Episode 54: Kristine Edens' “Get Home-Ready” — The First-Time Buyer Game Plan in McKinney, Texas

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Nate Carver
If you're in the Princeton McKinnie, Melissa, area of North Texas. I have a wonderful real estate agent. I want to introduce you all to you.

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Nate Carver
Hey, I'm Nate Carver and welcome to Between Two Doors.

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Nate Carver
Hello, everybody. I'm Nate Carver, your favorite mortgage guy. And today we are talking to Christine. How are you doing?

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Kristine Edens
I'm doing great. How are you, Nate?

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Nate Carver
I'm good. It's cold. It's, winter is here. And, anyway, so I, I'm, We you and I met for a cup of coffee over and Melissa at, at a nice little coffee shop there, and we got to chat, and we actually spent, I think we almost spent two hours there. So. Yeah. You had a phenomenal time.

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Kristine Edens
We did. And we just kind of got like.

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Nate Carver
There's a lot to talk about. And, so I wanted to take an opportunity and introduce everybody else to you. So, tell tell me, you've been in the real estate business for a few years. And, think back to whenever you first got in. What what was your. Why?

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Kristine Edens
I think the biggest why was, I was looking to change homes at the time. Yeah. And, it just. Yeah, it just I saw the need out there for somebody that understood relationships and understood complicated relationships and things that can come up during transactions. Based on a couple houses that we have sold and bought over the years, I just never really felt well represented most of the time.

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Kristine Edens
You know, I just felt like a number, a transaction, dollar sign on top of my head, you know, and, I just felt like there's got to be something better than this. And I think just with my my personality and my desire to help and to care and, coupled with the experience that I've learned, I think that I've really been able to achieve what I wanted to set out and become.

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Kristine Edens
And that was going to be, the agent that you want to go to, that's going to pick up the phone, that's going to call you back, that's going to take the time to explain everything, that's going to care, about you. And it's it's not about the transaction. It's not about how much I'm going to make in the end, but it's really about you and what you need in your life.

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Kristine Edens
What are your next steps? How can I help you get there? And, when everything seems to go south, how can I make this come to reality for you and get you through to the to the end in a positive, happy? Yeah. Positive. Happy ending.

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Nate Carver
Right. So right now, a lot of things coming out of federal government, a lot of changes coming, good changes. I think, we're already seeing rates come down significantly. They're the lowest they've been in two years. So they're are a lot of, I think a lot of pent up buyers, that have been sitting on the fence and they hadn't really looked.

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Nate Carver
And so now they, they're seeing headlines and they're probably getting ready to jump into the real estate world and get their home, maybe their first home. What might, be some good advice, that you would tell potential home buyer that they could do now that would help them.

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Kristine Edens
All right. I love first time homebuyers. I love young couples. You know, I'm looking for that dream of theirs. It just makes me so giddy and happy to help them. But the first thing I would tell them is take a look at your finances. You know? Know right away, off the top of your head if you think you realistically have a chance at purchasing, or if you know that you're going to need some work, to get there.

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Kristine Edens
And that's the first thing of knowing is your financial situation. If you think that you need somehow, but you want to buy, let's have that conversation. You and me and the three of us, you know, it's just like, where do you want to be? What do you want to do? And then, you know, we call you, we get you in and say, what do we need to do to help them get there?

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Kristine Edens
If they think that they're ready to go, then there's, you know, a lot of questions I'll ask upfront, about, you know, their goals, realities or dreams, you know, are you employed, how long you've been employed? You know what your score is. Do you have a lot of bills? Do you have, new bills or have you had them for a long time to show?

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Kristine Edens
You know, some credit worthiness? They ask all those questions up front so I know if they're going to be, feasible homebuyers. And then if they are, then, you know, I go over to you and I say, hey, Nathan, I've got these great people and they're looking to buy their first home. And this is what I understand from them so far.

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Kristine Edens
Can you help them out, get some more information and let's just make this work for them.

