Coffee with Real Estate

Susan says the holidays might be the smartest time of year to sell your home — if you know the tricks. This episode is Susan's Gold: her best tips, tricks and hacks for holiday sellers. Enjoying the show? Follow Coffee with Real Estate and leave a 5-star rating, it really helps! First, the tips: price just below the search breakpoint so your home lands in more buyers' searches, remove half your ho...

Your HOA dues could jump to $30,000 a year, with nothing you can do about it. Susan and Kurt break down a North Carolina HOA nightmare, then share the document checklist every buyer should run before purchasing in an HOA community. Enjoying the show? Follow Coffee with Real Estate and leave a 5-star rating, it really helps! In this episode, Kurt brings Susan the story of a North Carolina community...

Thinking about tackling a project yourself before you buy, sell or move in? In this episode, Kurt and Susan dig into DIY projects gone wrong, and what a bad DIY job can really cost you. Susan shares what she has learned to do herself after owning several properties (ceiling fans, wallpaper that's still up after seven years, and painting, the first step for any DIYer), and why "move-in ready" isn't...

Thinking about selling, or just want your dining room to feel like home? In this episode, Kurt brings Susan the vintage furniture find designers are adding to all their projects right now: the vintage dining table. Susan's longtime favorite is a big, heavy farm table, and she explains how to dress it up with Parsons or upholstered chairs, or keep it casual with rustic ones. They talk about what "s...

Selling your home? Learn how to style a bookshelf that helps sell your house, with home staging tips and bookshelf decorating ideas from professional home stagers. Enjoying the show? Follow Coffee with Real Estate and leave a 5-star rating, it really helps! In this episode, Kurt brings Susan a stack of staging tips, and she shares what actually works when you're styling shelves for showings and li...

Selling your home or buying a home? Here's how to read a home appraisal report, what to do about a low appraisal, and how an appraisal vs. home inspection really differ. In this episode, Kurt walks Susan through the appraisal report section by section, and she explains what each part means for buyers and sellers. Susan covers the property description and condition, neighborhood and market trends,...

Remember when every house got multiple offers and sold over list? A friend's house went 10% over list just a year ago. Now a lot of sellers are hoping for one good offer. In this episode, Kurt throws seller questions at Susan about what to really expect in a slower market. If your house was worth $500,000 at the top of the market, don't count on that number now. Susan says to look at comparable sa...

#RealEstatePodcast, #HousingMarket, #MortgageRates Are today’s mortgage rates really that high, or have years of historically cheap money changed what buyers consider “normal”? On this episode of Coffee with Real Estate , Susan and Kurt take a practical look at the housing market beyond the negative headlines. They revisit decades of mortgage-rate history, including the double-digit rates previous...

#FrenchButter,#LuxuryRealEstate, #GenerationalWealth, #RealEstateMarket, #WealthTransfer, #HomeBuying, #LuxuryHomes, #FrenchButter A massive wealth transfer is underway, and it's having a bigger impact on real estate than many people realize. In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt explore how family money is reshaping the luxury housing market and helping younger generation...

Susan and Kurt explore the fascinating story of E. Fay Jones, often called the "Frank Lloyd Wright of the South." As an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, Jones developed his own architectural style that blended breathtaking natural landscapes with dramatic wood, glass, and open-concept living spaces. From the famous Thorncrown Chapel in Arkansas to stunning million-dollar homes built aro...

Are those old bathroom features really outdated, or are some of them making a stylish comeback? In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into four surprising bathroom trends from the 1980s that are finding new life in today's homes. Susan shares what she's seeing in real homes and explains which vintage features are worth preserving when remodeling. The conversation...

#FlooringTrends, #HomeValue, #LuxuryVinylPlank, #HardwoodFloors, #Oktoberfest, #RealEstateAdvice In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt tackle a surprisingly important topic that affects nearly every homeowner: flooring. From hardwood and engineered wood to luxury vinyl plank, tile, laminate, and carpet, they break down which flooring options hold value, which ones buyers love,...

#CoffeeWithRealEstate, #RetirementLiving, #BabyBoomers, #SeniorHousing, #ActiveAdultCommunities, On this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt explore an emerging housing trend that's reshaping retirement living across America: Baby Boomers moving into retirement communities alongside their aging parents. As life expectancy continues to rise and traditional housing costs climb, mo...

