Real Talk with Brad Maaske

Inventory is rising.  Interest rates have gone back up into the low 6's for 30 year mortgages.  New laws make it more difficult to help people who need a rental.  Proposition 33 if passed will cause rentals to become even scarcer in California.  Is FEMA broke?  Do you need flood insurance?  How much does flood insurance cost?   We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

FEMA has no money left for America after spending it all on illegal immigrants according to Mayorkis.  Newsom is suing California cities for not building enough affordable housing.  Interest rates rise with employment numbers.  Housing inventory stays low.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right side of Real Estate.  

It is almost election time.  Newsom knows better than oil companies how to keep costs down.  Vote no on all propositions except 34 and 36.  NY Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Trump's business fraud conviction

In the past 60 days two people have been electrocuted swimming if valley pools.  Is your pool safe?  What would you do if someone jumped into your pool and was being electrocuted?  The state water resources board is working frantically with the Biden administration to further limit the amount of surface water farmers in the valley can receive before the election possibly takes the left our of power.  Rent control means fewer rentals built and more expensive housing for all.  Vote no on Proposition 33.  Beep Beep.  Boom!  Be careful where you keep your pager.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Estate.

A local Visalia business has been shut down for more than 10 days for minor building code infractions.  (A non-bearing partition wall put up without permit and an improper drain for a washing machine)  The appeals process could take up to 6 more weeks.  Is this the America you want?  Verdict first, trial later.  Interest rates declined slightly this week.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

Not content with the legislature telling grocery stores how many employees they need to man self check out lanes, Lame Duck Newsom has called for a special legislative session to address the high cost of gas in California.  His proposed solution..  tell the refineries how much reserves they must keep.  30 year mortgages stay in the low 6% and high 5% range.
We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk. Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

August 31 is California mystery gift day.  It is the day we begin to find out which new laws made it to Newsom's desk for signature.  We find out which bills were stripped and amended to be anything our socialist leaders want.  Will the state take over the refineries?  How much of a rebate will they grant you peasants from your electric bills?  Interest rates on 30 year mortgages are finally  getting below 6% again.  How is the market reacting?  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.

California is like a car that if it continues in the same direction it will drive off a cliff destroying the car and the passengers.  Is it too late to change course?  Do the subjects of California have the will and intelligence to see that this path leads to destruction?  Interest rates moderate, still in the 6% range for 30 year fixed mortgages.  Home buyers are finding out what the new rules for real estate mean while looking for a home.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.  Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate.  

Are you enjoying your cheap clean green energy this summer?  A Harris Walz ticket will ensure that all of America can feel California's energy cost pain.  The way you buy real estate in the United States changed today.  It is not to the benefit of the consumer.  Price controls have never worked in history but they are an economic staple of communist governments.  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk. Real Talk is the Right Side of Real Estate

Buying Real Estate is changing this month and it is not for the better.  The California Legislature is back in session.  Be very afraid.  Elon Musk could save the the Starlink Astronauts, will they let him?  Interest rates decline slightly.  Will they fall more?  We discuss all of this and more on this week's Real Talk.