In this episode, host Monica Sanchez is joined by Johnathan Barragan, a loan officer with Q Home Loans, and Amanda Frank, a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway, to discuss tips for both homebuyers and sellers. They cover topics such as preparing your home for sale, finding the right mortgage, and negotiating a good deal.

Guests:

• Johnathan Barragan is a loan officer with Q Home Loans, where he helps clients navigate the home financing process. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, he has a wealth of knowledge to share about the homebuying process.
• Amanda Frank is a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway, where she specializes in helping clients buy and sell homes in the Central Washington area. She has over 5 years of experience in the industry and a deep understanding of the local real estate market.

Key Topics:

• How to prepare your home for sale, including staging and repairs
• What to look for in a mortgage, including interest rates and loan terms
• Tips for negotiating a good deal, whether you're buying or selling
• The importance of working with a trusted real estate professional

Key Quotes:

• "When preparing your home for sale, it's important to focus on the small details. Even something as simple as a fresh coat of paint or new hardware can make a big difference." - Amanda Frank
• "When it comes to finding the right mortgage, don't just look at interest rates. Make sure you understand the terms of the loan and any fees associated with it." - Johnathan Barragan
• "Whether you're buying or selling, it's important to have a real estate professional you can trust. Look for someone with experience in the local market who can guide you through the process." - Amanda Frank

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of "Hello Main Street" podcast! We hope you found these tips from Johnathan Barragan and Amanda Frank helpful for your next homebuying or selling journey. Don't forget to subscribe and tune in next time for more insights on small business and real estate.

Website: https://niacentralwa.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NIACentralWA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-m-sanchez/

Monica Sanchez is the local owner/CEO of Network In Action Central WA. She is dedicated to building strategic relationships across our valley to create a community for entrepreneurs to level up their success in business, because we are better together.

As a business advisor she was reminded of how entrepreneurs face unique challenges and have a different mindset when running a business. Every business owner needs support because it can be lonely at the top. By having a board of advisors that understands your challenges can shorten the learning curve. And have a safe space where you can learn from each other and receive support.

This community is unlike no other. Her vision is to breakdown the silos of networking groups and build bridges where we can connect businesses together regionally and globally without additional volunteering or weekly meetings.

Monica grew up in the Yakima Valley, has been married to her husband for 30 years, raising two amazing daughters. She graduated in 2018, and is first generation in her family to earn a bachelor degree summa Cum Laude while working full time at Heritage University.

Viktorya Fullerton is a privately hired nonmedical advisor for women going through the process of pregnancy and childbirth known as Doula. She is a licensed personal coach for women and empowering birth mothers since the birth of her child 8 years ago. She advises women on how to handle themselves better during menstruation, conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding. She also advises husbands and men on how to support their partners in pre, post, and during the birth of their child. Having a Doula decreases the chances of having a cesarean section by 39%, along with a lesser amount of epidural and Pitocin. The Post-Covid policy of the majority of the hospital in the US of having one attendant with the patient has often made her unavailable besides her client. She is working to enable policy changes for Doula to be beside the birthmothers to help them have a better experience in labor in hospitals and wants people to voice out to the hospitals in this regard as they listen more to their patients than businesses like her.

• A doula is not a medical provider but a personal advisor.
• She is a licensed Doula
• She has 8 years of experience as a Doula
• She advises women on how to handle themselves better during menstruation, conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding
• Having a Doula decreases the chances of having a cesarean section by 39%
• A lesser amount of Epidural and Pitocin
• Pitocin causes 30% more post-birth depression because it doesn't break blood barriers as oxytocin does
• She also advises husbands and men in pre-birth appointments on how to support their partners in pre, post, and during the birth of their child
• The post-Covid policy of one attendant with patients unable her to enter the hospital with her clients often now.
• She is working to enable policy changes for Doula to be beside the birthmothers
• She wants people to voice out to the hospitals to enable Doula beside the birthmothers along with her other attendant.
• She is available on “www.facebook.com/viktoriouswomen/” and “www.Instagram.com/viktoriouswomen/” along with her phone number on her pages and website to seek advice from her anytime.

Introduction 0:00

Her Experience 2:20

Her Licensing 3:10

Post-Covid Situation and drive for policy changes for Doulas 4:00

How people can help 9:20

What is stopping change in Policy in hospitals 16:15

How men react to it 18:15

Childbirth education 23:30

How to reach her out 24:55

Ending 26:00

Terms Used

• Doula
• Midwives
• Gynecologist
• Labor
• Childbirth
• Pregnancy
• Pre-Birth
• Post-Birth
• postpartum
• Pitocin
• Cesarean section
• Epidural
• Oxytocin
• WHO

An adventurous couple named Leon Eugene and Shawn Bo is currently based in Central Washington with a goal to help people with their skin problems using products that are made up of natural ingredients. They launched a line of skincare products in search of a permanent solution for Leone Eugene’s Acne problem and Shawn Bo’s ingrown aftershave hairs and after getting good results on them and people around them in Hollywood. They have a total of 11 in number now, which they started back in 2016 and they also appeared on Shark Tank in the year 2019 too. They started it in their kitchen and now they are not only selling it online on their website, Instagram and Facebook but one can find their products in Canada too. All ingredients are cold-pressed from seeds for extracting oils from them. They are a lovely and lively couple who have plans to build a house and their farm in central Washington along with making a hotel in the coming year. They keep their ingredients as natural and transparent that any ordinary person can understand them. They aim to serve people of all skin types and tones keeping it within budget for everyone.

