1 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:04,838 All righty. 2 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:05,338 All right. 3 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:06,006 We're rolling. 4 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:07,507 I really don't think so. 5 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:09,551 No, no, you're looking great. 6 00:00:09,551 --> 00:00:10,343 I love the glasses. 7 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:11,386 They're still in there, Joyce. 8 00:00:11,386 --> 00:00:13,680 They really are necessary. 9 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,559 Well, welcome to another edition of What's Good with John and Joyce. 10 00:00:17,726 --> 00:00:19,644 We're celebrating a year, a year. 11 00:00:19,644 --> 00:00:21,604 And thank you so much. 12 00:00:21,604 --> 00:00:23,606 When you posted that. 13 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:24,441 It has been a year. 14 00:00:24,441 --> 00:00:25,316 And thanks to you, 15 00:00:25,316 --> 00:00:26,901 this is growing in leaps and bounds 16 00:00:26,901 --> 00:00:29,237 because I think people are looking for positive. 17 00:00:29,237 --> 00:00:31,489 Yeah, no negativity, no politics. 18 00:00:31,489 --> 00:00:34,951 Just 30 minutes of uplifting stories each and every week. 19 00:00:35,118 --> 00:00:37,871 I'd like to say a big thank you to all of our sponsors. 20 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,707 Woodwinds, wedding and special events, venue and Sylvio. 21 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:44,377 Sources the woodwinds.com ascend bank. 22 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,504 They don't just see your accounts. 23 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:49,132 They see your vision and ambitions. 24 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:53,386 Ascend dot bank Moonshots, a vegan based company 25 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:58,475 that delivers the highest quality organic juices, coffee bowls and so much more. 26 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:01,061 Drink moonshots.com. 27 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:02,854 Linda Toscano of Coldwell Banker 28 00:01:02,854 --> 00:01:06,775 Realty in Guilford, Connecticut, with over 17 years of experience. 29 00:01:06,775 --> 00:01:08,485 Linda is known for her authentic, 30 00:01:08,485 --> 00:01:12,030 client focused approach and expert guidance for buyers and sellers. 31 00:01:12,447 --> 00:01:13,406 Now, if you're thinking about 32 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:16,826 making a move, Linda Toscano is someone you can trust. 33 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:20,455 We're deeply grateful to all of our sponsors for their support 34 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:21,331 and for partnering 35 00:01:21,331 --> 00:01:25,460 with us to uplift and enrich the lives of our listeners and viewers. 36 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:30,048 I'm John Cadillac Seville from iHeart radio with my buddy Joyce Logan. 37 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:31,800 Hey, Joyce. 38 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,675 And speaking of buddies, 39 00:01:32,675 --> 00:01:36,513 I mean, I've known this beautiful woman for the past 15 years. 40 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:38,723 I've had two beautiful women here, by the way. 41 00:01:38,723 --> 00:01:42,560 And, I used to train her over the gym back in the day 42 00:01:42,852 --> 00:01:44,729 over a Planet Fitness when I was a head trainer there. 43 00:01:44,729 --> 00:01:46,231 And we got a chance to be really good friends. 44 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:50,026 And what really struck me so much about Linda's is she cares. 45 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:51,611 She got a heart of gold. 46 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,697 What she's done to inspire so many people over the years, 47 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:57,700 including, you know, with with what she's done with her son, 48 00:01:58,076 --> 00:02:01,371 you know, with Gavin's house and, and she's she's the real deal. 49 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,957 And I'm just really proud to call her my friend. 50 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:07,168 I'd like to welcome Linda to Sarno, to what's good with John and Joyce. 51 00:02:07,168 --> 00:02:08,920 Linda, so good to have you here. 52 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,171 Happy to meet you. 53 00:02:10,171 --> 00:02:13,216 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 54 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:16,261 Because we're going to be talking, I mean, you know, in real estate. 55 00:02:16,594 --> 00:02:19,013 Are you talking about real estate superstar? 56 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:21,891 Yeah. Oh, yeah, she is. She is awesome. 57 00:02:21,891 --> 00:02:24,144 She cares about people. That's what. 58 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:27,021 Yeah. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Yep. 59 00:02:27,021 --> 00:02:27,856 Thank you. 60 00:02:27,856 --> 00:02:29,774 You know what I want to ask you about real estate. 61 00:02:29,774 --> 00:02:32,527 Just saw that the very first house I bought. 62 00:02:32,527 --> 00:02:35,446 I mean, I guess I was, like, 22 years old. 63 00:02:35,446 --> 00:02:38,324 I was living in six years ago. Joyce. 64 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:38,825 Come on. 65 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,370 Oh, right. 66 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:46,374 And I was in a really bad neighborhood, and I really wanted to move to Brantford. 67 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:47,876 I wanted to get away. 68 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:53,131 So. And I had a real estate agent that was my bosses husband. 69 00:02:53,631 --> 00:02:55,967 Okay. Very nice man. 70 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:57,844 He drove us everywhere. 71 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,762 Everywhere, everywhere. 72 00:02:59,762 --> 00:03:04,684 And then one day I took a drive down a little cul de sac in Frankfurt, 73 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:08,521 and there was a sign on their lawn that said, like, 74 00:03:08,646 --> 00:03:14,402 no agents, owners selling, you know, loss of life. 75 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:15,445 Right? 76 00:03:15,445 --> 00:03:20,909 So I went and knocked on the door, and I fell in love and gave them an offer. 77 00:03:21,409 --> 00:03:25,705 And I felt awful afterwards because that poor man worked so hard. 78 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:30,960 And then I trip upon this house, and and I always felt 79 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,255 bad, like for all the work that a lot of real estate agents do. 80 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:38,676 And then because you put a lot of time into that, what should I have done? 81 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:42,931 Well, it was so different back then to, I don't know, I, I back in 82 00:03:43,973 --> 00:03:46,976 back in the day, 83 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:50,688 we always had to do a buyer agency agreement, 84 00:03:50,688 --> 00:03:53,691 like a buyer, agreement with your, sign something. 85 00:03:54,525 --> 00:03:56,945 If you do buy something, whether it's, 86 00:03:56,945 --> 00:04:01,157 with another agent, with a seller for sale by owner, that you would get commission 87 00:04:01,157 --> 00:04:04,410 if the seller wasn't offering it, your buyer would pay for that. 88 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:07,580 So if they didn't have that form, there really is nothing. 89 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:08,331 Nothing. 90 00:04:08,331 --> 00:04:09,999 Yeah. I just kept apologizing. 91 00:04:09,999 --> 00:04:11,876 Oh it's a good enough. 92 00:04:11,876 --> 00:04:14,879 But it's not like you were going out of your way to, you know. 93 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:17,632 But nowadays we have a buyer agreement that. 94 00:04:17,632 --> 00:04:18,132 Okay. 95 00:04:18,132 --> 00:04:21,135 And were legally not even supposed to show another house, 96 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,556 someone else's brokerage without a signed by agreement with your client 97 00:04:25,848 --> 00:04:27,433 and I really go ahead Joyce. Go ahead. 