April 12, 2025 • 25 mins
Spring has arrived, bringing with it the most dynamic season in New York City's real estate market. We dive deep into why this time of year creates the perfect storm for property transactions, as families race to secure homes before the September school year begins and weather conditions improve for property viewings.
Brooklyn takes center stage in our discussion as we explore its transformation into "the new Manhattan." With banks relocating, businesses flourishing, and development booming in neighborhoods like Williamsburg, the borough is experiencing unprecedented growth. This shift is further accelerated by Manhattan's controversial congestion pricing—the first of its kind in any American city—which is actively reshaping real estate dynamics across all five boroughs.
We share a shocking real-life story about an elderly homeowner who fell victim to a fraudulent contractor, highlighting the critical importance of estate planning. This cautionary tale demonstrates how failing to establish proper legal protections can leave your property vulnerable and your heirs facing expensive, complicated probate processes. Whether you're 30 or 80, we explain why consulting with an attorney about estate planning should be an essential part of homeownership.
The conversation takes fascinating detours into the practical benefits of electric vehicles for homeowners (charging a Tesla at home costs just $7-10 compared to $80-90 for gas!), the rapid development happening in the Bronx, and even LeBron James defending his son against media criticism—drawing parallels between protecting your family and protecting your real estate assets.
Join us for these insights and more as we share our expertise from the frontlines of New York's ever-evolving property landscape. If you have questions about navigating the spring market or protecting your real estate investments, leave a comment—we're here to help!
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hello everyone, Welcome to Suit Up With Baez
podcast and I'm here with AngelaBaez.
And I'm Alex Baez, and we'reexcited.
It's spring, angela, we'refinally in spring.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's spring, but it still feels like winter.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I love spring.
I mean, it's the busiest timefor us realtors um.
A lot of buyers are coming, alot of sellers are coming, but,
more importantly, more buyersare coming up.
Why do you think spring is sobusy, angela?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I guess, because it's just like um, it's the start of
the new year, you're startingto get the sunlight coming back
in.
It's not too rough ofconditions.
You're getting in right then,and there you know, like you
know like for me, I think it'sthe weather right.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
It's starting to get hot.
You want to be in your backyardwith your family enjoying a
nice barbecue.
People already do barbecuesince the springtime.
But more important thing is forme is more.
I see parents are buying homesnow, before the kids go to
school in September, because onething is finding your kids a
school right, so you have tofind first a home.
So I see a lot of buyers,especially parents, buying home
(01:10):
in this time because they wantto be have a home before
September.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
That's a good point because I think when you look at
the demographics of who isbuying homes and stuff, it's not
like a very young individuals.
It's like people who havefamilies.
They have their kids alreadyand they're trying to go into a
bigger space because right nowmaybe an apartment is not too
big for them and they needsomething bigger.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Especially with these rental prices too.
It's like rentals are goinghigher and higher Every year.
Section 8 throws out theirprices of rentals.
Man, it's just going higher andhigher.
At this point it just makessense for everyone to buy a
house because those rentalprices are.
It's just extremely high,extremely.
I've been seeing the section aum list and I'm like, wow, these
(01:54):
rental prices are every yearincreasing tremendously yeah,
I'm seeing that they're payinglike three thousand for a
two-bedroom on the sitegovernment side.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I don't know what.
Maybe it includes utilities orsomething, but when I saw that I
was like that's absurd.
$3,000?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
That's a lot of money , guys.
But springtime, guys, isprobably one of the best,
busiest time.
It's a lot of bidding wars.
Be ready for that.
It's a lot of bidding wars, butwhen you have the right realtor
, you got the right team, you'llget a great property at a good
price.
This is the best time to buy.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Buckle up and go buy your house, guys yeah,
absolutely, and the market rightnow that we're seeing have like
the most traction is brooklynbro what's going on in brooklyn?
And brooklyn.
They're having a mega cycle oflike real estate right there.
Um, it's booming tremendouslybecause a lot of banks are
moving there to brooklyn, givingmore opportunity for jobs and
(02:45):
such, because manhattan isbecoming way too expensive I saw
this coming any second.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
It was just a matter of time.
Especially with the congestionprices it's pushing people out
of manhattan.
To be honest with you, pricesis high and brooklyn like
especially windbridge,williamsburg, those areas it's
just like you got manhattanright in front of you.
You know so it's like you havethe beautiful view.
Why not move to brooklyn?
But you start seeing brooklyn.
It was just a matter of timebrooklyn's gonna be the new
(03:10):
manhattan oh, yeah, yeah, forsure unfortunately, I think
everyone saw that coming.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It's like there's so much development, like of course
there's development going on inqueens and bronze specifically,
a lot of development.
But brooklyn was already aheadof all of that.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
There were like it really was, I mean yeah.
Brooklyn definitely is likewhen you go to Williamsburg.
It's like, wow, it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I think more of the young population is in Brooklyn
now yes like the hipsters andstuff like that.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yes, yes, a lot of restaurants, a lot of
development sites in Brooklyn.
It's like Brooklyn is adifferent level now yeah um and
now.
With the congestion price,brooklyn is where it's at to be
now.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So absolutely, and there's an initiative for new
york called the city of yeswhich is trying to add 80 000
new homes and brooklyn'sbenefiting but, uh, benefiting a
lot from that, because not onlydo they have like a strong
market with a lot of people aretrying to buy and sell, but
they're having more and moredevelopments come up where
(04:08):
they're able to provide thathousing, so it's sustainable you
also said the banks right yeah,the banks are also coming in
and just putting their you know,their headquarters there and
stuff and moving away frommanhattan, from what I heard.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
So that congestion price got everyone really upset.
The city's making more moneyout of it, but the reality is
like it's going to be pushingpeople out yeah, especially
businesses.
That congestion price isdefinitely, in my opinion,
hurting businesses, hurting alot of people there to be honest
with you, because the city isalready expensive.
Now you're adding an additionalcost.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Which is the first city in the 50 states that ever
does that inside the city havingcongestion prices.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The first I ever heard.
That's insane and I don't knowif Trump is trying to combat it
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yes, trump is definitely going against it.
I know they're going to begoing to court for it.
Thank you, Trump.
You know, definitely helping NewYork.
