In this episode our guest is San Francisco local business owner, past member of The Castro Merchant Association and current board president of The Castro Street Fair. Meet Jenn Meyer, owner of Local Take, a one-of-kind amazing hand-crafted loca

BONUS: Matt and Kevin’s Market Update

Jul 24th, 2022 12m 55s

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Cooperation-ish

Jul 22nd, 2022 49m 50s

In this episode our guest is Real estate broker Kevin Birmingham. He's founder and broker of Park North Real Estate and Past-President of the San Francisco Association of Realtors®. With more than 20 years’ experience, clients choose to work wi

Paint By Number with Dr. Color

May 23rd, 2022 24m 51s

In this episode our guest is Dr. Color, Bob Buckter. He's provided home color consulting on over 23,000 homes across the world, and more than 17,000 of those are in San Francisco and San Francisco Bay Area. He's responsible for many of the brig

Matt Has a Size Problem

Jan 30th, 2022 35m 26s

In this episode our guest is Feng Shui certified trainer and real estate stager Steve Kodad. He's a former math teacher and successful basketball trainer. He has taught thousands of real estate agents, home stagers and home owners how to sell p

It's Complicated, Meet SB9

Jan 18th, 2022 34m 32s

In this episode our guest is Brett Gladstone, Of Counsel Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran, LLP. For the past 35 years, Brett Gladstone has focused his practice on land use entitlement matters and real estate transactions, along

Earthquake Vulnerabilities and Preparing for the Big One

Dec 11th, 2021 39m 32s

In this episode we are joined by Chief Mitigation Officer for the California Earthquake Authority, Janiele Maffei. She was hired as C.E.A.'s first Chief Mitigation Officer in May 2011, and became their director of research in 2015. Currently he

A Chat About the SF Leasing Market with Inna Rubinchik

Nov 27th, 2021 28m 19s

In this episode we are joined by the Regional Leasing Director at Compass, Inna Rubinchik. You can find her as LeasingAgent415 on social media including her YouTube channel. Check out all of her amazing videos and photos of properties around S

A Mighty Solution For A Major Housing Crisis

Oct 11th, 2021 29m 57s

In this episode we are joined by the Director of Sales at Mighty Buildings, Natalia! Mighty Buildings makes an amazing pre-fab home product that has already been installed and is in use in the bay area, across California, and elsewhere. Pre-fab

Bill Drypolcher, SF Real Estate Icon

May 12th, 2021 44m 25s

In this episode Britton and I have a very special guest joining us, one of the four original founders of Zephyr Real Estate. Zephyr is where Britton and I both started in real estate, and some of my earliest memories are of hearing war stories

Real Estate Racism in 2021 with Nate Johnson

Apr 19th, 2021 51m 33s

Almost a year ago another broker, my dear friend and fellow David-in-an-industry-of-Goliath’s, Kevin Birmingham, made an off-handed comment he knew I wouldn’t be able to let go about a proposition our state trade group promoted in the 1960s. To

One Community Activist & Four REALTORS® Discuss Racism

Mar 1st, 2021 52m 7s

Episode 109 Panelists, listed alpha by last name:Dena Aslanian-WilliamsRealtor Extraordinaire. Don't let this short bio fool you, she's a phenomenal REALTOR! with Compass Real Estate at the time of publication.Kevin BirminghamFounder, Park Nort

Prop 14: The California Fair Housing Massacre of 1964

Feb 17th, 2021 49m 5s

Join our host, San Francisco Real Estate Brokerage Co-Founder Matt Fuller, for a more honest-than-usual conversation about racism in California Real Estate with his friend, retired real estate broker, and fellow SFAR Past President, Don Saunder

Intermediate Length Occupancy Rental Law in San Francisco

Jan 22nd, 2021 26m 24s

Today's guest is Brett Gladstone, Esq., 62, is a San Francisco attorney and serves as an appointee of Governor Newsom on the California Architects Board. After graduating Harvard College magna cum laude, he earned a JD degree from Duke Univers

Architectural Photography with David Eichler

Jan 11th, 2021 26m 1s

Pictures taken by a skilled photographer can tell you more about a building than hundreds of words of description can. Today’s guest is David Eichler. David is an architectural photographer who also has a familial link to Northern California’s

Home Shopping In a Wheelchair

Oct 19th, 2020 44m 11s

What does “accessibility” really mean? Are homes that are labeled accessible really as accessible as they need to be? These are hot topics in today’s episode of Escrow Out Loud. Today’s guest is Andrew Gurza, a disability activist from Toronto.

What to Know About Market Activity in SF During Covid-19

Apr 17th, 2020 6m 38s

How's the market performing during covid 19?With about five weeks of shelter-in-place, we take a look at what's happened to market activity in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Your Idea of a Virtual Tour?

Apr 16th, 2020 5m 28s

A look at virtual tours in the real estate industry during the SF shelter-in-place directive updated March 31, 2020. The pertinent real estate guidance from that document is below: Paragraph 13 Section f Paragraph x:Service providers that enabl

The End of Open Homes?

Apr 14th, 2020 6m 3s

Is Covid-19 the end of open homes in San Francisco? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Property Taxes Postponed

Apr 7th, 2020 6m 51s

The payment of the second installment of property taxes in San Francisco is delayed until May 4, 2020.Then we go down the rabbit hole in search of how the due dates came to be, where May 4 comes from, and what is likely to happen between now an

Covid-19 & Changes to SF Real Estate Practices

Apr 6th, 2020 15m 44s

Monday, April 6, 2020Our guest today is Kevin Birmingham, founder of Park North Real Estate, fellow SFAR past president, and all around good guy. He's also an incredibly sharp person with some of the most prescient insights into SF real estate.

Lending & Covid 19 with John Ebner

Apr 3rd, 2020 32m 49s

Our guest today is John Ebner of Opes Advisors/Flagstar Bank. Join Matt for a discussion with mortgage industry leader John Ebner about Covid-19 and how it has changed lending for residential home buyers and borrowers. Hosted on Acast. See aca

Transactions in the Time of Covid-19

Apr 2nd, 2020 17m 18s

Our guest today is Dan Hershkowitz, a local well known risk management guy who often shares his opinions and thoughts on social media. He joins us today to talk about some important items to think about when transacting real estate in the era o

What Listings Are Really Available?

Apr 1st, 2020 5m 47s

In this episode Matt explains how the hold status is being used during the Covid-19 shelter in place directive.In addition, Matt explains the mis-match between properties that are displayed on websites and apps vs what properties are actually a

Is Real Estate Brokerage an Essential Business?

Mar 31st, 2020 7m 30s

Is real estate an essential service during the mandatory shelter-in-place directive issued on March 16, 2020 in San Francisco county. Links mentioned in show: Federal Directive from DHS that is not binding (Mar 28, PDF)SF list of essential busi