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The Open House Podcast: Where Women Talk Real Estate is your space for welcoming, inclusive conversations about real estate, where women come together to learn, share, and support one another.
Hosted by Kristina Modares, founder of Open House Education, this podcast dives into the softer side of real estate—buying homes with friends, creative investing strategies, and making money in ways that feel good. Through interviews with inspiring women from our nationwide community, you’ll hear stories about buying houses with friends, exciting creative projects, and unique journeys to homeownership.
Join us as we foster a space where women can grow, connect, and explore creative real estate together.
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How Community Led to Buying Land Overseas with O'Licia Parker-Smith
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Nov 19, 2024 |
House Hacking My Dream Neighborhood: Making $4K with a Duplex
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Nov 12, 2024 |
How I Made $22,000 From My Guest Room: The Sneaky Duplex Explained
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Nov 05, 2024 |
Real Estate with Friends: Kara Pendl’s Guide to Successful Partnerships
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Oct 29, 2024 |
Meet Your Next Real Estate Partner: How Our Nationwide Community Connects Like-Minded Women
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Oct 22, 2024 |
Creative Real Estate: Turning a Historic Home into a Thriving Community & Business
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Oct 15, 2024 |
Building Wealth Together: The Benefits of Buying a Home with Friends
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Oct 08, 2024 |
Co-Buying a House with Friends: How Alex & Amber Made It Happen
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Oct 01, 2024 |
Open House Education: Connect, Learn, and Invest in Real Estate with Women Like You
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Sep 24, 2024 |
A New Chapter for Open House
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Aug 06, 2024 |
House Hacking Part 2: 3 Proven Options That Generate Income, Helping You Reduce Mortgage Costs
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Mar 19, 2024 |
House Hacking Part 1: Sharing Our “Why” Behind This Game-Changing Creative Home-Buying Strategy
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Mar 12, 2024 |
Buying Homes With Friends Part 3: Pitching The Idea to Friends, Family, Co-Workers & Beyond
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Feb 20, 2024 |
Buying Homes With Friends Part 2: Red Flags & Creating Operating Agreements to Legally Protect Yourself
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Feb 13, 2024 |
Buying Homes With Friends Part 1: What Makes a Great Real Estate Partnership?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
The Latest: Austin Real Estate Market Update and First-Time Homebuyer Success Stories from Our Experienced Realtor Team
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Sep 19, 2023 |
The Real Cost of Buying a Home in 2023 + House Hacking Examples Using Active for Sale Properties in Austin, Texas
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Sep 12, 2023 |
East Austin Office and Community Space Update! Renovation Challenges, Party Planning, and What We've Learned Along the Way
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Sep 05, 2023 |
Renovating a Shipping Container and Shed to Create a Profitable Rental Home ($72,000+ Estimated Yearly Earnings)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
Our Favorite Things: Real Estate Edition! Hidden-Gem Neighborhoods, Investing Strategies, and Unique Home Features
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Aug 15, 2023 |
Hesitant to Homeowner! A Conversation on Building Decisiveness as a First-Time Homebuyer
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Aug 01, 2023 |
Catch Up With Kristina & Steph: Vacation Stories, Investment Property Updates, & Getting Scammed by an Architect?!
