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Real Estate Called Out — 68 episodes

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Powerful People in Real Estate With Zero Accountability

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The Pocket Listing Con And Why You Should Just List the D*#& House

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Opendoor's 4.99% Mortgage: A Great Headline. A Very Different Story.

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Paid Testimonials, Gift Cards & a 3.5 Hour Drive: What Really Happens When You Fight Big Money at the Capitol

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Real Estate Ish That Needs to Stay in 2025

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We Mystery Shopped 281 Real Estate Agents. Here's What They're Really Telling Buyers.

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The Boogie Man That Protects Your Wallet

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New Homes, Hidden Problems: Hunterbrook Media Exposes Construction Defects and Mortgage Steering

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Fake Faces, Real Rage: The Lead Gen Scam Nobody’s Stopping

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Follow the Money: The Pocket Listing Power Grab

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Equity Snatchers: The Truth About Home Equity Agreements

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Ask Away, Homebuyers: If Your Agent Can’t Handle Questions, Find a Better One

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Real Estate’s Great Confusion: Why No One Knows What to Do (and What It Means for You)

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2025 Real Estate Crystal Ball: Dual Agency, Pocket Listings, and Dodging Industry Shenanigans

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Collateral Damage: How Agents Clinging to the Status Quo in Commissions Hurt Consumers and Ethical Agents

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Election Aftermath: What’s Next for Real Estate and Consumer Protection?

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Exposing Appraisal Management Companies: Hidden Costs, Ethical Concerns, and the Call for Reform in Real Estate

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"Free" Refinancing Revealed: Unmasking Mortgage Myths, Scams, and Ethical Dilemmas

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Consumer Battles: How CFPB Funding and Political Shifts Impact Your Finances

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Real Estate's Unspoken Rules of Referral Fees and Commission Battles

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Data in 10: The other ways iBuyers profit with your personal information

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Part 1: Consumer Alert - The Truth Behind Brokerage Fees and Real Estate Contracts

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Tales From The "Deal Killer" Inspector

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Will Big Tech replace agents? How they make money, how these lawsuits affect them, and more stuff you should know

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Anti-trust lawsuit updates: what sellers and buyers should know, and the billions NAR needs to find in their piggy bank

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BONUS: The Legal breakdown of the Remax agent who claimed adverse possession on a property she sold

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The listing agent that claimed adverse possession on the property she sold

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The billion dollar lawsuits that can change how (and how much) agents get paid

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$80,000 in repairs and a missing agent after being told to waive the home inspection

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Getting a $185 bill from a lender they didn't use and the credit companies that make money off of us

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Buyer Told To Stop Rate Shopping After Meeting With Their Agent's "Partner Lender"

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A honest conversation with the real estate "Boogey (Wo)man," aka the Appraiser

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"You don't need an inspection on your new construction home"

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Taking Selfies Instead Of Selling Homes

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How to find out if your agent is getting a bonus incentive

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Agent wants to charge homebuyer a $900 admin fee?

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Battle Of The Spousal Budgets & The Negative Impact of HGTV

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Agent spending $20K in home "improvements" without approval

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Part 2: Unknown Mortgage Points and +15% More Needed To Close

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Getting ghosted by your agent when building a new home (Part 1)

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Buyer agent refusing to put in offers and comparing pricing from six months ago

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This program offers you money in advance, but then puts a 40 year lien on your home

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Is it normal to feel regret or think "what the heck did I just do" after closing?

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When the listing agent changes the price of the home without telling you

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When the listing agent refuses to let the buyers use their home inspector

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Offer accepted, but then it's not because of a "cash buyer" from the day before?

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When the Buyers Agent buys the home from behind their clients back

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Being pushed to use the in house title company ft. The Offbeat Agent: Matt Ward

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Part 2: Home Inspectors & Flippers

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True Tales From A Home Inspector PT 1: Inspectors and Agents

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Things in the house are MIA...and so is the agent

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Pushed into dual agency and selling at a lower price from a "friend" that's an agent

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Agent requesting seller buy 10K worth of new furniture for listing photos

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They asked their buyer's agent to submit an offer, but their agent decided not to...

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When your buyers agent asks you to sign an agreement for ONE YEAR?!!

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When an agent tries to bait you in with "Pocket Listings"

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A pushy buyer's agent cuts out the listing agent and hounds the seller for details

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An Iowa buyer's journey of getting out of debt, navigating a dual agent scenario (getting ghosted), and a missing cat on closing day.

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Dual Agency Story: A buyer accessed the house unsupervised and made an offer with the help of the listing agent. But what about the seller?

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When the industry tells you to be quiet. An agents replay of how one answer in an interview made him leave the association

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Fake Offers? An experts take on our anonymous agent story in which an agent lied about "other offers"

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South Carolina Buyer: Adjusting life and finances after 20 years in active duty, strategizing to buy and sell, and winning with a VA loan.

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Las Vegas Buyer: Changing agents, agent "favors," loan hiccups and being ghosted.

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LEARN: How Does Dave Ramsey Make Money

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North Carolina Buyer: buying from photos, dealing with rejected offers, and battling security and home warranty companies

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South Carolina Buyer: From poverty to buying their first home, buying with a family, megan's law, underwriter BS and an agent pushing to spend more

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Kansas City Buyer: buying off market, structural issues and more!

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LEARN: How Does Zillow Make Money?