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Dr. Regina Lark is a board certified professional organizer. She is also a frequent speaker and educator on topics ranging from women’s leadership, emotional labor, time management, productivity, hoarding, and ADHD. (full bio)

In this episode Regina shares the non-linear path which put her on the road to a career as a professional organizer. She offers insight into the roots of clutter and the invisible mental load many women face alone. Regina provides us with simple and actionable steps we can take to begin the process of decluttering our homes. And it all starts with the kitchen junk drawer.

In 2008 Regina founded A Clear Path, followed by Speaking of Clutter. She has been featured on A&E’s hit television show Hoarders, in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. To learn more about decluttering and working with a professional organizer, connect with Dr. Regina Lark on her website: A Clear Path.

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This episode is the second of a two-part condo and single family home structural safety series. This episode will give potential homeowners important home inspection basics. Link to the first episode in the series.

We think the Single Lady Estates community will appreciate this informative and hard-hitting episode on structural safety and home inspections.

Joe Di Pompeo PE, SECB, F.SEI, F.ASCE is the President at Structural Workshop, LLC and the past president of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. (full bio)

Joe has extensive experience in Real Estate Due Diligence and Forensic Engineering and was featured in National News Coverage of the Surfside Condo collapse in Florida in 2021, where he was sought out as a national expert in discussing that structural disaster.

To learn more and connect directly with Joe, visit his website at Structural Workshop.

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This episode is the first of a two-part condominium building structural safety series. In the wake of the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida, this series is meant to give the Single Lady Estate community information to consider when purchasing a condo along the East, West, or Gulf Coasts.

Josh Thompson is CEO and Founder of Thompson Exterior Services which is a full-service exterior building service company servicing the Northeast.

Josh joins us to talk about how potential and current coastal condominium homeowners can take a proactive approach towards understanding their building's structural maintenance plans.

The importance of condo building maintenance and structural integrity was brought into sharp focus after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida on June 24, 2021.

Bobbie and Josh discuss how the Surfside condominium collapse has already changed building recertification laws. He also touches on the differences between building recertification in New York City (every 5 years) and Florida (every 40 years at the time of the collapse).

NOTE: May 2022, Florida passed the Condominium and Structural Safety Law: “Recertification will be required after 30 years, or 25 years if the building is within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the coast, and every 10 years thereafter. The Champlain Towers South was 40 years old and was going through the 40-year-recertification process required by Miami-Dade County when it collapsed last June”. – U.S. News

Here are a few tips Josh recommends when considering a beachside condominium purchase:

To connect with Josh Thompson or learn more about Thompson Exterior Services visit his website.

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Sarah Williams shares the home buying trends of her New York City, Miami, and overseas high-end clientele before, during, and post-pandemic. She also gets candid on being a successful millennial woman in real estate.

Societe Real Estate is a privately-owned, bespoke Real Estate Agency in New York City, South Florida and London servicing a wide range of domestic and overseas clientele from New York City to Miami Beach and from the UK to the South of France.

FOR BUYERS:

“If you are a buyer and you're looking for the right real estate agent, I highly recommend you hire somebody you like a lot. Because you're likely going to be spending a lot of time with that person…”

FOR SELLERS:

“When you're a seller. Hire somebody you trust. That person is in your home without you being there. Are they respectful of your shoe requirements? Are they going to respect your showing schedule? So I think a lot of the sell side has to do with trust and respect.

Connect with Sarah Williams on Instagram or the Societe Real Estate website: www.societerealestate.com

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Bryce Fuller is a real estate agent servicing the Chicagoland area with The Fuller Force at Baird Warner Real Estate. As a part of a family of real estate agents, Bryce details the value of working with a team of real estate specialists.

Bryce focuses on the keys to finding the right home for Chicagoland area homebuyers. For single women homeowners, Bryce spoke about a recent client home buying experience for a single mom and her two teenage daughters. A few factors of importance were:

Bryce discusses how rising interest rates and the seasonal cooling of the real estate market have brought about a shift for both buyers and sellers.

…higher interest rates, coupled with inflation, coupled with people who are very unsure about the economy is causing sellers to become incredibly challenged at this moment in time. Yes, they want what their neighbor got and they're not going to get it right now…

The Chicagoland area encompasses hi-rise city living and rural housing amongst the corn fields. Which offers home buyers housing location options depending on whether access to city-wide amenities or space to spread out are the driving factors of a home purchase decision. 

For anyone who has recently moved to Chicagoland from warmer climates, Bobbie and Bryce share winter success tips. Hint: You'll need a good selection of durable winter clothes and an understanding of the best options for inner city travel during the winter months.

