Hello, Running Late listeners,

I had a great chat with Vayna, a young 20-something realtor based out of Seattle who is simplifying real estate for the younger generations.

Vayna is a real estate agent based out of Seattle, who found success within real estate from the young age of 18. Since then, she’s sold over $6 million worth of real estate. Vayna uses her platforms on Tik Tok and Instagram to teach the younger generation about real estate investing, preparing financially for homeownership, and how to get into the field at a young age. She’s going to be telling us about her journey and hopefully giving us some tips on how to get started in real estate.

We discussed whether Vayna jumped in headfirst into real estate full time, or started off part-time until she found success. What advice she has for those who want to try their hand at real estate but aren’t ready to commit to full time, and of course, her first successful sale and what her first paycheck looked like. 

She says real estate investing is owning a business, and with that comes business challenges and hurdles she's had to overcome. Creating a business plan, marketing herself, time management, and burnout are some of the things she mentions. 

Here are some resources, books, and people she would recommend to people interested in learning financial freedom and real estate and overall improving their lives:

*Audio disclaimer* Unfortunately, in this episode we ended up having a lot of background noise that we just weren't able to cut out of the episode without compromising the contents of our conversation. I apologize for the inconvenience and moving forward, I promise to keep our sound quality crystal clear!

In this episode, I spoke with Ifrah Akhtar, who is is founder and Editor-in-Chief of MODEST Magazine, a fashion magazine exploring and redefining modesty. She works on a number of other projects and enjoys learning, writing, reading, and baking. 

We talked about what piqued her interest in writing and publishing a magazine, how she hopes to see it grow, and some of the biggest hurdles she's faced thus far, one of them including brands being more selective when it comes to nano-influencers and magazines with smaller audiences. 

I asked her the classic Running Late question, that being is there something she feels like she's running late or behind for. I think you'll really relate to her answer. 

She mentions how her background isn't in communications or business, so she's been self-teaching herself through this journey, and of course, we covered social media woes. 

Here are some of the organizations mentioned that you can use to educate yourself about inequalities in the fashion world and beyond: 

Slow Factory Foundation, Fashion Revolution, The New Fashion Initiative

Book mentioned: All About Love: New Visions

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