West Michigan Real Estate Broker Podcast

Dan and George talk about more random stuff.

Episode 28 recap and correction Awards ceremony for George and Dan for their local association. WE GET AWARDS! Dan throws his hat into the ring for a GRARLA lottery class. My first house is for sale again (now Pending) We chat about our first homes. We talk about Dans recent investment property he purchased. 

A 30 minute show about recent stories and stuff

a bunch of random stuff

Milestone! A Half way through the 1 year podcast project   Closings. Closings. Closings. Market craziness. Weather affecting it?   Episode 20 throw back. Dan tells how he gets static from his wife from that episode.    A sticky deal story from George and how he went WAY above and beyond.    Dan has a story from Realtor Magazine. How an agent stuck his neck out on a transaction in his early years.    Another episode of “things a realtor does that we don’t get paid for” or AKA How Dan sells furniture in his spare time.   George talks about the reverse Mortgage deal that has taken forever.    Affordable housing and inventory issues. How the USA is suffering from a lack of inventory.  Dan explains how this is not going away anytime soon.    Dan talks about his lack of a sales funnel or how he noticed that there is a business that does not do that because they are already known of providing an excellent product and value.    Paying off a mortgage and how the first year is the best time to get ahead on the payment

Intro to us and our certifications. We talk a bunch of crap which has nothing to do about real estate.    George brings up that he is pretty good with a bow staff.    A landlords responsibility with weed.   George has a Deal with a string of Contingent offers 3 deep.    Non out of the box thinking agents Dan has encountered.    Well and Septic and PFAS testing.    Obligations of a buying agent Realtor with an unrepresented seller with on the other side.

Dan and George introduce Scot who is the broker owner of 616 Realty in Grand Rapids Michigan.

George introduces our show to a new subscriber and then names himself the director of Marketing of the show.  Dan talks about his working vacation in Grand Haven and how he was was flying along Lake Michigan in his buddy's airplane. Grand Haven and Lake Michigan water is up. Dan and George talk temporary/seasonal water front on a listing he has recently sold and how that affects value. We talk about more situations where items can affect value of real estate.  Dan talks about a friend who reached out to him about becoming a realtor. 

Dan and George talk about random real estate stuff. 

George tells everybody who he is and Dan falls asleep. 5 surprising questions to ask a real estate agent.  8 more questions 

Dan and George discuss the 13 most difficult things about being a realtor. This was taken from Businessinsider.com  These 13 things are really 12 or maybe 11.5 We end the show.      Dan Farkas & George Guyott are Brokers in West Michigan with a combined 40 years of home sales in the West Michigan area. Well over 500 homes have been sold in this area by these two. They share some of their experiences and tell some stories in this podcast.   1st advantage realty 2180 44th St Se Suite 208 Kentwood MI 49508 Dan: 616-437-1011 TheDanFarkas@gmail.com www.DanFarkasRealtor.com George: 616-293-2154 RealEstateByGeorge@grar.com www.GrPropertysearch.com  

George and Dan discuss common questions from Buyers throughout the years.  We discuss how scam artists target realtors, buyers and sellers in the purchase process.  Dan talks about giving blood and volunteering at a GRAR event.

George and Dan discuss how important it is to have the correct information on the Purchase agreement.  We take a few pages out of the Certified Residential Specialist magazine To talk Real estate Cliches and give our opinion on the examples.  We have a discussion about Sellers Disclosures documents and how those can be incorrectly filled out and how agents many not know what the purpose of them are.  Please reach out us if we can help you!!!!!     Dan Farkas Associate Broker TheDanFarkas@gmail.com 616-437-1011 www.DanFarkasRealtor.com George Guyott Broker Realestatebygeorge@grar.com 616-293-2154 www.GrPropertysearch.com 2180 44th St SE Suite 208 Kentwood Mi 49508  

