Our podcast today begins with an explanation of ProVia’s commitment to quality installation as a means of assuring that their high-performance metal roofing system performs as advertised. So many of the Horror stories we tell on Your Valuable Home result from a lack of training and understanding on the part of those in the home improvement trades. Not so with ProVia. Case in point: they encourage all who install the innovative ProVia Metal Roofing System to enroll in a certification program to a...
Dec 06, 2024•32 min
Our podcast today begins with an explanation of ProVia’s commitment to quality installation as a means of assuring that their high-performance metal roofing system performs as advertised. So many of the Horror stories we tell on Your Valuable Home result from a lack of training and understanding on the part of those in the home improvement trades. Not so with ProVia. Case in point: they encourage all who install the innovative ProVia Metal Roofing System to enroll in a certification program to a...
Dec 06, 2024•32 min
In our first segment today, you’ll learn why the ProVia® Metal Roofing System makes a lot of sense for homeowners who are building or re-roofing in an area prone to high winds. ProVia metal Slate, Shake and Barrel Tile profiles stand up to almost anything mother nature can muster, and they save on energy expense, too. ProVia Metal Roofing adds a bunch of curb appeal. And the best part...it comes with a non-prorated 50-year warranty. In our Horror Story, you know scammers are active when you powe...
Nov 30, 2024•18 min
In our first segment today, you’ll learn why the ProVia® Metal Roofing System makes a lot of sense for homeowners who are building or re-roofing in an area prone to high winds. ProVia metal Slate, Shake and Barrel Tile profiles stand up to almost anything mother nature can muster, and they save on energy expense, too. ProVia Metal Roofing adds a bunch of curb appeal. And the best part...it comes with a non-prorated 50-year warranty. In our Horror Story, you know scammers are active when you powe...
Nov 30, 2024•18 min
In the Replay today, Mike phones in an update on the installation of his new ProVia windows and doors. Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office joins us with a heads up on the scam du jour...an elaborate scheme designed to separate you from your hard-earned money. Then, Scott Abernathy, the voice of experience in real estate rentals, offers his perspective on the market for rental real estate in 2024 and going forward. Scott’s company, PMI Professionals, manages all types of residential ren...
Nov 22, 2024•37 min
In the Replay today, Mike phones in an update on the installation of his new ProVia windows and doors. Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office joins us with a heads up on the scam du jour...an elaborate scheme designed to separate you from your hard-earned money. Then, Scott Abernathy, the voice of experience in real estate rentals, offers his perspective on the market for rental real estate in 2024 and going forward. Scott’s company, PMI Professionals, manages all types of residential ren...
Nov 22, 2024•37 min
In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind.In the Horror Story, if you’re considering an HVAC split system, make sure the installer strings the tubes inside – not outside – the house. Wow!! Then, the Your Valuable Home 2024 Real Estate Roundup continues with realtor, Suzi Farajiani providing a look back at the market in LA and Ventura Counties in California in 2024, her though...
Nov 15, 2024•29 min
In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind.In the Horror Story, if you’re considering an HVAC split system, make sure the installer strings the tubes inside – not outside – the house. Wow!! Then, the Your Valuable Home 2024 Real Estate Roundup continues with realtor, Suzi Farajiani providing a look back at the market in LA and Ventura Counties in California in 2024, her though...
Nov 15, 2024•29 min
THIS IS WORTH REPEATING: IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS, All of our releases for September and October 2024 – as well as new releases – are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them: If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable- home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subscribed...
Nov 08, 2024•36 min
THIS IS WORTH REPEATING: IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS, All of our releases for September and October 2024 – as well as new releases – are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them: If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable- home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subscribed...
Nov 08, 2024•36 min
WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS. All of our releases for September and October 2024 are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable-home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subscribed to Your Valuable Home, simply search for ...
Nov 01, 2024•42 min
WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU’RE HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING YOUR VALUABLE HOME ON APPLE PODCASTS. All of our releases for September and October 2024 are on Apple Podcasts. Here’s how to access them If you have been following Your Valuable Home, un-follow it (remove the show from your library), search for it and follow it again by going to this link to subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-valuable-home/id1561159361 If you are currently not subscribed to Your Valuable Home, simply search for ...
