The House Einstein Podcast is available wherever you podcast. Hosted by Osman Parvez and Hamish Crabb.

In this episode we discuss the pressure sellers often face to get on the market quickly, what rushing can cost, and why slowing down is sometimes rewarded. We also talk about seasonality, listing agreements, private exclusives, and situations where timing can have a meaningful impact on value.

In Tales from the Trenches, we break down how buyers get "shopped" and what can be done to reduce that risk. From escalation clauses to stronger offer structure, we discuss ways to make an offer more difficult to replace without relying solely on price.

We also review preliminary May market data, walk through several recent sales, and discuss topics ranging from Boulder County real estate trends to UAPs, cooling technology, Longmont's internet infrastructure, and more.

Show Notes:

Recorded Date: 6/3/26
Published Date: 6/5/26

Topics:

• THE CLOSING TABLE | What’s The Rush?
  • What’s the Rush? Why are Listing Agents always rushing sellers to market
  • Read your listing agreement
  • Fear of losing the deal
  • Seasonality
  • Realtors have bills to pay, baby.  They often do only a handful of deals a year or less!
  • It costs you money to go fast.  Slow is often rewarded.  You can also play the coming soon game (7 days).  Some brokerages have private exclusive options, but problematic because it is actively marketing it to the whole market. 
  • Get ahead of incoming development (i.e. CU south)

• TALES FROM THE TRENCHES | How to Limit Getting Shopped
  •  It’s their job to shop you
  • Write the offer that gets accepted, not countered.
  • Pre-deploy defensive measures (i.e. escalations clauses)
    • To escalate or not, to be or not to be.  

• MARKET UPDATE
  • Preliminary Data for May in BC and COB

• (LESSONS FROM) SALES OF THE WEEK
  • 2535 Sumac Ave
  • 465 Marine St
  • 2895 Emerson Ave
  • 653 Dewey Ave
  • 5389 Cypress Dr
  • 73 Benthaven Pl
  • 2445 Junction Pl 302

• SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION
  • Why are you not on the newsletter?
    • Click through rates are 2x-3x industry norms
    • Latest newsletter got a ton of replies

• IN THE NEWS (HOT TAKES)

• • UFOs - now UAPs - feels like every two weeks. 
    • The threat to religion
    • Similar to psychedelics getting banned
    • The time traveler hypothesis
  • How fancy white paint might help the summer heat
  • Longmont has #1 Internet fiber in country?  

• CARVE OUTS
  • Aspirational YT (and a tease for HE’s YT Future?)
    • Will Prowse
    • Smarter Every Day
    • Project Farm
    • Technology Connections
    • NightHawkInLight
    • Linus Tech Tips
    • Dirt
  • Meal prepping, pantry casserole

• Additional Links
  • Boulder’s camping ban
  • Devils Thumb Video