Latest Cupertino Podcast Episodes
NAR Settlement - For Buyers And Sellers
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - April 05, 2024 16:10 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThe NAR settlement is in the final stages of approval and will likely go into effect in the middle of July 2024. It is not an understatement when I say that this change to how buyers agents are being compensated will introduce chaos into the real estate world until the systems in place adapt...
California Deficits And Taxes 2024
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - March 08, 2024 16:58 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThings are looking rough for California residents in 2024. A nearly $100 billion dollar surplus has been turned into $73 billion (and growing) deficit. Sadly, the solution from Sacramento seems to be doubling down on the policies that are causing many of these issues. New changes to the law ha...
Digital Curb Appeal
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - February 09, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWelcome to "Real Estate Realities with The RebelBroker" – your go-to podcast for expert insights into the dynamic world of real estate. In this episode, we delve into a crucial aspect of selling your home: digital curb appeal. In today's digital age, first impressions are made online. Potentia...
Local Pending Sales Vs. The National Trend
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - January 30, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn this episode, dive deep into the intriguing world of real estate data with Robert Whitelaw, the seasoned real estate broker from Morgan Hill, California. Join us as we unravel the disparities between pending home sales on a national scale and the dynamic market of Santa Clara County. 📊 Key ...
De-Mystifying Home Status
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - January 17, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWelcome to "Real Estate Realities with The RebelBroker," your go-to podcast for demystifying all things relating to real estate, including the status of homes for sale! Join us as we navigate the dynamic world of real estate, providing valuable insights and expert analysis. 🏡 Unlock the Secre...
What's Wrong With Real Estate Agents?
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - December 12, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWelcome to another eye-opening episode of "Real Estate Realities with The RebelBroker"! Today, we're diving deep into a topic that affects both seasoned and aspiring real estate agents—the real problems plaguing today's real estate professionals. Join me as we explore the notion that bad agen...
New FHA 5% Down Multifamily Loan!
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - November 22, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWelcome to another edition of Real Estate Realities! Today we are covering the FHA loan for multifamily purchases that just got WAY better. In fact, it makes it possible for much easier house hacking! Don't know what house hacking is? Not sure why I am so excited about changes to a loan? Then ...
Questioning the $1.8B Realtor Conspiracy Verdict
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - November 03, 2023 15:11 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn this episode of Real Estate Realities with The RebelBroker, we delve deep into the crucial topic of compensating real estate agents when selling your home while keeping in mind the recent court case where Sellers won a $1.8 billion judgement against the National Association of Realtors and a ...
Interest Rates Hit 23 Year High!
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - October 25, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsAs interest rates snuggle up to 8%, we find ourselves in a place that we have not been in 23 years! An entire generation of business people, home buyers and home sellers have become comfortable with interest rates in the sub 5% range. So what will this interest rate mean for home buyers, sell...
2023 California Rent Control Laws Will Ruin The Rental Market
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - October 10, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWelcome to "Real Estate Realities with The RebelBroker," the ultimate destination for in-depth explorations of recent California rent control real estate law changes. With our finger on the pulse of recent California legal changes, todays podcast serves as your comprehensive guide to understan...
Should You Sell Your Investment Property In 2023?
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - October 02, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsEach year I suggest that real estate investors evaluate their holdings to determine if they should sell their investment property. In todays show, we will cover the basics of this effort so you can decide if 2023 is the right time for you to sell your investment property. ————————————————...
13 Steps to Master the Home Buying Process: Your Pre-House Hunting Checklist
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - August 25, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsLets get a handle on the 13 BEST tips to prepare for your home buying experience! With an understanding of these tips, you will give yourself the power to engage in your home buying search in a way that will likely save you money and stress! ———————————————————————————————————————————————...
Buyers And Sellers Beware In 2023
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - August 18, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn addition to some other news, this week we review some recent escalations in the application of artificial intelligence in the real estate world that will just make it even more difficult for buyers and sellers to focus on competent real estate professionals. We also talk a little about debt...
Subprime Lending Is Still A Problem In 2023
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - August 03, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsSubprime lending is still out there, and the mainstream take on it is totally wrong. Instead of solving what causes borrowers to be subprime, the system simply bends the rules and allows those borrowers to get burdened with debt that are not equipped to manage. This leaves them very vulnerable t...
Single Family, Condo, Townhomes - The Differences
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - July 26, 2023 12:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThis week we review the types of properties you will find in California. We will cover single family homes, condominiums and townhomes. What are the legal differences and what are the benefits and limits of each. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— ➡️ Instagram: https:/...
