Episode 004: Real Estate and Real Experience
July 5, 2023
Hosted by Brooke Benson
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Episode Description
Host Brooke Benson often hears from her divorce lending clients, "It's hard to know who to trust." In this episode, we will hear from Bridget Potterton, a Realtor in the top 1% of agents in San Diego for production. Bridget is a Certified Divorce Real Estate expert (CDRE) and a Real Estate Divorce Specialist (REDS). She will discuss all the variables in how to treat real estate in divorce - based on more than 20 years of experience in residential real estate. Guest Whitney Ramirez has lived it! Coincidentally also a former real estate professional (she is a former mortgage loan originator), Whitney will share some of her personal experience with separation and divorce, including issues that arise with a medically-challenged child. Her three sons are thriving and the one with medical challenges is now in college and happily employed. Don't miss these information-packed discussions.
Plan for Divorce: Your Next Chapter
Wednesday at 12 PM on VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel
We've all seen wedding planning guides: the flowers! The cakes! The gowns! It's easy to get swept away in the romance and glamour. By contrast, no one PLANS to get divorced... it's bad manners to even suggest it! But here in the United States, we know that 50-60% of marriages end ... and the percentage is even higher for second and third marriages. Host Brooke Benson, a Certified Divorce Lending Professional, hears from divorcing clients all the time: "I don't care! Just make it end!" when in reality there should be a plan for splitting up. Especially when children are involved. Plan for Divorce provides practical, sensible information for anyone thinking of ending a personal relationship, legal marriage or not. Couples of the same sex or the opposite sex can hear suggestions from experienced professionals (not from the neighbors) to lay the groundwork for best outcomes. Take charge of the process. Protect your kids, assets, your sanity, etc. Start writing your next chapter.
Brooke Benson
Brooke Benson is a Certified Divorce Lending Professional (CDLP) with MiMortgage in Grapevine, Texas. She specializes in working with homeowners experiencing divorce. Despite a professional background in marketing, Brooke got into consumer lending in 2007 as a result of her own divorce: it allowed her the flexibility to work remotely while raising three young kids. Brooke has collaborated with family law attorneys, Certified Financial Planners, CPAs, and Realtor groups, occasionally in Spanish, her second language. Various publications have featured her writing on mortgage and other topics and she authored a column for nine years. She is the admin for a divorce support group on Facebook and serves on several non-profit boards related to social services. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Brooke graduated from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and from The University of Texas at Austin. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her adult children, reading, cooking, cycling, and goofing around in the yard. She has traveled extensively in Mexico, South America and Europe and she is writing a novel. The best client call she ever had was from a divorced mom thanking her for "keeping the kids in the only home they've ever known."
Episode Directory
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
- 7/26/2023: Even All-Stars Need a Coach Listen Now
- 7/19/2023: Episode 006: Digital Footprints and How to Save Money in Divorce Listen Now
- 7/12/2023: Episode 005: Silver Divorce and Co-parenting After Divorce Listen Now
- 7/5/2023: Episode 004: Real Estate and Real Experience Listen Now