He's in New York and I'm surehe's doing it more for his best
interest as well because he hasbusinesses in New York.
So it's definitely going to beaffecting a lot of the
businesses.
So rents is already high andnow you're putting congestion
price.
(05:12):
Just, you're just blocking moreopportunity for anyone to come
to the city.
Now everyone's going to belooking outside the city, which
Brooklyn, bronx, queens have alot to offer.
All these places have a lot tooffer yeah, brooklyn is already
like manhattan.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
They're pretty much there.
Queens is still lacking alittle bit.
Bronze is getting a lot ofdevelopment, but you know it's
still developing, but brooklynis pretty much almost there
queens, is it's nice, though,angel queens is nice and it's.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
There's a lot of residential yeah, it's expensive
those homes there but, queensdefinitely have his name to be
honest with you, I think thenext one is the bronx.
Everyone is sleeping on thebronx.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
I'm from the bronx, so bronx is coming in strong
exactly um, and all the lots arejust getting swallowed up by
developers.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yes, they're building a lot of buildings in the bronx
.
You go to the south bronx, youcan't even see anything.
Through there's so manybuildings everywhere.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
You go on the highway , you see a bunch of buildings
everywhere and not justbuildings like brand new,
buildings like you see thesedevelopments too yeah, because
in this market the only way youreally make money is if you aim
towards the luxury market.
Yes, because you're not goingto really make money with like
the normal ones, because thecost of building these, like you
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know, big, modern buildings andstuff you can only get them
with like luxury rents and stuff.
It doesn't really make sense todo a normal one for, like you
know, the everyday joe, only thehigh end.
And that's what we're seeing alot, um, just lots, being
swallowed up and the market justbecoming more and more
competitive every day.
Another thing in manhattan thathappened is that bnhH, that
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electric store, they actuallybought a building right next to
its storefront in Manhattan fora lot, for, I believe like a
hundred million.
They bought it, yeah, I think,for like a hundred million or so
.
I would have to double check onthat but they actually got a
really good deal because thepeople they bought it from they
(07:05):
actually sold it for, I believe,more than 100 million loss.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Wow, so they got a good deal.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
They got a really good deal, so good for B&H.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Have you ever been there?
Oh, it's beautiful.
That's where we got all theseequipments from B&H.
They definitely got some goodstuff in there.
You don't want to leave.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
You go in there.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It's like B&H, it's like that store you go in there.
They got so much technology, somuch advanced things and it's
like I love technology so you goin there it's like you don't
want to leave.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
And you see the conveyor belts on the top.
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, I've never seen no one with that.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
That's actually an experience that you never forget
when you go there and you seeyour order going through like
the top conveyor belt and stufffrom their warehouse that is to
Doge or whatever, like adepartment of I forget the term
for it One of the departmentsoverseeing like issues and stuff
(08:13):
.
A lot of people started tobacklash on Tesla and now
they're like there's a lot ofreports of people throwing
molotovs on Tesla centers or Iremember reading an article
about something about them.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
It's just you know what it is Once you involve
yourself so much in politics.
Right now he's so involved andinvest into the politics right.
You're going to get people thatbackfire and you're going to
get people that would like clapwhat you're doing.
So when you get in, that it'slike you're getting two
different worlds there, right,but you get mostly people that
backfire you more than anything,right, but you get mostly
people that backfire you morethan anything, right.
That come after you.
(08:45):
But one thing about Tesla thatI like a lot is the future.
Right, these cars.
You know electric cars, right,I'm looking into electric cars
now, but it's more for theconvenience, you know, owning a
private home, single family,first thing.
You think it's like I got aTesla, put a charger in my
garage and you know I can chargemy car every night.
Exactly, you don't have to dealwith gas anymore, deal with oil.
(09:07):
Change right.
So I'm more into investing intogetting those cars electric,
but because you could chargeyour car at home right.
It's so convenient.
I look at more.
What could be more convenientfor us?
Right?
Tesla's?
Where is that, those solarpanels of Tesla?
The electric is the future, Ifeel like.
Right is that those solarpanels of tesla, like the?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
electric is the future.
I feel like you got theelectric water heating systems
as well.
Everything is becoming electric, yeah right.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
So electric is.
Where is that to me right?
I actually went to tesla andthere was like to fill up your
tank at home.
It's about seven to ten dollarsone full tank right now in gas
my full tank is almost um eighty, ninety dollars.
Right the battery to fill upthe battery to fill the
batteries, seven to ten dollarsOne full tank Right now in gas
my full tank is almost $80, $90.
Right the battery to fill up thebattery.
Yeah, to fill up the batteries.
$7 to $10 of the car.
Wow, like that's huge.
(09:52):
Yeah, and also, the insurance ischeaper, so it's like it's so
convenient, it's less cost.
Why not get a Tesla?
So I'm actually invested intoTesla right now and looking into
it.
Right, Elon Musk is a genius.
I mean, he comes up with somestuff, but you know he's a
genius on the politics side.
You know I got no comment on it, but the reality is that he got
(10:14):
into something real strongbecoming.
He's too involved with thepolitics, so he's getting
basically backfired.
And when he wasn't part of it,he was good.
He's still the richest man,Right but wasn't part of it, he
was good.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
He's still the richest man, right, but he's a
genius man, yeah, no, he getshis hands on everything.
I feel like every day I'mhearing him open up a new
business or getting intosomething new.
This man never stops.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
It's unbelievable because he's the richest man and
he's probably one of the menthat work the most Like.
You always see him in action insomething right, especially now
that he owns Twitter.
All he does well, it's called X.
It's not Twitter anymore.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
X correct.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
I like that name, X.
That's his son's name, no.
I think that's what he calls itbecause that's what they call
his son X.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Right, I know that one of his sons had like a wonky
name, like a star name.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
He has a lot of kids, yeah a lot of kids.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Yeah, he has, by the way, he has a lot of kids, which
I mean he has so much money,right, and you can put him on
his taxes, even though hedoesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
There's a topic I wanted to talk that I think is
big, and it's basically estateplanning estate planning I think
a lot of homeowners we enjoybuying properties right, but
then we don't think about whenI'm not here anymore, right,
what we're going to inherit itto, right.
