The latest episode of Girlfunds features Liz Gehringer, Coldwell Banker Real Estate chief operating officer, who talks about how she created the Women in Leadership platform at Coldwell Banker and how the program champions Coldwell’s next generation of women leaders. Gehringer also touches on some of the challenges that women face when it comes to growing their careers and how they can start dreaming bigger in their career goals.

As a third-generation Realtor, we’re honored to have 2020 HW Woman of Influence Kerry Melcher on the Girlfunds podcast. With more than 33 years of experience in real estate, Melcher serves as head of sales and brokerage at Opendoor.  From how we can encourage more women to take ownership of their finances to her unique advice on how she saved for college for her kids, Melcher brings a passion for supporting woman in their financial goals to the podcast, creating an engaging conversation on the powerful role that homeownership can play in building wealth. 

Our guest on the latest episode of Girlfunds is no stranger to the podcast world. Ashley Lee is the host of The Financial Key podcast, which focuses on helping millennials uncover the keys to financial independence. 

During the episode, she shares her own debt-free journey to paying off over $40,000 of debt in 22 months, and why she is so passionate about normalizing money conversations among Millennials and minority communities. She also shares how listeners can start to have these conversations in their own peer groups and tips on how to reignite your financial goals. 

This week’s episode of the Girlfunds podcast features the chief marketing and communications officer at the largest trade association in the country, the National Association of Realtors.In this episode, Victoria Gillespie shares how she helped mentor and lead her team, along with the 1.4 million realtors who the association serves, through COVID-19. 

Throughout the pandemic, Gillespie and the marketing team at NAR focused their efforts on sharing resources and information with Realtors to help their businesses survive and continue to thrive. During the interview, she shares the financial lessons that she thinks could be learned from navigating a crisis like COVID-19 that could apply to anyone.

We’re excited to welcome Marcia Davies, the chief operating officer for the Mortgage Bankers Association and 2015 HousingWire Women of Influence, to the podcast. Over the last couple of episodes, we’ve focused a lot more on leadership and what women can do to better support other women.  Davies continues this conversation, sharing her own journey in dealing with “imposter syndrome”. From actionable tips for women just starting their career to how to negotiate a higher salary, we cover it all in today’s episode of Girlfunds.  

Our newest guest on the Girlfunds podcast, Sue Yannaccone, is no stranger to the real estate industry. As the CEO of Realogy Franchise Group, Yannaccone oversees the franchise operations of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21 and ERA, as well as the franchise and owned operations of Sotheby’s International Realty and Corcoran. During the episode, Yannaccone talks about what women can do to better support other women and how she has created boundaries in her own life in order to create more balance between work life and personal life, especially after a year like 2020. 

We’re honored to feature Navy Veteran and Real Estate Agent Breanna Brower on this week’s episode of Girlfunds. From breaking down the intricacies of getting a VA loan to the top mistakes home shoppers make, this episodes provides new homebuyers with a guide on how to navigate the housing market. This audio version of a new homebuyer’s guide details where to start the process and how to create an offer that stands out. For some background on Breanna, she is a real estate agent  and native Houstonian based out of Pearland, Texas. Before becoming an agent, Breanna served in the United States Navy from 2011-2017 and now gives back to her community. 

This week’s episode focuses on one of the biggest barriers to homeownership – student loans. In this Girlfunds episode, student loan expert Catalina Kaiyoorawongs shares her practical and tangible advice to people who feel overwhelmed by their student loan debt. She also speaks to parents who are walking their students through the student loan process, breaking down the long-term impacts that they might not be considering. 

Student loans and homeownership are closely tied together, and Catalina Kaiyoorawongs gives listeners the direction they need to navigate their debt to accomplish their goal to own a home. 

This week’s episode of Girlfunds features Ashlee Weaver, who created a percentage-based budgeting journal. She is also a photographer, entrepreneur and mom. We highlight that she is a mom because during the episode, Ashlee shares her why behind making money, which is to make money to be a mom and spend more time with her kids. From this foundation, Ashlee shares how she created a percentage-based income budgeting book to help her and her husband take control of their finances. 

We’re thrilled to have Financial Coach Frances Feinberg on the Girlfunds podcast as we focus on setting and creating 2021 financial goals and intentions. While we’re firm believers that you can set goals at any point in the year, the start of the year offers a great opportunity to begin the year with a fresh start. 

During the episode, we discuss actionable tips and challenges that can serve as a starting off point for creating your 2021 financial goals. We also take a step back from creating 2021 financial goals and try to address the building blocks and foundational elements that are creating how you view finances.