Marty Walker and Max
January 11, 2023
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Marty and Max: Getting your home ready
There is so much to consider when listing your home. But what should you fix and what should you just leave alone?
Marty and Max: The Dirty (Harry) Truth About the Market
The real estate world has very much resembled the wild, wild West. Who better to personify the industry than Clint Eastwood who starred in the classic, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly? This pretty much summarizes our market.
Marty and Max: Escrow, the blind side of real estate
In real estate, there too is a blind side, and this is where things can get a little scary and you too need insurance. Title Insurance. I visited with subject matter expert Jacquelyn Scappini with North Idaho Title to help navigate the nuances of title insurance.
Marty and Max: Should it stay or should it go now?
In real estate, we commonly use the expression, “Don’t step over a dollar to pick up a dime.” This is commonly used when a buyer or seller becomes emotional over a trinket when they are selling a treasure.
Max and Marty: Skully school of real estate
Your realtor’s role
Marty and Max: Is it game over for your investments?
On one of my many business trips to Las Vegas, I was asked if I gambled. My reply was “Absolutely yes. I have a 401K comprised mostly of stocks and bonds. My entire retirement is a gamble.”
Marty and Max:Should I Stay or Should I Go
Is now the right time to sell your home?
Marty and Max: Real Estate Recipes
Today we will discuss two ways to buy an actively marketed home at a bargain, where you actually want to live.
Marty and Max: Where is the market going?
Where is the market going and how will the year-end? Is the market going to crash? How will the market react to 7.25% rates or perhaps 8% rates? Will inventory increase?
Marty and Max: Discussing housing shortages and potential solutions
Estimates for housing supply shortage range from 4-6 million homes. Other data suggests that only 23% of listings were affordable to households earning a median income of $75k or lower.
Marty and Max: Unintended Consequences
Some would say there are three categories of unintended consequences. The unexpected benefit, which is a positive but unplanned outcome, The unexpected drawback, in which we create a problem that is apart from the problem we wish to solve, And perverse results, wherein in trying to solve a problem, we actually make it worse.
Facetious real estate terms
An amusing translation of real estate's many buzzwords and catchphrases.
Marty and Max: How's the market doing?
The housing data reflects that the housing market is surprisingly resilient. Our crisis, however, is that there is not enough inventory, rather than not enough buyers.
Mid-year market report
The first half of 2023 is in the books. This week in many ways is the turning point in the year for housing. Home purchases start to decelerate and price reductions increase in the second half of the year.
Marty and Max: Glory Days
Last weekend I flew to Dallas for my daughter's MBA graduation at Southern Methodist University. I came in a day early for a little gathering. The Dallas rooftop venue with catered food, beverages and downtown views was amazing, in fact, I attended high school just a few miles away and this was my old stomping grounds.
Marty and Max: Shoshone County's April market update
In the Coeur d’Alene MLS Market, which includes Shoshone County, from the Year over Year Comparison Report all active residential listings during the month of April 2023 were up 41.7% compared to 2022, with 1,817 active listings vs 1,282 at this time last year.
Marty and Max: Shoshone County's April market update
In the Coeur d’Alene MLS Market, which includes Shoshone County, from the Year over Year Comparison Report all active residential listings during the month of April 2023 were up 41.7% compared to 2022, with 1,817 active listings vs 1,282 at this time last year.