Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate With Leigh Brown

Summary: Do you smell smoke?—Wally Conway did. While one Jacksonville realtor was busy working about the house painters being able to finish their work, Wally was busy extinguishing an electrical fire that almost took a house up in flames…   Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes:  00:30 – Today’s guest is one of the best known home inspectors in the United States, Wally Conway 00:45 – Home inspectors see crazy things, but they also HEAR crazy things 01:05 – Kids Say The Darndist Things? 01:15 – Well after 22 years, 30,000 homes, and 60,000 agents, Wally also knows that Real estate agents say the darndist things as well 01:36 – The craziest thing Wally has ever seen was in the Ortega neighborhood of Jacksonville 03:20 – No buyer at this point, just painters and the listing agent 03:35 – “Hey Wally, I smell smoke” 04:00 – Fire was coming out of the electric meter can 04:25

Summary: Snakes, raccoons, dead cats?!—Those are just a few of the unsightly critters home inspector, Jeff Baker, has run into during the course of his career. Listen as Jeff takes the CSIRE audience through the oft overlooked UGLY side of home inspections.   Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes:   00:30 – Today’s guest is Leigh’s FAVORITE home-inspector in the Charlotte, NC market…please welcome Jeff Baker to the show 00:38 – Leigh and Jeff have done at least 1,500 inspections together 01:01 – He’s not cheap, but he IS honest which is priceless 01:53 – The UGLY side of home inspections 01:59 – A lot of times, the ugliness is due to animals 02:10 – Cats under the foundation 02:52 – Motionless fur...andddd possibly decomposing 03:33 – New tub, new panels, but in one corner the panels were separating 04:04 – Move the panels and, sure enough, there were 3 dead cats…the cats w

Summary: Think working as a home inspector is a cake-walk?—tell that to today’s guest, Russ Hensel, who’s been forced to endure some pretty brutal inspections including one where the home owner decided to punch him in the face.   Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes:  00:30 – Today’s guest is a very highly regarded home-inspector—Mr. Russ Hensel out of Southwest Florida 00:50 – “If it needs an inspection, we do it.” 01:27 – The Craziest thing?—people with the nicest houses are the WORST to do inspections for, they take everything personally 02:20 – One home owner punched him in the face 02:43 – What do you do then?—he’s an 80 year old man, you can’t call the cops on him, and you can’t hit him back! 03:30 – Don’t let your clients assault the home inspector! 04:00 – A home inspection ISN’T a personal attack, but people WILL take it that way—mentally prepare for it 04:50

Summary: Meet Kamal Cheeks, the man who’s reinvigorating the metro Detroit real estate market one property at a time. Listen as Kamal takes us through dark days of Detroit real estate, when properties were selling for as little as ONE DOLLAR, to the brightening horizon of today’s market. Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:30 – Today’s guest is one of the leading realtors from Detroit…please welcome Kamal Cheeks to the show 00:44 – Also the current president of the Detroit Association of Realtors 00:55 – Focused on preserving property rights in the Detroit area 01:05 – Detroit has been through some craziness unlike anywhere else in the nation 01:20 – Currently in the recovery stage, but struggling still 01:45 – Defining how Detroit is struggling 02:05 – The majority of properties are WAY less than you’d see across America 02:25 – Brick, 3 BR houses are selling for $500

Summary: Meet Nobu Hata, a former real estate agent who’s turned to the dark side…just kidding. Nobu actually makes realtors life’s better for everybody involved in the home selling/buying process by working as they Director of Member Engagement for the National Association of REALTORS®. Sit backand relax as Nobu shares a supernatural experience from one home-showing “hell” never forget. Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:40 – Leigh welcomes Nobu Hata to the show 01:02 – How Nobu got out of real estate 01:59 – Nobu’s crazy real estate story 02:25 – It was cold, dark, and Nobu was on his last of the day 02:38 – The third story of the home was a finished attic 02:47 – Immediately, when we walked into the home Nobu had a bad feeling, a feeling that only increased as he moved upstairs 03:23 – Nothing happened, the showing finished, and Nobu walked out only to realize he le

