Municipal assessments can be confusing.

Oftentimes homeowners will confuse their city, village or town assessment (in some other places county) with their actual market value. Those numbers can be very different - especially with accelerating home values the last few years.

Guest Sam Walker, City of Waukesha (Wisconsin) Assessor joins John for a deeper dive into what a city assessment is, how it is calculated, and how citizens can become more involved in the assessment process.

This is a podcast you will find interesting and will answer many of the questions you have regardless of where you live.

2023 will go down as one of the slowest years for real estate sales since 1993. But what happened, and what can sellers and buyers expect in 2024? John breaks down his thoughts in this end-of-year episode.

What does it take to complete the PERFECT real estate sale? How do all the pieces of this complex puzzle come together? Have you ever wondered what is really happening - the things your agent hasn't told you about? Tune in to hear all about the perfect sale and all the components that could go wrong but don't thanks to a great agent.

Administrative Assistant and Transaction Coordinator Monica Young joins the show to talk about all the details that go into the perfect sale, plus all the things that could - and sometimes do - go wrong. She stresses the importance of a good leader helping their clients (aka a great real estate agent) who can make, or break, a sale.