A Haunted House Listing<br>

A house sells, the buyers move in, and within days they swear something is wrong: doors slamming, objects falling, and the kind of fear that makes you question every sound at night. They install cameras in every room, the “activity” keeps happening, and the footage shows nobody. Angelo and Chris open with that real estate horror story and ask the question every buyer secretly wonders: if a home has a reputation, does it change what it’s worth, and are sellers required to disclose anything like that?

From there, we shift into the real work of modern real estate marketing. We talk about what it actually takes to grow on TikTok as a real estate agent, from coming up with ideas to editing to scheduling posts, and why reposting evergreen homebuyer tips is sometimes the only sustainable strategy. We also break down the video that climbed toward 50,000 views: the rent math that shows how quickly $3,000 a month adds up, and why the comments turned into a surprisingly thoughtful renting vs buying debate.

We wrap with practical guidance for the spring housing market: when it’s the best time to sell, why winter can be a smart season for buyers, how pricing slightly below market can spark bidding wars, and why appraisal and inspection contingencies matter when offers go $100K to $150K over asking. If you’re buying a home, selling a house, or thinking about building wealth with a multi family, this one is packed with real talk and real strategy. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s house hunting, and leave a review with your take: would you rent, buy, or wait?

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:08

Welcome everyone back to the Byrs Real Estate Podcast. We haven't been here for over three months, I say. Three months, and I'm joined with Chris. Chris. And my name is Angelo, and welcome back. Man, we got to be more consistent with this podcast.

SPEAKER_00 0:23

I know. We've been we've been slacking. We have been slacking. With the podcast, but we've been hustling, helping clients out by ourselves. And uh also posting a lot of videos, tips.

SPEAKER_01 0:34

Absolutely, putting out a lot of fires with all of the oh yes, yeah. Yeah, I mean, that's what that's what we're here for.

SPEAKER_00 0:41

Oh, yes, definitely look up our social media.

The Haunted House Resale Story<br>

SPEAKER_01 0:44

Oh, yes, our social media is getting up there. But before we get to that, Chris, you've been hearing some crazy stories, right? From other agents.

SPEAKER_00 0:51

Oh, yeah, hear one crazy story from my agent. Is it the one with the ghost or whatever? Yes, yes. So I'm gonna start from from the top to the bottom. So, uh, but from the bottom to the top. So it was a regular transaction, they seen the house, right? One thing was odd was that this house was bought five months ago and now it's reselling. So they was like, oh, maybe they have to relocate or whatever. They like the house, everything went well in the transaction, there was no hiccup, right? So once they bought the house, right? Now they were living, so they're moving in, right? And then once they were staying there for you know a few days, yeah, they were hearing a lot of things in the house. And they thought maybe there was someone trying to break in, or maybe you know, animal scratching up the wall, or something outside. So they really keep in mind. But after it was days going on, they were a little paranoid from what the agent said, and then from there, all they were hearing is slamming doors, things was falling. There was a lot of things that they were like, who is this? Who's inside my house? So they added cameras in all the rooms, and then once that happened again, the the slamming doors, the things dropping on the floor, from there, they didn't see anybody in the freaking cameras at all.

SPEAKER_01 2:21

Y'all, that is crazy. Imagine you're living in a place and all of that's happening to you. How would you feel?

SPEAKER_00 2:29

Honestly, I would not live in the house. I would not live in the house, and that's why it was sold so rapidly, right? In five months, yes. I don't know what the previous owner did. I don't know what they done to attract these ghosts. Do you believe in ghosts? I I I do believe in ghosts.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

I think when I was younger, I probably believed in ghosts. Maybe I do in the inside, right? But I'm more of like, if I can't see it, it's not there, it's not their type of thing. Okay, but yeah, that that story from that agent that was crazy. I mean, I would be like just like you. I would as soon as I hear things and see that things are being misplaced and there's no rational reason for it, I would just be like, I don't want to live here anymore. Oh yes, they they already moved out, they already moved out. They're selling the house right now. Oh my god. I mean, it happens, right? Sometimes it could be a bunch of different factors, it could be that, it could be something else.

