What We Discussed
Shara Goswick and I sat down on Life Stories Podcast to walk through the costly mistakes families make during a senior transition. The conversation covered three things every adult child should hear before they're in the middle of one:
- The hidden cost of bad timing on a parent's home sale. A rushed listing, a quick-cash offer at 60 cents on the dollar, or a $30K renovation that doesn't pay back. The decisions that look like progress are often the ones that cost the family the most equity.
- How to spot a wholesaler at the door. The "we buy houses" letter, the door-knock with a clipboard, the contract that allows assignment. The patterns repeat in every market and most families have never seen the playbook.
- What every adult child should ask before signing anything. The questions that flip the conversation from defense to offense. Most of them take five minutes and save five figures.