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Nate Carver
Right? A lot of them don't. And then they wouldn't know, you know what they qualify for, right. You know, and sometimes, you know, they're looking to buy they might be buying in the next 30 to 60 days, 90 days in, they're ready. And then others, other people. And this is quite right. You know, this their first step into homeownership and they don't know the process and they don't know what they qualify for or if they don't qualify today, which is not a problem.

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Nate Carver
We I build clear mortgage plans to get a home, get somebody home ready. Whether that takes six months a year, year and a half. However long it takes, we build them a plan and we'll stay in touch with them. You and I both. And keep them. Keep them encouraged and on the track to homeownership. Homeownership. And, it will happen.

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Nate Carver
That's something I love doing that, I love doing that with first time homebuyers, for sure. And, anyway, so yeah, that's that's what you got. That's what we spent two hours talking about all that. So how do we do that?

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Kristine Edens
So it's a team effort.

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Nate Carver
Yeah, it really is. You know I do. People looking to buy a home, getting a great real estate agent and a great lender on your team, will help navigate that and ultimately save the homeowner because they will be a homeowner. It will save them thousands of dollars, on when they when they get those keys. So I'm happy to do that for them.

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Nate Carver
And so are you. So Princeton, have you always worked in the in, in, I guess the Collin County area. Is that where you started?

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Kristine Edens
And, actually, I started in, Dallas County. Okay. When I became licensed, we were living in Addison.

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Nate Carver
Okay.

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Kristine Edens
So that's kind of like my old stomping grounds. Yeah. So North Dallas, North Texas. Yeah, the north Dallas region. And then, Carrollton, Addison and Plano and, you know, everything around in there. And then, moved up here to McKinney. Gosh, it's been about seven, six, seven years now. And then, you know, just kind of became more hyperlocal up here now in this area, specifically McKinney, Princeton, Melissa, you know, pretty much that 75 121 area.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah.

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Nate Carver
And you know, that area, it's it's, okay. What would you someone looking to move into those any of those three cities, what would you tell them? About those areas?

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Kristine Edens
Well, McKinney, it's getting a little bit, difficult because they're just getting so landlocked now. There's not many more options left, for growth in McKinney. There's a little bit still up north of one to an hour north of 380. But that west of 75. Yeah. But that's really starting to fill in pretty quick.

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Kristine Edens
And it's getting, you know, pricier. It's it's. Yeah. Just because land is so expensive now, you know. Right. Melissa. Kind of the same way, rapid growth going on in, Melissa right now to, and their price points are a little higher because of the cost of the land. Princeton been on the news as the fastest growing city in America.

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Nate Carver
Yes, it is, it is.

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Kristine Edens
And we definitely have the growth pains to show for it, but it's because it's so affordable. Yeah, probably one of the last areas in Collin County where the land is cheap enough, where developers can purchase it and have a reasonable priced home for a lot of the, first time homeowners. So McKinney is a little bit more locked in their land.

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Kristine Edens
Melissa is, a little bit higher price point just because the land is expensive up there. And then Princeton is still for affordable, but you know, we do have growing pains. You know, I, I, you know, that.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. Highway 75 there. Expanding, widening. I guess it's the same thing. They just opened up the outer outer loop, which is a phenomenal, nice secret shortcut to get around 380, or down to 380. Anyway, tell me what's hype? I know there's a lot of great industry coming in to North Texas. In that corridor.

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Nate Carver
Seen a lot of growth there, seeing a lot of new home construction, and there's a lot of established homes to, people are still getting a lot of act or a lot of equity, on their purchase. So I've seen a lot of that. When the appraisals come in, people are getting their keys and they've got equity on day one, so that's pretty exciting.

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Nate Carver
Are you are you seeing a lot of people? I guess they're moving further out, their commutes to work, into the metroplex from Princeton. But how long of a drive?

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Kristine Edens
Do you want to be honest? Truth? Well.

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Nate Carver
No.