#CoffeeWithRealEstate, #RealEstatePodcast, #HomeDesign, #KitchenTrends, #HomeSellingTips, #RealEstateTips, #ToddlerRave,#boybandOn this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt tackle one of the most important rooms in any home: the kitchen. They break down nine kitchen trends that may be making your home feel dated and discuss whether popular features like granite countertops, open shel...

#RealEstatePodcast, #MeghanMarkle, #PrinceHarry, #RoyalFamily, #MovingHome, #LuxuryRealEstate, #UKProperty, #GermanyNews, #HousingMarket In this fun and opinionated episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into one of the most talked-about celebrity moves of the year: the reported decision of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to leave California and return to the United Kingdom. The co...

The game is over... at least the old real estate game. In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate , Susan and producer Kurt dive into one of the biggest shifts happening in today's housing market: sellers are finally facing market reality. After years of pandemic-fueled appreciation, bidding wars, and sky-high expectations, many homeowners are learning that pricing a property correctly matters...

In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate , Susan and Kurt dive into two fascinating topics impacting homeowners, investors, and families across America. First, they explore why short sales are beginning to increase again after years of relative inactivity. Learn what a short sale is, how it differs from foreclosure, why lenders often prefer them, and what today's market conditions could mean...

The housing market is acting like it's living in two completely different worlds. In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt explore the surprising divide between today's luxury home market and the starter home market. Million-dollar homes continue to attract buyers, while inventory in lower price ranges is growing and many sellers are making price reductions. Is this creat...

, #RealEstatePodcast, #BuyersMarket, #HousingMarket, #HomeBuying, #HoustonRealEstate, #InventoryRising, #RealEstateTips, #MarketTrends, #PropertyNews The real estate market is changing, and for many buyers that's great news. In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into new housing data showing that inventory is rising across many U.S. metro areas, creating more opportun...

#BoomerHousing, #UpsizingTrend, #RealEstatePodcast, #EmptyNesters, #HomeBuying, #GrandparentLife, #HousingMarket, #RetirementLiving, #LuxuryTravel Are baby boomers breaking all the retirement rules? In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into one of the most surprising trends in today's housing market: boomers are upsizing instead of downsizing. With people living long...

#OwnerFinancing, #SellerFinancing, #RealEstateInvesting, #HomeBuyingTips, #RealEstatePodcast, #MortgageAlternatives, #CreativeFinancing, #ObsessionMovie, #RealEstateEducation In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into one of real estate's most interesting and misunderstood financing strategies: owner financing. What happens when the seller becomes the lender? Is it a...

#RealEstatePodcast, #HomeBuying, #HousingMarket, #RealEstateTips, #HomePrices, #BuyersMarket, #ForSale, #VintageSUVs, #PodcastLifeIn this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt dive into one of the biggest shifts the housing market has seen in years: home listing prices are declining at their fastest pace in nearly a decade. What does this mean for buyers and sellers? They discuss how...

#RealEstatePodcast, #FirstTimeHomeBuyer, #HousingMarket, #NYCCheapartments, #MidwestRealEstate, #HomeBuyingTips, #RealEstateTrends, #RealEstateInvesting, #NYCLiving, #CreativeHousing In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt cut through the media noise to spotlight some refreshing news: the housing market is showing real momentum—and first-time buyers are leading the charge. With...

#RealEstateTips, #ghostfat,#Downsizing, #DeclutterYourHome, #HomeSelling, #MinimalistLiving, #MoveSmart, #OrganizedLiving, #HomeGoals, #CoffeeWithRealEstate, #LifeTransition Thinking about downsizing your home but not sure where to start? In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt break down exactly how to simplify your space without losing your sanity. From working with a professi...

#RealEstatePodcast, #HousingMarketShift, #RealtorLife, #AgentBurnout, #RealEstateTrends, #MarketUpdate, #BrokerLife, #RealEstateBusiness, #HousingInsights, Where did all the real estate agents go? In this episode of Coffee with Real Estate, Susan and Kurt break down one of the biggest shifts happening in today’s housing market—the quiet (and not-so-quiet) exit of agents struggling to survive a slo...