To learn more about the Chicagoland area and to connect directly with Bryce Fuller visit:

Website: https://thefullerforce.bairdwarner.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFullerForce

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefullerforcebairdwarner

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We begin a three-part real estate series with Wendy Ross from Veracity Real Estate Company. Wendy joins Bobbie to offer practical advice for owning real estate in luxury markets. 

What you'll hear in this episode:

Wendy Ross created Veracity Real Estate Company to provide “bespoke client advocacy at all price levels” in luxury markets. Learn more about Wendy and Veracity Real Estate. 

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Thank you for subscribing to the podcast and being a part of the Single Lady Estates Community. We are your advisory and advocacy community with a mission to serve and celebrate women homeowners.

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We begin season two of the Single Lady Estates podcast with Tom Zulawski, Lead Designer and CEO of ZDesign Inc.,

Tom talks design tips, shifting vs. timeless trends, and how to create a design that's right for you (and your budget).

Invest in these rooms:

• Master Bedroom
• Master Bathroom
• Master Closet
• Kitchen
• Getaway Nook

Know your use case:

• When it comes to water pressure, pipe size matters.
• Pick the right material for the right job (ie., slip resistant tile around pools).
• Lighting sets the mood in a room. Consider using dimmers.

Refresh your home decor with new pillows, throws, artwork, and lamps every 2-3 years.

Thank you for subscribing to the podcast and being a part of the Single Lady Estates Community. We are your advisory and advocacy community with a mission to serve and celebrate women homeowners.

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In the final episode for season one of the Single Lady Estates podcast, Bobbie Wasserman highlights the big takeaways from each of the featured guests.

The goal of the inaugural season was to provide useful information to empower women throughout the entire home ownership lifecycle, buying, selling, and life in between.

To set the foundation for the show, we interviewed Mary Buffet, an award-winning author and value investor. She shared investment confidence and encouraged women to “learn the language of investing.” We invite you to listen to our Women and Investment series with Mary:

• Gaining Investment Confidence
• Generational Investing
• The Great Refresh

We also heard from Ottawa-based attorney Victoria Asikis who offered a fascinating view on millennial women taking charge of their financial life.

• Millennial Women and Home Ownership

To discover how single women approach home ownership differently than single men or couples we heard from Realtors, Jessica Maroto Sanchez and Maxine Monina.

We invite you to listen to the Women and Real Estate Series:

• Women and Real Estate
• Home Buying Trends for Women
• Real Estate & Safety Tips for Women

Home safety is of primary concern for all homeowners, but especially for women. We heard from LAPD Sr. Lead Officer, Sean Dinse who encouraged homeowners to get to know their local safety officers and their neighbors.

• Home Safety and Security

We thank you for subscribing to the podcast and being a part of the Single Lady Estates Community. We are your advisory and advocacy community with a mission to serve and celebrate women homeowners. Welcome, and welcome home

The second season of the Single Lady Estates podcast launches in November 2022.

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Maxine Monina offers a fresh perspective on how home buyers should approach the quickly changing real estate market. She also gives safety tips women homeowners can easily add to their daily routine.

In this episode Maxine shared:

• Why her personal post-divorce home buying experience inspired her to become a real estate agent.
• How she serves her specific real estate niche focused on women homebuyers.
• The migration of home buyers from California to states like Texas, Tennessee, Utah, and even overseas.
• How the rise in interest rates opened up the door for first time homebuyers to purchase a home.
• What you can do to get to know your potential new neighborhood before making that home purchase.

For our Single Lady Estates® community, Maxine offered practical and potentially life-saving safety tips. Here is one of her simple and actionable tips we think all women can implement today.

“Have good lighting. Have timers for your lights. Don't ever walk into your house with no light.”

Maxine Monina is a residential real estate agent who serves clients in the Conejo Valley in Southern California. Connect with Maxine directly by visiting her website: www.maxinemoninarealestate.com

Suggested Listening: For more safety tips listen to the Safety and Security episode with Officer Sean Dinse.

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The visible clues that make your home less attractive to burglars.

On this episode of the Single Lady Estates podcast we hear from LAPD Senior Lead Officer, Sean Dinse. He has been with the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years and is currently assigned to the LAPD Topanga Division working closely with residents on the west side of the San Fernando Valley.

Officer Dinse offers actionable tips homeowners, HOAs, and communities can take to decrease the chance their neighborhoods become a target for thieves. Having an active residential community and neighborhood network increases overall homeowner safety and security. Which means getting to know your neighbors is an important key to safety success.

For our Single Lady Estates community, Officer Dinse suggested this simple and practical tip potential homeowners should include as part of their home search process.

“It's actually a breath of fresh air to get a phone call from a resident or prospective buyer that's looking at a property…They actually ask me, 

“Hey, what what's going on in that neighborhood? What do you see that I should be worried about?”

Because that means that they're doing their due diligence.”

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