The Spring Market Is Breaking Our Brains | Bad Deals Only Ep. 9

Spring offer season is here and it is melting everyone's brains. Nick and Seth open on the whiplash of happy new-client calls and festering problem calls, then dig into a condo market drowning in inventory, a starter-buyer pool that is frozen in place, and the real math of renting versus owning. Plus a run of genuinely unhinged bad-deal stories. In this episode: Condo inventory exploding while two-beds get passed over for three-beds at the same price Rent versus own, run live: a $420k East Boston condo against $2,700 rent The buyer pie chart for a $750k Winthrop single family Why the entry-level buyer is now closer to 40 than 27, and why so many sit stuck in lease-renewal limbo Listing edge: golden-hour photos, fewer clickbait images, and lockbox versus accompanied showings Bad deals: the agent who ghosts at closing, the agent who sold the wrong house, and a divorce that triggered a refi rescission An ex-wife's attorney dropping a lien on the property at the closing table Marry the house and date the rate, plus Nick's Aqua Bounty stock run and a safe full of "$18 million" in nickels Hosted by Seth Williams (Reference Real Estate) and Nick Nardone (real estate attorney). More at sellinboston.com. For entertainment only. Nothing here is legal, financial, or real estate advice.