98 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:30,645 No, no, no, I was just wondering if you handle a lot of books 99 00:04:30,895 --> 00:04:35,275 like For Sale by Owner only, or is that happening now, or is that. 100 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:39,779 I mean, they're it's it's not the best way to go for to sell your house, right. 101 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:41,781 You have a much smaller audience. 102 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:42,532 And these 103 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:46,869 you think you're saving on the commission, but you're probably excluding hundreds 104 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:49,872 if not thousands of buyers who would be seeing your house. 105 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:53,918 And exposing it to more buyers and getting multiple bids 106 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:55,295 and probably getting more 107 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:58,256 that you wouldn't you feel that commission that's true to deal with 108 00:04:58,256 --> 00:05:00,967 anything is it's not just getting the house under contract. 109 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:03,261 It's working through inspections and 110 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:05,388 appraisals and all the other things that go with it. 111 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,056 So it's a lot to handle. 112 00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:12,270 Like, I mean, before I became a realtor, I sold a few houses, but never on my own, 113 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:15,648 you know, when I, you know, became a realtor, I even had my mentor 114 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:20,361 help me because I felt like I needed, you know, and there's a lot of moving parts. 115 00:05:20,361 --> 00:05:23,031 And, I mean, real estate people think you go out there, you're selling houses. 116 00:05:23,031 --> 00:05:26,034 They don't realize all the different layers behind the scenes. 117 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:29,412 And quite frankly, as we all know, everybody knows a real estate person. 118 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:30,955 They're on every block. 119 00:05:30,955 --> 00:05:31,664 There's a real estate. 120 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:34,876 And what why do you think you've been able to rise to the top? 121 00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:37,920 So, so, so over the past several years because you're everywhere. 122 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,506 You've done very well, very much quicker than high. 123 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,091 I mean, I've had I had young kids says, 124 00:05:42,091 --> 00:05:44,719 you know, I was like, when I was coming to see you. 125 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:47,055 I think right after that I got into real estate or I was like, 126 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:50,266 I think I was studying for my just about that time. 127 00:05:50,391 --> 00:05:54,145 Yeah, you were, you were, you were practicing on me, selling me a home. 128 00:05:57,774 --> 00:05:58,358 Right. 129 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,109 Like a preschool. 130 00:06:00,109 --> 00:06:01,235 So maybe two and a half. Three. 131 00:06:01,235 --> 00:06:05,114 But, yes, I, I just determination. 132 00:06:05,114 --> 00:06:06,741 I mean, I just wasn't going to give up. 133 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:09,118 But I it took me a long time. 134 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:12,121 When I started, it was 2009 was the worst time. 135 00:06:13,081 --> 00:06:14,999 Yes. Houses were going. Yeah. 136 00:06:14,999 --> 00:06:18,503 I mean the houses were on the market for like 4 or 5, six months. 137 00:06:18,961 --> 00:06:20,588 So it was a difficult time. 138 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:25,301 And then plus you know single mom and you know kids and it was hard. 139 00:06:25,301 --> 00:06:26,219 It took a long time. 140 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:29,722 So I didn't rise that quickly several years for me. 141 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:30,807 But you loved it. 142 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:32,016 I did love it. 143 00:06:32,016 --> 00:06:34,227 I mean, that's one thing I always say. 144 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:36,562 Like when people are like, oh, I'm so sorry to call you on a Sunday 145 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:38,314 or always because, you know, you know, it's Friday night, 146 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:40,108 you show me a house and I'm like, is this work? 147 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:42,110 What am I doing? I'm showing you, right? 148 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:46,155 I mean, your house, taking a tour like that, it's fun for me. 149 00:06:46,155 --> 00:06:49,283 I mean, yes, it's stressful as most stressful job I've ever had in my life. 150 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:51,411 But it gave you the autonomy. 151 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,996 What, because you can have children just to. Yeah. Yeah, can. 152 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:55,373 I mean, so when they were, 153 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:58,793 you know, their dads on the weekend, I would just do the open house, and 154 00:06:59,877 --> 00:07:01,212 then I'd get a baby sitter 155 00:07:01,212 --> 00:07:04,215 at night, or my mom would come and help me in the early days, which is great. 156 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:06,175 So, yeah, I just did whatever I could. 157 00:07:06,175 --> 00:07:09,554 And I knew that one day, you know, I had really, 158 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:14,600 inspiring peers like that I worked with that were not producers. 159 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,728 And I just, like, would walk through the hallways of Coldwell 160 00:07:17,728 --> 00:07:19,480 Banker and see, like, their, 161 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,276 their names, like number one this month and and I and that gave me inspiration. 162 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:26,028 I was like, one day that's going to be me. I'm going to do that, you know? 163 00:07:26,028 --> 00:07:30,116 So, I liked seeing that because I felt I think I can do that. 164 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:31,576 I just give it all. 165 00:07:31,576 --> 00:07:34,787 I always thought that was the coolest job, because it's almost like, because 166 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:39,500 when you sell like a very expensive house, it's like winning the lottery. 167 00:07:39,917 --> 00:07:43,671 But it could be then a long span until that happens again. 168 00:07:44,005 --> 00:07:45,673 But it's like a throne to that. 169 00:07:45,673 --> 00:07:48,217 Like, for me, the thrill is always when I'm 170 00:07:48,217 --> 00:07:50,052 when I get a listing and I'm putting for them, 171 00:07:50,052 --> 00:07:53,055 like putting it on the market, like putting it on MLS. 172 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:55,766 And I'm writing the description and like that to me is like that. 173 00:07:55,766 --> 00:07:59,562 Mark, when you say putting it on MLS, was that mean, putting on the Multiple 174 00:07:59,562 --> 00:08:00,229 Listing Service? 175 00:08:00,229 --> 00:08:00,855 Okay. 176 00:08:00,855 --> 00:08:02,398 We're going live. Right. 177 00:08:02,398 --> 00:08:05,109 So go on Zillow everything. Yeah. 178 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:08,362 MLS and then it gets right put off to those third parties. 179 00:08:08,362 --> 00:08:12,533 But that to me is the most exciting part, is the marketing part of it. 180 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:15,453 And then of course, like, you know, just seeing my clients 181 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:18,289 happy with the results is, is like very rewarding. 