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Jul 25, 2023 |
Building Wealth Together: Buying a Home with Friends
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Jul 18, 2023 |
The Ups and Downs of Airbnb Ownership: Retreat House Update and Management Tips
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Jul 11, 2023 |
Ready or Not: Are You Prepared to Purchase a Home?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
A Very Special 4-Year Anniversary Episode! Reflecting on Lessons Learned and Our Incredible Team + Community
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Jun 27, 2023 |
Sneaky Duplex: How to Generate Income From a Private Room in Your Home
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Jun 20, 2023 |
Hate Landlords? Listen to This! A Fresh Take for First-Time Homebuyers in Austin, Texas
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Jun 06, 2023 |
The Reality of Buying Real Estate With Family, Managing Property Together, and Generating Meaningful Income
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May 23, 2023 |
Building a Tiny House in Los Angeles! Featuring Eric Mann, Creative Behind LeverCraft Coffee & Ultra Grinder
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May 16, 2023 |
They Partnered to Buy Land and Build a Duplex in East Austin! Featuring Women Real Estate Investors Chloe Kwon & Valerie Figlin
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May 09, 2023 |
40-Year Mortgages Explained! Factora Coffee & Coin Replay
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May 02, 2023 |
Buying a Home in the Current Market: Should You Wait or Invest Now (and House Hack)?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
Our Top 5 Lessons Learned Running a Real Estate Education Company and Brokerage in Austin, Texas
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Our 2022 First-Time Homebuyer Stats
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Building Up & Breaking Down: Lessons Learned From Renovation Projects
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Apr 04, 2023 |
What's Seller Financing? How We "Learn by Doing" as Real Estate Investors
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Mar 28, 2023 |
Should You Break Up With Your Realtor? Signs Your Agent is Good (or Bad!) For You
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Friendship Meets Finances: The Why Behind Our Women Investor Group's Speed-Dating Style Event
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Mar 14, 2023 |
Homeschool on YouTube, FREE and Available Now! Learn How to Buy a House With an Investor Mindset
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Feb 28, 2023 |
She Bought a House With Her Boyfriend, But It All Went Horribly Wrong...
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Which of Our Educational Tools is Right For You? Our Homebuyer Resources in Review
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Dec 06, 2022 |
What's Up With Airbnb? And, Our Reality TV Show That Never Was...
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Nov 22, 2022 |
What's The State of The Real Estate Market Today? And, Who Should Actually Buy Property at This Time?
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Buying a Home With Soul Friends to Build a Better, Community-Oriented Future Together
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Nov 08, 2022 |
What’s an Interest Rate? Why Are They Going Up? 2-1 Buydown Explained + Timely Tips From Experienced Loan Officer, Moose Mau & Investment-Minded Realtor, Jenn Carey
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Real Estate Horror Stories From Us, Our Agents, & Community
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Oct 25, 2022 |
Steph Keeps a Colony of 80,000 Bees! What's an Agricultural Exemption and How It'll Save Her $10K a Year
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Buying a Fixer-Upper Home in Downtown Bastrop, TX Featuring Our Agent Mandy
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Oct 11, 2022 |
Catch Up With Our Agents, Austin-Area & Creative Homeownership Experts!
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Answering Real Estate & Wealth Building Questions From Our Women Investor Group
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Going From One to Two: How to Buy a Second Home & Rent Out Your Primary Residence
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Sep 20, 2022 |
House Hack Your Mortgage to Zero
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Sep 13, 2022 |
Maximize Income Potential With Your First Home Featuring Lynn Callaway
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Sep 06, 2022 |
Should You Buy a Second Home First? Vacation Properties Explained
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Aug 30, 2022 |
What's a Sneaky Duplex?
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Aug 23, 2022 |
This $89K Pre-Built Tiny Home Covers My Entire Mortgage
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Aug 16, 2022 |
Why We Decided to Buy Instead of Build
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Our 2021 First-Time Homebuyer Stats
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Feb 08, 2022 |
Homeschool Q&A Deep Dive
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Feb 01, 2022 |
Discussing Home Investment Strategy 101 with Briana Lang
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Jan 25, 2022 |
Ask More Questions: How Meredith Phillips Bought Her First Home
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Jan 13, 2022 |
How Do I Know if I'm Ready to Buy a House?
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Jan 04, 2022 |
Money Tips, Goal Setting & Buying a House the Way You Want to with Kara Perez
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Dec 28, 2021 |
How to Buy Your First Home with Low Money Down
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Renovating our Homes as First-Time Buyers
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Dec 14, 2021 |
Becoming the Most Informed First Time Homebuyer with Drew Nebrig
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Dec 07, 2021 |
New? Start Here! 5 Things You Need to Know Before Buying a House
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Nov 30, 2021 |
Buying our Retreat House as a Team
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Airbnb Hosting Tips for Beginners
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Nov 09, 2021 |
Joining the Open House Homeowners Club with Kayla Ochoa
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Nov 02, 2021 |
Houses Before Spouses
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Buying and Renovating a Beach House with My Sister
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Oct 19, 2021 |
Buying a House with a Friend
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Oct 12, 2021 |
How to Build a Tiny House with Steph Douglass
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Oct 05, 2021 |
Meet the Investment-Minded Agent Team of Open House Austin
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Jul 07, 2021 |
Celebrating One Year of the Open House Podcast
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Jun 22, 2021 |
How Old Should You Be before You Buy a House?
