In this episode, the crew discusses the “zombie apocalypse,” which is the decline of effort people put into their work because of the pandemic, resulting in awful customer service and the need for repeated nagging to get the government to do anything.
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In this episode, the crew talks about inflation and how no one really knows what anything costs anymore in the housing market. Send us your questions and tales to yourstory@basementtales.com.
In this episode, the crew discusses ethics in how to deal with people trying to take advantage of you.
Charlie explains 6 major pitfalls (really 8 as he adds 2 at the end) when buying a house, and Sam and Ed tell stories about their encounters with the pitfalls. Send us your questions and tales to yourstory@basementtales.com.
In this episode, Carter joins the podcast again to discuss wills and what happens to properties when wills are contested.
In this episode, Ed asks Sam and Charlie whether millennials should buy houses in the current state of the market, or wait for the market to crash and buy while prices are low.
In this episode, Charlie talks about a tenant who hadn’t been paying rent and upon confrontation revealed that she had a high paying job but almost no financial knowledge. Charlie explained how he helped her set up a budget, and the crew talked about how it’s easy to assume things without knowing people’s stories.
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In this episode, Charlie talks about a $1.6 million loan that they almost made before realizing that the recipient of the loan was not the owner of the house put up for collateral. Later in the episode, Sam talks about a situation with getting an insurance payout from a property with backed-up sewage that leaked into the basement.
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This episode is mostly Charlie telling the story of an occupancy check he did that turned out to involve someone whose house was being foreclosed on without their knowledge, partially due to a mixup with his address.
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Sam begins this episode by talking about how investments are high even though the housing market is low, which leads into a discussion about tax liens and lien sales. The episode concludes with Charlie telling a basement tale about a “Basic B&E” he did to determine if a house was vacant.