I think estate planning is hugebecause if you don't do estate
planning, fortunately once yougo, your kids will have to go
(11:31):
through probate and will have togo through the court right To
basically the court will makethe decision of basically who
they're going to administrate orappoint right.
So estate planning is soimportant to do right, because
if you don't do it right, it'sgoing to be very expensive for
your kids to go through probatewith court and attorneys do this
right, for them to get itapproved, for them to be able to
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sell the property or haveaccess to your bank accounts,
have access to everything.
So it's very important.
I recommend everyone to do anestate planning with an attorney
, because once you're not here,the property stays in the air,
in other words, and your kidswill have to hire an attorney.
And it's very expensive theseprobate attorneys.
(12:13):
I've seen some bills that arewow.
So it's very important tosecure that.
And I actually got a story Ireally want to talk about.
I'm working on a file.
It's a probate.
I won't mention any names.
So it's a really sad situation.
So, basically, the daughterdied, right, she was married,
she had a son, and also themother.
(12:35):
She bought it with the mother.
The daughter mother bought itbut they had a son and she was
married.
Okay, it was passed on to themother and passed on to the
son-in-law and the child, whichis normal.
So, unfortunately, what we sawwas that once I get involved
into this real estate, it getsinteresting.
(12:56):
Every property has its story,even when you're selling it.
Every property has a story whenyou're selling it.
This story is probably the mostunique story I've ever been
involved in and kind of likevery sad inside.
So, unfortunately, the motherwanted to maintain the property.
She hired a contractor.
He's not a licensed contractor.
(13:16):
As I tell you all the time,there's so many so-called
contractors.
Most of them 95% of them arenot licensed.
Well, they call themselvescontractors, right, the reason
they call themselves acontractor.
They open an LLC and they getinsurance business and they call
themselves contractors, but inreality they're not licensed.
Most of them, all they have iscalled insured contractors.
(13:39):
That's all they do, right?
Well, most of them are notlicensed.
In this case, this contractorwell, he's not a contractor, he
pretends to be a contractor.
He goes and says he renovatesthe house.
Right, the lady, the mother,does not have the funds to pay
the contractor, the so-calledcontractor.
(13:59):
He does the work and whateverhe wants his money, which he has
rights to get his money for hiswork right, in this case, she
didn't have no money to pay theguy, right.
So the contractor came with agenius idea in his mind.
He they agreed to contract therent.
It was a two-family contractrenting out the property
illegally, right, so thecontractor comes and rents out
the units and pretends that he'sthe landlord of this property
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and he starts renting it out.
Right, he started renting a perroom to these people.
Right, he was charging theseguys.
I know, I saw receipts.
That was like six, fivethousand dollars.
Um, I saw one to rent it out.
He was renting out for likefour thousand one of the units,
another one like five, sixthousand, and it's all illegal
and all he did was give themreceipts to all these tenants.
(14:44):
Right, I'm involved in the saleof the home and when I come I
need the full story and you knowwhat's going on with the
property.
I ask a lot of questions.
I get to the bottom of it,right, because I got to get this
job done for the client, right,I was hired by the other seller
and then I spoke to her andthey both signed with me to sell
the property.
As we're speaking, right, I'mseeing a lot of people coming in
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and out of the property, butthis whole time the property was
supposed to be vacant, just alady living there.
She never told us that therewas a contractor involved and
that he's renting out the unitsillegally, so he wanted to make
his money.
He came and rented out the unitillegally to all these tenants,
right, mind you, the houseshave issues in these properties
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and he's renting it out.
So all these tenants believethat the contractor is the
landlord this whole time.
Or the thing is that the lady,she's the seller, she's an
elderly woman.
In this case, the contractorwas taking advantage of the
elderly woman and he wasbasically taking advantage of
the elderly lady and renting outthe property for over two years
, doing the stealing, all thatmoney.
You know I came in the elderlylady and renting out the
property for over two years,doing the stealing, all that
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money.
You know.
I came in the picture now andwe're in the process of talking
to everyone I'm talking to allthe tenants and they weren't
aware that this guy was not thelandlord the whole time.
He would just come once a monthto collect the money and she
was elderly and what happenedwas that he's taking advantage
of the poor lady.
So it's sad that this happened.
Right, you create your estateplanning or do a trust, do your
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planning how you want it to bedone, right In this case?
You know she was basically beingthey were taking advantage of
the poor lady and he waspocketing all the money.
He tried to stay with theproperty.
I came in the picture.
He was pocketing all the money.
He tried to stay with theproperty.
I came in the picture he liedso much to everyone.
The property is actually worsethan what it was before and all
he did was pocket the money andpretend that he was a landlord
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and that's all, and he wouldcome to the owner.
The reality was that he wouldjust make excuses every month
about it.
Once I got in the picture, I gotthe guy's number, I called him,
I spoke to him.
I told him he has to stop thisillegal thing that he's doing at
the property.
Of course he denied it.
You know, try to clean himselfout.
But we were able to get the guyto stop.
We're able for him to evict, tohim relocate those tenants that
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were on one of the units andnow we're still working on the
other unit.
But it's sad that you know,during a probate you see so much
in real estate is where you seethe most is during a probate
where all this was doneillegally, you know, and now the
landlord also.
The property is going throughforeclosure and we got to get it
.
So now ACP is just sad at thismoment that this is happening.
(17:15):
To be honest with you.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
But then it comes down to that.
That's why you say estateplanning is probably one of the
most important things.
When you get at an older ageand you have kids and just you
know, yeah, just to make surethat people are all on the same
page, like they know, like whois going to get transferred to,
what's the deal with everything.
Because when you don't have anestate plan in place, everyone's
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just guessing who's going toget it and the court is just
going to be like let's see.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
The truth is this Mortgages banks are not stopping
.
They're going to be chargingevery month for this fees, their
monthly payment right, theirmortgage payment plus late fees.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Right.
They put a lot of late fees.
That's one of the biggestthings.
So in this case, she has a lotof late fees, she has all this,
but the reality is that we havea state plan.
Everything will be in order,right, mortgage is not going to
stop and a lot of these probatesgo through foreclosure, right,
and you want to save them andhelp them out.
So, guys, it's very importantto contact an attorney that does
estate planning and definitelyget them, to get clients to
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definitely understand theimportance of an estate planning
right.