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Kristine Edens
The thing about Princeton is we have, really two major ways in and out, going east and west. There's, you know, three, of course. And then there's the bridge road that goes over like Lavon, that kind of goes into the Lucas Fairview area. And then there's the one, Harry McKillop that does go around the airport.

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Nate Carver
Right?

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Kristine Edens
Those are really only three ways in and out and all three. I can't say that one is better than the other right now. Yeah. So I would say if you're trying to get from Princeton and you're at the height of rush hour in the morning, maybe about 730, 8:00. Now, I could probably take you a good, 45 minutes.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah. If you're trying to get maybe into, like, let's say, Addison area, trying to go that far. Yeah. I could probably take you a good 45 minutes.

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Nate Carver
That's pretty normal.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Yeah, I think that's pretty normal anywhere outside the metroplex. You're. That seems about right. Even with traffic.

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Kristine Edens
We get really good at finding all the back farm road.

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Nate Carver
Yeah, yeah.

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Kristine Edens
Learning is that.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. It's pretty, it's pretty neat. The the subdivisions that are being built over in Princeton, I had a niece and nephew that bought a, a home over there two years ago. Brand new and, a lot of opportunity, lot of opportunity over there. All right. Let's, let's shift gears a little bit and talk, a little bit more about you.

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Nate Carver
So you got in the real estate business and you, what are some things locally that, that you, that you've connected with that, that you want people looking to move to Princeton or Melissa or McKinney? That you definitely want them to know that, that it's going to change their quality of life.

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Kristine Edens
I think I, I focus on McKinney just because, so much of what it has to offer. Yeah. As far as, their shopping, dining, entertainment, parks, outdoor activity. The city has done an amazing job. Amazing job on that. Yeah, they have, you know, just just the parks that go walking and biking through hiking.

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Kristine Edens
Irwin Park is, you know, amazing. Then you've got, you know, just the dining options and just a plethora of different types that you can go to. And they're really starting to do a lot more outdoor dining. You know, restaurants are coming, you know, the people are dying outside. So I'm seeing a lot more patio seating on a lot of the new restaurants coming in.

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Kristine Edens
So I'm really excited about it. So yeah.

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Nate Carver
Those, people that don't know, maybe they're looking at moving to North Texas from all over the country. McKinney, that downtown is thriving. I, I don't know of many downtowns like it. It is unreal how active it is with, you know, restaurants and, unique shops. I mean, I think of the candy store.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. Oh, my goodness, that place. And then they got a little speakeasies, you know, the secret ones. And there's one. There's one downtown McKinney. The the entrance is, it's a Coke machine. Yep. Old Coke machine. That's the door in. You know, you got to sneak in, right? It's.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah, you gotta have the path code.

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Nate Carver
You gotta have the passcode. Yeah. So a lot of really, I mean, there's a lot to do.

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Kristine Edens
Drug friendly, you know? Yeah, a lot of those places you can take your dog now, which we love, you know? Yeah, yeah.

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Nate Carver
And you're like, from Princeton? Easily. It's 45 minutes to DFW airport.

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Kristine Edens
You could. Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. You get up early morning. Got a good catch.

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Kristine Edens
Flight pretty easy once you're on that 121 I mean you're.

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Nate Carver
Yeah it's a straight and.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. So that for people that you could travel with work with you that's that's a big plus. So you can the easy access and I think, you know, I think there's some forward mobility on the, airport in McKinney, too.

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Kristine Edens
They do. They just got their first, airplane airline contract. I want to say it's a velo.

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Kristine Edens
I haven't heard of them but you know, they, they are they do exist I think more in the West maybe, but now they have their first, commercial flight.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. A lot of growth, a lot of growth.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah. The amphitheater got the amphitheater coming. Yeah.

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Nate Carver
I saw some stuff on that. And, you know, drive by it and you're like, what is that great big hole on the ground?

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Kristine Edens
Yeah, there is going to be a lot of fun.