182 00:08:19,373 --> 00:08:21,083 But there's a lot to it. 183 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:22,627 A lot of people think, oh, yeah, you get this, 184 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,795 you know, big sale and you've got this huge commission. 185 00:08:24,795 --> 00:08:28,424 That commission has a lot of ways, it goes to the buyer's agent. 186 00:08:29,926 --> 00:08:31,636 Yeah. 187 00:08:31,636 --> 00:08:34,931 Your, your company and then all the advertising that you do 188 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:38,851 for the house and the gas and all the make sure you can work 189 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:42,396 with a buyer sometimes showing them 30, 40 houses before they buy one. 190 00:08:42,396 --> 00:08:45,149 Right. That might be $300,000. 191 00:08:45,149 --> 00:08:48,611 So it just I know it's, it's you just kind of 192 00:08:49,111 --> 00:08:51,989 you have to just take it all in a big wave. 193 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:53,699 It's not like one transaction. 194 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,910 It's like the whole you really have to have an even keel. 195 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:58,371 You can't get too high or too low with this and just keep moving, 196 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:00,706 because I'm sure there's a lot of challenges as well. 197 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:04,043 You're dealing with all different kinds of personalities and yes, yeah. 198 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:07,672 And right, 199 00:09:07,672 --> 00:09:09,715 like I have a boss, but then that boss, you know, 200 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:12,885 kind of like I get away for that boss after if I have a really different. 201 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:14,136 Right. 202 00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:17,139 It's like, okay, well there'll be a closing and then 203 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:18,933 you'll be replaced by someone else. 204 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:19,850 Yeah, sure. 205 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:22,853 You have to be really good at math to pass. No. 206 00:09:24,438 --> 00:09:25,439 Yeah. 207 00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:25,731 Yeah. 208 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:28,568 And I was lucky I did pass it on the first try. 209 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:31,946 I don't I don't consider myself very, like, studious or anything like that. 210 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:35,533 I don't, I think I just got lucky, but, no, I, I, 211 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:38,828 I don't, I don't know, it's just you really don't have to be. 212 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:40,037 Okay. Have a calculator. 213 00:09:40,037 --> 00:09:43,040 Your iPhone, you're good at what you do that you know, I don't know. 214 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:44,292 They don't like they the art. 215 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:47,753 My questions weren't really math, but do you have to keep taking the test? 216 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:51,799 Or you could opt to take the test instead of doing the continuing education. 217 00:09:52,049 --> 00:09:55,928 But you have to do 12 hours of, continuing education every two years. 218 00:09:56,554 --> 00:10:00,308 I say, okay, you get along with a lot of your fellow real estate people. 219 00:10:00,474 --> 00:10:02,393 Yes. I, I don't think there's any. 220 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:05,021 Well maybe one very long time ago that 221 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:08,065 I worked with that was very difficult. 222 00:10:08,065 --> 00:10:11,902 But yeah, I, I really like all of the agents 223 00:10:11,902 --> 00:10:13,613 I work with and especially on the short line. 224 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:14,655 I know them all. 225 00:10:14,655 --> 00:10:15,281 Yeah. 226 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,742 Yeah, they're they're hardworking agents. 227 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:19,702 Yes, I do care about their clients. 228 00:10:19,702 --> 00:10:22,830 You know, I think real estate has this reputation for being, 229 00:10:23,789 --> 00:10:25,458 I don't know, like, you know, like a lawyer or something. 230 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,628 Like, they just like this negative, like cutthroat or something. 231 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:30,755 Well, there aren't a lot for a real job, for sure. 232 00:10:30,755 --> 00:10:33,758 I mean, but that doesn't mean that they're not good people, right? 233 00:10:33,841 --> 00:10:36,469 Like, I, the realtors I work with. 234 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:37,428 And again, I'm just lucky. 235 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:40,681 Maybe because of this area, I get along with them really well. 236 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:43,434 Yeah. Respect each other. Like they want to work with me. 237 00:10:43,434 --> 00:10:46,437 I, you know, I know which realtors I want to work with. 238 00:10:46,437 --> 00:10:51,567 And, you know, as long as that realtor doesn't have an ego, that's that's it. 239 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,486 Yeah. What what causes 240 00:10:55,279 --> 00:10:55,946 this? 241 00:10:55,946 --> 00:11:00,368 When a listing comes up and you're working for, you know, an agency. 242 00:11:00,576 --> 00:11:05,373 Yes. So your agency and everybody, everybody wants it, gets it. 243 00:11:05,748 --> 00:11:06,624 It doesn't work that way. 244 00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:08,793 You, the individual agent, get the listing. 245 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:12,254 So I mean, unless somebody is calling like Coldwell Banker, right? 246 00:11:12,296 --> 00:11:14,131 And says, hey, I want to sell my house. 247 00:11:14,131 --> 00:11:16,592 Whoever is on that floor call can take it. 248 00:11:16,592 --> 00:11:17,301 Or they'll ask 249 00:11:17,301 --> 00:11:20,471 the manager who they recommend, and that manager will give it to somebody. 250 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:24,850 I should say that specially for me, I'm advertising is word of mouth. 251 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:26,477 It's referrals. 252 00:11:26,477 --> 00:11:29,730 So it's really it's me and going out and most 253 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:32,733 agents are going out and they are going on listing appointments. 254 00:11:32,733 --> 00:11:35,403 And usually we are, 255 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:39,407 competing against a couple of other realtors with different agencies. 256 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:41,575 And then usually we know who they are. 257 00:11:41,575 --> 00:11:45,371 We're going up to kind of the same, right, same area. 258 00:11:45,746 --> 00:11:47,331 And Linda, you're very proactive. 259 00:11:47,331 --> 00:11:48,165 I mean, you're out there 260 00:11:48,165 --> 00:11:50,751 marketing yourself all the time, which is so key 261 00:11:50,751 --> 00:11:53,170 because there's so much competition out there. 262 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:55,548 But you also have to have a lot of Teflon, too, don't you? 263 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,175 You really have to, because there's a lot of rejection. 264 00:11:58,175 --> 00:11:58,759 Yeah. 265 00:11:58,759 --> 00:12:01,804 And because it's sales, you know it's tough. 266 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:04,515 It is really tough. You do have to have a tough skin tonight. 267 00:12:04,515 --> 00:12:07,476 And in the beginning, in the first like 268 00:12:07,476 --> 00:12:11,397 I think I for like the first three years when I started getting like more, 269 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:14,608 busy, 270 00:12:14,608 --> 00:12:16,819 when I would lose a listing, it was like, I would. 271 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:18,362 I couldn't sleep, right? 