It will be less costly to do anestate planning.
Then you die and it beinherited to your child through
court right.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
What if they paid off the whole house?
So the only things that theyand they pass away, the only
things that are being charged,are like taxes and city property
taxes, water, right, anythingthat comes with the property,
but usually the taxes is strongis the strongest.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yeah, and then you should be fine.
And then the water, of course.
If they consume water, they'llbe responsible, but that's also
you have to take care of itright, because the city wants
their money.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
City definitely wants the money, but it's very
important, guys, to definitelyget into state planning with
your attorney.
Get that thing rolling.
It's very important to do.
I know it's great to buy thehouse, but then I would say in a
few years you should definitelystart looking at estate
planning with your attorney.
You also want to make sure yourkids are set.
I have my son and daughter.
It's important for me, for meto inherit both of them equally.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
What age do you think people should start wondering
about estate planning?
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
The reality is this, guys.
We don't know what's going tohappen with us right, we go day
by day, right, just like themarket, right?
We don't know if we're going tobe here tomorrow.
We don't know anything.
The reality is that.
So of course, you guys got tohave you here as far as much,
but I would say, once you to doit.
You know you never know whathappens right.
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It's important to do it.
That's what I always say toeveryone.
It's definitely important, youknow it's so important.
Also, when you sign off and youpurchase a property, it's
important what type of deed yousign off on right.
So it's good to definitelyconsult with an attorney.
I'm not an attorney, I'm a realestate broker, but I can give
you some tips.
I can advise you with laws orlegally.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, when you say deeds, are there different types
of deeds?
Speaker 1 (20:05):
There is, but yeah, man, there are, but it's
important for every family to doit.
I also want to talk about onelast thing, about LeBron James.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
LeBron James.
Lebron James, Somebody.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
I will tell you be very honest with you I'm not a
big fan of the guy.
I think he's one of the bestplayers, I think, family-wise.
I think he's definitely afamily man.
I would definitely give him myhonors and respect of how he has
a beautiful family his wife,his three kids and how he's been
bringing his family up fromzero from scratch, and that's
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something to admire and respect.
I think in that situation thathe has with his son, it's
getting interesting Becausethey're both public figures as
well.
So LeBron James did his name,but his son was already born
into it, so it's like it's a lotright.
I just think you know he'sgetting criticized so much his
son because his father's in theNBA.
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But at the end of the day, thisguy did this for his family and
I think we sometimes got to seethe bigger picture.
I mean it's who you know.
Sometimes in this life it's whoyou know.
You see people, some otherpeople explode, but it's who
they know, who they network with.
In this case, his dad did thewhole route for them.
He's not to be honest.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Honest, he's in no need to be in the nba right,
doesn't just invest intobusiness together, and that's it
exactly a lot.
I think the biggest concern, Ithink the biggest criticism,
like you said, is that you knowit's who you know and sometimes
like it's not the people thatreally earned it.
Sometimes people would say it'slike hey, brunny got picked
over, probably another personthat probably earned it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Okay, and I'm with that.
But to be honest, before he gotsick he was really good.
It was once he got sick and hislife was in danger.
After that I feel like it wentlike a downhill on his playing.
But at the end of the day, youknow he's a kid.
He's doing his best.
But all my respect to LeBron.
By stepping up to Stephen ASmith, he's doing his best, but
all my respect to LeBron bystepping up to Stephen A.
Smith, I mean any father outthere trust me will do the same.
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I'll step up for my kids anysecond.
Of course, if my kids are wrong, I'm going to check them.
If I'm their father, alwaysgoing to step up for my kids.
My daughter, especially mydaughter.
But, like Levi, I'm alwaysgoing to step up for him,
regardless of what situation.
That's part of being a parent.
That's part of the show Ifyou're really there for your
kids you know what I'm saying so, what he did to Stephen A Smith
, I mean he did the right thing.
(22:25):
He had to step up to his youknow, for his son.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
You had to confront him.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Yeah, I mean, the guy was just Stephen A Smith was
just talking too much in thatmic.
He just signed a $100 millioncontract with ESPN.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Unbelievable.
Just to talk, crazy.
Just to talk all that shit,talk all that nonsense out of
his mouth, right?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
But the reality is that, guys, it's like the guys
did his name.
I gave him only just frackingand puns.
But bam, he has to defend hisson and his son's in the NBA.
He can at least wear the jerseyand shoot around.
He's all right.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I think Bryce is gonna be actually good.
I think Bryce is.
I've seen him a couple of timesin games and he looks like he
he won the state championship,by the way, did he about two
weeks ago, a week ago nah, Ithink he's actually like yeah,
he's probably the next yeah, Iwill say.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Bronny James.
When I saw Bron, yeah, but hegot really sick, I think even
before then I was still likehe's all right, he definitely
got the height.
He's taller.
Who, Bryce?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah yeah, Bryce is taller.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Bryce is like 6'6".
I think Ronnie is like 6'2" Biggap height.
But reality is this man.
I gave it up to LeBron man.
But reality is this man.
I gave it up to LeBron man.
His family is just growing.
His daughter, his family, hiswife got a podcast going on.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Oh, do they really.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
They're so invested into the business and they do so
much all around and you got togive him prompts.
You know I'm not a fan of himbecause I feel like the NBA
evolves around him, anything hesays, or he cries too much or
whines too much.
You know everything's always athis favorite.
And also one thing I don't likeis that he's a player and a GM
(24:07):
at the same time.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
And a coach, and a coach.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
He fires the highest any way he wants, and I think
you should just leave it tofront office, like it's always
been.
The reality is, you know that'shis thing, man.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Yeah, that's where the meme comes.
Le GM, he's definitely GM man,everything I go through him,
Like that Anthony Davis trade.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
I'm sure it went through him.
Oh yeah, he's denying it, butI'm 100% sure that Anthony Davis
and Lucas 100% went through him.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
That's still the biggest surprise of probably
basketball's recent years.
Like how does that trade evengo?
Speaker 1 (24:42):
the thing about the basketball too you gotta have in
mind.
Their ratings are going downright, so they had to do drastic
things so people could get backin motion, back excited even
though the mavericks are they.
