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View the Video version of this Episode at: https://www.bryanvogt.com/why-is-2020-brea…s-amazing-market/ Hi everyone! 2020 has been quite a year and we are not even halfway thru it! With all that has happened so for this year. You might want to be on the lookout for any large gatherings of locust! All kidding aside. It has been a very tough year for many people in the metro east and my heart goes out to them. Why is 2020 breaking all the rules for sellers? In my professional opinion there are many reasons but as in life and especially in real estate. Perception is reality! Look I get it! If you’re a homeowner and your watching any of the news that’s available. Whether online or on cable.It doesn’t take much to realize that we are in a recession. Or at least the start of one. Now I believe it will be short lived. But you don’t have to have business degree as a seller to realize that a recession is not traditionally a good time to sell your house. Right? Until now! And that’s why I believe so many sellers aren’t deciding to put their homes on the market. Which in turn is causing a shortage of available homes for buyers to choose from. It’s like the ying and yang effect Because there are very few sellers deciding to put their house on the market because of what they see on the news. Which I get! However there are still plenty of buyers wanting to buy. Either they want to take advantage of the historic low interest rates available. Or they really need a place to live! Trust me I have more than a few buyers that I am trying to get into homes! That those sellers who do decide to put their homes on the market are having amazing results. Often getting top dollar and a fast sale! Also, the need to have a completely updated home so far in 2020. Doesn’t seem to matter as much as did 2 or even 3 months ago. Look unless your home is a complete dump. Most sellers are pleasantly surprised with the offers and the speed in which their homes or selling Even if they don’t have all the updates. Now of course if your house does have the updates. Those sellers are often getting multiply offers which is putting even more money into their pocket. As for as staging. Turn on all the lights on and leave. That simple! How long will this amazing market last for sellers who knows. Hopefully for months and months. But if 2020 has taught us anything. It’s very to predict what is going to happen the next day much less the next month! That’s why if you know anyone looking to sell now! Maybe even you! Have them call or text my private number at 618-210-2451 today. And let’s see how we can get you top dollar and a fast sale! Until next time! Make it a great day!

