Real Estate

Episode 51: David Aronovici on Home Inspections

David Aronovici grew up in beautiful Aptos, California – in the heart of bucolic Santa Cruz County. His youthful passion as a surfer led him into a career in surf board manufacturing, which he pursued for 20 years before transitioning into real estate home inspections. When buying or selling real estate, one of the most…

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Episode 50: Ben West Builds the Future of Affordable Housing

Ben West has been building homes for decades. But it wasn’t until he moved to California that he got the bug to start building affordable housing. Originally from Oregon, Ben wasn’t prepared for California’s sky-high housing costs. He was shocked, and also saw an opportunity: building stunning homes at rock-bottom prices. His company, Joy Line…

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Episode 48: Chris Grindy Bay Area Tax Man

Chris Grindy is the Bay Area tax man! He owns and operates Grindy Tax Service of San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley. The Grindy family has been doing taxes for Bay Area folks for going on 79 years – an incredibly long time for a family run business. In all those decades, they’ve…

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Episode 44: Leslie Appleton-Young Crunches the Numbers

I am beyond thrilled to welcome Leslie Appleton-Young as my guest for the 44th episode of the Bay to Bay Podcast! Leslie is the Chief Economist for the California Association of REALTORS. I’m a huge fan, and I have been listening to and watching Leslie’s forecasts on the California real estate economy for years. Many…

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Episode 42: Kevin Corr, Mold Guy

Kevin Corr grew up in San Jose, and ever since he was a kid, he always had a fascination with mold. I jest, of course! He didn’t come to mold – the mold came to him. Kevin is an entrepreneur, and the owner of Applied Real Estate Inspections – a Bay Area mold inspection company….

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Episode 41: Bob Owens, Termite Guy

Bob Owens is a native of Chicago, Illinois where he lived until joining the United States Air Force at age 19. He served the Air Force as an aircraft maintenance specialist for twenty years, working all over the globe, before being invited by an Air Force buddy to come to Santa Cruz “for a week”…

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Episode 36: Jeanne Radsick on Service, Leadership, and Real Estate

On the day that I was formally installed as the 2019 President of the Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS I had the distinct privilege of sitting down for a chat with Jeanne Radsick. Jeanne is currently the president-Elect of the California Association of REALTORS (CAR) for 2019 and will become president of the trade…

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Episode 32: Evan Siroky, YIMBY: Yes to Housing!

Evan Siroky is the founder of the Santa Cruz YIMBY’s.  These are the Yes in My Back Yard folks who are advocating for increased housing construction in Santa Cruz county.  The YIMBYs are the opposite of NIMBYs, who seek to block most new residential projects.  We’ve got an interesting dynamic in Santa Cruz, and in…

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Episode 31: Alicia Heber with the One-Stop-Shop for Vacation Rental Management

Alicia Heber works with Vacasa.com, and their mission statement is succinct:  “Vacation Rentals Made Easy.”  If you know anything about vacation rental management, you understand that there’s not much that’s truly easy about it.  Which is what makes Vacasa such an interesting business.  Their mission is to make it easy to own and operate a…

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Episode 27: Jake Knight with Confessions of a Bay Area House Flipper

Jake Knight confesses to living the dream – he’s a Bay Area house flipper. It seems that house flipping is all the rage these days, and the idea of flipping homes here for big bucks is a fever dream of many. In fact, ATTOM data estimates that nearly 6% of homes sold in the US…

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