272 00:12:18,362 --> 00:12:21,282 I mean, it would keep me up at night, you know, it wasn't just the money. 273 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:22,366 It was just like, what do I do wrong? 274 00:12:22,366 --> 00:12:24,368 And that is one thing I have gone on. 275 00:12:24,368 --> 00:12:27,621 I would say that, can you please tell me, like, you know, 276 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,750 wish you best, but just tell me, why didn't you choose me? 277 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:33,043 I'd always want to learn. Sure. 278 00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:33,711 That you know. 279 00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:36,505 And was I not aggressive enough to not follow up? Did I? 280 00:12:36,505 --> 00:12:38,048 Did you not like my price? 281 00:12:38,048 --> 00:12:38,841 You know what? 282 00:12:38,841 --> 00:12:41,010 Just because I like to know, right? 283 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:42,261 Why did you choose me? 284 00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:43,763 You know, it's all about self-development. 285 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,347 You want to know, and I think. 286 00:12:45,347 --> 00:12:47,099 I think that's totally fair. 287 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,684 Yeah, I learn something every day. 288 00:12:48,684 --> 00:12:50,519 So what's going on in the market now? 289 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:52,062 What would you say for people? Yeah. 290 00:12:52,062 --> 00:12:55,566 You're selling well, I mean, I think it's funny 291 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:58,736 because it is definitely, low inventory. 292 00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:02,740 So you still are getting a lot of money for your house, but you were, you know, 293 00:13:03,324 --> 00:13:04,408 before Covid. 294 00:13:04,408 --> 00:13:08,370 But you still, you have to have your house ready and put together. 295 00:13:09,538 --> 00:13:10,581 You know, people are just going 296 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:14,043 to give you top dollar for a house that needs maybe a new roof. 297 00:13:14,752 --> 00:13:17,213 You know, the tiles cracked and all the things, like, you want to 298 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:21,509 just get it as fast as you can, and if it's not in your, 299 00:13:21,509 --> 00:13:25,221 if you can't do it financially, do what you can, you know, and put the, 300 00:13:26,388 --> 00:13:28,891 the legwork in yourself, whether it's painting and things 301 00:13:28,891 --> 00:13:30,142 that are just more sweat equity. 302 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:32,061 Yes, I know a lot of sellers 303 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,813 still think that they can get that top dollar 304 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,815 that, you know, maybe a year and a half to two years ago, 305 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,733 the market has softened a little bit. 306 00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:43,072 But as long as it's priced right, they're going and going for over asking. 307 00:13:43,072 --> 00:13:44,031 So it just depends. 308 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:45,324 It's just pricing, right? 309 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:47,952 Yes. Pricing high and not pricing low. 310 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:48,536 Just not fair. 311 00:13:48,536 --> 00:13:51,497 Market value is really in my opinion. 312 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:54,500 And it's and it's good for the buyer and the seller at this. 313 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,126 Well, it's tough for buyers. 314 00:13:56,126 --> 00:13:59,338 I mean that's why for a buyer it's really important to work with a buyer's agent. 315 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:03,092 Because a lot of them think that, you know, I'll just call the listing agent. 316 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:04,635 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 317 00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:07,555 And then sometimes the seller doesn't want to, you know, with 318 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:09,515 with you handling both sides or, 319 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:11,684 if you're working with an 320 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:15,563 agent who knows your area, they can talk to other agents 321 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:18,691 and see what they have coming on the market that maybe isn't right 322 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:19,483 and things like that. 323 00:14:19,483 --> 00:14:23,487 It's really important to have your I think your reputation and 324 00:14:23,779 --> 00:14:26,782 and again, think you're not going to steal a house in this market. 325 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:28,492 It's not those are not the days. 326 00:14:28,492 --> 00:14:32,413 So, put in a, you know, just try to do the least 327 00:14:32,413 --> 00:14:35,791 amount of contingencies, you know, if you're if you have a mortgage, 328 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:39,211 and you got to have financing and you want to have all the inspections 329 00:14:39,211 --> 00:14:42,047 will then have a really low offer, right, right. Yeah. 330 00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:43,048 Something's gotta give. 331 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:44,884 Because if it's a multiple bid situation, 332 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,887 you're likely to have someone who has cash or someone who's waiving inspections. 333 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:51,056 So I like to work with buyers and basically 334 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:54,393 kind of know what I'm up against and then give them 335 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:56,687 put their best foot forward, whatever that may be, 336 00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:59,273 if it's not the highest price, but maybe it's the contingencies 337 00:14:59,273 --> 00:15:03,235 that they have to like and, you know, it wasn't until Covid that 338 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:07,406 I never heard of people like, offering higher. 339 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:08,157 Yeah. 340 00:15:08,157 --> 00:15:11,535 And and getting into bidding wars with supply and demand. 341 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,662 Yeah. Yeah, exactly. 342 00:15:13,662 --> 00:15:14,830 I was a suspect. 343 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:17,958 A lot of people want to work with you specifically because of your reputation. 344 00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:18,834 And they. 345 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:19,335 And they know the. 346 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:22,630 Hey, like, Linda gets things done because this has been hard 347 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:26,008 earned over the past 15, 16, 17 years. 348 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,886 And I'm sure that they, you know, you're and you've earned that. 349 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:29,553 You've earned that. 350 00:15:29,553 --> 00:15:32,556 So I hope people know that I do like, 351 00:15:32,556 --> 00:15:36,226 you know, as all realtors should do is put their clients interest first. 352 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:39,855 I love referrals and friends of friends 353 00:15:39,855 --> 00:15:42,858 because, you know, I feel like they they already have a trust. 354 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:47,071 Yes. But, you know, knock on wood, I've never had a complaint filed 355 00:15:47,071 --> 00:15:48,530 against me in 17 years. 356 00:15:48,530 --> 00:15:51,533 I've never had any loss of nothing. Yeah. 357 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:53,035 That's great. 358 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,995 You such a litigious world that. 359 00:15:54,995 --> 00:15:56,372 Yes, indeed. 360 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:58,165 For the amount of business I've done, 361 00:15:58,165 --> 00:16:01,335 I've been fortunate to not have to have that happen. 