Pod-Crashing Episode 35: The evolution of the podcast questionI love questions. It doesn’t mean I locate answers but it opens the gate to explore. Since I began my journey into the digital universe it’s been quite entertaining to see how the podcast questions keep evolving. In 2012 I was bombarded with, “Why am I doing this? Do I really need to do this?” To co-workers and bosses asking, “Are you gonna get any other work done? What are you doing and why?” The biggest question from myself and all others has been, “How can I make money?” It’s a fair question that still doesn’t have a true answer. There’s a lot of people trying. I mean 700,000 plus. Which has evolved into a new age podcast question, “Why would I want to get started with podcasting when I’d be nearly next to invisible?”Boom! How can your star be located when the Montana late night Big Sky is overflowing with light? What are you gonna do to bring people to your source of podcast art? Great questions! Do you have the energy or sound to grow a podcast organically? I’m blessed with the opportunity to sit with many different decision makers and podcast creator’s who want to jump into the rat race. Inside their tiny circles they invite two words, “What if?” I mean it seems pretty easy the what if should come with an earned bonus. Right? Until listeners can’t find you. You were last seen somewhere near the Big Dipper or was it Orion’s Belt? Being fair to yourself. As we grow into a new pair of podcast slippers labeled 2020… You have the right to put it on the table, ”Why would I want to get started with podcasting when I’d be nearly next to invisible?”Here’s my question, “Why not?” The other day I spent some time with Tom. He loves robotics but doesn’t like the podcasts that put focus on their importance. This huge global business leader feels in his heart that he and his company need to be pumping out two to four podcasts a week. Not so information driven but something listeners will be entertained by while learning new things about robotics. He’s doing it right. He’s asking podcast questions! Before he leaps into the project he’d like to understand its presence, growth, time well spent or wasted. All things that could or should lead him to serving current and future clients. Then there’s Chris. He was calling for a major player in the advertising world, “We know we need to be podcasting. But we don’t know how. We can’t just start one. How will anyone know we exist? How much time should we put into social networking? Do we need to invest in a bigger team of players? What platform should we jump onto iHeart, Spotify or Apple Podcast?”Very real podcast questions. Most of them didn’t exist when I first got in. If they did, it was probably in emails and text messages from the brilliant minds of pioneers that figured out a way to bring content to a new level of connection and conversation.Look, I’m no expert at this game. An all-out armchair quarterback with a serious amount of passion to get people involved. Whether you create a podcast filled with 10 episodes to several hundred, the opportunity to reach an audience anywhere in the world sits in front of you. You’re supposed to be asking questions. I’ve yet to meet a podcaster that won’t talk about your personal journey. There’s podcast groups on Facebook that love to chat it up. Always willing to share new ideas and ways to fix all that echo caused by recording your podcast in a poorly soundproofed atmosphere. I walked in on a couple of people podcasting the other day and was shocked to see how far their faces were from the microphone. Even worse, one of them had their mic 45 degrees in the wrong direction.With so much inexperience inside the podcast galaxy there’s bound to be baby Yoda’s trying to piece together what their hearts are screaming for. An opportunity to participate, be accepted, touch a little bit of success or just feed the beast that always wants to create. Sometimes the podcast questions we ask others should actually be directed at ourselves first. Where is podcasting moving toward? Is it more than a fad? If podcasting is so big why are the politicians running for the White House campaigning on lesser known podcasts that still have an impact and reach? Why do I continue running into comedians that won’t waste a second of their day talking to a podcaster? Grab a notebook or journal and start piecing together your side of the story. This show Pod-Crashing didn’t start out being a place to swap experiences. I actually wanted to team up with my good friend Gabe and be like Roger Ebert. Instead of talking about movies, we’d break down podcasts.While sitting down to record the first episode I quickly dropped the plan. I came from the world of terrestrial radio where every player on the air is brutally judged by program directors, consultants, GM’s and OM’s. I didn’t need to invite that atmosphere here. I’m sure someone’s already doing it because like all things in podcasting you can search for any subject and find 600,000 different talkers expressing their opinions.Will there ever be answers to our podcast questions? Chris wanted to know if there’s more money to be made producing episodes for the experience then there is for those physically being the voice? I know of three production houses that not only write and produce commercial copy but they’ve opened their digital stage for companies and performers who don’t have the luxury of a great sounding home studio. As much as I truly and wholeheartedly support their business effort I took one look at the number of podcast episodes I’ve brought to life over the past seven years and know for a fact if I was shelling out money for studio time my deficit would be bigger than that of the United States. I also run into a lot of people who’re afraid to ask podcast questions. The typical reaction, “I didn’t want to bother you. I don’t want to look like a beginner. You don’t the time.” Always ask. We may have to set up a time to have a great conversation but always ask. I had no idea how fast time flew while I was with robotics man Tom. That 2pm meeting suddenly hit several ticks on the clock. Once podcasters get locked in on sharing each other’s information, you might as well set up ten to twenty more meetings. So what’s the moral of the story? I learned one valuable lesson in high school with huge architect dreams. Never stop asking why. Nothing is drawn, built, rented or sold without questions straight out of the gate. Podcasting is something you build. It won’t happen overnight and you shouldn’t bombard yourself with stress filled expectations that may or may not be reached. Find your peace of mind by hanging out with other podcasters. People that are living the life by way of never turning off the desire to constantly create or generate newer ideas. The one thing I’ve learned about sitting down with others playing the game is to do it one person at a time. You’ll get more out of it. The very second three or more begin to participate the questions usually stop a battle of I did this, well I did this, no I was first. Podcasters use a lot personal energy to bring their styles forward. Please shy away from comparing analytic numbers and the size of your guests or subjects unless you’re willing to help each out. Your image as a podcaster has already been drawn by the way listeners digest your episodes. To walk into a conversation with a He Man attitude twists the stomach and creates an ache that’ll keep me from tuning back in. There’s no such thing as a bad question. While creating together we can come up with brilliant answers.

Sunday morning sermon, April 7, 2019, "Be Ready for Anything...Right Until the End" 2 Timothy 4:1-8

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