What does it take for an American to buy in France? How does one even begin the search? For this episode, I interview Gonzague Le Nail, a top broker in France who explains the process to us.

Gonzague is the president of Cabinet Le Nail, a leading brokerage in France, focused on selling prestige properties for over 50 years. Along with his partner Hervé de Maleissye he runs a team of over 20 associates, and they currently have over 250 listings on their website, including 80 castles!

In this episode we learn:

• What you can do in advance of a viewing trip

• Who a notaire is, and how to pick one

• The differences in taxes between France and the USA

• What a Compromise de Vente is, and when it comes into play

• A surprising fact about Title Insurance in France

• Financing in France

• What closing day looks like in France

• Has demand been increasing from USA in light of the upcoming election?

• Gonzague’s view on dual agency and an ethical sales process

• And much more!

I had the pleasure of meeting Gonzague recently in the Indre department at a chateau near the geographic center of France. You can find a video of us touring the grounds of that chateau on my YouTube page.

Cabinet Le Nail's website:

www.cabinetlenail.com⁠

The castle that we were discussing:

https://www.cabinetlenail.com/en/annonces/ref-na4-1319/castle-for-sale-15th-century-architectural-gem-romorantin-lanthenay/

In this episode, Emily Epple explains how likely office-to-residential conversions are, as well as shares some fun facts about the Flatiron Building and some tales from her time as an architect.

Let me know if you enjoyed this episode and we can bring Emily back on to hear about the recent state budget and the extension of 421-A into 485X and what that will mean for the city.

https://www.globest.com/2024/04/16/ny-gov-announces-sweeping-housing-initiative/?slreturn=20240319212616

In this episode, Tyler tells us his amazing story. In two short years he went from riding his bike in the rain to film property tours-- to creating a 12-person team and growing a media empire (with over 10 million views per month!) on his various platforms.

Tyler was very generous with his time and knowledge. He was willing to share everything about how he built his business in such a short amount of time. In this episode we discuss:

• Tyler's origin, from "bike in the rain" to contracts with builders and gaining thousands of followers per day

• The 75 Hard challenge and how it inspired him to commit to short for video for a set amount of time -- No Matter What

• The importance of cashflow in the early stages of any business venture

• How creators should think about analytics: Use them to guide your content but don't get obsessed with them!

• How lower-end properties surprisingly have a better chance of going viral compared to luxury properties

• Advice for newer agents, even if they don't want to start shooting video

• How to think about TikTok vs Instagram vs Youtube Shorts.

And much more.

Tyler has offered listeners of the Top Broker Podcast a bit of free advice on their short form videos. This is extraordinarily valuable -- he has one condition though: the video must be posted first! Listen to the full episode to hear his offer. Follow Tyler on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and at his website below.

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https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerhassman?lang=en

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https://www.instagram.com/tylerhassman/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyokivlQ3YvZdXXjD2yOdxw

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https://tylerhassman.com/

Email:

Tyler@tylerhassman.com

Short Form Video Course:

https://www.shortformvideoforagents.com/