362 00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:05,756 Which, you know, again, if you do the right thing, you shouldn't have a problem. 363 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,341 And you've been doing the right thing to, 364 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:09,385 And speaking of that, the pay it forward thing, 365 00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:12,596 look what you've been able to do with, in honor of your son, 366 00:16:13,347 --> 00:16:15,641 tell us a little bit about what you've done with Gavin. 367 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:18,644 Very much, because you and I share something in common with, 368 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:22,314 but please tell us about your son and Gavin and friends. 369 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:25,317 Yeah. So, Gavin, is 21. 370 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,069 God, how did that happen? Wow, 371 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,447 I think I was, like, five or something. 372 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:32,491 Yeah, when we were working together for the gym. 373 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,618 So, he's 21. 374 00:16:34,618 --> 00:16:37,329 He has autism. It's considered profound autism. 375 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:41,041 Even though we can speak, it's not really just want to functional. 376 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:44,753 It's just, you know, if you ask him, if he doesn't feel good, 377 00:16:45,379 --> 00:16:46,255 he might be immobile. 378 00:16:46,255 --> 00:16:47,131 I'll tell you where. 379 00:16:47,131 --> 00:16:49,717 He just like the pound his head, you know, things like that. 380 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:54,179 So, you know, he would get into someone's car or walk across the street or a but, 381 00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:55,889 you know, just things like that. 382 00:16:55,889 --> 00:16:57,808 Yeah. So, 383 00:16:57,808 --> 00:16:59,768 when, 384 00:16:59,768 --> 00:17:02,855 before I became a realtor, you know, I, when I had him, he was my first. 385 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,734 So I really I knew something was not right with with my son. 386 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:07,234 Like, I just 387 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:10,487 love it was just not my. 388 00:17:10,487 --> 00:17:11,655 You know, my sister had three kids. 389 00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:13,574 I saw what normal development was. 390 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,159 And I just knew, you know, mom was gone. 391 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:20,247 I knew something was, so, fast forward to getting the diagnosis. 392 00:17:20,664 --> 00:17:24,168 That's when obviously fear said, like, what are you going to do? 393 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:25,753 What's going to happen to him? 394 00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:28,505 What happens if I pass away? Like, those will just. 395 00:17:28,505 --> 00:17:31,091 You used to use it the same thing we were talking about that. 396 00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:34,011 Yeah. Unfortunately, that's. 397 00:17:34,011 --> 00:17:35,846 Yeah, yeah. 398 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:39,391 So, that, you know, happened, 399 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:43,562 many nights, and I just couldn't shake it. 400 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:46,565 Like, first off, I was very, you know, I went through all the stages, 401 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,984 you know, angry and. Yeah. 402 00:17:48,984 --> 00:17:49,526 Why me? 403 00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:55,741 And then when I became a realtor, I was started to think, like, 404 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:56,033 you know what? 405 00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:59,161 The best thing I could do is try to find a home for him. 406 00:17:59,495 --> 00:18:03,791 That one day, if something happens to me, he'll be able to live, 407 00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:07,920 you know, and maybe with a couple of other participants or something. And, 408 00:18:09,171 --> 00:18:11,006 have 24 hour care because he 409 00:18:11,006 --> 00:18:14,009 won't be able to live independently. 410 00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,304 So he needs 24 hour care, 411 00:18:17,304 --> 00:18:20,599 you know, not 1 to 1 interact in the house like the rest. 412 00:18:21,558 --> 00:18:24,228 So we can't drive or anything like that. 413 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:26,605 So, it started off like that. 414 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:29,274 Just me looking for a home. 415 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:33,362 And we're talking, like, 13, 14 years ago, like. 416 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:36,031 So I was looking for a house by the green. 417 00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:38,450 Because I knew he'd never drive. 418 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:41,578 And I wanted to make sure that, you know, if I was even to live there with him 419 00:18:41,578 --> 00:18:44,665 for a little while, whatever, he would have this house like an interest 420 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:48,836 and he'd stay there till his, till the end of his stay safe. 421 00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:49,294 Right. 422 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:54,341 And stay in the town that, you know, very difficult to find. 423 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:55,551 That's what everyone loves. 424 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:57,177 Sure. 425 00:18:57,177 --> 00:19:01,140 But, I think he's a 20, 20, 426 00:19:01,723 --> 00:19:04,726 20, 20, or 21. 427 00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:08,981 These two houses in Gilford, showed up on the market. 428 00:19:09,022 --> 00:19:10,190 I was actually in my office, 429 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:12,609 and the agent told me about it, that she was working on it. 430 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:15,362 Just like two houses on one parcel. 431 00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:18,532 And she said, you know, she told me the price of that. 432 00:19:18,532 --> 00:19:21,326 I was like, I can't even afford one house, let alone two houses. Yeah. 433 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:22,744 And she was like, well, I just want to let you know 434 00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:25,372 because I know what you want to do for Gavin. 435 00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:28,542 So I didn't think much of it because I thought, I can't afford to. 436 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:29,835 Houses on the green, you know. 437 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:32,671 But then when it came out, the price was 740. 438 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:33,839 They need a lot of work. 439 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:36,800 They were one was like, you know, 1900 for almost 1910, 440 00:19:37,801 --> 00:19:40,721 you know, he on the second floor, like, just really rough. 441 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:41,471 Yeah. 442 00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:45,058 But I went and saw them and I thought, you know what? 443 00:19:45,058 --> 00:19:46,393 I could do something with this. 444 00:19:46,393 --> 00:19:49,354 Yeah, I didn't know what, but I thought, well, maybe 445 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,357 if he lives in this home, I could live in the next home. 446 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:54,443 You know, he can have 24 hour care. 447 00:19:54,443 --> 00:19:55,944 I could live out in the other home. 448 00:19:55,944 --> 00:19:57,863 There's a separate, separate. 