Home Story with Veronica (Aired 03-06-25) Housing with Dignity: Reimagining Workforce Living Through Community, Stability, and Smart Multifamily Investment

In this meaningful episode of Home Story with Veronica, host Veronica Diquez sits down with Sharif T. Mitchell and Edward A. Sarkisyan, the partners behind Mitchell and Sarkisian Holdings, to explore how workforce housing can create far more than shelter it can create stability, dignity, and opportunity. With deeply personal connections to housing insecurity, immigration, and single-parent family life, Sharif and Edward explain why their company focuses on quality multifamily housing for essential workers the teachers, firefighters, public employees, and everyday families who keep communities running.  Chapters (00:00:00) - Home Story(00:03:25) - How Smart Build Became Real Estate's Dream Team(00:05:34) - Mitchell and Sarkeesian on Their Merger(00:06:30) - Philanthropist and Community Builder(00:07:50) - What Does Home Mean to You?(00:09:18) - Multifamily Housing: Help More People Buy a Home(00:12:08) - Home Story: Real Estate Conversations(00:13:13) - Real Estate Value-Add Interview(00:18:45) - What Do Real Estate Agents Focus On To Enhance Apartments?(00:21:53) - Are You Ready to Build a Multifamily Home?(00:24:22) - Homeowners Talk Affordability(00:25:15) - Household Affordability(00:26:37) - Looking for larger, higher-yield investments(00:33:47) - Real Estate Broker: Charlotte, NC(00:36:15) - Home Story with Veronica(00:37:16) - Buyer Outlook for Multifamily Units(00:41:29) - Real Estate Profits in the United States(00:42:05) - Does the Market Need Acquisitions in 90 Days?(00:44:42) - When renovating a building, what are the most important upgrades?(00:46:55) - How to Contact Edward Sarkeesian(00:47:51) - Home Story With Veronica