Water Cooler Real Estate
CONSUMER REAL ESTATE PODCAST With The Insiders, Cynthia and Jason Lee! Join us weekly as The Insiders take you behind the scenes to help explain the sometimes complicated real estate industry in more relatable terms.
Water Cooler Real Estate is dedicated to providing common sense answers and explanations to typical questions and issues posed by consumers (Buyers and Sellers) of Real Estate.
The Insiders are Cynthia and Jason Lee, Brother and Sister Team, Company Owners, Managers, and Real Estate Brokers who have participated in and/or supervised on thousands of real estate transactions.
WaterCoolerRealEstate provides informative answers based on The Insiders’ opinions, training and experience. With every specific situation, you should consult your local real estate laws and government entities, and seek legal counsel in your jurisdiction.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
8 Critical Issues When Negotiating Your Sale
Your home is listed on the market, now you receive an offer. Great News!
In this Episode, The Insiders ask Sellers to consider the many terms of the offer, but as important, the current market factor…
What's Ahead in Real Estate for 2019?
Buyers and Sellers across the country are wondering what to expect in Real Estate for 2019.
No crystal ball here, but The Insiders discuss thoughts and forecasts from national Real Estate Experts, a…
2019 Portland Real Estate Preview
Boom or Bust? What to Expect in the coming months for the Real Estate Market in Beautiful Portland, Oregon!
In this Special Portland Episode, The Insiders offer a little market history, some of the…
Guidelines for Sellers Home Fixups
So, you have decided to sell your home. Naturally, one of your first steps in preparing your home to sell is going to be DIY projects throughout the house. In this episode, The Insiders discuss whi…
Episode 46 - 3 Steps for Selecting A Home
Every Buyer would LOVE to get a $Million home for $250,000. In today's episode, The Insiders discuss 3 easy steps to help Buyers make the Home Buying Process as fruitful and as painless as possible.…
Episode 45 - Home Photos: Getting Buyers to Your Door
Homes aren't SOLD online, but they are Eliminated! In this week's episode, The Insiders discuss that often times Less is truly More when presenting home photos online.
When Sellers understand that …
Episode 44 - 5 Buyer Steps to Save Thousands
If you are going to be buying a home in the near future, this week's episode is VITAL! The Insiders touch on 5 easy steps to save you Thousands of Dollars in your upcoming purchase.
Episode 43 - Tax Advantages of Home Ownership
As an important Real Estate Mogul (Dru Wilkinson) often said, "Paying Rent is just Throwing Money Down a Rathole!"
In this week's episode, The Insiders compare and discuss Rent Payments vs Mortgage P…
Episode 42: Understanding Value of Price/sf
When you are out looking for a new home, one way to compare one home vs another is Price/sf. Unfortunately, often times, Buyers trick themselves in to thinking that a lower price/sf is always better…
Episode 41: Financing Don'ts
You have found a home, you are now working with the Lender to get all of the financing documentation in order. In this week's episode, The Insiders welcome Robin Weirich of SecurityNational Mortgage …
Episode 40: Stigmatized Properties (Death Discount?)
How do death, ghosts & crimes affect home Values and market times. In most states, Sellers are required by law to disclose known physical defects in a home for sale. However, in this week's episode,…
Episode 39: 5 Quick Buying Tips
Episode 38 - Improving Curb Appeal
Preparing To Buy - Financing Guide
Episode 36: Professional Home Inspection
Episode 35: Sewer Inspections & SewerScopes
Hopefully this has never happened to you, but if it has, there are very few things worse than when the sewer backs up into your home. In this week's WCRE episode, The Insiders welcome Greg Bailey of…
Episode 34 : Escalation Clause
Episode 33: Evaluating Multiple Offers
In the perfect Seller situation, once your home goes on the market, you hope to get an offer within a relatively short period of time. Even better, is when you actually receive multiple offers. In …
Episode 32: Preparing For An Open House
This week, The Insiders offer tips and advice for Sellers, helping them prepare their home when their Real Estate agent is having an Open House. It is best to appeal to all of the senses, and The In…
Episode 31: Seller Counteroffers
In this week's episode, The Insiders discuss the mindset of a Buyer, when they have received a counter offer from the Seller in a Real Estate Negotiation. The Insiders outline strategies on how to ad…