449 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,990 But still I could watch over, see, 450 00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:02,784 I started to get a little bit more excited about it. Yeah. 451 00:20:02,784 --> 00:20:03,202 Yeah. 452 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:06,413 Yeah. And I but I wasn't sure but I yeah. 453 00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:10,792 And I, I know there was a popular property but it was a mixed use property. 454 00:20:11,251 --> 00:20:12,502 Oh yeah. 455 00:20:12,502 --> 00:20:15,172 So a lot of people were, you know, figuring out 456 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:16,882 what they could do business wise. 457 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,717 And and I was just like, you know what? 458 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,427 I'm not going to put any contingencies on it. 459 00:20:20,427 --> 00:20:23,430 As a realtor, I was just like, I'm sure they'll just buy it. 460 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:26,475 So I ended up getting the house and, 461 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,519 it turns out one was a three bedroom. 462 00:20:29,519 --> 00:20:30,646 One's a two bedroom. 463 00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:34,316 And I wanted the two bedroom for Gavin's house because I thought, 464 00:20:34,316 --> 00:20:35,317 you know, it's bigger, 465 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:39,529 but I couldn't do it because I needed a three bedroom for, like, a day situation. 466 00:20:39,529 --> 00:20:43,492 When you, do a residential home with deeds. 467 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:45,035 Department of development. 468 00:20:45,035 --> 00:20:48,997 This is what I wanted to do, was have a home where I owned 469 00:20:49,456 --> 00:20:52,459 so that Gavin wouldn't be moved around. 470 00:20:52,459 --> 00:20:57,381 I have friends with, sons who school children who are in residential homes. 471 00:20:57,381 --> 00:21:01,718 And, you know, if the owner decides to sell the house or raise the rent, 472 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:05,347 then this home, this residential home has to, 473 00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:08,600 have to move like that. 474 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,603 So sometimes it can be a little tough sometimes maybe in West Hartford. 475 00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:14,273 And they and they like continuity. 476 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:15,816 They have familiarity. Continuity. 477 00:21:15,816 --> 00:21:18,402 Yes I like yeah. 478 00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:19,653 Yeah. 479 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:20,570 And those of you watching 480 00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:22,364 Guilford Guilford, Connecticut, because we have people 481 00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:24,324 all over the country and globally about that. 482 00:21:24,324 --> 00:21:25,951 Our beautiful town of Guilford, Connecticut. 483 00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:27,661 Yeah. 484 00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:32,207 So so, so what I did was, 485 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:36,169 I bought the houses and not sure what I was going to do with two of them. 486 00:21:37,045 --> 00:21:40,048 I was talking to my son's teachers, 487 00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:44,845 and they were, you know, kind of going back and forth and like, oh, 488 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:48,890 we could do, like some sort of, like, maybe a consignment store at this. 489 00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:50,309 Yeah. 490 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:53,603 Could, like, the special needs kids could work at the store and all these ideas, 491 00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,731 but they were still finishing up their like, 492 00:21:55,731 --> 00:21:58,191 you know, tenure in the school and they couldn't do it full time. 493 00:21:58,191 --> 00:22:00,360 And I kind of needed to make rent on one of them. 494 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,863 So, that kind of fizzled out. 495 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:05,115 And so I thought, oh, I'll just try to rent the building. 496 00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:06,575 So long story short, 497 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:10,078 no one was renting and Covid, no one needs a storefront during Covid. 498 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:13,373 And so then I decided to call Sarah Texas. 499 00:22:13,915 --> 00:22:15,792 So, the Sarah Foundation, 500 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,463 they have, another part of it. 501 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:20,964 They do so much amazing work. 502 00:22:20,964 --> 00:22:23,967 Huge, huge fan of Sarah Thomas's huge. Yeah. 503 00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,887 So, and again, this was something, you know, discussing 504 00:22:26,887 --> 00:22:29,097 with Gavin's teachers, like, what do we need here? 505 00:22:29,097 --> 00:22:30,932 Like, what do we need for theirs? 506 00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:33,685 What happens after they age out of the school system? 507 00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:35,562 Guilford is like 22. Yeah. 508 00:22:35,562 --> 00:22:37,856 There's nowhere for them to go. 509 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:39,441 There's no there's no day program. 510 00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:41,068 There's no there's nothing. 511 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:43,945 So it's like your kid has lost like it's the high school 512 00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:47,115 and then goes to a transition school, which my son is in right now. 513 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,617 Transition Academy. 514 00:22:48,617 --> 00:22:52,287 And then after that, it just drops off, and then they're home with you. 515 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:53,121 Yeah. 516 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:54,831 And there's nothing going on. 517 00:22:54,831 --> 00:22:57,292 So now Gavin can't be left home alone. 518 00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:59,753 So what does that mean, you know? Yeah. 519 00:22:59,753 --> 00:23:01,546 Who works 40 hours a week. 520 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:03,382 So I'm very fortunate. 521 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:06,718 So I can work because if she's sick, I'm home with him. 522 00:23:07,010 --> 00:23:07,386 Yeah. 523 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,389 You know, he he needs to be looked after. 524 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:13,850 So, and I, I've seen I've seen 525 00:23:14,267 --> 00:23:16,436 clients where I've gone to their house and they're eight years old 526 00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,313 and they've got, there's, you know, 16 year old, 527 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:21,149 child with special needs living with them. 528 00:23:21,149 --> 00:23:24,152 And it's an it's a very isolating life. 529 00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:26,029 For. Yes. 530 00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:28,073 Children, I call them children. They're adults. 531 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:32,494 But, you know, they can't drive, you know, so it's like in the parents aging. 532 00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:34,204 So it's like they're not going out. 533 00:23:34,204 --> 00:23:37,290 They're not, you know, do you have a babysitter come over and like, 534 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,626 you know, spend time playing a game with her son? 535 00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:45,590 And, you know, we really needed something in this town and every town, really, 536 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:50,679 for this, population that it's just been forgotten. 537 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:57,185 It's just it's the amount now of, of autism, adults is just growing. 