Julia Rich, professional organizer and decluttering expert, echoes host Cynthia Cummins' view that a home is far more than just a rectangular structure with a triangular roof made from various building materials. It's a place where we create memories, and our belongings become intricately intertwined with the fabric of our lives. Our stuff can enhance our lives, but often it gets in the way! Despite some audio issues, this conversation is particularly enjoyable and relatable. 🎯 Episode Highlights: • Realtors and other home-related professionals’ first job is to witness • Hiring an organizing pro is a magic solution to inertia or paralysis when it comes to “things” • Objects have stories in them, even if they aren’t objectively valuable anymore • People die of loneliness and isolation; beware becoming trapped in your house by your stuff • Never put things in a storage unit! • Beware endowment effect and mere ownership effect: Your stuff isn’t as valuable as you think. • Or it’s more valuable than you think; a third-party professional can help with that • “If you don’t love it, don’t acquire it” and “if you don’t love it, lose it” • Clearing out a longtime home is laden with emotion • "But Mom said I can have all the silver!" • A joke: "There's no crying in estate sales!" • Stuff impedes our progress. It keeps us anchored and rooted to the things that don't serve us and prevents us from moving on • “Open your drawers every 6 months and take a look.” Featuring: Julia Rich and Cynthia Cummins 🔗 Contact Julia Rich: 650-245-8978 julia@juliashelpinghands.com 🔗 Engage with Us:   / reelestatetherapy     / reelestatetherapy   👉 Subscribe on Podcast Platforms: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NRw8W9... Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Real Estate Therapy Blog https://www.realestatetherapy.org/ #realestatetips #businessphilosophy #agentadvice #realestatetherapy #estateplanning #stuff #organizing

Actor and humorist Will Rogers famously said, “Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.” True! Owning a home is perhaps the best vehicle for building generational wealth and ensuring future financial security. But homeownership is an elusive dream for many, especially in high-value markets like San Francisco. As a result, more than 65% of the city’s residents are renters, many of whom believe the deck is stacked against them. At the same time, many multi-unit owners who are landlords wish to sell their buildings but feel their property’s value as a straight-up investment is severely limited. Realtors to the rescue! A cadre of dedicated practitioners are coming up with creative solutions to this intractable problem. Shelly Sutherland and Lisa Zahner of “The Neighborhood TIC” talk about how tenants and landlords can live in peace and work together to create win-win scenarios for all. 🎯 Episode Highlights: • Professional and caring Realtors are some of the best allies anyone can have. • In a high-property-value setting like San Francisco, the bar to homeownership is high, and one of the main impediments is down payment. • San Francisco is at the vanguard for protecting and preserving tenants’ rights, but there are downsides for both tenants and property owners. • Landlord-tenant relationships don’t have to be difficult, and the majority of landlords care deeply about the well being of tenants. • The Neighborhood TIC is focused on helping tenants become owners of the buildings they live in, thereby creating win-win situations for landlords/sellers and renters/buyers. • Fractional financing for tenancy-in-common units, a relatively unknown lending vehicle, is a boon for would-be buyers who are struggling to come up with down payment. • Fractional financing for tenancy-in-common units, a relatively unknown lending vehicle, is a boon for would-be buyers who are struggling to come up with down payment. • Neighborhood TIC transactions result in better “deals” for both buyers and sellers. • “You don’t know what you don’t know” are words that prospective buyers and sellers can live by when it comes to small commercial residential buildings. • “Constitutional Peasants” scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: https://vimeo.com/748305311 • Co-housing, aging in place, community building. Featuring: Lisa Zahner, Shelly Sutherland and Cynthia Cummins 🔗 Engage with Lisa Zahner:   / lisazahner_sf   Website: https://www.lisazahner.com/ 🔗 Engage with Shelly Sutherland:   / shellysutherland   Website: https://kindredsfhomes.com/agents/she... 🔗 Engage with Us:   / reelestatetherapy     / reelestatetherapy   👉 Subscribe on Podcast Platforms: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NRw8W9... Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Real Estate Therapy Blog https://www.realestatetherapy.org/ Theme Song: Just One More Thing by Bob Hart #realestatetips #financetips #wealthcreation #womenrealtors #businessphilosophy #cohousing #aginginplace #commercialresidential #buyersagents

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Julia Rich, professional organizer and decluttering expert, echoes host Cynthia Cummins' view that a home is far more than just a rectangular structure with a triangular roof made from various building materials.

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If you’re thinking about embarking on a real estate career or if you’re among the misinformed public who believe Realtors don’t actually DO anything, listen in!

Just say “I’m going to get my real estate license so I can work part-time and make lots of money and still {fill in the blank with one of the following: be a stay-at-home parent, travel extensively, go to graduate school, pursue my art, etc}.”