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Nate Carver
Massive, outdoor amphitheater coming in.

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Kristine Edens
It's wonderful. And it's going to be built so that even when it's 100 degrees outside, you can still sit there and enjoy being outside the way that they're designing it. Yeah, it's going to be a really.

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Nate Carver
Lots of really cool stuff. Yeah. All right. So let's bring it home a little bit for you. What are some things, in your, the communities that you serve, are there any organizations or charities or, things of that nature that you that you're a part of?

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Kristine Edens
Yeah, I used to when I was down in the Dallas area in Addison. I used to be a Casa advocate. Okay. And, so I applied up here in, in the, Collin County area, but, they don't.

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Nate Carver
Tell everybody what I see.

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Nate Carver
Tell everybody what casa.

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Kristine Edens
Oh, it's a court appointed special advocate. And so when a child is put into, taken away from their parents and they're putting into a foster foster home, foster setting, they're appointed a counselor advocate who watches out for the child, keeps in touch with them, you know, spends time with them, goes to the court proceedings, talks with the judge on recommendations for the best interest of the child, things like that.

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Kristine Edens
It's amazing. Just. Yeah.

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Nate Carver
We did, an angel tree, for a bunch of Casa kids this year. And there was not one angel left on that tree. So that was, that was pretty cool. It was a really cool to be a part of that. So I love I love that organization.

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Kristine Edens
My mom is a great one.

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Nate Carver
My mom used to volunteer for Casa for season of her life and, and, got to help out and some stuff there with her, too. So. Good for you.

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Kristine Edens
They recommend it? Yeah.

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Nate Carver
What do you what do you love doing outside of real estate?

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Kristine Edens
I love to be outside. I hate to be in my house. Now you'll find me outside, walking my dogs. I have to that fence. And, so I'll take them out for walks. I love to be out my garden, sitting outside. I have two horses. So you'll see me, out at the barn a lot.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah.

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Nate Carver
What are their names?

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Kristine Edens
Richie and Charlie Brown.

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Nate Carver
And Charlie Brown. Are they a is are they a particular breed of horse or.

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Kristine Edens
They're different. Charlie Brown is a thoroughbred. Yeah. And he's beautiful. He's all older. I think he's ten and, very rideable, very lazy. And then, Richie is kind of behind 57. I rescued him from a kill pen. Oh, wow. Yeah. And, so he's a little behind 57 horses. Quarter Horse, thoroughbred and warm blooded.

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Kristine Edens
So he's a big boy? Yeah. Yeah, he's a big, tall, brown, very big boy. He's younger. He's five. So still training him? Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Do all, y'all for writing or write? I had a horse a long time ago, and it was. It was a rescue.

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Kristine Edens
So,

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Nate Carver
We didn't write it. The babies did, but, the, I guess when they were little kids, they would. They she was she was really gentle and,

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Kristine Edens
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're both great horses. And Richie is at the point where I'm starting to ride him now as well. But he's been working with the trainer. He's been doing amazing. And it's now to the point where, you know, I'm riding him in the arena in a controlled environment. And then once we get that going, really well, then we'll introduce him to the outside and, you know, different spooky things that can happen.

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Kristine Edens
You want to make sure that they're sound of mind, right? Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Well, ever been.

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Kristine Edens
Done? It's my piece.

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Nate Carver
Have you ever been thrown from a horse?

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Kristine Edens
Oh, yeah. It happens. I gotta get back on the matter of if. But when.

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Nate Carver
Yeah, I went, yeah, I went on a ride one time and I got thrown right over the front. I mean, right over. Yeah, yeah. Landing on my back. That horse looked down at me.

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Kristine Edens
He was like, I like, what are you doing down there?

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Nate Carver
It was laid there and I caught my breath and I was like, I am getting back up. I'm getting back on that horse. And, that was fun. Well, that part wasn't fun, but, it was always again, it was a great ride.