538 00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:58,478 Yeah. 539 00:23:58,478 --> 00:23:59,396 Staggering. 540 00:23:59,396 --> 00:24:01,773 If there's not a you staggering. 541 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:05,527 I think they were never diagnosed before, but I don't think it's, 542 00:24:06,027 --> 00:24:08,363 so much like the food in the air and all that. 543 00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:11,366 I think there are always drinks. 544 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:14,202 Quote, strange kids in school 545 00:24:14,202 --> 00:24:17,247 and things like that that were that were really on the spectrum. 546 00:24:17,747 --> 00:24:18,748 Yeah. No. Yeah. 547 00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:19,499 They didn't. 548 00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:21,835 No, I don't think so. 549 00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:24,463 I in my opinion I appreciate that. 550 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:28,675 But like you know, from one inch 10,000 to now, 1 in 31, 551 00:24:29,217 --> 00:24:33,054 maybe if you just weren't diagnosed, you I mean, if you look at Rainman. 552 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:39,060 Oh, yeah, Dustin Hoffman and Tom cruise, and I was like, I never saw that that. 553 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:42,939 I mean, even my mom would say that this what we see now is nothing 554 00:24:42,939 --> 00:24:44,524 like what we used to see before. 555 00:24:44,524 --> 00:24:47,527 Covid wasn't like it wasn't a Gavin would be misdiagnosed. 556 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:49,446 You, me, Gavin for 30s. 557 00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:51,364 You know, like he has autism. 558 00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:52,657 So it's not like this 559 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:56,995 high functioning type of autism that I'm talking about where, you know. 560 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:59,247 Yeah, I know these are your family, you know? 561 00:24:59,247 --> 00:24:59,873 Yeah. 562 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:03,835 You know, like, if some have said to Gavin, hey, come in my car, here's a train. 563 00:25:05,253 --> 00:25:06,463 You go, you go right in. 564 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:07,464 Yeah. 565 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:10,467 Yeah. Yeah. 566 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:13,053 You know, I think know to me, I just 567 00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:16,515 it just don't, you know, you can't leave alone. 568 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:19,309 And that's on your mind every day. Everywhere you go, every day. 569 00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:22,479 So that's really where this whole thing came about. 570 00:25:22,479 --> 00:25:23,855 And then Gavin's house. 571 00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,315 Yeah. Gavin and friends. 572 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:28,109 So basically, 573 00:25:28,109 --> 00:25:30,237 I worked with Sarah, Texas, 574 00:25:30,237 --> 00:25:33,573 and I renovated the building to the codes 575 00:25:33,573 --> 00:25:37,577 and everything that it needs to, have that type of facility there. 576 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:41,831 So it is a day program for adults with disabilities. 577 00:25:41,831 --> 00:25:44,668 So basically, you know, 18 enough I mean, there's 578 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:46,044 they can make exceptions, I'm sure. 579 00:25:46,044 --> 00:25:47,254 How many people can you hold there? 580 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:51,841 I think there's between 15 to 17 participate participants at varying times, 581 00:25:51,841 --> 00:25:54,803 you know, depending on what they need and what their budget allows, 582 00:25:54,803 --> 00:25:59,391 because obviously it's either the state pays or the parents pay some somebody. 583 00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:00,392 Sure. 584 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,768 So it is they are a nonprofit. 585 00:26:01,768 --> 00:26:04,729 But, you know, there's these people who work there have to get paid. 586 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:07,732 So, there is an application process 587 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:11,319 and they decide who is a good fit for the program. 588 00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:14,781 And the problem is, though, it's, it's, there's a waiting list. 589 00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:16,658 You know, at this point now they're maxed out 590 00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:19,494 and I would think there'd be a lot of people in waiting. 591 00:26:19,494 --> 00:26:20,912 There's a lot of a lot. 592 00:26:22,289 --> 00:26:25,041 Originally when I did this, I thought, oh, man, maybe this is my mission. 593 00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:27,919 Maybe I'll just keep doing this and get another. 594 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:28,962 It's just too much work. 595 00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:29,754 It's too much money. 596 00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:32,340 Are you living in one of the homes? No. 597 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:35,635 So right now, Gavin and friends is is there? 598 00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:39,264 And they say, Sarah, Texas runs the program. 599 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:41,391 Yeah. 600 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:44,436 And then the house next to it is currently under construction, 601 00:26:44,894 --> 00:26:47,897 and that would be Gavin's future residential home. 602 00:26:48,815 --> 00:26:51,818 And so he basically, 603 00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,738 he'll live with me until that time is ready. 604 00:26:54,738 --> 00:26:58,283 I don't know where it'll be, but for me, I, I want it done 605 00:26:58,825 --> 00:27:02,621 because again, that's what happens if something happens to me. 606 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:03,747 I want it done. 607 00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:07,375 And I don't care if it sits there and doesn't get used for five years, 608 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,253 I think maybe I'll move in there with him. 609 00:27:10,253 --> 00:27:13,256 So he gets acclimated to the home and then I'll just live there 610 00:27:13,256 --> 00:27:17,093 until the program set up where there's 24 hours care for him. 611 00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:21,181 But he'll be right next door to Gavin and friends 612 00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:24,601 and then, you know, when he'll go from the house 613 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:28,146 and go to Gavin and friends during the day and and Gavin friends. 614 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:29,564 The program is awesome. 615 00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:34,194 I mean, people go on the Sarah, Texas website, or Sarah Foundation. 616 00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:36,988 They can find, about it. 617 00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:41,451 They also have a similar program in Westbrook called The Harbor. 618 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:44,412 Yes, I've heard of that. 619 00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:44,704 Yeah. 620 00:27:44,704 --> 00:27:48,375 And that's kind of what I modeled Gavin and friends after. 621 00:27:48,416 --> 00:27:51,753 Like I they took me to that facility, and I was totally impressed. 622 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:52,212 Yeah. 623 00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:56,216 For older, it's just like, yeah, it's for, Yeah. 624 00:27:56,966 --> 00:27:58,593 Just with developmental disabilities. 625 00:27:58,593 --> 00:28:00,512 It's a huge, huge. 626 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:03,473 How many of these actual facilities exist? 