Real Estate Happens
🎙️Welcome to Real Estate Happens, your weekly deep dive into the wild, wonderful, and ever-changing world of real estate. Hosted by Kenny Letner—the Broker and Owner of Aweigh Real Estate in Virginia Beach, VA—this show explores the many facets of property life, from jaw-dropping tales to smart strategies that benefit both agents and consumersÂ
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Launched on February 6, 2020, Real Estate Happens brings you real-world conversations with professionals across the industry spectrum—appraisers, lenders, agents, investors—each offering fresh perspectives that will enlighten and energize your real estate journey .
🔍 What Makes the Show Stand Out
- Insider Access: Gain behind-the-scenes insights straight from Virginia Beach’s real estate community.
- Practical Tips: Learn how to enhance listing value, navigate loans, and master negotiating—from the experts themselves.
- Relatable Stories: Whether you’re an agent or a homeowner, the show’s honest, lively discussions help you connect with common wins and challenges.
- Weekly Fuel: Tune in every week to keep your motivation high and your business moving forwardÂ
🧲 Episode Snapshot - “Let’s Talk Appraisals” – Dive into home valuation with Kim Dykes from Tidewater Home Appraisals—learn three proven strategies to boost your home’s worth
podcasts.apple.com. - “What Do You Mean I Need a Loan?” – Unpack loan types, credit essentials, and APR clarity with Carrie Williams from Atlantic Bay Mortgage
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podcast.feedspot.com+1. - “What on Earth Am I Selling?” – Aric Martinez joins Kenny to discuss boosting realtor expertise—highlighting the difference between a good window and a great one
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đź“Ł Why You Should Listen
Looking to elevate your next open house, understand the finer points of financing, or just enjoy a compelling story from the trenches? Real Estate Happens is your ultimate companion.
Whether you're gearing up for your first home purchase or a seasoned pro, you’ll find actionable insights, inspirational success stories, and conversations that cut through the noise. Hosted by a veteran broker with over 15 years of industry experience, this show is your direct line to the latest trends, smart tips, and real-life anecdotes that will refine your business acumen—and keep you entertained along the way
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Tune in today—subscribe wherever you get podcasts, follow @real.estate.happens on Instagram, or drop a question via email at [email protected] . It's real talk, real tips, and real estate that happens—every week.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Interest Rates, Foreclosures and the President, oh my
Is the Cost of a Home More Important than the PriceÂ
Find out the difference between the cost or a home and the price of a home,,,,there is a difference
Will Foreclosures Crush the Housing Market Next …
Building wealth in your business
Join us this week as we talk about how to build wealth and capital in your business. Whether you are a Real Estate professional or you are solely in sales and work under a 1099, this is one conversa…
Disclosures, LLC's and IRA's, man that is a lot.
This week we talk about Disclosures. What is required? What is not required? We ask the very intriguing question: When it is optional to disclose, what should we do?
We also talk about LLC's. How …
FSBO or NO
Join us this week as we talk about what it takes to sell a home yourself. There are pro's and con's when doing this. Join us today as we talk about what a Real Estate Professional brings to the tab…
REFI Hell
Join us for a quick market update and find out what is happening to the REFI market,. Carrie Williams joins us from Atlantic Bay to discuss some of the changes that will affect not only the REFI mar…
Hey Bidder, Bidder SOLD
Auctions, so many questions, is this an option for you? Is the house always distressed? Is it only for banks and foreclosures? Can you as an agent use auctions as a tool to sell your listing? (spoil…
Housing with Scott Taylor
Exciting week as we welcome former congressman Scott Taylor to the show. Scott is a 2020 hopeful for his return as a representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He is a longtime real…
The Market with Houser VS Houser
What to know what is going on in the Real Estate Market join us with special guest this week Jason Houser as we talk about the Local and National Real Estate Market. What is trending and where this …
Build it and they will Come
Jonathan Shepherd is quickly becoming a leader in the real estate industry having been in the business just over 3 years he has built a team of 5 agents.  Join us while he shares what it took to get…
The Crew III, how messed up is messed up....
Great show today just gonna have some fun listing to some of the messed up things that happens when showing homes...join us and share your stories at real estate happens facebook page.
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Real Estates Closing, What you need to know.
Real Estate settlement and title. Who does what? We are going to clear this all up for you this week as we are joined by Angela Edmondson Horton.  We are going to be discussing real estate settlem…
Perfect, Awesome, So....(Do You Speak Buyer?)
Perfect, Awesome, So....What do bridal stylists and real estate professionals have in common? More than you would think! Welcome, Wendy Rivera, CEO of Do You Speak Bride, an internationally recogni…
Back to the Future (Real Estate Tech)
In today's Podcast we welcome Barry Jenkins, an executive with YLOPO (if you don't know who they are, you will). We are discussing lead generation, technology and the future of AI, all things that h…
Choosing the best offer!
In this current seller’s market with multiple offers being presented on almost all homes for sale, how do you solve the calculus equation of which is the best offer presented to your sellers?  Which…
How to be the HOTTEST Buyer
The current real estate market is HOT and homes are selling FAST! This week, we discuss the common question "How do you compete with buyers to win out when the inventory is low and there are multiple…
Virtual Home Selling
Continuing this week with how to get your home ready to sell, we have Craig Jones of 3D Virtual Marketing Solutions ( 3DVMS). Craig will be talking about 3D virtual tours and how this latest technol…
Let's Talk Appraisals
How do you assess the value of a house? Kim Dykes is here from Tidewater Home Appraisals, Inc. to explain how appraising really works between the buyer, seller, and the bank. Find out the 3 Ways Home…
To Stage or Not to Stage
To compliment our episode last week, we continue to highlight key moves one can make when selling their home. Kim Dombrowski, owner of Impressive Home Staging, discusses how staging has made such an …
Shot for Shot?
How do photographs and videos enhance a house when buying or selling? The expert behind the shot, David Schwartz of VA Coastal Exposures, explains the crucial impact of professional photography, stag…
Start Small, Think Big
For a different flavor this week, we have the man behind the bourbon, Karl Dornemann of RD Wilhelm Distillery. Being a businessman equates to being a professional of real estate, even if it's startin…