Equity Theft Interview with Christina Martin From PLF
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - July 21, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsJoin me as we get a chance to sit down with Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Christina Martin to chat about her victory in the Supreme Court in the fight to defeat state equity theft. This amazing unanimous decision by the highest court is only matched by the astonishment that this case ever ...
AI Makes Real Estate HARDER - For Some.
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - July 07, 2023 20:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIf you are someone trying to find the right real estate professional to help you with buying or selling real estate, AI is making your life harder rather than better. We will discuss that and how to deal with it in todays show! #ai #chatgpt Why Files video on AI - https://youtu.be/brQLpTn...
Santa Clara County Rental Market Review
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - June 27, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThe national trend, according to the headlines, is that rental rates are declining. What we are seeing here in Santa Clara County is a little different. In fact, even rental property types are seeing different performance in terms of rent growth or decline. Today, we are going to calibrate our...
The California Exodus
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - June 23, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsCalifornia has lost hundreds of thousands of residents. Tax revenues are down. Higher income earners are increasingly leaving the state. Those losses accumulate and have increased every year since at least 2017. Today we will run down the problem, how we got here and how the state government is ...
Investing In Vacant Land With Brent Bowers!
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - June 16, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsJoin me for a special interview episode of Real Estate Realities as we sit down and chat again with Brent Bowers! He is still out there crushing it through investing in vacant land. Let's walk through his strategy and give you the tools you need to get started in this segment of the real estate ...
Insurance Companies Flee California
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - May 30, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsFrom home insurance to car coverage, insurance companies are deciding to just not do business in California any longer. So what has to happen to force companies to abandon a huge market? Well, despite the headlines, it is not just weather issues and corporate greed. Today, we take a look at th...
1% Down Loan From Rocket Mortgage
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - May 24, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the often overlooked drawbacks of low-income buyers availing themselves of 1% down loans. Today we will specifically be talking about the Rocket Mortgage ONE+ loan program. While these loans may seem appealing on the surface, they can harbor hidde...
Bankruptcies Up 216%
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - May 16, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsBusiness bankruptcies are up 216% and we are not even half way through 2023 yet! What does this mean for unemployment and the world of real estate? Let's take a minute to chat about all that! —————————————————————————————————————————————————— ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/re...
2023 Real Estate Market Headlines Wrong?
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - May 11, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThe headlines today sure do seem to be sending out a positive message relating to real estate. Many tell us the great home value drop is over. The most recent numbers prove we are out of the woods. Do they really? In todays show we will take a closer look and see if we should be optimistic...
Fight Equity Theft In 2023
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - May 02, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsFasten your seat belt folks, today we get a classice Rebelbroker rant podcast! Let's play pretend for a moment. You find yourself in a situation where you are behind on your property tax payments. You owe $5,000 dollars. One thing leads to another and the state is going to take your property a...
Qualified Buyers Get Hosed In 2023
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - April 25, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsAre you a responsible borrower? Have you saved diligently for that 20% downpayment on your first home? Did you educate yourself and work toward improving your credit score so that you reached your goal of a score higher than 680? Well, then the FHFA (Federal Housing and Finance Association) woul...
40 Year Mortgages - A Bad Idea
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - April 20, 2023 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThe media at large seems very excited about FHA loans being able to be adjusted to 40 year terms in cases where the borrower is in a tight spot. But does it make sense to extend the indebtedness of someone that is already in financial trouble? Extending a mortgage out to 40 years takes all the w...
March 2023 Buyer & Seller Sentiment
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - April 12, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIn todays show we will take some time to review the latest buyer and seller sentiment data. We also take some time to consider what the data says about buyers vs what we are seeing buyers actually do in the marketplace. We will also talk a bit about thoughts relating to when to buy and what m...
Is The California "Dream For All" Loan Predatory Lending?
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - April 04, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIf you think of predatory lending as any borrowing scenario that has a high probability of causing issues for the borrower, I think that there is a good chance we should chat about the "California Dream For All" loan program from CalHFA (California Housing Finance Agency). Schemes like this ...
7 Great Tricks To Find Your Off Market Home Or Investment Property
Real Estate Realities With The RebelBroker - March 22, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIf you are desperately searching to find your home or to uncover a great investment property - you just might want to consider looking for an off market property! Finding off-market homes can be a great way to gain access to properties that are not available through traditional real estate ch...