SPEAKER_00 3:30

But my goodness, I'm I'm still skeptical on all of that happening, but I mean if I heard something like that night time, I'm never coming back again, and that's a fact. Next thing you you you see, they're gonna scratch you or or throw you things.

SPEAKER_01 3:49

Yeah, no, that doesn't sound pleasant at all. I mean, that's crazy to to be witness to all of that. That that would just be so horrifying, like so scary. I wouldn't be able to at all.

SPEAKER_00 4:04

At all. Will you buy that house if it was a good deal? I'll flip it. You flip it and then sell.

SPEAKER_01 4:12

You won't disclose it to the to new buyers. Are you are you supposed to disclose things like that?

SPEAKER_00 4:19

Oh yes, you have to. In this case, the the previous seller did not disclose it, and then the buyer bought it, you know, without knowing. But I don't know if that's true. I'm 100% they have to disclose that.

SPEAKER_01 4:32

I don't know if that's true. There's like a they paranormal activity, it disclosed paranormal.

SPEAKER_00 4:38

There's ghosts in the house haunting, they have to disclose it. Because how will the buyer know?

SPEAKER_01 4:43

I've never heard of someone disclosing that's a ghost in the house.

SPEAKER_00 4:47

You you will never hear stories like this.

SPEAKER_01 4:50

Yeah, no, I I doubt that that's something that you disclose on because I I still don't really believe that story, but it is what it is. Sometimes things happen and and you think it's paranormal activity and it's something else, but yeah, I don't think you disclose something like that. I mean, I don't think a lot of people would believe that, regardless, right? I'm one of the believers because uh I would buy for a discount, like 30% off and something like that. And you will live in the house? Depends how good the condition is and all that stuff.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

Yeah, you're nuts, man. I would never live on that. I don't even it's for free. I'm not living there.

TikTok Posting Workflow And Consistency<br>

SPEAKER_01 5:29

No, I doubt it was something paranormal. But, anyways, I mean, talking about crazy things, the TikTok, it's been going crazy sometimes. I've seen that you've been posting a lot in the social media tech talk for buyers' real estate. Man, I've seen you you're putting in so much work. How is that?

SPEAKER_00 5:49

It's been uh it's like another job because you have to think of what to post, and then from there you have to edit, and then from edit, we use a system to schedule the the videos.

SPEAKER_01 6:03

Oh, yeah, video scheduling.

SPEAKER_00 6:05

So it's just like another job, and it's honestly trying to post three times per day, it's hard because it's it's a lot of a lot of videos you have to you know do in one week, and there's a lot of thinking of what is that video is gonna be about. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 6:21

I mean, what a lot of people do, and I think what we're probably gonna end up doing is because you can only have so many ideas, right, in your head. So you're probably gonna have to reuse some videos.

SPEAKER_00 6:34

Yeah, repost them, and it's gonna be the same old tips or just like tweak the song a little bit, yeah. A little bit, it's gonna be the same tips, you know, for first-time buyers or sellers, and that's that's the only way it's never gonna be something new that no one knew.

SPEAKER_01 6:49

Exactly. It's just the same thing reposted because honestly, social media creation is very hard from what I've seen. Uh, you're just like breaking your back trying to do all of that. I respect you for it because honestly, that takes so much commitment, it it's it's a whole job, like I said.

SPEAKER_00 7:09

And one of our videos is reaching close to 50,000 views. I saw that, which is nuts. I never reached 50,000 views at all in one video. Yeah, I averaged maybe two, maybe 500, maybe a thousand.

SPEAKER_01 7:22

The biggest video that we had before then was the one with the bear.