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Kristine Edens
Yeah, it it just it's such therapy for me. Yeah.

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Nate Carver
I really do. You ever been, out, like Powder Canyon out in West Texas?

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Kristine Edens
I've been around West Texas. Just been through a lot of it. But, you know, not really like a park or anything out there to do any riding.

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Nate Carver
Yeah, yeah, they have horse rides. I've been. I've been a couple of times. I've found that if you go early in the morning, those horses, are much more happier. Yeah. And, and, I mean, they know the trails better than anybody. And so you really, you just you're just you're along for the ride in, but I can't think of a better place to ride.

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Nate Carver
There's some, the set is interesting fact. I'm full of random stuff. The, sunset, of the movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, filmed at Powder Canyon. So when they're riding off on the sunset. Yeah, yeah, the whole movie was filmed somewhere else, but, Spielberg had them go out to Powder Canyon to record the sunset ride off, with Harrison Ford and Sean Connery and, the other guy.

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Nate Carver
And anyways.

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Kristine Edens
Me, I did not know that.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. And so there's that. And of course, it it's perfect. Sunset. So, Yeah, I made them, you know, into the, Yeah. So let's see what else you you've got horses. And who are you? Who do you hang your license with as a realtor?

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Kristine Edens
So J Park.

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Nate Carver
J.

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Kristine Edens
Partnerships.

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Nate Carver
And how long have you been with j PR?

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Kristine Edens
Since the beginning 2015. Wow. Never left. I have no desire to. Great. Right? Yeah.

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Nate Carver
Yeah. So, what do you love about J? PA? What? What's what it stands out in your mind about?

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Kristine Edens
Just the support. I mean, anything you need, they respond quickly. They're there to help you. And, you know, if you got a tough transaction or you got a legal question, just the support that you get from that alone. The tools that they give us, the technology, I mean, it's just an amazing what we can do to market ourselves.

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Kristine Edens
But then, also to market our listings and, you know, that lead generation and buyers and, just the tools we have. Yeah. Yeah, it's just phenomenal.

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Nate Carver
So the market being where it is and I think buyers, obviously, I think buyer is going to come off the fence line and start making offers. I think home owners are inclined to start listing properties as well. What are some things that you're doing to help to help homeowners get their home sold?

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Kristine Edens
So, you know, one of the things that we do is, you know, we gotta look at the market, what they're doing, making sure that they're pricing accordingly. You know, everybody knows that our the thing is, you have a $250,000 house, but you think it's worth 500,000 of, like, you know, you gotta be realistic in your pricing.

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Kristine Edens
And then just making sure it's in tip top shape, you know, presentable to the eye buyer. What's in, you've got five seconds, and that's all it takes. Five. Six. Right. The moment they drive up that couple of seconds there, and then when they open that door and they walk through a couple of seconds there, and they're already going to make up their mind if they want to continue it, it's that quick.

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Kristine Edens
Wow. I think and then, you know, just the marketing of the home and, you know, partnering in, you helping me and partnering with me on helping to, get that home out there and be seeing, things like this with the move to help some listings move. And it's nothing that, most, lenders aren't doing right.

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Kristine Edens
In fact, you introduced me to it, so.

00:26:38:10 - 00:27:14:00
Nate Carver
Yes. So if you're listening to this and you don't know. Yeah. There is this is the platform platform called Move Tube. And for homeowners, it takes your home from the MLS and turns it into a TV commercial. So now you've got this interactive commercial on streaming TV and it's on every social media platform is getting your your home maximum exposure nationally.

00:27:14:02 - 00:27:45:19
Nate Carver
And people are sitting on their couch. They're sitting in bed. They're looking at their big, big screen TV and they're watching a commercial about your house that's narrated by Christine and it's interactive. So they'll they'll sit there, they'll punch in what they're looking for. Three bedroom, two bath in prosper or, McKinney. Let's go with McKinney and, they will find your your house and it's branded to Christine.