• Shawn and Leon started in 2016
• Leon Eugene and Shawn Bo did shark tank in 2019
• Search for a permanent solution for Leone Eugene’s Acne problem and Shawn Bo’s ingrown aftershave hairs made them look for a permanent fully natural skin solution
• They started it in their kitchen
• They have a total of 11 in number products right now
• They have no physical store
• They sell it online on their website https://naturalskinscience.com/
• Their main source of traffic is through Instagram and Facebook which are also named as “Natural Skin Science”
• They have products for getting rid of dry skin, dark eye circles, acne, and dry lips.
• They are firm to keep it handmade no matter how much they will scale as it is their core value to keep it 100% natural and handmade.

Intro 0:00 - 1:47

How it started 1:48 - 7:05

Ingredients 7:06 - 9:33

Marketing 9:34 - 12:05

Number of Product 12:06 - 14:47

Case Studies of Results: 14:48 - 22:25

Where are they located 22:26 - 28:35

Is it Full-time 28:35 - 33:20

Plan to join Hemp & CBD products 33:20 - 34:44

Ending and Final Words 34:45 till end

• Original Glow Serum
• Hydra-Healing Lip Oil
• Radiance Toner ( Best Seller)
• Signature Face Wash
• Tamanu Honey Mask
• The Perfect Moisturizer
• Ultimate Hydrating Butter

This podcast is about Laurel’s journey from Home to homeless and back to living under a roof with her daughter after staying on street for 14 years from age 17 to 31 along with her fight against alcohol and meth addiction. An adopted daughter of a notable & educated family in her area who got heroin in her genes from her addict biological mother and saw the deaths of her two close friends went out into the streets with her bicycle, her dog, and a bike after she came back drunk from a party with her friends and her room was inspected which she felt like a personal attack. She becomes a hobo and stayed beside railway tracks in her hometown for consecutively 7 years while accredited graduated from adult school in 2009 even with her alcohol and methamphetamines addictions. She ate from dumpsters and panhandled with an average income of 20 to 200 dollars. She has got 4 kids in total with the youngest living with her who turned out to be a reason to head back for a normal life.

After charging her husband for domestic violence on new year’s eve and CPC department kept a check on her daughter. After not staying clean after three months of her daughter’s birth the CPC department took away her daughter but she got into a mission for three weeks to get back with her daughter, during those three weeks she got a shelter in slumlord with the help of CCI payments that she used to get due to her polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis disability, she took all the assessment & therapy needed for her. She got her daughter back and her husband started staying with her secretly which led her to have relapses and she couldn’t even inform the police or CPC about it but she managed to get out of it.

She advises people like her to be careful as the people out in the street will make them do bad things to take advantage of them and their crisis in life and never be silent about your suffering, you can reach out to Yakima Valley services so they can help you and you will find the right person one day. In the end, she requested everyone to be a little more gentle to the homeless as it’s not always about money even your gentle look can make their day great.

• Her name is Laurel Robert Winter
• She was homeless from 17 to 31
• She is currently 35 re-entry student and a single mom
• A biological daughter of an addicted mother but no father identity verification.
• An adopted daughter of a notable & educated family
• She went to live in street after coming home drunk and found her room destroyed which she felt was a personal attack.
• She becomes an alcoholic hobo along with meth addiction
• Got pregnant twice with her ex-husband and have 4 kids in total
• She ate from dumpsters and panhandled
• She had polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis disability
• CPC department took away her daughter due to her addiction problem
• She got admitted to the mission for three weeks for rehabilitation and counseling
• She got home from SSI payments, took all the counseling to get custody of her daughter again
• Whereas she requested everyone to be a little more gentle to the homeless as it’s not always about money

• Introduction 0:00 - 1:47
• How it got Started 1:48 - 7:09
• The transition from home to homeless 7:10 - 9:07
• Life as homeless 9:08 - 11:16
• Worst Point and Condition as a homeless 11:17 - 12:24
• Pregnancy as a Homeless 12:25 - 14:09
• From street back to home 14:10 - 20:24
• How did she get off the street 20:25 - 25:25
• How her dealer help her get out 25:25 - 26:59
• Relapses 27:00 - 31:19
• Her advice to anyone like her 31:20 - 35:19
• Anything else than CPC that can help homeless 35:10 - 38:35
• How people can help the...

Friday Open Mic Night is a weekly podcast (When capable) at 9:00 PST. Where we talk about anything, everything and sometimes, nothing!

On this first episode I had a special guest jump on as soon as the show started, 'Mike Wilkerson' from 2 Guys Talking. I have never spoken to Mike until this Open Mic Friday and I was excited to have him on. Mike has been doing podcasts for over 17 years and has hundreds of shows under his belt. He also runs a marketing company using his skill sets of communication to help his clients. Make sure to jump over and check out his website and all his podcasts. There is a little something there for everyone!

This is a trial run podcast to test the settings. I also talk about what the show will cover and my dreams for Talk Yakima.