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  • The 50-Year Mortgage: A Solution or a Scam?

    Understanding the 50-Year Mortgage Proposal: Pros and Cons Welcome back to another episode of Moving Sucks! In this segment, I want to discuss a topic currently stirring up conversations in the real estate world: the proposal for a 50-year mortgage. When it comes to home ownership—a fundamental need for everyone—this…

  • Is it smart to use your realtor’s vendors and contractors?

    Should You Use Your Realtor’s Vendors and Contractors? Welcome back to another edition of the “Ask Seth Anything” blog! Today, we’re tackling a common question that many homeowners, buyers, and sellers often ponder: Should you use a realtor’s recommended vendors and contractors, or should you stick with your own choices?…

  • FED FINALLY CUTS RATES – WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR FINANCES & FAMILY

    Been a while since I emailed you all, but since we had a fairly momentous occasion this week, I figured this was as good of a time as any to reconnect.  That momentous occasion was for the first time in a very long while, the Federal Reserve (The FED) lowered…

  • Staging, Is that still a thing?

    To Stage or Not to Stage… that is the question…  LOL. This is a hot topic in real estate. It changes with the market. It can depend on the home.  Watch here as Jenn & I unpack this topic. Full episode link in the comments.

  • No idea where to put this stuff

    These piles of stuff are killing you!  Organizational hacks. Tiktok. Totes. Crates. Shelving. Decluttering. Minimizing.  It seems once you’ve “organized”, things just keep creeping back in. The piles start to stack. Clutter re-merges. The house is beginning to revert back to its messy baseline.  When you first moved in, it…

  • Realtors are not out for themselves

    Real estate agents are NOT the enemy.  I know we live in a conspiratorial world. It’s easy to assign blame to others or explain things away. .  We recently recorded this episode where we talk about why realtors are one of the least trusted professions in the US. (Episode in…

  • Multiple payments are killing you. 

    You got your student loan debt, your credit card, your auto loan… maybe even a mortgage.  Many people have told me that every time they turn around, there is another bill in the mailbox (or inbox) that needs to be paid. The interest rates are super prohibitive too.  We get…

  • People ask me how I came up with the #asksethanything hashtag.

    You may or may not have noticed I put it at the end of most of my posts, it’s my IG handle and I even have named a blog that I’ve been writing since 2015 with it.  #asksethanything is more of a philosophy than anything. People need help. They need…

  • “You Bought A House, Now What?”

    Change the locks – This one can be a good idea especially if the past owners have been there for a while. First off, locks break down and fail, but you also don’t know who the hell they’ve given their key to during their time there Meet the neighbors –…

  • Meet Sammi and Ray…

    This was a fun one. First-time homebuyers who are a perfect example of how what you think you want, and what you ultimately decide on can be different. Sometimes the game is to adjust course and pivot in this market.  These two are a great example…and they’re smart.  Sammi living…