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Jun 15, 2021 |
How Homeschool Helped First Time Buyer Weston White
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Jun 08, 2021 |
How to Buy Your First House and Make It an Investment
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Jun 01, 2021 |
How to Know if You Should Buy a Fixer Upper or Move In Ready Home
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May 25, 2021 |
Asking the Right Questions with Mortgage Lender Cori Scherer
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May 18, 2021 |
Being a First Time Buyer in a Hot Market with Celeste King
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May 11, 2021 |
First Time Home Buyer Checklist
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May 04, 2021 |
Partnering for a Sustainable Renovation with Christine Goudreau
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Apr 27, 2021 |
Our Biggest Real Estate Mistakes & Lessons
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Apr 20, 2021 |
A Beginner's Guide to Flipping Houses with Kennessey Hartley
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Apr 13, 2021 |
2021 Real Estate Market Low Down & Updates on Steph & Kristina's Recent Reno Projects
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Apr 06, 2021 |
Uncovering the Possibilities of Real Estate with Amber Forrest and Matthew Gattozzi
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Jan 19, 2021 |
The One Thing Every First Time Buyer Needs
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Jan 12, 2021 |
Buying Your First Home to Jumpstart Your Dream Life With Steph & Kristina
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Dec 29, 2020 |
Maximizing Your Credit Card Benefits with Credit Expert Katherine Fan
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Dec 22, 2020 |
Running the Numbers and Making Smart Investments
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Dec 15, 2020 |
Turning a New Build into an Investment with Julia Toro
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Dec 08, 2020 |
Revealing Our Net Worths After 7 Years of Real Estate Investing
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Dec 01, 2020 |
Should I Still Buy a House if I Plan to Move in the Next 5 Years?
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Nov 24, 2020 |
Creating Your Dream Home with Interior Designer Avery Cox
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Nov 17, 2020 |
Should You Buy and Hold or Sell Your Home Now?
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Renter to Real Estate Investor in 1 Year or Less with Allegra Moet Brantly
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Nov 03, 2020 |
The Racist Coding of “Good Schools” in Real Estate
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Oct 27, 2020 |
5 Things You Need to Know Before Taking on a Renovation
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Oct 20, 2020 |
Teacher to Millionaire Through Buy & Hold Real Estate Investing with Meshelle Smith
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Oct 13, 2020 |
Are You Ready to Buy A House?
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Oct 06, 2020 |
Growing Generational Wealth Through Real Estate Investing with Arniesha Craft
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Sep 29, 2020 |
A Breakdown of Our Real Estate Investment Portfolios
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Sep 22, 2020 |
Increasing Your Home Value with DIY Expert Stacie Abdallah
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Sep 15, 2020 |
Should You Buy a New Construction or Resale Home?
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Sep 08, 2020 |
How to Make Money as an Airbnb Entrepreneur with Kreasha Williams
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Sep 01, 2020 |
Boosting Your Credit Score Before Buying a House
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Aug 25, 2020 |
Becoming a Fearless Real Estate Investor with Dionte Chantel
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Aug 18, 2020 |
How to Find the Best Realtor and Lender
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Aug 11, 2020 |
Investing with Integrity with Anjelica Rivas
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Aug 04, 2020 |
How to Win with Multiple Offers and Other Common Home Buyer Questions
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Jul 28, 2020 |
Buying a Fixer Upper as a First Time Buyer With Michu Benaim Steiner
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Jul 21, 2020 |
Five Ways for 20 Somethings to Buy an Investment Property
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Jul 14, 2020 |
Healing from White Supremacy and Making Mindful Home Buying Decisions with Kaneischa Johnson
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Jul 07, 2020 |
Five Things You Need to Know Before Buying a House
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Jun 30, 2020 |
How to Make Your First Home an Investment with Nancy Lopez
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Jun 25, 2020 |
The Open House Origin Story
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Jun 23, 2020 |
The Open House Podcast: The Teaser
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Jun 16, 2020 |