SPEAKER_00 7:26

We're talking been, but that was just a little skit, funny skit, and it didn't really have anything to do about oh, wait, it was about real estate, yeah, but it was just something to be funny and laugh. And then this other one, what was it about? It was the one that you should not be waiting to buy if you know you're ready. Now, if you're not ready or comfortable, then no, you know, no pressure. But in this case, the video is about is like, oh, I should have bought next year. Oh, I should have bought, and every year is increase the the value of the house.

SPEAKER_01 8:00

Was it that one, or was it the one with like three thousand dollars in rent?

SPEAKER_00 8:05

No, no, that's the video that has 50,000 viewers. Okay, the one that you're stating has like 10,000 viewers.

SPEAKER_01 8:11

Okay, yeah, that's the other one that was like also competing with talking batten. Yes, those are like our three biggest ones.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

Yeah, so the one that Andrew is saying is the one that basically is it is if you're paying 3,000 in rent in over three years, you're paying 108,000 to a landlord, but you haven't owned anything. Yeah, you don't have any equity, no nothing, nothing, and that video, a lot of people had different opinions or which was better buying or renting. You know, everyone has opinions, and yes, some is pros, some is cons on buying and renting. Um, but yes, that that video definitely uh blow well.

Rent Versus Buy Debate In Comments<br>

SPEAKER_01 8:51

Oh, yeah, it did so well. You had a lot of people doing basically putting facts out there on both the pros and cons. It wasn't like they were doing they were saying anything ridiculous, it was mostly like these are the pros, these are the cons. I'm a homeowner, I'm a renter, these are the benefits for me, these are the benefits for me. It wasn't like people just bashing each other, it was just like people stating like their opinions, yeah, their opinions. And we had a bunch of homeowners in there saying, like, hey, I paid off my home, only I'm only paying property tax, that's pretty much it.

SPEAKER_00 9:22

And then utilities, no increase in my you know, rent or nothing, yes, yes, and then some people is like, yeah, but now I don't have to worry about anything like roofs or repairs, like a sink, plumbing, electric. That's right, maintenance. Which is true when you're renting, you know, you just give a call to the landlord, and if the landlord, you know, is nice, he will fix it.

SPEAKER_01 9:43

Yeah, if he's not a sumlord, then you're good. If he has a sumlord, then you're not good. You only have two options. You either find a better rental or you move into your own place. No, yeah, especially New York.

SPEAKER_00 9:55

New York has a lot of some lords out there.

SPEAKER_01 9:58

Oh yeah. In your building, your build your previous building that you used to live in before you moved into your own property, you used to rent, and you said that your your landlord, he was a some lord.

SPEAKER_00 10:12

Oh yes, he did not, he did not take care of anything at all. He had a lot of violations, a lot of HPD. It wasn't the best at all.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

Yeah, and I mean, didn't you say you saw him one time?

SPEAKER_00 10:27

Um, so this story was pre before he sold a house. Uh oh, the the building, yeah. Yeah, I saw the gentleman in the hallway when I was walking upstairs, and I was wondering in my head, like, who is this guy? I've never seen this person, you know, live in this building. But this person is like very stressful, like his mind's like uh crazy like this. I'm not too sure. So in my hand, I was like, hmm, I wonder who is this person. And then my thought came like, is he the owner of the building? Because I there was mentions that they wanted to sell, but obviously I don't know who is the landlord because it's on the LSC. So that was one of my thoughts. Maybe he was the owner, and most likely he was the owner. And he was stressing out because he knew that they were gonna take the building away from away from because it was so much complaints. It's just there wasn't take care of the building, and once you don't take care of, you know, the tenants, then they're gonna complain. You know, because no one wants to live in the bad conditions and they're paying rent. Yeah, that's not fair for the tenant.

