Episode Outline
0:33 Welcome Back!
0:44 Intro to Tanesha Thompson
3:45 Tanesha shares one Authentic thing about herself, “I tend to gravitate towards opportunities to elevate, uplift, and empower women; I am for and about women always”
4:34 Liz shares a quote from MLKJ that she saw during her spring break trip.
· Actual quote: “women if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul’
7:10 Maya invites Tanesha to pull an Affirmation Card. “My greatest experience of freedom comes when I let go of what others think of me”
7:55 Tanesha shares a story from the moment of her life where she gained her freedom from others “I was now going to set the tone for who I am, what I do, how I do, and how I exist in the world”
10:37 Tanesha expresses her gratitude for a woman who changed her life during her real estate journey, she reads her favorite quote by Marianne Williamson, which is one that the woman shared with her many years go, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
13:48 Liz reflects on the time when she decided to start Give Impact and leave her job around this time 5 years ago
15:05 Maya expresses her personal gratitude for Tanesha and invites her to share more about her journey in the real estate industry
18:23 Tanesha drops a gem “I’ve got God, I’ve got Gumption, I’ve got Grit; I can do Real Estate”
20:05 The table discusses Tanesha’s First Time Homebuyer program and how the special story behind how that started
27:37 Tanesha drops another gem “Someone has to have ownership in order to make an impact for generations”
27:44 Tanesha shares facts from a study
· Children who go to school and live in a home that’s owned, are more likely to go to college than those who live in a home where you’re renting
· The stability of not having to move every time the rent goes up produces higher math and reading scores for children in the home
28:32 Liz drops a gem, “Creating that stability of home I think is as equally as important, if not more”
29:11 Tanesha talks about the things that she’s doing to help people get ready for homeownership and all the ins and outs of the process
· Prequalification: a preliminary assessment of your ability to borrow money, while approval is the final, formal confirmation of your loan after a full review of all your information and the property
· Pre-Approval: a conditional commitment, meaning it's not guaranteed and can change if your financial situation or the property's value changes.
32:12 Liz and Tanesha talk about the importance of having a broker during the homebuying process
· Broker: provides intermediary services in various areas, e.g., investing, obtaining a loan, or purchasing real estate. A broker is an intermediary who connects a seller and a buyer to facilitate a transaction.
· Real Estate Agent: facilitates property transactions by connecting buyers and sellers, representing their interests, and navigating the legal and financial aspects of the sale
34:20 Maya reflects and shares her experience of working with Tanesha as a first-time homebuyer
42:08 Liz and Tanesha talk about Condos, Townhomes, and Duplexes
45:31 Tanesha drops a gem “Understanding lifestyle is a big part of the homebuying process, and deciding how do I want to live my life for the next 5-10 years”
47:10 Liz shouts out her Real Estate Agent: Kelly Blandford with Helen Adams Realty
49:00 Courtney shares some of the challenges that she’s seeing buyers face in the Charlotte market
· Credit History
· Fear
· Trust
52:14 Tanesha expresses, “There’s a system beyond me, that is set up to keep people from achieving this goal”
52:40 Liz shares an group/app she’s recently learned about that some affordable housing organizations are partnering with called Flex that helps tenants by their landlord paying their rent on the first and then the tenant paying them back in flex during the month
54:10 Tanesha drops a last powerful gem, “If we’re expecting our clients to have conversations around the dinner table with their children about finances, about money, about life, and about skills; we should be doing what we can to give them a world that they an apply those things in”
55:13 Tanesha ends by giving a piece of advice to buyers as they navigate a changing market “Talk to someone you can trust & seek education. Empowering through education and relationships”
55:59 The table shouts out a few organizations that are impacting the community through homebuying
· Synergy Realty Group
· The Applesauce Group
· DreamKey Partners
· Habitat for Humanity
· WeBuild Concord
· True Homes
· CMS
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