627 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:06,351 Well, in the Connecticut area, I'm sure there's more. 628 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:06,976 I just don't know. 629 00:28:06,976 --> 00:28:08,269 I think there's one in Wallingford 630 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:11,231 and it's called the Park or something, which is a big one. 631 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:14,025 So maybe if you're watching right now wondering, what can we do? 632 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:17,570 And I get literally messages and every week somebody, 633 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:19,406 how do they get in touch with you? Linda. 634 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:22,075 So on Facebook they can go to my Facebook page. 635 00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:23,660 And how do you spell your last name? 636 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:28,248 Oh, SCA and right, we'll have all that information up there. 637 00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:29,457 Yeah. Oh yeah. 638 00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:30,291 But I just 639 00:28:30,291 --> 00:28:31,501 I just love what you do in the community 640 00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:33,294 because it can't be easy because you're going out there 641 00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:35,880 doing what you do with real estate, which demands so much of your time. 642 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:37,549 Yeah. 643 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,467 You're like Wonder Woman, you know. 644 00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:42,262 Yeah. Wonder woman. Yeah. Same woman. 645 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:43,847 And she was awesome. 646 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:45,432 Excited. Get the races out there. 647 00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:48,727 An updated version of Wonder Woman starring Linda Tucson on. 648 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:52,981 As long as I could do the voiceover work for the trailers, because it takes 649 00:28:53,314 --> 00:28:57,902 just one person in your town and one person at someone else's channel. 650 00:28:58,111 --> 00:28:59,571 The domino effect. 651 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:02,574 This can't be done. 652 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:05,243 I think, if there's one thing that I can, 653 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,997 I tell people because I go to these meetings and I meet 654 00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:12,500 with older people and younger people, and I, I love to be a resource for 655 00:29:13,376 --> 00:29:16,337 especially people with younger children because that's like the worst time. 656 00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:18,631 You don't know what's happening with them. 657 00:29:18,631 --> 00:29:21,009 But even the older generations that are like, 658 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:24,345 you know, worst rating like, and our kids still home. 659 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:26,306 Yeah, you can do it. 660 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:28,558 I mean, it's of course you need some money. 661 00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:29,726 I mean, sure you can. 662 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:33,646 You can you you can have your own house become a few hours, you can call them. 663 00:29:33,646 --> 00:29:37,192 And, you just have to work with the right company. 664 00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:40,195 And Sarah, Texas is wonderful. 665 00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:41,905 And they have a lot of use. 666 00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:43,239 They have a lot of residential homes. 667 00:29:43,239 --> 00:29:46,618 This is, you know, but for the day programs, that's, you know, 668 00:29:47,368 --> 00:29:49,704 that's something that I don't know. 669 00:29:49,704 --> 00:29:52,081 That's harder, I think, in the way you I don't know, 670 00:29:52,081 --> 00:29:53,500 I don't know how I was able to do it. 671 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,503 I just I didn't know I could do it and I just it, it it 672 00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:59,255 it's amazing what we can do when our back is up against the wall. 673 00:29:59,255 --> 00:29:59,964 We have to do it. 674 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:01,716 So you're a great contact source for people 675 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:04,344 that might be watching and listening right now seeing what do I do? 676 00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:06,346 Yeah, yeah, I stand for 677 00:30:08,097 --> 00:30:10,642 the residential something you can. 678 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,852 Yeah. 679 00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:15,396 But that's our trivia question for today. 680 00:30:15,396 --> 00:30:16,856 Why do I know it's 681 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:20,527 the it's what deeds is calling my house that I'm going to buy for them. 682 00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,737 And if it falls under that can. Yeah. 683 00:30:22,737 --> 00:30:24,113 It's something residential. 684 00:30:24,113 --> 00:30:25,657 I can't believe I is. 685 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,660 They're going to say that one that I can't believe. 686 00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:30,620 Umbrella. 687 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:31,704 Sarah. 688 00:30:31,704 --> 00:30:35,875 Well, it's just a, it's the deeds, like type of housing. 689 00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:38,753 So there's two, there's a CRS and there's something else. 690 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:43,174 Not like a group home, but it's something like where you have a house and like, 691 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,678 whether it's parent owned or three participants 692 00:30:47,136 --> 00:30:51,057 or the families get together, and then Sarah Titus or another nonprofit 693 00:30:51,057 --> 00:30:55,061 that's licensed runs the program 24 Hour care. 694 00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:56,437 Right? That's what they need. 695 00:30:56,437 --> 00:30:57,021 Yeah. 696 00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,024 Overnight sleeping or they, you know. 697 00:31:00,316 --> 00:31:01,693 Yeah. Right. So, 698 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:06,030 yeah, but it has to be approved by DSM. 699 00:31:06,656 --> 00:31:09,242 In my case, you go through the Ethics Commission and all. 700 00:31:09,242 --> 00:31:10,368 Oh of course. 701 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:13,454 Yes. But yeah, that's different from the day program. 702 00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:16,624 So but Linda, thank you so much for being a part 703 00:31:16,624 --> 00:31:19,294 of what's good with John and Joyce. Now, where are you currently working? 704 00:31:19,294 --> 00:31:24,048 I work at Coldwell Banker and, the Gilford office right as Gilford, Connecticut. 705 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,633 And do you travel outside of the area? 706 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:28,303 Primarily focus in this area? Okay. 707 00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:30,722 That's fantastic, but we appreciate you. 708 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,015 I appreciate your friendship. 709 00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:33,141 You know, all these years. 710 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:36,394 And, just appreciate all you do to help those who really, you know, 711 00:31:36,811 --> 00:31:38,229 are sometimes forgotten. 712 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:41,232 And everybody wants to be seen. Yes. Right. 713 00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:42,984 I think that's a great message. 714 00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:45,403 So thank you so much for tuning in to What's Good with John. Enjoy. 715 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:48,031 Subscribe on YouTube. It's free. 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