This week on the Truth in Lending Show, hosts Mark and Craig will speak about the experience of finding a new home with the best strategy.

National Hour

In the national hour, Tara Nicholle-Nelson of ReThink Real Estate will be our featured call in and she will offer advice on how to leverage technology to find the best home for you! Tara has been featured on a number of national spotlights including HGTV, Time Magazine, Forbes, The New York Times, and an assortment of news stations.

Looking Ahead

Looking ahead to next week, we’ll be joined by Taniya Nayak of HGTV’s Designed to Sell, Showhouse Showdown, and Bang for Your Buck. You’re not going to want to miss this insightful show about adding appeal to your home and prepping for sale!

It’s Mother’s Day Weekend! Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there, of all ages, who have taken care of their families over the years. Craig and I are going to share some great suggestions for Mother’s Day Gifts that truly give back something back to your Mother AND keep on giving!

National Hour

Looking ahead to our National Hour, we’re going to have a fantastic “Mother’s Day Show”! We’ll be joined by three fascinating Real Estate Teams, all headed by successful Matriarchs. The Kleiers, from HGTV’s Selling New York will join us. Michelle Kleier and her daughters Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern will be calling in from the Big Apple.

We’ll also have the successful Reece & Nichols Team, Koehler Bortnick Team led by Mom, Kathy Koehler and her daughter, Heather Bortnick, Finally, from Wichita, The Langhofer Group, of Coldwell Banker Plaza Real Estate, headed by Gaylin Langhofer and her son, Drew Langhofer. You’re not going to want to miss this insightful show about families in the real estate business!

Koehler Bortnick

The Langhofer Group with Drew, Gaylin and Keith Langhofer

Looking Ahead to Next Week

Next week we’re going high tech with our special guest, Tara-Nichole Nelson from REThinkRealEstate.com. Tara is going to tell us all about the tech savvy tools you can use to enhance your house hunting experience.

In our first hour, we’re going to take a closer look at three important things:

1. Once you’ve found that “Dream Home”, Five Tips for a painless closing!
2. Six Tips for Finding the Perfect Tenant for you Income Property
3. Five Ways to Finance your “INCOME PROPERTY” Remodeling Project

National Hour

In our National Hour! One of HGTV’s most popular personalities, Scott McGillivray, that handsome host from Income Properties will join us. Scott is a real estate investor, contractor, television personality, and educator. He has been the Host and Executive Producer of HGTV’s hit series “Income Property” since January 2009. Though previously only filmed in Canada, this year Scott’s show will be working with families in San Antonio Texas, Erie, Pennsylvania, as well as in the Virginia and Maryland area.

Tips from Scott – Four Things to Do if You Want to Create an Income Property

1. Check with your city to make sure you are legally permitted to have an income property in your neighborhood.
2. Decide how much budget you can afford to build your income suite.
3. Get three different quotes from three different contractors before you choose the best one to do your construction.
4.  Take Action! Commit to getting the project done!
5. Go to Scott’s special Lifetime Wealth Network for tips, advice, videos and all the information you might need to be a successful landlord!

Looking Ahead

Looking ahead to next week, we’re going to have a fantastic “Mother’s Day Show”! We’ll be joined by three fascinating Real Estate Teams, all headed by successful Matriarchs. The Kleiers, from HGTV’s Selling New York will join us. Michelle Kleier and her daughters Samantha Kleier Forbes and Sabrina Kleier Morgenstern will be calling in from the Big Apple. We’ll also have the successful Reece & Nichols Team, Koehler Bortnick Team led by Mom, Kathy Koehler and her daughter, Heather Bortnick, Finally, from Wichita, The Langhofer Group, of Coldwell Banker Plaza Real Estate, headed by Gaylin Langhofer and her son, Drew Langhofer. You’re not going to want to miss this insightful show about families in the real estate business!

Local Hour

In our first hour, we’re joined by David Van Noy, Jr. with Reece & Nichols. David is in the top one-percent of REALTORS® in his Kansas City area market, with over 9 years of successful real estate sales experience. You can follow David on Twitter, like him on Facebook.