Summary: “Real estate is a sink or swim industry” according to Nancy Minor, real estate extraordinaire for the Metro Atlanta area. Listen as Nancy shares her more than 30 years of experience, and that hilarious time her first high-priced showing went underwater…literally. Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone. Never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting The Leigh Brown Experience. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:33 – Today Leigh welcomes Nancy Minor! 00:43 – 8 agents pushed Leigh to get Nancy’s story on the show 01:59 – She has been in real estate for 30 years 02:15 – Nancy’s story 02:25 – Got a call offering to work with the company’s president 02:44 – Nancy did everything to show off 03:15 – She got a client to preview a prestigious neighborhood 03:30 – Being a new agent, Nancy never had shown any high priced homes before 04:35 – Neighborhood agent got a page – Nancy was left with her buyer 05:22 – The dark room 05:42 – She flipped on the light and whoops! She’s under wate

Summary: In Episode #3, Leigh invites Manhattan real estate titan Patrick Lilly onto the Crazy Shit in Real Estate Podcast. Listen as Patrick shares one of his most embarrassing listing pitches, and gives good credence to the saying “if you break it, you buy it.”  Time Stamped Show Notes:  00:20 – Introduction for episode #3 00:32 – today Leigh is talking to the KING of Manhattan real estate, Patrick Lilly 00:45 – In 32 years of selling, Patrick has seen it ALL 01:11 – Patrick’s the king of “real estate porn” ;) 01:20 – Patrick got a call for an expired listing, the day before a major holiday, and the owner wanted to meet with him 01:45 – Drove to Manhattan, put together a listing pitch 02:00 – Struggling to remember his name annnnnd forgot it! 02:24 – Turned out the guy was a former broker 02:35 – Called Patrick’s pitch bullshit 03:33 – Patrick destroyed the potential client’s mother’s chair 04:10 – This isn’t going very well, is it? 04:55 – Discussing life down in North Carolina 05:10 – If you want t

Summary: In Episode #2, Leigh invites her dad and real estate inspiration, Darrell Thomas, on the Crazy Shit in Real Estate podcast! Listen as they discuss the formidable floating interest rates of the late 1970s early 1980s, the regulations impeding the industry, and why consumers are no better today than they were 40 years ago. Time Stamped Show Notes:  00:20 – Introduction for episode #2 00:34 – Everybody meet Leigh’s dad, Darrell Thomas! 00:50 – Leigh’s dad’s background 01:12 – He has no enemies and no grudges 01:33 – 1978, one of Darrell’s first real estate transactions 01:50 – Interest rates going through the roof, home loans were practically only accessible through Savings and Loans companies 02:07 – What was a crazy interest rate?—21% with 10 points 02:40 – That’s the ONLY money that was out there 03:20 – Quadplex investment property for a client, couldn’t find someone willing to front the money 03:33 – Enter the wrap around mortgage 04:!0 – This was landline only or face-to-face only business

Summary In Episode #1, Leigh welcomes a bright, bushy-eyed world to the very first episode of her brand new podcast, Crazy Shit in Real Estate!—a podcast that will shatter the HGTV-induced veneer of real estate, and celebrate the challenges of working in this wild, wacky business. Listen as Leigh talks about her vision for the podcast, and tells her very first crazy-shit story.    Show Notes 00:20 – Introduction of the very FIRST episode of Crazy Shit in Real Estate with Leigh Brown! Eric Paskin 00:30 – Leigh shares her background in real estate 00:36 – Huge presence in the Charlotte, NC area 00:42 – Has been in real estate since 2000 01:00 – There isn’t a single thing they teach you in pre-licensing that prepares you for what real estate really looks like 01:12 – HGTV is television-crack, but it’s not REAL real estate 01:34 – This podcast will highlight the REALITY of being a professional realtor 02:32 – In 16 years, Leigh has seen it all—even a red velvet, master bedroom upholstered ceiling 03:40 – Leig