Nov 01, 2024•42 min
In our first segment today, Kim Everett, Executive Director of the Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, and vaccine expert, Dr. Neal Smoller, provide our listeners with a healthy dose of information about vaccines and their importance to the senior population. In the horror story, we'll meet a homeowner named Mike. Today, he shares a story of a siding job gone bad. Then, continuing on with our Real Estate Round Up 2024, we talk with Taylor Oldham, head of Taylor Oldham Residential, broke...
Oct 25, 2024
In our first segment today, Kim Everett, Executive Director of the Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, and vaccine expert, Dr. Neal Smoller, provide our listeners with a healthy dose of information about vaccines and their importance to the senior population. In the horror story, we'll meet a homeowner named Mike. Today, he shares a story of a siding job gone bad. Then, continuing on with our Real Estate Round Up 2024, we talk with Taylor Oldham, head of Taylor Oldham Residential, broke...
Oct 25, 2024
We’re Back on Apple Podcasts Working with Apple Podcasts, our distributor, blubrry.com and a podcast consultant, we have resolved an issue that caused the Your Valuable Home show listing to temporarily be disconnected from Apple Podcasts. For a brief period, our listeners who pick up Your Valuable Home on Apple Podcasts did not have access to our newest episodes. From the internet chatter among podcasters who distribute to Apple, it appears that other podcasters had the same issue. ISSUE RESOLVE...
Oct 19, 2024•48 min
We’re Back on Apple Podcasts Working with Apple Podcasts, our distributor, blubrry.com and a podcast consultant, we have resolved an issue that caused the Your Valuable Home show listing to temporarily be disconnected from Apple Podcasts. For a brief period, our listeners who pick up Your Valuable Home on Apple Podcasts did not have access to our newest episodes. From the internet chatter among podcasters who distribute to Apple, it appears that other podcasters had the same issue. ISSUE RESOLVE...
Oct 19, 2024•48 min
To all Your Valuable Home, subscribers and other listeners, our sincere apologies if you’ve been having trouble accessing Your Valuable Home. In recent weeks there was a glitch with Apple Podcasts, which we believe we have resolved. If your preference is Apple podcasts, you can find us there once again. And again, we apologize for the inconvenience. ----- In the replay today, we get Michele's take on her recently completed total ProVia exterior makeover. In the horror story, Ron got a package dr...
Oct 11, 2024•42 min
To all Your Valuable Home, subscribers and other listeners, our sincere apologies if you’ve been having trouble accessing Your Valuable Home. In recent weeks there was a glitch with Apple Podcasts, which we believe we have resolved. If your preference is Apple podcasts, you can find us there once again. And again, we apologize for the inconvenience. ----- In the replay today, we get Michele's take on her recently completed total ProVia exterior makeover. In the horror story, Ron got a package dr...
Oct 11, 2024•42 min
In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron raise awareness of roofing companies promoting new roofs and citing hail and wind damage. They’ll even represent you in talks with your insurance carrier. Think twice before you fall for this. If you have a home with multiple acres of property in a rural area, be on your guard. A large company may own the mineral and oil rights to your property and can legally extract what lies beneath your property. But for a call from an alert neighbor, Frank, our engineer an...
Oct 05, 2024•40 min
In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron raise awareness of roofing companies promoting new roofs and citing hail and wind damage. They’ll even represent you in talks with your insurance carrier. Think twice before you fall for this. If you have a home with multiple acres of property in a rural area, be on your guard. A large company may own the mineral and oil rights to your property and can legally extract what lies beneath your property. But for a call from an alert neighbor, Frank, our engineer an...
Oct 05, 2024•40 min
In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron reveal the scams, lies, and shaky sales pitches some contractors employ to get jobs. In the Horror Story, we cite a bad roofing job that led to a bad siding job. The Real Estate Roundup continues with Loretta Starck of the REMAX Elite Bograd Team, with offices in Philadelphia, Margate, an exclusive town area on the Jersey Shore, and Miami. Loretta briefs us on the performance of these three very different markets in the first nine months of 2024, and offers her...
