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I expect tens of thousands of SOCAL residents whose homes have been destroyed by the wildfires to relocate to Idaho and the housing prices will rise significantly this year and next year.

Baby boomers are retiring and moving to low tax states, not a surprise. Good luck raising a family in these places lol

Thank you ❤

People still move to WA for the tech jobs. That probably explains it.

You put together some pretty interesting data, Benj. I hope that 2025 treats you and your family well. 👍👍👍

It sounds like the police are doing their job, weeding out the problems.

I saw your original commentary, and it was quite excellent. I've been following the situation since that horrible day. May I offer a slight correction, regarding what you said at 5:29 ? AFAIK approx. 379 soldiers were killed on Oct. 7 2023, and the figure of 728 that you cited was the total number of soldiers killed as of Oct. 7 2024.

College Hunks hands down! As a renter who moved here 5 months ago with a $3-4k rent budget please avoid renting from commercial company based landlords. This included townhomes and houses and I would love to give names specifically but my husband and I have had to sign an NDA. New homes and townhomes are to avoided at all costs. We ended up finding a private owner renting a beautiful home in Kuna after experiencing the nightmare of Meridian. Stay away from Ustick at all costs! It resembles mad max with 12-14 year old boys playing motocross right outside your home and I wish I was referring to children and not the boy men that have been attracted to the free living lifestyle of Idaho.

Many RE Agents are very comfortable trying to steal your client.

LMAO!! GOOD ONE! GOOD AGENT, SMART BUYER! WELL DONE VIDEO!

We've bought a few places over the years and despite my best efforts, I miss something every single time. Not an expert for sure. If it's not the foundation, it's termites. If not termites(not in Boise), it's the sprinkler system not buried deep enough. If not that, it's amateur wiring in the backyard. The list of things is infinite. Home inspectors can't catch everything either.

What percentage of your clients are from CA, Or, or WA. Nobody that actually lives in Boise can afford Boise housing prices on Boise Salaries. Also, is it all boomer wealth? Millenaials and younger can't afford anything while boomers have their 3rd or 4th house.

It is disrespetable to call it Boizee

That guy Honking was likely from The Peoples Republik of Kalifornia!

Hey Benj! We always enjoy your excellent videos! They’re informative, entertaining and downright funny at times! 😂 Like you, we were thrilled by the election results! And so happy to be here with the conservative view being the majority! Let’s keep it that way!! By the way, I recognized that comment you read! It’s true! 😁

I would tell people it’s an easy flight to Las Vegas for concerts and Football games.

Excellent vid. Benji, with one big exception. You might want to reconsider the Carhartt part. "American workwear brand Carhartt found itself in the crossfire of the culture wars after a letter from the CEO informing employees the company will continue to mandate coronavirus vaccinations leaked online, drawing both support and ire." I have a ton of Carhartt stuff that I'm not throwing out, but I did pull all the Carhartt squares off.

I'm guessing Blaine county went Kamala?

One thing I noticed when visiting NYC is that cars there must not function unless you press the horn.

Boy, I know about the dog thing. We had neighbors move in and they have a dog literally named 'Hades'. It barks every time I got into our backyard and hits the fence sometimes. I think we'll have to wait for it to pass from old age before selling. I don't think there's any way to get them to change their dogs behavior at this age. So I get you there!

This is a very interesting video. 👍👍👍 If a buyer makes a contingent offer on a new home, and the buyer isn't able to fulfill the contingency (for example, sell an existing home), would the buyer receive his earnest money back?

Worked for me. Thanks!

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Hi Benj, Commendable effort in taking the time to create this informative video. We run a community of Real Estate Agent Influencers who get together once a week to brainstorm video for Real Estate. Assuming this may be relevant, would you like me to send you an invite?

We’re voting NO on prop 1 as well! It’s because of all the reasons you mentioned. Thanks so much for this video, Benj! I hope the majority of people agree!

Thanks for the explanation! A few weeks ago I attempted to read the bill and set the paper down as all the strike-throughs and additions were too much. Now I know how to vote😅- Wendy

Under no circumstances allow RCV in. No is the proper vote. Good vid. Nov. 5th, 2024.

