The Open House Podcast: Where Women Talk Real Estate

What happens when you buy an old-timey ranch and saloon with five partners? Late-night DJ sessions and movie showings! Harvesting our own honey! Hosting multiple families for a super Thanksgiving event! Today, Steph brings the crew together to discuss goals for their shared property. 

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Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. FREE First-Time Home-Buyer Course: Homeschool on YouTube
3. Mini-Course: Buying a House With Friends
4. Airbnb: Steph's Ranch
5. Follow Long Story Ranch on Instagram

You read that right! Our first-time homebuyer course is 100% free on YouTube!!! This is huge, y'all. Now, we'll be able to help even more people overcome the barriers of traditional homeownership (like YOU). Check it out now!

Special shoutout to our lovely Admin, Grace! Who we've had the pleasure of working alongside these last few months. 🙂 She truly embodies the "Open House Effect" - surrounding yourself with others that inspire you, learning every day, and confidently buying a house with an investor mindset. We're so proud of you!!! Listeners, be like Grace! Read on for our resources.

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on TikTok and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. Homeschool on YouTube!!!
3. Steph's new podcast! A Circle is Round
4. RSVP to our Community Meetup, 2/28 @ Meanwhile Brewing
5. Join our Women Investor Group
6. Sign up for our newsletter
7. How to Buy a House in Austin Workshop series
8. Take our "Are You Ready to Buy a House?" Quiz

This is unusual for us! Let's discuss a real estate partnership of the romantic kind. As y'all know, we're very into buddying up with friends to invest in property and creating an operating agreement along the way to protect everyone involved. #housesbeforespouses ;) But here, we share what happened when a friend went the traditional route: teaming up with a significant other to buy a house. It didn't go as planned...

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected] or text: 512-222-9050.

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on TikTok and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect with a Realtor
2. Take: Buying a House With Friends Mini-Course
3. Blog post: "Buy a House with a Friend: Real Estate Partnerships Explained"
4. Blog post: "How to Legally Protect Yourself in a Real Estate Partnership"
5. Blog post: "How to Find Quality Roommates or Tenants & Remotely Manage Your Property"
6. TikTok: The most stressful things that happened to our Airbnb this year...
7. RSVP to our Community Meetup, 2/28 @ Meanwhile Brewing
8. Join our Women Investor Group
9. Sign up for our newsletter
10. How to Buy a House in Austin Workshop series

Educating homebuyers has always been our #1 priority. Now, we've got an agent and marketing team that's just as passionate about that mission. Together, we're able to provide y'all with meaningful resources on creative homeownership. We've got a quiz, mini-courses, blog posts, this podcast, a Women Investor group, and in-person workshops. Today, Co-Founders Kristina & Steph re-introduce these educational tools and quenue us up for what's to come in the new year.

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

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1. Connect with a Realtor
2. Example of "DIY Textured Canvas Art"
3. Meet the Open House Austin team
4. Join our Women Investor Group
5. Sign up for our newsletter
6. Educational videos
7. Subscribe to our YouTube channel
8. Browse our blog, packed with 50+ educational posts
9. How to Buy a House in Austin eBook
10. How to Buy a House in Austin Workshop series
11. Work with one of our like-minded Realtors outside of Austin

Airbnb hosts are kind of a lot these days. The house rules! Cleaning requirements!! Quiet hours!!! Kristina & Steph chat through the current state of short-term rentals along with how their properties are holding up. Bonus: We were on track to get our own reality TV show earlier this year! But, the stars simply did not align. We'll share what's next for us...

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. Subscribe to our YouTube channel - new content on the way!
3. Blog Post: "8 Tips to Airbnb Out Your Space & Generate Passive Income"
4. Blog Post: "5 Questions You Should Ask Your Mortgage Lender In This Real Estate Market"
5. Blog Post: "4 Unique Things to Consider When Buying a House in Austin, TX"
6. First-Time Home Buyer Mini-Course
7. Buying a House With Friends Mini-Course
8. Reel: The perfect day in Austin, TX
9. TikTok: The difference between a 'Home Equity Line of Credit' & 'Home Equity Loan'

With talk of recession continual and interest rates at a stable high, who should buy in this real estate market - rather than wait? Because it's honestly always a good time to buy, specifically for a certain type of person in a given situation. Today, we discuss today's market and who might use this opportunity to mindfully invest - and ideally, thrive!

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect with a Realtor
2. Have you bought/sold a home with us? Join our Homeowner Facebook Group
3. Looking for a community of like-minded, money-savvy ladies? Join our Women Investor Group
4. New to the home-buying process? Take our First-Time Home Buyer Mini-Course (quick & free!)
5. Considering partnering to buy property? We created a free course on that, too! Check out our Buying a House With Friends Mini-Course
6. Our blog has 50+ educational posts - start reading!

What happens when a Facilitator of Change, Community Builder + Environmentalist, and Reiki Energy Healer connect at a local song circle? A soul family is born. Emily, Leilah, and Roxanne partnered together to buy a house - but, it's going to be SO much more than that. Learn how they addressed their fears and created a thoughtful plan for their investment (their sweet little village, really!) through today's interview.

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Work with Syd! Connect with our Realtor team
2. We'll be at Future Front Market this year!
3. Have you worked with us? Join our Homeowner Facebook Group
4. Needing a 3rd place/community? Join our Women Investor Group!
5. Mini-Course: Buying a House With Friends
6. Follow BravelyGo, Kara Perez on Instagram
7. Follow their journey on Instagram @peace.love.leilah

We bring on an experienced loan officer (Steph's uncle, Moose) & investment-minded Realtor (our teammate, Jenn) for a market update + unique ways to overcome increased interest rates. You've probably heard this phrase: "Marry the home - date the rate." But what does it reallyyyy mean? And, how could a '2-1 Buydown' loan increase your home-buying power? We'll explain!

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Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. 2-1 Buydown Definition (Investopedia)
3. Moose's Website
4. Get a Quote From Moose
5. Quiz: Are You Ready to Buy?
6. We're Uploading to YouTube now! Check it out

Chains on the wall. Random broken mirrors. Secret doors. Severed doll heads galore. This extra-spooky special episode is a real scream, to be sure. Turn the lights down and grab a cozy bevy. We're sharing real estate horror stories from us, our agents and neighbors.

Get in Touch

Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. Mini-Course: Buying a House With Friends
3. First-Time Home Buyer Mini-Course
4. "How to Buy a House in Austin" Workshop
5. Join Our Women Investor Group
6. Airbnb: Steph's Ranch
7. Follow Long Story Ranch on Instagram

Steph teamed up with 7 friends to buy a ranch! It's a 24-acre property with endless potential. But, their first thought was to move a native bee colony onto the land. They'll be jarring honey by the dozen in the coming years. Meantime, they're saving a significant amount of money on taxes with an agricultural exemption. Listen up for all of the sweet deets!

Get in Touch

Comments, suggestions or feedback? Email us at [email protected]

Want to hear more from Open House? Follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

Please stay tuned for more episodes every Tuesday, and subscribe so you don’t miss them! You can find us on Spotify, Stitcher and Apple Podcasts.

Related Resources 

1. Connect With a Realtor
2. Mini-Course: Buying a House With Friends
3. Airbnb: Kristina's New-Build Sneaky Duplex
4. Airbnb: Steph's Ranch
5. Airbnb: Kristina's FL Beach House
6. Follow Long Story Ranch on Instagram