The Gerald Lucas Real Estate Podcast: Recent Episodes

Gerald Lucas

www.geraldlucas.com; Gerald Lucas is an internationally recognized real estate expert who holds business degrees from MIT and Howard University.

Gerald is a landlord, licensed realtor and investor who has owned and managed properties that range from single family homes and condos to apartment complexes. Gerald has coached hundreds of students throughout the US and Canada how to invest in residential real estate.

Gerald accurately identified the local real estate market price bottom in early 2011 then partnered with a pension fund to form a REIT where he raised over $100 million of investment capital and served as Chief Investment Officer. In 2017, Gerald co-founded NNG Capital Fund, a groundbreaking real estate fund that provided protection against market uncertainty by combining residential real estate with mortgage notes.

Gerald is the author of “How To Sell Your Home During COVID-19”, "Real Estate Investing Secrets” and "Short Sale Specifics" which draw from his 20+ years of experience as a real estate professional.

In 2019, Gerald founded Youth Passion For Music whose proceeds fund musical instruments, instrument repair and music lessons for Jersey City kids. Gerald has also been a long-time supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses whether you really need homeowners insurance

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses property security systems

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals whether landlord insurance covers property damage caused by tenants

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals what renters insurance does NOT cover

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals what rental insurance REALLY covers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses whether condo associations need a property manager

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses why adaptive reuse is so important for lowering US housing costs

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals a simple way to make money part time in real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the risk shadow banking poses to housing

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how long a home's roof should last

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals where rent prices are going now

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas identifies the 3 people homeowners facing tax lien foreclosure should worry about

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discuss 3 kinds of real estate collateral that can be used to borrow money

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how far home prices will go down

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas shares 3 real estate trends to be thankful for this Thanksgiving

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses an overlooked reason home prices soared during the pandemic

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas explains how mortgage leverage multiplies homeowner cash on cash return

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses when the Fed will lower interest rates

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the new NJ lead paint law for rentals

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how ADUs are making housing more affordable

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how the recent big drop in lumber prices means for residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses whether home buyers can take money ($) from family to help with a mortgage down payment

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses whether adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) are a good idea for home buyers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the significance of the recent historic drop in The Housing Affordability Index

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how the recent reduction in housing starts will affect home prices & home supply

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals his housing forecast for Fall 2022

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how a landlord can recover $ owed when a tenant stops paying

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals whether we have entered a housing recession

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas identifies the building material in shortest supply right now

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how to identify an incompetent mortgage broker

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how a recession will affect real estate home prices

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how NIMBYs have made US housing more expensive

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals several insights that most people don't know when they inherit a home

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas explains super liens and reveals whether NJ is a 'super lien' state

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the question you must ask a contractor before you hire him to do work for you

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas identifies several risks of 203k mortgage loans to home buyers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the biggest renovation mistake landlords make

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the #1 sign someone will be a bad tenant

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals a huge risk to buyers of newly constructed homes

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals whether a non-US citizen can get a mortgage to buy a home

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how long a buyer/borrower can lock a mortgage interest rate when they buy a home

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses whether manufactured/modular homes may reduce the current residential housing shortage

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses what a home oil tank scan report actually reveals

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how the massive labor shortage is affecting residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author Gerald Lucas shares advice on what homeowners should do when they can't pay their mortgage

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses one upside of higher mortgage interest rates

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals one of the most important business pillars that many real estate investors overlook

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals some of the severe & long lasting consequences of filing personal bankruptcy

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals where housing demand is falling in NJ

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how the Ukraine War will affect residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the good news for homeowners about inflation

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how the 'The Great Resignation' trend of people leaving their jobs is affecting real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the best corporate entity to use in a real estate transaction

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selliing Author, Gerald Lucas reveals 6 home-related documents you NEED to save

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selliing Author, Gerald Lucas discusses a hopeful sign for NJ renters & home buyers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the biggest challenge for tiny home buyers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how lumber prices are affecting home affordability & home prices

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how to handle a home buyer who delays closing

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses FHA's history of discriminatory lending practices

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses why not paying property taxes is riskier than missing mortgage payments

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses his 2022 housing market forecast

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals 5 ways to prevent pipes from freezing in your property

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how pandemic-related supply chain disruptions are affecting home prices

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how real estate attorneys can undermine both home sellers and buyers

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how to remove a squatter from your property

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals a foreclosure danger reverse mortgage holders face in this installment of Ask Gerald A Real Estate Question

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas shares 3 things he is grateful for Thanksgiving  this year-2021

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how post-pandemic job recovery & rising home prices will affect rents