Dan tells about the interesting things he has seen at a few homes he has shown recently. Random volunteer updates from George and Dan AKA we do stuff for free.  We briefly talk about open houses and have a quick conversation about different price points and how they relate to traffic. Fun cool updates about our little podcast. A quick story about a probate deal Dan is working on.        Dan Farkas Associate Broker 1st Advantage Realty  2180 44th St Se Suite 208 Kentwood, Mi 49508  616-437-1011 www.DanFarkasRealtor.com TheDanFarkas@gmail.com   George Guyott Broker 1st Advantage Realty  2180 44th St Se Suite 208 Kentwood, MI 49508 616-293-2154 www.Grpropertysearch.com RealEstateByGeorge@grar.com 

We talk about Radon and how scary it can be. What it is and what can be done about it. Market conditions for buyers and how its brutal out there Dan tells the fun he has been having during the showings lately We talk about Rental Rates and the related stats. New business coming up for us. We talk about some more stuff that we don't get paid for that nobody knows about.

George and Dan have no guest because she does not feel well We discuss the class action lawsuit forming from agents not checking (allegedly) the DNC when prospection for business. Dan tells his story of his bike race (event) 1st quarter homes stats -a quick look Back to things we do that nobody knows about in our profession What George has going on What Dan has going on. Dan tells his sad story about showing a home 45 minutes from his home office. George info: www.grpropertysearch.com George Guyott Broker 616-293-2154 Dan Farkas Associate Broker 616-437-1011  www.DanFarkasRealtor.com 1st advantage realty 2180 44th St SE Suite 208 Kentwood Mi 49508    

Dan and George have no guest.  We talk about unrepresented sellers or commonly known as FSBO or For Sale By owners.  We make a few case points to suggest that FSBO may not be the best thing to do if you are a seller. Dan spends 20 minutes talking about his visit into Ann Arbor for a 5k and how he didn't know that the biggest Hash Bash ever was going on at the same time. He also talks about his stalker JR Did I mention that Dan has a stalker? Dan closes the books on his Assessment battle on his home. We talk about the new investment seminar the is coming into town and how that brings out a bunch of new investors. George tells the concerns about Bill Clinton. 

Introduction to guest; Tim Katerberg from Re/Max of Grand Rapids Tim quickly earns a plaque in our podcast room by smashing our records of how many homes in a row he has sold and how many times he has sold the same home in his career.  Dan tells Tim his albino Turkey story We talk about working with first time homebuyers and historic interest rates. How things have changed in Tim's time of being a real estate agent. Technology and presenting offers to agents.. Dan tells his story about he saved a home from burning down during a showing George chats about Zillow and its confusing practices Dan gets his answer about why a bank creates a Deficiency at the time of a sheriff sale!! YAY Random stories about Short sales and Foreclosures between the years of 2008-2012 52:42 Dan proclaims himself as a real estate expert  Dan talks about how he handled out thousands of dollars to foreclosed homeowners and shares a sad related story. 1:02:40 Tim shares one of his favorite Real estate stories Grand Rapids is a BIG CITY

Dan is getting beat up on more offers and he shares his conversation with another agent about the current market The Mr. Cooper conversation formally known as the USDA house Update on the Will and reverse Mortgage that George has been working on with a client. George tells his story about how many times he sold the same house and how that spurs into how a car burned during one of his closings. Goals of selling property. Dan discusses his wish list of properties he wish he could sell. Unsubscribe kick that Dan is on.  Recent Facebook posts of Dan and Georges. 

George and Dan intro Dan has been beat up by multiple offers in the Spring market Well and septic inspections on one transaction. A discussion about the obligation of following the purchase agreement and how agents work together to sell homes. More drain field and septic discussions. George chats about his ribbon cutting at The Pantry. His charity project that he has been working on for many years.  Dan signed a commercial lease with a client of his and how he enjoyed the process. An open discussion about pricing in this upward market.  What Dan learned about flood plain insurance and what happens to the insurance policy once the requirement of having a flood insurance is removed.  West Michigan Brokers is: Dan Farkas Associate Broker GRI  616-437-1011 TheDanFarkas@gmail.com www.DanFarkasRealtor.com George Guyott Associate Broker GRI 616-293-2154 RealEstateByGeorge@grar.com www.Grpropertysearch.com