Nay

I'm Voting NO nampa id thank you

Democrats are so good at cheating. Impressive really.

Thanks for the explanation as I can imagine reading the 15 pages on it. I too support the people who vote NO. I will vote no.

You are repeating Israeli propaganda!

In fact, twisting the valuest /perceptions started with so called humanism, and in our days, that is accepting Iran in UN, something about the human rights... Humans thinking they are gods - decadence, nothing good, ideologies. The same is when Iranian president call israeli government regime, but his governmenet democratic! or when so called Palestinians who occupied Judea and Samaria saying Israel has occupied them. Anyway, thank you forthis video

Hi Benj! I think saving $8,000 by doing your own roof replacement was very smart and worth it! Hey, if you’re able to do it, why not?! 👍🏻 Also, you always post great info! Good to see you on here again! 😊

Benj, any Idaho market reaction to the commission % settlement, effective Aug 17th? Too soon to tell?

The Fed waited too long to cut interest rates. If we're not already in a recession, it is very likely that we'll be in one as we go forward. Recession means downward pressure on the real estate market in most places. Many analysts don't believe that lower interest rates will pull things up any time soon. The bond market interest rate will determine the real estate interest rate, not the Fed funds rate. Depending on how our continuing preparations for sale of our existing home go, we will probably be looking to buy in the TV during the winter. At least right now, our small market is in a strong seller's market, but we're definitely seeing some cooling. Election chaos could temporarily cause some problems until the swearing in of a new President, and we don't relish the idea of moving to the TV in the winter. We plan to move as soon as we can. We'll tough it out come hell or high water. Tough times never last; tough people do. 💪👊

Jim Risch is a lying pharmaceutical lobbyist

Thank you for sharing. I am amazed you can do all of that on your budget! That's amazing!

Is driving dangerous during an inversion ?

This is awesome - we love old cars too! It was a really sad day when we had to say goodbye to our 07 Sienna, got her to to 231k miles and she was done.

Okay, when Trump becomes president, I expect the cost of living to plummet by, say, 20% in the 4 years he will be in office. I'm gonna follow your logic and I'm gonna hold you to it, ok?

Most people don't live the austere life that you live, Benj. I applaud you for cutting your expenses, but the total cost will be a lot higher for most people. I always hear how taxes are low in Idaho, but nobody ever talks about how there's a sales tax on food. One positive thing you can say about California is that it does not have a food sales tax. Overall, it's pretty clear that it's a little less expensive to live in Idaho. 👍👍👍

Be accurate in your information. The inflation has taken time to come down just the same way that it took time to go up. Joe Biden inherited a RISING inflation rate because of the insane amount of money Trump’s administration injected into the economy during the pandemic. Additionally, it was Congress who voted to give so much money as pandemic relief. Were they pressured by Trump? Yes. They still chose to do that. Biden’s admin had nothing to do with this.

Wow Benj, you are an inspiration to us! I love your frugalness and how you budget! Even though inflation has gone through the roof (yes, all due to Biden!), I think you are spending way less than the average American, even those with much smaller families! Yet you and your family still enjoy life! Coming from CA, we’re already finding living expenses much cheaper here. No regrets on our decision to move here (and choosing you as our realtor!) 😊Our goal now is to live simpler and have no mortgage in a couple of months. We couldn’t do that while living in CA. Thanks for this video! More people should live by your example! We’re certainly going to try! God bless you!

Very helpful Benj, thanks 👍

Man, I think you're probably getting by for less than my mom living on her own in Weiser, ID. Definitely less that my own family in SW Austin where electric and trash can run north of $250 a month during the summer.

Benj, good video brotha- thats pretty close to what our household expense is here in Vegas!

LOL - I love how you put the Minidoka guard tower as a comparison

This is NIMBY to the extreme. California has tons of BLM land. (signed and donated petition)

This is a tough one for western states. The Feds control most of the land. California, I remember political ads in the 80s on feds trying to send water rights to CA from Idaho. Not sure how that worked, but it was a thing. The reason this is a thing is California has overwhelming influence over federal policy. edit: you covered the water thing! Guess they're still at it.