Ep. 25 Erica, A 1st Time Home Buyer

St. Louis Realtor Podcast

In this episode Adam interviews Erica, a St. Louis Realtor Podcast listener who used the Hermann London Real Estate Group to buy her first home! Adam asks Erica how she felt during each step of the process and finds out if there is anything he can do to be a better Realtor.

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Host - Adam Kruse https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/adam-kruse/

Guest - Erica, a First Time Home Buyer

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Producer - Joey Vosevich

Theme Song by Trastornobeats

1:20 Coming soon listings are selling houses above asking before they are listed

2:10 Go to HaveUsOver.com to get your home prepared before you list it

2:36 Hermann London will be going to the Ronald McDonald House to cook for needy families

3:10 Adam introduces Erica, a listener of the podcast who just used Hermann London to buy her 1st home

4:26 Hermann London's goal is to make real estate experts out of their clients

4:55 The steps to buying a house

5:10 How did Erica find Adam and Hermann London Real Estate Group

6:00 What research did Erica do before contacting Adam

6:56 How did the 1st meeting between Erica and Adam go

7:55 How did Erica decide where to live and what kind of house she wanted

9:16 How did the pre-approval process go

11:19 Did Erica use any down payment assistance

12:58 How did the looking for homes process go

14:48 Who chose what houses Erica wanted to look at

17:08 How did Erica know when she found the right house

18:20 Did Erica bring a devil's advocate to look at the house

19:00 Erica would look up some of the sellers on social media

19:50 What was the most surprising thing about looking for house

21:29 Could the looking for houses process been better

22:05 What gave Erica the confidence to make an offer

25:55 What inspections did Erica get and why did she have to do them on 2 different houses

28:08 How did negotiating inspections go

30:22 How much money did Erica have to bring to closing

30:55 Why is Erica still looking at houses

31:32 Did Erica make her roommate sign a lease

31:55 Was all the closing paperwork overwhelming

32:18 How did cleaning the house go

34:08 Will Erica hire movers

34:50 Do neighbors bring pie

35:55 Adam quizzes Erica to see if she has in fact become a real estate expert

39:02 Who lives under Erica's roof

39:25 When is Erica at her best

40:38 What is Erica's favorite podcast

41:03 What is Erica's guilty pleasure

41:49 Who is Erica's mentor

42:20 Was Erica nervous to be on the podcast