I don't even think they couldplay anymore.
I think they're before for anyof the games because they don't
have enough players.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
They're mostly injured yeah, anth Anthony's
injured, kyrie's injured, klayjust wants to.
Maybe he just wants to get outof there now.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
He just signed with them.
But I mean, it seems like theygot rid of Matt and Luca.
Everything has been goingdownhill for them, but that's a
different topic.
Guys, thank you so much fortuning in.
Tuning in with us.
Please like, subscribe andcomment.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Yeah, definitely.
Comment below if you have anyquestions whatsoever.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Thank you so much, guys, take care, all right, bye.
Hello everyone, Welcome to Suit Up With Baez
podcast and I'm here with AngelaBaez.
And I'm Alex Baez, and we'reexcited.
It's spring, angela, we'refinally in spring.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's spring, but it still feels like winter.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I love spring.
I mean, it's the busiest timefor us realtors um.
A lot of buyers are coming, alot of sellers are coming, but,
more importantly, more buyersare coming up.
Why do you think spring is sobusy, angela?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I guess, because it's just like um, it's the start of
the new year, you're startingto get the sunlight coming back
in.
It's not too rough ofconditions.
You're getting in right then,and there you know, like you
know like for me, I think it'sthe weather right.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
It's starting to get hot.
You want to be in your backyardwith your family enjoying a
nice barbecue.
People already do barbecuesince the springtime.
But more important thing is forme is more.
I see parents are buying homesnow, before the kids go to
school in September, because onething is finding your kids a
school right, so you have tofind first a home.
So I see a lot of buyers,especially parents, buying home
(01:10):
in this time because they wantto be have a home before
September.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
That's a good point because I think when you look at
the demographics of who isbuying homes and stuff, it's not
like a very young individuals.
It's like people who havefamilies.
They have their kids alreadyand they're trying to go into a
bigger space because right nowmaybe an apartment is not too
big for them and they needsomething bigger.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Especially with these rental prices too.
It's like rentals are goinghigher and higher Every year.
Section 8 throws out theirprices of rentals.
Man, it's just going higher andhigher.
At this point it just makessense for everyone to buy a
house because those rentalprices are.
It's just extremely high,extremely.
I've been seeing the section aum list and I'm like, wow, these
(01:54):
rental prices are every yearincreasing tremendously yeah,
I'm seeing that they're payinglike three thousand for a
two-bedroom on the sitegovernment side.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I don't know what.
Maybe it includes utilities orsomething, but when I saw that I
was like that's absurd.
$3,000?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
That's a lot of money , guys.
But springtime, guys, isprobably one of the best,
busiest time.
It's a lot of bidding wars.
Be ready for that.
It's a lot of bidding wars, butwhen you have the right realtor
, you got the right team, you'llget a great property at a good
price.
This is the best time to buy.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Buckle up and go buy your house, guys yeah,
absolutely, and the market rightnow that we're seeing have like
the most traction is brooklynbro what's going on in brooklyn?
And brooklyn.
They're having a mega cycle oflike real estate right there.
Um, it's booming tremendouslybecause a lot of banks are
moving there to brooklyn, givingmore opportunity for jobs and
(02:45):
such, because manhattan isbecoming way too expensive I saw
this coming any second.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
It was just a matter of time.
Especially with the congestionprices it's pushing people out
of manhattan.
To be honest with you, pricesis high and brooklyn like
especially windbridge,williamsburg, those areas it's
just like you got manhattanright in front of you.
You know so it's like you havethe beautiful view.
Why not move to brooklyn?
But you start seeing brooklyn.
It was just a matter of timebrooklyn's gonna be the new
(03:10):
manhattan oh, yeah, yeah, forsure unfortunately, I think
everyone saw that coming.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It's like there's so much development, like of course
there's development going on inqueens and bronze specifically,
a lot of development.
But brooklyn was already aheadof all of that.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
There were like it really was, I mean yeah.
Brooklyn definitely is likewhen you go to Williamsburg.
It's like, wow, it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I think more of the young population is in Brooklyn
now yes like the hipsters andstuff like that.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yes, yes, a lot of restaurants, a lot of
development sites in Brooklyn.
It's like Brooklyn is adifferent level now yeah um and
now.
With the congestion price,brooklyn is where it's at to be
now.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
So absolutely, and there's an initiative for new
york called the city of yeswhich is trying to add 80 000
new homes and brooklyn'sbenefiting but, uh, benefiting a
lot from that, because not onlydo they have like a strong
market with a lot of people aretrying to buy and sell, but
they're having more and moredevelopments come up where
(04:08):
they're able to provide thathousing, so it's sustainable you
also said the banks right yeah,the banks are also coming in
and just putting their you know,their headquarters there and
stuff and moving away frommanhattan, from what I heard.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
So that congestion price got everyone really upset.
The city's making more moneyout of it, but the reality is
like it's going to be pushingpeople out yeah, especially
businesses.
That congestion price isdefinitely, in my opinion,
hurting businesses, hurting alot of people there to be honest
with you, because the city isalready expensive.
Now you're adding an additionalcost.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Which is the first city in the 50 states that ever
does that inside the city havingcongestion prices.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The first I ever heard.
That's insane and I don't knowif Trump is trying to combat it
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yes, trump is definitely going against it.
I know they're going to begoing to court for it.
Thank you, Trump.
You know, definitely helping NewYork.
He's in New York and I'm surehe's doing it more for his best
interest as well because he hasbusinesses in New York.
So it's definitely going to beaffecting a lot of the
businesses.
So rents is already high andnow you're putting congestion
price.
(05:12):
Just, you're just blocking moreopportunity for anyone to come
to the city.
Now everyone's going to belooking outside the city, which
Brooklyn, bronx, queens have alot to offer.
All these places have a lot tooffer yeah, brooklyn is already
like manhattan.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
They're pretty much there.
Queens is still lacking alittle bit.
Bronze is getting a lot ofdevelopment, but you know it's
still developing, but brooklynis pretty much almost there
queens, is it's nice, though,angel queens is nice and it's.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
There's a lot of residential yeah, it's expensive
those homes there but, queensdefinitely have his name to be
honest with you, I think thenext one is the bronx.