Sep 27, 2024•33 min
In the Replay today, Kevin and Ron reveal the scams, lies, and shaky sales pitches some contractors employ to get jobs. In the Horror Story, we cite a bad roofing job that led to a bad siding job. The Real Estate Roundup continues with Loretta Starck of the REMAX Elite Bograd Team, with offices in Philadelphia, Margate, an exclusive town area on the Jersey Shore, and Miami. Loretta briefs us on the performance of these three very different markets in the first nine months of 2024, and offers her...
Sep 27, 2024•33 min
Afraid of bats? Stephanie Stronsick, head of a non-profit dedicated to nursing sick and injured bats back to health, conducts BAT 101. She explains bats’ important role in the ecosystem, their mostly docile nature and habits and a disease that ravages bat populations. You’ll also learn what to do about a sick or injured bat or a bat colony that you find in or near your home. In the Bad Guy Bulletin today, Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office alerts us to SMISHING that employs fake text ...
Sep 20, 2024•51 min
Afraid of bats? Stephanie Stronsick, head of a non-profit dedicated to nursing sick and injured bats back to health, conducts BAT 101. She explains bats’ important role in the ecosystem, their mostly docile nature and habits and a disease that ravages bat populations. You’ll also learn what to do about a sick or injured bat or a bat colony that you find in or near your home. In the Bad Guy Bulletin today, Marc Furber from the Bucks County DA’s office alerts us to SMISHING that employs fake text ...
Sep 20, 2024•51 min
SPECIAL EPISODE!!! Host Karin Murphy puts her Co-Host "Jeopardy" Jack Cutrone from LI Pariot Radio interview Ron Melk (Your Valauble Home co-host) about the hard-hitting issues facing Americans today—from the squatter crisis and skyrocketing insurance costs to the fight for affordable housing.
Aug 30, 2024•46 min
SPECIAL EPISODE!!! Host Karin Murphy puts her Co-Host "Jeopardy" Jack Cutrone from LI Pariot Radio interview Ron Melk (Your Valauble Home co-host) about the hard-hitting issues facing Americans today—from the squatter crisis and skyrocketing insurance costs to the fight for affordable housing.
Aug 30, 2024•46 min
After listening to today’s replay, it would be a good idea to determine if your house is properly insulated. In the Horror Story, Ron and his friend, Master Plumber, John, set out to change the cartridge in the shower of Ron’s rental condo. They were surprised to discover that the only shut-off valve for the condo - and all other condos in the building - was in a locked room in the building’s basement. Multiple phone calls later they got the combination to the lock and completed the job. A simpl...
Aug 23, 2024•41 min
After listening to today’s replay, it would be a good idea to determine if your house is properly insulated. In the Horror Story, Ron and his friend, Master Plumber, John, set out to change the cartridge in the shower of Ron’s rental condo. They were surprised to discover that the only shut-off valve for the condo - and all other condos in the building - was in a locked room in the building’s basement. Multiple phone calls later they got the combination to the lock and completed the job. A simpl...
Aug 23, 2024•41 min
In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind. It's the 3rd Friday of the month and it's time for the Bad Guy Bulletin, Marc Fuber from the Bucks County, PA District Attorney’s Office, shares the latest in scams and shakedowns to be on the lookout for. In our Feature, Senator Mattera explains the four related bills he’s put forward to give homeowners in his state control over squ...
Aug 16, 2024•36 min
In the Replay today, we interview Sean about his choice of new ProVia® windows. The look and the limited lifetime warranty, in particular, stood out in Sean’s mind. It's the 3rd Friday of the month and it's time for the Bad Guy Bulletin, Marc Fuber from the Bucks County, PA District Attorney’s Office, shares the latest in scams and shakedowns to be on the lookout for. In our Feature, Senator Mattera explains the four related bills he’s put forward to give homeowners in his state control over squ...
Aug 16, 2024•36 min