Slumlords And The Landlord Side<br>

SPEAKER_01 11:32

And it's also hard too, because with inflation and everything, if he hasn't put up the rents, he's probably gonna fall back in in funds and stuff to keep repairing things and whatnot. If they're constantly breaking and stuff, that's why it's it it's kind of hard, right? Sometimes because you kind of go like, hey, why is my rent increasing and stuff like that? That's not fair. But then again, cost of maintaining the building also go up, and that's why landlords are also kind of putting their rents up to cover for the maintenance costs. Yeah, because we see it from one perspective, right? But then when you step back and look at it from both ends, you kind of go like, okay, they're providing a service, they're giving you a place to live. And while doing that, they want to make profit, but also they want to make sure that they're uh what do you call it, they're able to maintain the building while still maintaining profits. So that means that they need to increase rents uh month by month, I mean year by year, depending on the lease.

SPEAKER_00 12:36

Yeah, so that's why there's always pros and cons, you know, being with a landlord and also being with a tenant. Because uh if the they're not making that much money, and it's gonna be hard for them to maintain the building, and then you could buy a duplex too, and then you're basically in both worlds, right?

SPEAKER_01 12:52

You're a landlord and uh a homeowner, so now you're kind of like yes, yes.

SPEAKER_00 12:57

That's why I say sometimes buying a multi-family is a good thing because it also helps you pay your mortgage as well. You're you know, you're building wealth, exactly, and that equity it doesn't go anywhere. Oh at all until you sell. Yeah, once you sell, and you you know, you you gain equity if if that's you know the how the market is, uh obviously you're not building equity within a month. No, you have to wait, you know, one to two years to see somewhat equity you have.

SPEAKER_01 13:27

Exactly. And it's always like going up in value, so you're always gonna be assured that you know it's it's something that you have in the bank there. If you want to do like a if you want to get a loan on the equity, a home equity loan, you could do that. Maybe buy another property with it and start like a little chain going on.

SPEAKER_00 13:45

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

They always say the first one to buy is the hardest one, it's the hardest, without a doubt, because you don't know what you're doing, you're nervous, you don't know the right people to contact to kind of get you in there and guide you the right way.

SPEAKER_00 13:59

And the cost as well.

SPEAKER_01 14:01

The cost of maintenance and all of that. It all comes together in just that first year of buying. Like that's that's the hardest time.

SPEAKER_00 14:09

Oh we're not gonna say buying a second home is gonna be, you know, easy. Obviously, it's gonna be you know a little bit tough, but it's gonna be a better, and you're gonna know the process better because you're already done on buying a single home with your family.

SPEAKER_01 14:24

Yeah, you're gonna be a lot more familiar with it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:27

Exactly.

Multi Family Buying And Building Equity<br>

SPEAKER_01 14:28

And when you're more familiar with things, you're more confident and you're less stressed because you kind of go like, from my experience last time, this is how it goes. I'm sure that this would be a good investment if I'm doing it for that. Yeah. And honestly, right now, if you're a seller, right now is like the perfect time, right? Chris. Oh, yes. Because 100%. Yeah. And why is that again?

SPEAKER_00 14:53

The reason why is because a lot of is that a lot of buyers are buying houses. Especially they already, you know, finish filing their taxes. They they want to start buying. Because once you start buying around this time, around April, May, in three months, you already got the house. And you're gonna start, you know, the school year new for the kids. So this is the reason why there's a lot of people buying, as well as the weather. It's not too, too hot and it's not too too cold. Yeah, like between and no one's in vacation right now as much in the summer. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:27

The summer gets crazy, but right now in spring, it's nice and uh, like you said, the weather is good enough where it's not too hot, too cold, because you don't want to move in those conditions when it's too hot or too cold, because it gets uncomfortable. The other best month is the the fall.

SPEAKER_00 15:46

As well, yeah, because it's not too hot, too cold, and maybe want to start the new year and a new home.

SPEAKER_01 15:53

Yeah, those two, those two months are probably the best for sellers as well, because well, for sellers, for buyers, I would say it's winter because yeah, it's a little bit more uh less competition out there. But if you're a seller, you really want to sell spring or fall. Though, like you said, those are the seasons to to to sell a house.

