The Savvy Realtor with Angie Cole

How To Properly Position Your Home

We'd all love to have a "surefire" way to spark a bidding war on the home we're selling, but you have to be careful about using certain tricks to try to make that happen. Angie will tell us some of the proper ways to position a home to inspire multiple offers. Plus, we'll answer your questions about what happens when your Realtor flips companies, how fast you can complete a sale, and we'll see if mortgage application requirements have loosened over the past few years.

Don't Be Too Clever!

Sometimes buyers get too clever for their own good. We'll tell you about some of the mistakes buyers commit when they try to make their offers more competitive. Plus, is it always better to get a conventional loan?

Appreciation And What It Means For You

We'll discuss appreciation and what makes a property go up in value. We'll also take your listener questions on short sales and foreclosures as well as buying a home with a pool.

The Proper Way To "Shop" For A Mortgage

We'll cover 5 suggested tips that are supposed to make you a more competitive buyer. We'll see if Angie agrees with them. We'll also talk about the proper way to "shop" for a mortgage and answer your questions about downpayments, income properties and home selling paranoia.

Universal Real Estate Truths

We'll discuss the universal truths of the real estate world. We'll also take your listener questions on homebuying for senior citizens and finding a home in low crime rate areas.

The Challenges We Face When Buying And Selling

Vacant homes, off-the-wall neighbors, smelly homes... Sometimes there are a lot of random challenges you have to overcome when trying to sell or buy a home. Angie will walk you through creative ways to solve these problems. We'll also take your questions about contracts falling through, nailing the right asking price and what to do if you have a low credit score but want to buy a home.

Major Mortgage Mistakes

We'll talk about some of the major mistakes we see people make when it comes to getting a mortgage. We'll also talk about what it looks like to buy a house from someone flipping a home. Finally, we'll take your listener questions on making home renovations and choosing a school system.

What Should You Do Differently?

Realtor.com recently published a survey identifying some of the top things homebuyers wish they would have done differently during their purchasing process. We'll examine what we can learn from these findings. We'll also answer your listener questions on the tax consequences of homebuying and whether location or size is more important in a house. 

Regrets Of The Home Buying Process

What would buyers do differently if they could go through the home buying process again? We'll look at a recent study's findings to see what we can learn from the regrets of others. We'll also answer your questions about homes that seem too good to be true, tax savings with homes, and how to value location vs. size in your home search.

Learning From Mistakes

We all make mistakes. This week, Angie will tell us about some of the mistakes she made when starting out in the real estate business and how she's become a better agent today by learning from those missteps. We'll also answer your questions about buying older vs. newer homes, auctions, and the first steps to take when selling a home.