Episode 1568
It is that SALE time of year
We dive into a handful of topics including where to find the big sales this time of year and even touch on a Taco Tuesday update! This and more in this weeks quick mid-week special.
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Transcript
[00:00:41] Eric Goranson: Make sure you head over and join us on Facebook as well. And, uh, we have a Facebook, Instagram, just look for around the House Show. And we do have our closed group, which is around the House Nation. You can join over there and, uh, put up pictures, funny stuff, whatever. That's a fun group of people. Well, today I wanted to talk a little bit about a.[00:01:00]
[:[00:01:20] Eric Goranson: So right now, uh, looks like average 30 year fixed is, uh, 7.23%. So that went down slightly. And the 15 year fixed is 6.48. So not too bad out there, not not good compared to where it was, but uh, if you're out shopping for a home, I have a feeling, and again, I'm not a financial analyst, uh, but I'm gonna tell you what with my experience that says right now is probably a pretty good time to buy a house because I expect.
[:[00:02:11] Eric Goranson: And, uh, if you're looking like a five, one arm rate, that's at 6.19. So take a peek at it and see, uh, if it's time to do, uh, that renovation right now that you've been planning on. Cause I got a feeling for the next year or two that might be our low point. Now, I hope I'm wrong cuz I'd love to see interest rates go down, but inflation doesn't seem to be taken off, so, uh, i's not diving back down by any means cuz Well, we're still spending money, so until they figure that part out.
[:[00:02:58] Eric Goranson: Outside of this, I've been [00:03:00] buying some tools off Amazon. How well does that $19 drill do? How well does that little handheld chainsaw do? How about the flood flex tape flood protection? We're gonna test all this stuff and see how it works. Cause I'm very curious to see, um, how well that works. And we're gonna be testing products in the show, so, uh, Won't believe it.
[:[00:03:41] Eric Goranson: You can watch it there or head over to our YouTube, which is, uh, Fox 12, Oregon. And then just jump there into, when you go from there, just head over to the, uh, Uh, around the house playlist over there. We've got over a hundred videos over there for you to take a peek. So if you're looking for a project or some inspiration on projects, we've got a [00:04:00] lot going on over there.
[:[00:04:27] Eric Goranson: I wanted to make note that if you are out there shopping for either. Outdoor lawn furniture, outdoor power equipment. Now is the time to do your looking if your lawnmower just died. We are starting to slide into, even though we're in the middle of July, the end of the year sales stuff. So I was in, uh, my big orange store this last week and I noticed a lot of clearance stuff.
[:[00:05:08] Eric Goranson: Cuz as you know, that stuff always comes in early. So it is a great time to be out there looking at barbecues, lawn mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, outdoor patio furniture. Now's the time to be doing that because there is a ton of great buys out there. In Speaking of great Buys, there's a little group that I wanted to bring up.
[:[00:05:57] Eric Goranson: And so when, uh, you know, when [00:06:00] basically when Home Depot, Lowe's goes into blowout mode, I gotta get rid of it. Pick other where I'm gonna throw in the dumpster. People are taking those prices and putting 'em up on this page, and then you can run down to your local store and see if they have them there.
[:[00:06:36] Eric Goranson: So Lowe's Home Depot clearance Deals is the group that I'm in on Facebook and, uh, Pretty much cool. So, uh, and there's stuff on there too. You'll see some stuff too, like Walmart and that kind of stuff. They'll post it on there as well. And, um, it's interesting. So you can go down and find those deals and, uh, any of those [00:07:00] closeouts are money because, uh, anytime you can find some of that stuff, you're good.
[:[00:07:30] Eric Goranson: So these are the things to look out for and, uh, you'll see that stuff where that is a great time. To find that stuff. If you can take advantage of it, you're good to go. So just something to think about. Any of that. Close that stuff. If you can find it, you're saving money and you can put that money into your next project.
[:[00:08:11] Eric Goranson: But, uh, they were having a, a dual with, um, With Taco Bell because Taco Bell wanted to use it and uh, taco John's had the trademark. So, uh, guess what? When you got a trademark, you got a trademark. And so there was a little bit of a battle there and it was gonna cost, you know, taco John's millions of dollars to go fight that.
[:[00:09:06] Eric Goranson: And so, uh, They said, taco John said, let's see if our friends at Taco Bell are willing to liberate themselves from their army of lawyers to giving back to restaurant families instead. So he is challenging Del Taco, taco Bueno, taco Cabana, Jack in the box, and uh, any mom and pop taco shops to donate to. So, uh, I love that.
[:[00:09:49] Eric Goranson: Uh, we're gonna be talking about the trades and uh, we're gonna do our annual hydroplane racing episode, where we're gonna be talking with, uh, home builder, a gutter guy. [00:10:00] And a racing soon to be Legend. Brent Hall from the Unlimited H one Hydroplane Racing Series. He is a rookie driver this year and uh, we had him on last year as he was trying to get to be a.
[:[00:10:29] Eric Goranson: I'm gonna quit blathering here. I got a show to go put together for the television. Uh, enjoy yourselves. Be safe out there. We'll see you on Saturday for an all new show. Thanks for tuning in to around the House