00:27:45:19 - 00:28:19:18
Nate Carver
So there's an interactive portal there as well. And they can do a deep dive right there on their big screen and, and reach out to you every, every homeowner that I've ever introduced, moved to, to, they're like, they're they think about every HGTV flip show that they've ever watched. They've, you know, every build my home, sell my home, flip my home, everything like that, that that's what they, they think about in their mind.

00:28:19:20 - 00:28:56:05
Nate Carver
Yeah. And that's true. And as a realtor, you're going that extra step to help get that home sold. I think it's a phenomenal, platform. I've been promoting it for over two years now. And, not, you know, not every not every, not every realtor uses it. And, but, those that do like. Christine, you've got an opportunity to do some really cool things.

00:28:56:07 - 00:29:00:16
Nate Carver
They have some really cool things done to help sell your house. I love that platform I'm at.

00:29:00:16 - 00:29:07:20
Kristine Edens
I was playing with it this morning on my listing, but I've gone in there and play with all the different stuff. I was like, oh, this is,

00:29:07:22 - 00:29:10:13
Nate Carver
How how many listings do you have right now?

00:29:10:15 - 00:29:13:18
Kristine Edens
Right now I have three, three houses in a vacant lot.

00:29:13:23 - 00:29:24:18
Nate Carver
Great. And they're all advertising. Right? I sold it this morning and, and, yeah, every one of them's out there. And so that's fantastic.

00:29:24:20 - 00:29:25:14
Kristine Edens
Yeah.

00:29:25:16 - 00:29:28:08
Nate Carver
That's fantastic. Do your homeowners know yet?

00:29:28:10 - 00:29:33:07
Kristine Edens
Yes, I told them. I said, your house is going to be on TV, and they're like, whoa, look.

00:29:33:09 - 00:29:39:11
Nate Carver
There you go. I'm telling you, it is a, it's a, it's a game changer in the real estate market.

00:29:39:13 - 00:29:40:24
Kristine Edens
Yeah.

00:29:41:01 - 00:29:53:15
Nate Carver
Because you used to well, I mean, you can you can sit on your phone, you know, on a little screen. I lower up on my phone, but I was going to use a visual, but, you know, scrolling through and looking at and trying to see.

00:29:53:15 - 00:29:55:21
Kristine Edens
Yeah, you got a magnified read everything.

00:29:55:22 - 00:30:10:04
Nate Carver
Yeah. And, and and now, home buyers are able to really take a great look at a property and, and get all the promotion out of it. Possible. And.

00:30:10:05 - 00:30:10:21
Kristine Edens
Yeah, it's.

00:30:11:00 - 00:30:11:05
Nate Carver
It's.

00:30:11:07 - 00:30:12:10
Kristine Edens
Really a game changer.

00:30:12:13 - 00:30:16:01
Nate Carver
Yeah. I'm super excited that you're on that platform now.

00:30:16:01 - 00:30:21:21
Kristine Edens
And yeah, I am too. It's a lot of time. Yeah.

00:30:21:23 - 00:30:31:17
Nate Carver
What are some ways what are the best ways if someone's looking to buy a home or sell the home, how can they best find you.

00:30:31:19 - 00:30:40:02
Kristine Edens
So that I can go on, my website. Christine Fells, texas.com.

00:30:40:04 - 00:30:40:18
Nate Carver
Okay.

00:30:40:20 - 00:31:08:07
Kristine Edens
And, they can actually start their search right there and, plug in what they're looking for is directed straight from the MLS. So the latest and greatest are all going to be there and available. I have, highlighted a couple of communities, that I find a really nice, they're all very different, for different people, you know, different areas and time of their life and price points.

00:31:08:09 - 00:31:22:00
Kristine Edens
But I have a couple of, different communities highlighted for their, their, what they have to offer. And so they go and check those out. But, Christine with a K South texas.com.

00:31:22:02 - 00:31:28:20
Nate Carver
There you go. A couple of random questions before we wrap it up. Favorite cup of coffee?

