Listen Up Home Buyers Advice & Tips from True Buyer Agents

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1:15 Residential design specialty
2:00 The process includes client making the purchases
2:30 All services are virtual during the pandemic
3:30 Colleen explains why she opened RedBird ReDesign
5:00 Affordable design services with the client involved in the process
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Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Rona Fischman is the Principal Broker with 4 Buyers Real Estate in Massachusetts. 

In this podcast  (2:15) Rona Fischman talks about why NAEBA was founded in the early 90's and Rona Fischman shares her personal story (2:30) and why she has an exclusive buyer brokerage and how this business model aligns with her philosophy.

(3:30) Rona Fischman was an active member of the Massachusetts Association of Buyer Agents and chose to open an  (4:35) exclusive buyer brokerage

(5:30) Rona Fischman says the exclusive buyer brokerage business model helps to stem the tide of property values going up. 

(6:50) Rona Fischman shares her business philosophy. Learn more about Rona's work as a teacher of bystander intervention and verbal self-defense.   

(8:00) At 4 Buyers Real Estate       

Rona discusses the strategy used by her exclusive buyer agents to evaluate neighborhoods, properties. Rona calls her EBA's house nerds meaning they examine a house like a puzzle and they figure out the trouble spots. 

(13:00) The difference between a damp basement and a wet basement and what home buyers need to know.  Since many of the homes were built around the turn of the last century, they have particular issues that buyers need to understand prior to buying. Rona talks about sump pumps with electrical back ups. 

(15:00) Rona tells the story of the incredible sinking house.

(18:00) River flooding is an issue in the area served by 4 Buyers Real Estate

(19:00) Rona talks about what motivated her to help create the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

and how she enjoys working exclusively for home buyers. What is a generous way to help people find houses that will make them happy? 

(22:30) Rona asks, "Is this house worthy of you?" "What's it going to cost to make it worthy of you?"

(24:00) Rona Fischman talks about how to face a recession.

Rona Fischman's 4 Buyers Real Estate is on Facebook

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Stephen Carpenter Israel is the Owner & President of Buyer's Edge an exclusive buyer brokerage in Bethesda Maryland. All the exclusive buyer agents with Buyer's Edge are licensed in Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. and only work with home buyers.

In this episode, Steve and host Victoria Ray Henderson talk about the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents naeba.org

What is a pocket listing? Are they legal? How do they impact home buyers & home sellers and what is the National Association of Realtors doing about pocket listings?

What every homebuyer needs to understand about buyer representation and more.

Learn more about Buyer's Edge on Facebook and Instagram and Yelp.

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Ben Clark is a former president of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents naeba.org

He is the owner of Home Buyer Representation Inc in Salt Lake City Utah and specializes in home buyer representation only. In this episode, Ben discusses :19 How to prepare when buying new construction or touring model homes

:23 What is procuring cause? How could it negatively impact a home buyer?

Also, what should a buyer expect to learn during a home inspection? Are there pests and animals unique to the Salt Lake area that home buyers need to be aware of before buying a home?

Ben Clark blogs on ActiveRain

FB Homebuyer Representation

Serving home buyers in the Salt Lake City Utah area. 

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Gea Elika is the Principal Broker of Elika Real Estate in NYC with 20 years of real estate experience. As members of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA) Gea and his agents offer unbiased assistance and strategic advice.

What is the average price of a home in NYC? What are the specific strategies for buyers to prepare for the home buying process in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx? How important is the buyers needs and wants list? Gea Elika covers these topics and more about how to buy a home in NYC. 

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Ramzey Khoury is an exclusive buyers agent with HelpUBuyAmerica. He has a Masters of Science, Finance from Tulane University and a Masters of Business Administration from University of St Thomas.

Ramzey Khoury offers his advice for Houston area home buyers.

Whether you are a home investor, first time home buyer or relocating to the Houston area, Ramzey Khoury exclusively serves the needs of home buyers. Ramzey offers his unique insight and expertise into the home buying process.

Contact Ramzey Khoury at 832-377-8310

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Rich Rosa is the co-owner and co founder of Buyers Brokers Only in Boston Massachusetts. Buyers Brokers Only serves only home buyers in the Greater Boston area and New Hampshire.

Mortgage options like

The One Mortgage- 3% down, income limits are lower than Mass Housing interest rate is typically below market rate and no PMI or no mortgage insurance (when a buyer buys a home with less than 20% down the buyer typically has to buy mortgage insurance)

Rich discusses how a contract is prepared and written in Massachusetts, things to look for during a home inspection.

Victoria Ray Henderson is an Associate Broker with Buyer's Edge in the Washington DC area.

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Harty Realty Group is Rich and John Harty. These brothers are Chicago's premier exclusive buyer agents. Members of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents, naeba.org Rich and John Harty have four decades of construction experience as they help home buyes evaluate properties.

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

**Mike Crowley is the Broker and Owner of Spokane Home Buyers in Spokane **Washington, his office of 4 brokers has been representing buyers only since 1997.

Acitve locally, statewide, and nationally in promoting Realtor's Professional Standards, and has taught over 50 First Time Home Buyer classes for the state of Washington. Mike shares his advice on how to compete in a multiple offer situation.

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents. 

Andi DeFelice, Associate Broker with Exclusive Buyer's Realty in Savannah, Georgia and President of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents is the first guest on Listen Up Home Buyers. Andi talks about VA loans, seller subsidies and what it's like living in Savannah. https://ebrsavannah.com/ and https://naeba.org/

Listen Up, Home Buyers! The podcast offering advice and tips from true buyer agents. 

Host and Producer, Victoria Ray Henderson is the owner and broker of HomeBuyer Brokerage in the Washington D.C. area. Victoria is and a member of the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents.