The Fitze is Right | A Real Estate Podcast

In Episode 9 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze tells the story of the most chaotic listing of her career — one that ended with an arrest, a restraining order, and a seller she's still tagged as "incarcerated" in her CRM. It started as a simple referral. A realtor friend at a 55-and-older new construction community in Perry Hall called Jen to list a woman's house...

In Episode 8 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze breaks down the entire home inspection process from start to finish — and then reads and responds to the wildest comments from social media about previous episodes. First, Jen walks through exactly what happens during a home inspection — when it occurs, what inspectors check, what they're NOT allowed to check, and how much it cost...

In Episode 7 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze sits down with Jocelynn, a 24-year-old first-time homebuyer who just closed on her first house. In a market where the average first-time buyer is 40 years old, Jocelynn did it at 24 — self-employed, fresh out of debt, with a credit score she'd been rebuilding for less than two years. Two years ago, Jocelynn quit her corporate job...

In Episode 6 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze does something different — she reads a real viewer's home buying horror story for the first time and reacts live. A first-time buyer couple found their dream home — a three-bedroom colonial listed at $385,000. Their agent told them to offer $15,000 over asking. They did. The offer was accepted. During the home inspection, the insp...

In Episode 5 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze reveals the strategy behind her biggest listing wins — including one that generated 54 showings in four days, 22 offers, and sold for $100,000 over the list price. The house was an estate sale in Fallston, Maryland. A desirable neighborhood, but the home hadn't been updated since the 1970s. Orange kitchen counters, teal and blue c...

In Episode 4 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze takes you inside one of the wildest bidding wars she's ever been a part of... and she was at pottery class when it all went down. A $425,000 house in Bel Air hit the market with zero photos online. Not one interior shot. Just a terrible exterior photo that looked like it came from Google Earth. No showings were available through t...

In Episode 3 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze shares two stories that will change the way you think about selling a home — one about a Facebook post that destroyed a deal on settlement day, and one about what your agent legally doesn't have to tell you. A house in Jen's parents' neighborhood in Parkville, Maryland had a water line burst from the refrigerator. Water...

In Episode 2 of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze shares one of the wildest buyer stories you'll ever hear... and it all started with a phone call about a nightmare. A military buyer relocating from Arizona to Aberdeen, Maryland found the perfect home; a beautiful rancher near Ripken Stadium. Offer accepted, deposit down, everything moving forward. Then Jen gets a call one mornin...

In the very first episode of The Fitze Is Right, Maryland realtor Jen Fitze takes you all the way back to where it started... her own first home buying experience. And it was a disaster. In 2003, Jen and her husband were young, broke, and desperate to buy their first house in a competitive market. They finally landed a $72,000 home in Edgewood, Maryland. Sounds like a win, right? That's where...