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Welcome to Accessible Housing Matters! In today’s episode, I welcome Bernardo Vallarino Bernardo Vallarino is a dual career agent from Dallas Fort-Worth with more than 15 years of experience in real estate. Most of his real estate career has been as a member and leader of the EVAL Team, a small group of agents working in residential, commercial, and industrial real estate. And for the past 5 years, Vallarino has spearheaded KW-Signs, a real estate organization and business focused on equitable accessibility of real estate to Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals. This endeavor includes education and resources to hearing agents/leadership, as well as the creation and modification of business structures to better service Deaf and Hard of Hearing agents and clients. Listen to find out more about: [00:01 - 04:26] Opening Segment I welcome Bernardo Vallarino to the Show Bio What is KW-Signs? Who do KW-Signs Help? Bernardo shares how and why he started KW-Signs [04:27 - 26:23] KW-Signs: Real Estate Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing A Black Hole in the Real Estate Industry Agents Need to Have This, Agents Do Not Need to Have This The Only an Agent Has to Do A Groundbreaking Accreditation Process to Serve the Deaf What is Deaf Culture? Bernardo talks about legalities liability Impactful Client Stories Bernardo: Why We Don’t Focus as a Team Get educated and be an ally! A Great Feeling of Successful Endeavor A Big Problem to Overcome Accessibility of Space and Technology Bernardo’s Inspiration [26:24 - 28:37] Closing Segment See links below to know more about Bernardo Vallarino Final word Tweetable Quote/s: “It really helps with communication and understanding the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing person, if you have a little more knowledge on technology, as well as cultural education.” - Bernardo Vallarino “Just because you don't understand a culture, that doesn't mean that you can help us create the systems that we need in order for them to succeed.” - Bernardo Vallarino You can connect with Bernardo through [email protected], Facebook, and Instagram. Visit their website https://www.kw-signs.com/ and take part in his wonderful initiative! To learn more, share feedback, or share guest ideas, please visit our website, or contact us on Facebook and Twitter. Like what you've heard? Please review us! That helps let other people know about the podcast. Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing, and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind, and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at [email protected] to share your thoughts or arrange a call.