a home or investment property.

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series, and today's topic is: Where does it (power) come from?

The power is within you.  It always has been.  How far are you willing to expand the horizons of your thinking and stir that power awake. – Louise Hay

Power.  Comes. From. Within. 

Great.  We got it.  We’ve heard that so many times before.   

Why don’t we do it?  Why don’t we trust our gut and sometimes give up on the idea that WE CAN BE POWERFUL?  I believe one of the reasons it that things can get messy and not turn out the way we thought they might.   We always bring the receipts with anything we talk about in the form of real-life transactions: 

My development company recently purchased a condominium in the Denver metro area and remodeled it and resold it about a month ago.  Once again…there was much more to the story that illustrates the definition of power.  

The Buyers were veterans who had been turned down again and again and again because nobody in the market likes to take VA loans because they are "difficult to deal with. "
The property DID NOT appraise at contract value but $10k LESS than value. 
We accepted the offer since because we made the decision to do the right thing. 
AMAZING things happened post-closing and we may do future business together. 

Being an OWNER is a great responsibility, but it also creates an opportunity to influence others in way that creates winning outcomes for everyone that can change the world.  

Change your thinking.  Change your life.  

As always, if you have any questions text Matt directly at 303-885-1644.

Welcome back to the latest installment of Power 180's- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic: What does it mean to have a Powerful Home?  It is one that is OWNED because we believe ownership changes everything in your life.  Something is activated when you make the decision to own your life…and a home or investment property. 

In this 3-part series, we will discuss:  

What is power? 
Where does it come from? 
How should I use it? 

POWER (noun) definition:  the ability to act or produce an effect; possession of control authority or influence over others. 

We always bring the receipts with anything we talk about in the form of real-life transactions: 

Our Powerful Homes brokerage found an OFF-MARKET property and connected a buyer directly to the seller to create an amazing transaction.   But there was much more to the story that illustrates the definition of power. 

We treated the Seller with respect, and she got what she wanted including price and terms. 
We helped the existing tenant move to a more desirable situation for her family. 
We educated the Buyer in the Powerful Homes principles and helped her remodel. 
The contractor (also in the program) contributed his skills to the remodel. 
The team member who coordinated the transactions solved issues in a calm manner.  

Being an OWNER is a great responsibility, but it also creates an opportunity to influence others in way that creates winning outcomes for everyone that can change the world.  

Personal power is the ability to take action.  – Tony Robbins

As always if you have any questions, feel free to text Matt directly at 303-885-1644

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180's- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic:  Wait…what?  Top 10 things you never really understood about purchasing a home or investment property but were afraid to ask (Part 3) This is the FINAL part of this 3-part series. Today Matt discusses the property and WHAT should you consider buying? We all have heard that the most important thing is location / location / location.  But what does that mean?  Are there any other things we should consider? Tune in! As always if you have any questions, please feel free to TEXT Matt directly at 303-885-1644. 

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic:  Wait…what?  Top 10 things you never really understood about purchasing a home or investment property but were afraid to ask (Part 2) Part 2:  In this 3 minute episode, Matt goes over the market and WHEN to buy real estate (LET'S GET CLEAR) The most important thing about buying real estate is WHEN and of all the things you will do in your life…this is the one that you should NOT put off since it is one thing that gets bigger and better and more valuable over time. Do something today that your future self will thank you for. As always, if you have any questions feel free to reach out directly to Matt himself at 303-885-1644.

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). On today’s topic:  Wait…what?  Top 10 things you never really understood about purchasing a home or investment property but were afraid to ask (part 1) This will be a 3-part series:
Part 1:  YOU and how to start the process of buying real estate (GET REAL) 
As always, any questions feel free to TEXT Matt Guarino directly at 303-885-1644. 

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). In the game of sports, what's more important to you? A good offense or a good defense? Well in Real Estate, it can be the same. Come learn how the right method can work for you. Stay tuned for next weeks Power 180- 3 part series. 

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). In this episode we talk about, FEAR. What are the top 10 things that hold people back in life? Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.  Don't let fear hold you back from what you truly want in life. As Wayne Gretzky said, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Stay tuned for next week's episode! 

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes).  For today’s question, let me ask you,  what does $100k look like to you? 

Is it your bitcoin account? 
A stock portfolio? 
Some precious art work? 

For half of all Americans today…that is the amount of their total net assets at the END of their lives.  Sadly, the other half have nothing at that point. 

Here at Powerful Homes, we see real estate when we talk about financial resources specifically the EQUITY you have in a home.  To illustrate this point, I would like to take you through a quick example of a property that I bought about 7 years ago in  Aurora CO on Wabash Street. 

Buy price:  $75k 
Remodel cost:  $100k 
Sale price:  $275k 
Today’s net value:   $425k 
Total net equity:  $250k 

There were lots of ups and downs alone the way to creating this value and I ended up selling the property during this process and DID NOT retain the equity in the property in this case.  The big point is that there are many ways to invest including alternative investments like Bit Coin, NFTs and other more traditional opportunities like stocks, bonds and operating businesses. 

One thing that EVERYONE needs is a home and place to live long term.  

Why not own that place and over time…retain the equity that increases every year over the long term will provide massive resources that can change the entire trajectory of your life? 

You are only ONE DECISION away from a totally different life.  Until next time, as always feel free to reach out to Matt directly. send a text to 303-885-1644 with any questions!

Welcome back to the newest installment of Power 180- 3 minutes of Housing Literacy that can change your life (sponsored by Powerful Homes). Today’s question: What is your answer to HOW?

What comes up when you think about the impossible task or something that scares you?   Since this is a podcast about home ownership…what stops you from taking the leap to buy a home?  Most likely, it’s all the things related to how:  money, down payment, maintenance…and all of the unknowns. 

Here at Powerful Homes, we always say that the answer to how is YES.

What do we mean by that and how can we prove that it really works?

It is all about:

-Committing to the long game and going ALL IN on something
-Believing and trusting that you have what it takes
-Putting your foot down and rejecting the idea of NO

The average person hears the word NO over 150,000 times before they turn 18.  We are programmed to believe that we cannot do things or have things.  We have to make a very intentional decision to stop that trend. 

We are BRAVER than we know.

And STRONGER than we think.