National Hour

During our National Hour, we’ll be speaking with the Paul C. Bishop, Ph.D., Economist and VP of Research for the National Association of Realtors. Both David Van Noy, Jr. and Dr. Paul Bishop will share their thoughts on the current state of the housing market and let us know where they think residential real estate will be headed in the second half of 2012. You won’t want to miss their insightful information about the housing market.

Next Week

Be sure to tune in NEXT WEEK, if you want to hear from one of HGTV’s most popular personalities, Scott McGillivray!! Scott will join us in the National Hour. Scott is a real estate investor, contractor, educator and VERY HANDSOME television personality! He has been the Host and Executive Producer of HGTV’s hit series “Income Property” since January 2009. Though previously only filmed in Canada, this year Scott’s show will be working with families in San Antonio, Texas; Erie Pennsylvania; as well in the Virginia and Maryland area.

In the first hour we’ll be talking about we’ll be covering some important finance basics:

• The Top Five Things to do to get the BEST DEAL ON A CREDIT CARD
• The Top Five Things to do to get the BEST AUTO LOAN
• The Top Five Things to do to get the BEST HOME OWNERS INSUREANCE

Then, because it’s Spring and many home owners are looking to spruce up or remodel their homes, Craig and I are going to talk about the Top Five WORST REMODELING PROJECTS YOU CAN DO TO YOUR HOME!

Finally, in this hour, we’re going to spend five minutes discussing forbearance versus forgiveness!

National Hour – Trends in the Housing Market

In our National Hour we will be joined by Polyana da Costa, Senior Mortgage Reporter for BankRate.com.

Polyana holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Francisco State University with a minor in international relations. She’ll be speaking with us about the fate of the GSE’s – Fannie and Freddie, HARP, and the general trend in the housing market as it slowly finds its way back to recovery.

Next Week

April 28th and 29th, we’ll be talking with the Paul C. Bishop, Ph.D., Economist and VP of Research for the National Association of Realtors. Paul will share his thoughts on the current state of the housing market and let us know where he thinks residential real estate will be headed in the second half of 2012.

In the second hour we’ll talk about how to pick home renovations that provide a return
on your investment, how to finance your renovation and the ten questions you should
ask before you choose a remodeling company! And, as promised last week, we have two
questions that were answered by our buddy in Canada, Mike Holmes. We’ll be reading
Mike’s answers on-air.

Next week we’ll be talking with the Home Builders Association of Kansas City, the voice of
the housing industry and the source for housing information in the K.C. metro area. Kevin
Kirtley, who is on the Board of Directors for the Home Builders Association, will be in the
studio sharing the latest news about what’s happening in the building industry.

In our National Hour, our special guest will be NICK WELTY of InspectorNick.com.  Nick will tell us why home buyers should NEVER purchase a new home without a complete inspection done by an ASHI-Certified Home Inspector.  Inspector Nick is a full-service home inspection company providing quality home inspection services, termite checks and radon evaluations to residential and commercial clients throughout Greater Kanas City. Nick will also share his TOP 5 List of the most important things you should look at when inspecting a house!

Next Week
Next week tune in to hear all about the pro’s and con’s of remodeling…should you stay or should you go?  We’ll alo be joined by Jan Burchett, Exec. Dir. of NARI and Jake Schloegel and Debbie Allmon of Schloegel Design Remodel.  They’ll share with us the best tips to get your remodel job done right and tell us all about this year’s Remodeled Home Tour, how you can get tickets and what you can expect to see!

Diana Olick will be our special guest during the National Hour! Diana is an Emmy Award winning journalist currently serving as CNBC’s real estate correspondent. She is also the author of the “Realty Check” blog on CNBC.com. She also contributes real estate expertise to NBC’s “Today” and “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.” Diana will report the latest news from the front lines of the national real estate and finance industries. Diana has a BA in Comparative Literature with a minor in Soviet Studies from Columbia College in New York and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

In our second hour, KMBC’s Award Winning Meteorologist, Bryan Busby, will join us to talk about what we might expect during this year’s severe weather season and how to protect your family and home in the event of severe weather.   Also,Tom Morgan, FEMA Region VII Community Preparedness Officer, will join us to talk about what a person or family should do the moment after a catastrophic weather event occurs