Everyone is sleeping on thebronx.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
I'm from the bronx, so bronx is coming in strong
exactly um, and all the lots arejust getting swallowed up by
developers.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yes, they're building a lot of buildings in the bronx
.
You go to the south bronx, youcan't even see anything.
Through there's so manybuildings everywhere.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
You go on the highway , you see a bunch of buildings
everywhere and not justbuildings like brand new,
buildings like you see thesedevelopments too yeah, because
in this market the only way youreally make money is if you aim
towards the luxury market.
Yes, because you're not goingto really make money with like
the normal ones, because thecost of building these, like you
(06:21):
know, big, modern buildings andstuff you can only get them
with like luxury rents and stuff.
It doesn't really make sense todo a normal one for, like you
know, the everyday joe, only thehigh end.
And that's what we're seeing alot, um, just lots, being
swallowed up and the market justbecoming more and more
competitive every day.
Another thing in manhattan thathappened is that bnhH, that
(06:44):
electric store, they actuallybought a building right next to
its storefront in Manhattan fora lot, for, I believe like a
hundred million.
They bought it, yeah, I think,for like a hundred million or so
.
I would have to double check onthat but they actually got a
really good deal because thepeople they bought it from they
(07:05):
actually sold it for, I believe,more than 100 million loss.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Wow, so they got a good deal.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
They got a really good deal, so good for B&H.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Have you ever been there?
Oh, it's beautiful.
That's where we got all theseequipments from B&H.
They definitely got some goodstuff in there.
You don't want to leave.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
You go in there.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It's like B&H, it's like that store you go in there.
They got so much technology, somuch advanced things and it's
like I love technology so you goin there it's like you don't
want to leave.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
And you see the conveyor belts on the top.
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, I've never seen no one with that.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
That's actually an experience that you never forget
when you go there and you seeyour order going through like
the top conveyor belt and stufffrom their warehouse that is to
Doge or whatever, like adepartment of I forget the term
for it One of the departmentsoverseeing like issues and stuff
(08:13):
.
A lot of people started tobacklash on Tesla and now
they're like there's a lot ofreports of people throwing
molotovs on Tesla centers or Iremember reading an article
about something about them.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
It's just you know what it is Once you involve
yourself so much in politics.
Right now he's so involved andinvest into the politics right.
You're going to get people thatbackfire and you're going to
get people that would like clapwhat you're doing.
So when you get in, that it'slike you're getting two
different worlds there, right,but you get mostly people that
backfire you more than anything,right, but you get mostly
people that backfire you morethan anything, right.
That come after you.
(08:45):
But one thing about Tesla thatI like a lot is the future.
Right, these cars.
You know electric cars, right,I'm looking into electric cars
now, but it's more for theconvenience, you know, owning a
private home, single family,first thing.
You think it's like I got aTesla, put a charger in my
garage and you know I can chargemy car every night.
Exactly, you don't have to dealwith gas anymore, deal with oil.
(09:07):
Change right.
So I'm more into investing intogetting those cars electric,
but because you could chargeyour car at home right.
It's so convenient.
I look at more.
What could be more convenientfor us?
Right?
Tesla's?
Where is that, those solarpanels of Tesla?
The electric is the future, Ifeel like.
Right is that those solarpanels of tesla, like the?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
electric is the future.
I feel like you got theelectric water heating systems
as well.
Everything is becoming electric, yeah right.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
So electric is.
Where is that to me right?
I actually went to tesla andthere was like to fill up your
tank at home.
It's about seven to ten dollarsone full tank right now in gas
my full tank is almost um eighty, ninety dollars.
Right the battery to fill upthe battery to fill the
batteries, seven to ten dollarsOne full tank Right now in gas
my full tank is almost $80, $90.
Right the battery to fill up thebattery.
Yeah, to fill up the batteries.
$7 to $10 of the car.
Wow, like that's huge.
(09:52):
Yeah, and also, the insurance ischeaper, so it's like it's so
convenient, it's less cost.
Why not get a Tesla?
So I'm actually invested intoTesla right now and looking into
it.
Right, Elon Musk is a genius.
I mean, he comes up with somestuff, but you know he's a
genius on the politics side.
You know I got no comment on it, but the reality is that he got
(10:14):
into something real strongbecoming.
He's too involved with thepolitics, so he's getting
basically backfired.
And when he wasn't part of it,he was good.
He's still the richest man,Right but wasn't part of it, he
was good.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
He's still the richest man, right, but he's a
genius man, yeah, no, he getshis hands on everything.
I feel like every day I'mhearing him open up a new
business or getting intosomething new.
This man never stops.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
It's unbelievable because he's the richest man and
he's probably one of the menthat work the most Like.
You always see him in action insomething right, especially now
that he owns Twitter.
All he does well, it's called X.
It's not Twitter anymore.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
X correct.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
I like that name, X.
That's his son's name, no.
I think that's what he calls itbecause that's what they call
his son X.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Right, I know that one of his sons had like a wonky
name, like a star name.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
He has a lot of kids, yeah a lot of kids.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Yeah, he has, by the way, he has a lot of kids, which
I mean he has so much money,right, and you can put him on
his taxes, even though hedoesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
There's a topic I wanted to talk that I think is
big, and it's basically estateplanning estate planning I think
a lot of homeowners we enjoybuying properties right, but
then we don't think about whenI'm not here anymore, right,
what we're going to inherit itto, right.
I think estate planning is hugebecause if you don't do estate
planning, fortunately once yougo, your kids will have to go
(11:31):
through probate and will have togo through the court right To
basically the court will makethe decision of basically who
they're going to administrate orappoint right.
So estate planning is soimportant to do right, because
if you don't do it right, it'sgoing to be very expensive for
your kids to go through probatewith court and attorneys do this
right, for them to get itapproved, for them to be able to
(11:53):
sell the property or haveaccess to your bank accounts,
have access to everything.
So it's very important.
I recommend everyone to do anestate planning with an attorney
, because once you're not here,the property stays in the air,
in other words, and your kidswill have to hire an attorney.
And it's very expensive theseprobate attorneys.
(12:13):
I've seen some bills that arewow.
So it's very important tosecure that.
And I actually got a story Ireally want to talk about.
I'm working on a file.