SPEAKER_00 16:14

And there's a lot of people looking for houses.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Yeah, there's so many buyers out there in those two seasons that it's like the perfect time for them to go and search for the for the homes that they want. And yeah, you're probably gonna get a lot better of uh price for your home during those two seasons than any other season, especially winter. Like uh winter is not the best time to put your uh home on the market, but if you still want to, you definitely can. But for buyers, buyers, winter is like the perfect time to buy.

SPEAKER_00 16:45

Yes, yes. Less competition. And like Andrew said, you always have to uh you know put the price right. Because if you put a above market value in spring, you're not gonna see any results.

SPEAKER_01 16:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:58

If you put it 70 below, you're gonna see a lot of competition over accessing, maybe waving appraisal, waving inspections, and oh yes.

SPEAKER_01 17:09

I'm glad you said that because whenever you're putting it just right below market value, you always get like bidding warriors and stuff. Oh yes. If the property is nice, presented nice as well, you're gonna get a lot of attention.

Best Seasons To Sell Or Buy<br>

SPEAKER_00 17:24

The highest that I've seen on the I'm LS sole, I think was over 200,000.

SPEAKER_01 17:28

200,000 over accent. Yeah, I mean, I had an appointment with my doctor the other day, and they went over$150,000 bidding on a house in New Jersey because that's just how it goes sometimes. Yeah, it was incredibly it's an incredibly nice house. She showed me um the home. And I mean, sometimes you gotta be like that.

SPEAKER_00 17:53

You gotta$150,000?

SPEAKER_01 17:55

Overall, yeah, like around$150,000 over asking. Did they waive any appraisal or I don't think they waived the uh appraisal and inspection? They still want to do that for their due diligence, but they did go incredibly over the okay.

SPEAKER_00 18:09

That's good. So that's the good thing when you're not waiving appraisal, because you want to pay was the house worth, right? So if you submit it over accessing$100,000 and the appraiser say, nope, this is only worth uh$50,000 over accent, right? Then you're only gonna pay what the appraiser said. If you waive that, then you will have to pay the difference of basically how much it says worth. So for example, say you submitted$750 and the house was worth$650, you would pay$100,000 in just the difference. Most cases no one has that, you know, that type of money in the bank, and no one wants to pay something that's not worth it.

SPEAKER_01 18:49

Yeah. And if you're not protected by that clause, by that contingency, then uh there's no real way you can back out. Like you're basically saying that you you do have the funds and stuff. Of course, you can get a bank denial letter and perhaps get away with that. But if for some reason they can enforce that, you know, you agree to that and the bank still approves you for some reason, and you don't want to go through with it because you know it's just too much money in between, you cannot get out of it. And they and if you don't go through with it, then they could keep your down deposit.

SPEAKER_00 19:28

Okay, yeah. That's true.

SPEAKER_01 19:30

Absolutely. So, yeah, I mean, that's basically all I wanted to talk about this podcast. And guys, if you are interested in buying or selling, as always, we're always here. And if you have any questions whatsoever relating to real estate, me and Chris would be always be happy to answer any and all questions in the comments below, or you can just DM us.

SPEAKER_00 19:51

Yes, yeah. So definitely give us a like, subscribe, and also you know, drop a comment. We always read the comments and answer all your questions.

SPEAKER_01 19:59

Oh, Chris will answer every question, don't you worry?

SPEAKER_00 20:03

Oh, yeah.

Pricing Strategy And Bidding Wars<br>

SPEAKER_01 20:04

I'm still I'm still answering those people in those uh you had like 2,000 comments in that one video, yeah. I'm still I'm still uh responding to them. If he can answer back 2,000 comments in a single day, he will get to your questions immediately. But thank you guys, have a great one and see you on the next one. Bye. Bye guys.