On the season 1 finale, I shared my thoughts on the current state of the real estate market, why you should NOT become a home owner & more!

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Sometimes I find it difficult to encourage people to become home owners, the benefits of home ownership are multiple, when most people are struggling to afford to rent. NYC is notorious for having housing affordability issues and in today's episode I share some staggering data and give my opinion on the future of the housing market right here in my backyard.

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As a future home buyer you should be aware of the options available to you for the types of loan products and how to qualify for each of them. On today's episode I break down the 4 main loan products and the requirements for each!

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What do you think about the NYC rent increase for rent stabilized housing? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

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You got your offer accepted and after a few weeks you have been cleared to CLOSE!! Woohoo, wait before you start celebrating lets talk about what happens on closing day!

In my opinion, our topic today doesn't get talked about enough. If I'm being honest I am guilty of it myself. And thats not being fully transparent about the realities of real estate good and BAD. Im sure for most realtors, when we are setting expectations for our clients we don't purposefully leave out the possibilities of things not going as planned. Honestly its an oversight because we probably have high expectations for the transaction and how we expect it to go. So today, Im going to break down a couple of those things that COULD go wrong that I have been experiencing personally and hearing from these real estate streets

Being a realtor is nothing like Selling Sunset or Million Dollar Listing portrays us to be. There is a lot of work, effort, time and care that goes into being a real estate agent. Today I share with you a few of the many things, your everyday realtor may do as apart of their duty to partner with you in buying your new home.

Do you know what sellers concessions are? Are you aware that you can negotiate inspection report items? In today's episode I share with you a few tips on how you and your realtor can develop strategies to get your offers accepted.