It's a probate.
I won't mention any names.
So it's a really sad situation.
So, basically, the daughterdied, right, she was married,
she had a son, and also themother.
(12:35):
She bought it with the mother.
The daughter mother bought itbut they had a son and she was
married.
Okay, it was passed on to themother and passed on to the
son-in-law and the child, whichis normal.
So, unfortunately, what we sawwas that once I get involved
into this real estate, it getsinteresting.
(12:56):
Every property has its story,even when you're selling it.
Every property has a story whenyou're selling it.
This story is probably the mostunique story I've ever been
involved in and kind of likevery sad inside.
So, unfortunately, the motherwanted to maintain the property.
She hired a contractor.
He's not a licensed contractor.
(13:16):
As I tell you all the time,there's so many so-called
contractors.
Most of them 95% of them arenot licensed.
Well, they call themselvescontractors, right, the reason
they call themselves acontractor.
They open an LLC and they getinsurance business and they call
themselves contractors, but inreality they're not licensed.
Most of them, all they have iscalled insured contractors.
(13:39):
That's all they do, right?
Well, most of them are notlicensed.
In this case, this contractorwell, he's not a contractor, he
pretends to be a contractor.
He goes and says he renovatesthe house.
Right, the lady, the mother,does not have the funds to pay
the contractor, the so-calledcontractor.
(13:59):
He does the work and whateverhe wants his money, which he has
rights to get his money for hiswork right, in this case, she
didn't have no money to pay theguy, right.
So the contractor came with agenius idea in his mind.
He they agreed to contract therent.
It was a two-family contractrenting out the property
illegally, right, so thecontractor comes and rents out
the units and pretends that he'sthe landlord of this property
(14:22):
and he starts renting it out.
Right, he started renting a perroom to these people.
Right, he was charging theseguys.
I know, I saw receipts.
That was like six, fivethousand dollars.
Um, I saw one to rent it out.
He was renting out for likefour thousand one of the units,
another one like five, sixthousand, and it's all illegal
and all he did was give themreceipts to all these tenants.
(14:44):
Right, I'm involved in the saleof the home and when I come I
need the full story and you knowwhat's going on with the
property.
I ask a lot of questions.
I get to the bottom of it,right, because I got to get this
job done for the client, right,I was hired by the other seller
and then I spoke to her andthey both signed with me to sell
the property.
As we're speaking, right, I'mseeing a lot of people coming in
(15:04):
and out of the property, butthis whole time the property was
supposed to be vacant, just alady living there.
She never told us that therewas a contractor involved and
that he's renting out the unitsillegally, so he wanted to make
his money.
He came and rented out the unitillegally to all these tenants,
right, mind you, the houseshave issues in these properties
(15:25):
and he's renting it out.
So all these tenants believethat the contractor is the
landlord this whole time.
Or the thing is that the lady,she's the seller, she's an
elderly woman.
In this case, the contractorwas taking advantage of the
elderly woman and he wasbasically taking advantage of
the elderly lady and renting outthe property for over two years
, doing the stealing, all thatmoney.
You know I came in the elderlylady and renting out the
property for over two years,doing the stealing, all that
(15:46):
money.
You know.
I came in the picture now andwe're in the process of talking
to everyone I'm talking to allthe tenants and they weren't
aware that this guy was not thelandlord the whole time.
He would just come once a monthto collect the money and she
was elderly and what happenedwas that he's taking advantage
of the poor lady.
So it's sad that this happened.
Right, you create your estateplanning or do a trust, do your
(16:09):
planning how you want it to bedone, right In this case?
You know she was basically beingthey were taking advantage of
the poor lady and he waspocketing all the money.
He tried to stay with theproperty.
I came in the picture.
He was pocketing all the money.
He tried to stay with theproperty.
I came in the picture he liedso much to everyone.
The property is actually worsethan what it was before and all
he did was pocket the money andpretend that he was a landlord
(16:29):
and that's all, and he wouldcome to the owner.
The reality was that he wouldjust make excuses every month
about it.
Once I got in the picture, I gotthe guy's number, I called him,
I spoke to him.
I told him he has to stop thisillegal thing that he's doing at
the property.
Of course he denied it.
You know, try to clean himselfout.
But we were able to get the guyto stop.
We're able for him to evict, tohim relocate those tenants that
(16:54):
were on one of the units andnow we're still working on the
other unit.
But it's sad that you know,during a probate you see so much
in real estate is where you seethe most is during a probate
where all this was doneillegally, you know, and now the
landlord also.
The property is going throughforeclosure and we got to get it
.
So now ACP is just sad at thismoment that this is happening.
(17:15):
To be honest with you.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
But then it comes down to that.
That's why you say estateplanning is probably one of the
most important things.
When you get at an older ageand you have kids and just you
know, yeah, just to make surethat people are all on the same
page, like they know, like whois going to get transferred to,
what's the deal with everything.
Because when you don't have anestate plan in place, everyone's
(17:39):
just guessing who's going toget it and the court is just
going to be like let's see.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
The truth is this Mortgages banks are not stopping
.
They're going to be chargingevery month for this fees, their
monthly payment right, theirmortgage payment plus late fees.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Right.
They put a lot of late fees.
That's one of the biggestthings.
So in this case, she has a lotof late fees, she has all this,
but the reality is that we havea state plan.
Everything will be in order,right, mortgage is not going to
stop and a lot of these probatesgo through foreclosure, right,
and you want to save them andhelp them out.
So, guys, it's very importantto contact an attorney that does
estate planning and definitelyget them, to get clients to
(18:15):
definitely understand theimportance of an estate planning
right.
It will be less costly to do anestate planning.
Then you die and it beinherited to your child through
court right.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
What if they paid off the whole house?
So the only things that theyand they pass away, the only
things that are being charged,are like taxes and city property
taxes, water, right, anythingthat comes with the property,
but usually the taxes is strongis the strongest.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yeah, and then you should be fine.
And then the water, of course.
If they consume water, they'llbe responsible, but that's also
you have to take care of itright, because the city wants
their money.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
City definitely wants the money, but it's very
important, guys, to definitelyget into state planning with
your attorney.
Get that thing rolling.
It's very important to do.