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how Zillow's exit from house flipping will affect real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the truth about home appliance warranties

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals & discusses the dangers of being an Airbnb dependent landlord

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals what is causing a recent spike in rental bidding wars

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses hurricane flooding & homeowner's insurance in this installment of Ask Gerald A Real Estate Question

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals a surprising surge in NJ home sales in this price range

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how to handle a situation when a home does not appraise for the contracted purchase price

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals when NJ home prices will finally stop rising

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas explains why there is no such thing as a seller's market in residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how housing demand has recently shifted

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses why rent prices in the US have been rising recently

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the latest updates on NJ's eviction & foreclosure moratoriums

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals the biggest difference between homeowner's insurance & condominium insurance

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how the delta variant spread will affect residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how wildfires will affect residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses why NJ housing inventory has been rising this year

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses what will be different about homeowner's insurance post pandemic

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses how to find a reliable property handyman

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals when it makes sense to appeal your property taxes

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the final extension of the eviction & foreclosure moratoriums

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how many more homes we need to meet current housing demand

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals a powerful landlording tip to prevent property fines from tenant violations

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals how bank REOs will be different post pandemic

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals which homes sell the fastest right now

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas explains the difference between speculating and real estate investing

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas reveals several hidden fees hard money lenders charge borrowers.

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Real Estate Expert & Best-Selling Author, Gerald Lucas discusses the ruling by a federal judge vacating the CDC's eviction moratorium

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how to buy a run-down home with a mortgage

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how to avoid a home bidding war

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how the Biden administration's housing proposal will affect residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how long the spring housing market boom will last this year

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses when home prices are likely to fall

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas explains how foreclosures will be different coming out of the pandemic than they were after the 2008 financial crisis

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how herd immunity will affect US housing inventory

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how the SALT Deductibility Act will affect NJ home prices

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how to avoid one of the most dangerous games fix & flip investors play

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses NJ's security deposit restrictions for landlords

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will affect housing

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses the Biden administration's proposed $15,000 first-time home buyer tax credit

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how commercial to residential conversion during the pandemic affects home prices

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses the best property snow removal method along with other alternatives

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses several factors that investors should consider before starting a home rehab in winter.

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals why it's not where you start but where you finish that matters

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses why home sales fell for the last 3 months

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas gives his 2021 real estate market forecast

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals 3 tips for protecting your hot water heater from hard water damage

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas offers 3 year end real estate tax tips

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals a risk in today's housing boom

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses the difference between property value and property appeal

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses hidden disasters that can torch your rehab profits on fix & flips

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas delivers a special 2020 Thanksgiving message

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals a cheap way to check for liens on property before you buy

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals the hottest local real estate markets in northeast Jersey

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals the key to making private lenders comfortable lending you money for rehabs

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how to raise your game in real estate & life

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how we must overcome our need to dictate where we begin our life journeys

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether now is the best time to refinance your mortgage

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how zoom towns for remote workers are changing real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses one of the things that is different about selling a home now during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses when the foreclosure moratorium will actually expire

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses what the recent jump in zombie foreclosures foreshadows for US housing markets

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses the recent exodus from Silicon Valley & whether it has and will affect housing demand nationwide

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses increased rental property costs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how Fannie & Freddie's new mortgage refinancing fee affects homeowners

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how, when and if schools re-open affects home buyer demand in this installment of Ask Gerald A Real Estate Question

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses what will happen when the foreclosure moratorium ends

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how Fed monetary policy really affects mortgage rates

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses however massive US unemployment affects real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals 3 ways residential real estate has changed during the pandemic so far

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether home sellers should lower their asking prices during the pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how a 2nd coronavirus wave may affect real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how home buying demand has changed during the coronavirus pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether the Covid 19 reopening will cause a summer home sale rebound

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals the additional % discount investors should require when they buy property during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether you should you tap retirement $ during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how new NYC rental laws affect NJ real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how Covid-19 will affect US home foreclosures

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how Covid-19 will affect residential rents

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether now during the Covid-19 pandemic is a good time to buy or refinance a home

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses when the coronavirus will be behind us and what we can do to speed the economic recovery

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how mortgage forbearance grace periods affect condo & homeowner association dues

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how the Covid-19 epidemic will affect residential rehabbing and fix and flips

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how the Covid-19 epidemic will affect residential home prices

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals how the Covid-19 epidemic affects residential mortgages

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses how the coronavirus outbreak will affect the economy & residential real estate

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas discusses whether realtors should stop working during the coronavirus outbreak

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Real Estate Expert, Gerald Lucas reveals 3 ways to lower home/property water costs