- One time I was driving my car here
during high school, and I was so high
I came down the wrong way and almost
got hit and had to jump up that curb.
- I'm glad I don't know all the things.
- And that's a good metaphor for the financial crisis!
(laughing)
- So mom, how long you been a realtor?
- 30 years.
- Why don't I know anything about buying a house?
- Because I've never been around.
- Oh, good point.
(laughing)
- Yeah it's good to own, real estate's
the best long term investment, now
that you have money, we can get
you qualified and see what you could afford.
Okay here we go!
- Alright you guys just hang out here
and we'll be back in a little bit.
No stay in the car, we don't want anyone seeing you guys.
(laughs)
- [Krista] What I wanted to show you, the
entry level pricing for you, this house is 210,000.
- Big, big blue house.
- Yeah, it's a really good size home.
This one is three bedroom, two and a half bath.
- [Kelsey] Wow!
- [Krista] Almost 1,800 square feet.
This is 210, think maybe you can get this for 200.
- Okay, 'cause you can haggle.
- 'Cause around here, you can negotiate.
In California you, not so much.
- You're never gonna get a home
like, brand spanking new unless
you build it from the ground up yourself.
So like, you expect cost to fix things.
- Well, then you can ask the seller to do the repairs.
It says in the contract already, that
the seller agrees they will spend
up to one and a half percent of the sale price.
So the biggest thing you want to watch out
for is the age of the roof, and the AC system.
- Oh.
- The insurance industry requires
when a shingle roof is 25 years old,
no matter if it's leaking or not,
you must put a new roof on, this
house is 24 years old, guess what?
- Does she got a good new roof?
- This is an original roof.
- [Krista] So Kels, this is the deal,
I've taken you up another 100,000 dollars.
- This is only 300,000 dollars?
- This is 300,000 dollars, and
watch this, it's 3,200 square feet.
- Wow.
- We just went way, way, way, up in size.
- This is a big ass house!
- [Krista] This one is a five bedroom,
let me tell you, houses in California
are 1,000 dollars a foot, and up in
here they're 100 a foot, but of
course you gotta live in Florida.
- Okay, so why should someone get a realtor?
- Well, it's crucial.
- Like, why should I pay you my money?
- You're not gonna pay as a buyer, the seller
pays everything, it doesn't cost you a penny.
- Wait, what?
- [Krista] Alright Kelsey, I have got the perfect
millennial home for you, this is one of the newest
homes I'm gonna be able to show you today.
And this ones only priced at 264,
built in 2005, you want to ask the
seller to give you disclosure, any
material defect that would effect
the value of the property.
- [Kelsey] So someone being murdered in it?
- [Krista] But by law we do not
have to disclose if someone died in the home.
We had a listing where they found
the seller up in the attic, he went up there
during the day when it was too hot and.
- Died?
- They didn't find him for a week, yeah.
- I guess tell people where you're going
so you don't die, sure, I guess that's good advice.
Still, don't fucking die in your house
or you're gonna have to tell people about it.
You don't have to tell people about it,
I wasn't paying attention, sorry mom!
(laughing)
Can't change me!
- So I hope you learned something.
- I mean you could of taught me this
when I was a teenager and it would've
been a little more helpful.
- [Krista} Yeah but you wouldn't have listened
and you were probably stoned anyway.
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