I know it's great to buy thehouse, but then I would say in a
few years you should definitelystart looking at estate
planning with your attorney.
You also want to make sure yourkids are set.
I have my son and daughter.
It's important for me, for meto inherit both of them equally.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
What age do you think people should start wondering
about estate planning?
What do you think?
Speaker 1 (19:19):
The reality is this, guys.
We don't know what's going tohappen with us right, we go day
by day, right, just like themarket, right?
We don't know if we're going tobe here tomorrow.
We don't know anything.
The reality is that.
So of course, you guys got tohave you here as far as much,
but I would say, once you to doit.
You know you never know whathappens right.
(19:40):
It's important to do it.
That's what I always say toeveryone.
It's definitely important, youknow it's so important.
Also, when you sign off and youpurchase a property, it's
important what type of deed yousign off on right.
So it's good to definitelyconsult with an attorney.
I'm not an attorney, I'm a realestate broker, but I can give
you some tips.
I can advise you with laws orlegally.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, when you say deeds, are there different types
of deeds?
Speaker 1 (20:05):
There is, but yeah, man, there are, but it's
important for every family to doit.
I also want to talk about onelast thing, about LeBron James.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
LeBron James.
Lebron James, Somebody.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
I will tell you be very honest with you I'm not a
big fan of the guy.
I think he's one of the bestplayers, I think, family-wise.
I think he's definitely afamily man.
I would definitely give him myhonors and respect of how he has
a beautiful family his wife,his three kids and how he's been
bringing his family up fromzero from scratch, and that's
(20:38):
something to admire and respect.
I think in that situation thathe has with his son, it's
getting interesting Becausethey're both public figures as
well.
So LeBron James did his name,but his son was already born
into it, so it's like it's a lotright.
I just think you know he'sgetting criticized so much his
son because his father's in theNBA.
(21:00):
But at the end of the day, thisguy did this for his family and
I think we sometimes got to seethe bigger picture.
I mean it's who you know.
Sometimes in this life it's whoyou know.
You see people, some otherpeople explode, but it's who
they know, who they network with.
In this case, his dad did thewhole route for them.
He's not to be honest.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Honest, he's in no need to be in the nba right,
doesn't just invest intobusiness together, and that's it
exactly a lot.
I think the biggest concern, Ithink the biggest criticism,
like you said, is that you knowit's who you know and sometimes
like it's not the people thatreally earned it.
Sometimes people would say it'slike hey, brunny got picked
over, probably another personthat probably earned it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Okay, and I'm with that.
But to be honest, before he gotsick he was really good.
It was once he got sick and hislife was in danger.
After that I feel like it wentlike a downhill on his playing.
But at the end of the day, youknow he's a kid.
He's doing his best.
But all my respect to LeBron.
By stepping up to Stephen ASmith, he's doing his best, but
all my respect to LeBron bystepping up to Stephen A.
Smith, I mean any father outthere trust me will do the same.
(22:03):
I'll step up for my kids anysecond.
Of course, if my kids are wrong, I'm going to check them.
If I'm their father, alwaysgoing to step up for my kids.
My daughter, especially mydaughter.
But, like Levi, I'm alwaysgoing to step up for him,
regardless of what situation.
That's part of being a parent.
That's part of the show Ifyou're really there for your
kids you know what I'm saying so, what he did to Stephen A Smith
, I mean he did the right thing.
(22:25):
He had to step up to his youknow, for his son.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
You had to confront him.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Yeah, I mean, the guy was just Stephen A Smith was
just talking too much in thatmic.
He just signed a $100 millioncontract with ESPN.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
Unbelievable.
Just to talk, crazy.
Just to talk all that shit,talk all that nonsense out of
his mouth, right?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
But the reality is that, guys, it's like the guys
did his name.
I gave him only just frackingand puns.
But bam, he has to defend hisson and his son's in the NBA.
He can at least wear the jerseyand shoot around.
He's all right.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I think Bryce is gonna be actually good.
I think Bryce is.
I've seen him a couple of timesin games and he looks like he
he won the state championship,by the way, did he about two
weeks ago, a week ago nah, Ithink he's actually like yeah,
he's probably the next yeah, Iwill say.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Bronny James.
When I saw Bron, yeah, but hegot really sick, I think even
before then I was still likehe's all right, he definitely
got the height.
He's taller.
Who, Bryce?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah yeah, Bryce is taller.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Bryce is like 6'6".
I think Ronnie is like 6'2" Biggap height.
But reality is this man.
I gave it up to LeBron man.
But reality is this man.
I gave it up to LeBron man.
His family is just growing.
His daughter, his family, hiswife got a podcast going on.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Oh, do they really.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
They're so invested into the business and they do so
much all around and you got togive him prompts.
You know I'm not a fan of himbecause I feel like the NBA
evolves around him, anything hesays, or he cries too much or
whines too much.
You know everything's always athis favorite.
And also one thing I don't likeis that he's a player and a GM
(24:07):
at the same time.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
And a coach, and a coach.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
He fires the highest any way he wants, and I think
you should just leave it tofront office, like it's always
been.
The reality is, you know that'shis thing, man.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Yeah, that's where the meme comes.
Le GM, he's definitely GM man,everything I go through him,
Like that Anthony Davis trade.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
I'm sure it went through him.
Oh yeah, he's denying it, butI'm 100% sure that Anthony Davis
and Lucas 100% went through him.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
That's still the biggest surprise of probably
basketball's recent years.
Like how does that trade evengo?
Speaker 1 (24:42):
the thing about the basketball too you gotta have in
mind.
Their ratings are going downright, so they had to do drastic
things so people could get backin motion, back excited even
though the mavericks are they.
I don't even think they couldplay anymore.
I think they're before for anyof the games because they don't
have enough players.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
They're mostly injured yeah, anth Anthony's
injured, kyrie's injured, klayjust wants to.
Maybe he just wants to get outof there now.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
He just signed with them.
But I mean, it seems like theygot rid of Matt and Luca.
Everything has been goingdownhill for them, but that's a
different topic.
Guys, thank you so much fortuning in.
Tuning in with us.
Please like, subscribe andcomment.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Yeah, definitely.
Comment below if you have anyquestions whatsoever.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Thank you so much, guys, take care, all right, bye.
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