00:31:28:22 - 00:31:29:24
Kristine Edens
Cappuccino.

00:31:30:05 - 00:31:39:12
Nate Carver
Cappuccino. All right. And you got two horses. If you could pick if you could add another pet, if you can call it a pet, what would you add?

00:31:39:14 - 00:31:48:18
Kristine Edens
Oh my gosh. A sloth.

00:31:48:20 - 00:31:51:15
Kristine Edens
All right.

00:31:51:17 - 00:31:53:24
Nate Carver
I mean, they wouldn't be hard to find.

00:31:54:01 - 00:31:57:01
Kristine Edens
And would be hard to find. Easy to catch.

00:31:57:03 - 00:32:25:17
Nate Carver
Easy to catch. Yeah, yeah. All right. Excellent. Well, I'm going to put I'm going to put the links to, your online presence down below wherever people are listening or watching this podcast. And, if you're looking for a home in, in McKinney. Melissa. Princeton area, let's reach out to Christine. She would love to help you.

00:32:25:19 - 00:32:47:03
Nate Carver
And if you've got a home there that you need to list to get sold, really anywhere in the metroplex, reach out to Christine's. You will get your home on TV and there you have it. All right, my links down below. If you need a lender, someone to help you get a clear mortgage plan put together.

00:32:47:05 - 00:32:53:02
Nate Carver
We're about out of time. Christine, is there anything I didn't ask you that I should have asked you?

00:32:53:04 - 00:33:01:16
Kristine Edens
Oh, For those that are having, a change in life, I do specialize in divorce. Real estate.

00:33:01:22 - 00:33:03:09
Nate Carver
Okay.

00:33:03:11 - 00:33:27:11
Kristine Edens
So, very special niche of real estate, very complicated. And, of course, there's a lot of emotions involved, too. But, I do, I do delve into the, problems of divorce, real estate. And I also have some great, family attorneys that can help out as well. Awesome. And mediators.

00:33:27:13 - 00:33:37:16
Nate Carver
That's a podcast that I would love to to record with you. That's going to be a bit, a bit in a bit more, nuanced and detailed,

00:33:37:18 - 00:33:38:07
Kristine Edens
At the time.

00:33:38:07 - 00:33:39:16
Nate Carver
One rather.

00:33:39:18 - 00:33:39:22
Kristine Edens
Than.

00:33:40:00 - 00:33:51:21
Nate Carver
Lori. Yeah. I was definitely just wanting to catch your origin story today. So we'll we'll record that in, and I think that would be extremely helpful for some people out there.

00:33:52:00 - 00:33:57:06
Kristine Edens
Yeah, there's a lot I don't know about it. So, Yeah, patience is power.

00:33:57:08 - 00:34:14:21
Nate Carver
Yeah, there's a lot the lenders don't know about that topic. And, there are some certification courses out there. To help lenders as well. So anyway, sidenote so very cool. Well, Christine, thank you, for meeting with me today a little.

00:34:14:21 - 00:34:15:22
Kristine Edens
Yeah. Thanks, Nathan.

00:34:16:00 - 00:34:18:01
Nate Carver
Yeah. 30 minutes goes quick I know.

00:34:18:01 - 00:34:22:22
Kristine Edens
Right. It does. We'll do this one like we did a copy I know.

00:34:22:23 - 00:34:44:24
Nate Carver
Yeah we did. Yeah a Joe Rogan style. And just three hours later have a three hour podcast. Right. All right. All right. That's gonna that's going to do it, for this, this episode of Between Two Doors. Reach out to Christine. If you're looking for a great real estate agent to help you buy or sell a home.

00:34:44:24 - 00:35:06:15
Nate Carver
And as always, I'm here. If you got any questions on, mortgages in the market and what that could look like for your aspirations to homeownership, I'm Nate Carver, and I will see you on the next one.

00:35:06:17 - 00:35:08:16
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