Selling Game

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Business, Investing, How To

4.5 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Don and Tom kick off the show with weekend banter and nostalgia about checkbooks before diving into why buying and selling a home remains one of life’s biggest—and most misunderstood—financial decisions. Using a Wall Street Journal quiz, they explore smart pricing, commission negotiations, low-cost home improvements, inspections, seasonal pricing patterns, and even haunted-house disclosures. Along the way, callers ask about life insurance planning, tax-managed accounts, umbrella insurance, an...

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0:00.0	Reality Radio for a really great future.
0:08.0	We're talking real money.
0:10.0	Well, it looks like the weekend arrived again.
0:13.6	Look at that.
0:14.6	Every single week, we hear, we hear get the weekend.
0:18.2	We hear get the weekend.
0:19.8	I'm Don.
0:20.8	That's Tom.
0:21.7	This is Talking Real Money.
0:23.1	Thank you so much for being a part of the show we do to try and help you manage your financial life a lot better.
0:31.3	And we encourage you to call us on Saturdays at 855-935-talk-935 talk. 855-935-825-85. So easy. Just, you know,
0:44.6	there's no better way to get your questions answered. And, and we guarantee this one thing.
0:50.5	We can guarantee this one thing. We're not going to try and sell you in an annuity.
0:57.0	Yeah, no, we can make two guarantees. Oh, two. No sales, no, after you call us on the show,
1:02.1	no salesman will call. That's number one. Number two, checks will not be honored. Both of those,
1:07.4	guaranteed, right there. Checks will not be honored? They will not.
1:11.3	Is that a joke that I'm not getting?
1:14.3	Will it be the first one or the last?
1:16.1	Apparently not. Okay.
1:18.1	Thank you, Tom, for that important message that makes no sense whatsoever.
1:24.3	So.
1:24.7	Well, this is a financial show.
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