Pretty Girls Love Real Estate

On episode 68 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Janet Tonkins, affectionately known as the "Baltimore Real Estate Diva" and Founder of ART Enterprises. During our conversation we discuss: - How she got started investing in Baltimore to amassing an over $700M portfolio of single family homes and apartment buildings - Collaborating with author Jack Canfield to write the book &q...

On episode 67 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with LaQuida Chancey, Founder and Director of Smalltimore Homes, a nonprofit aiming to provide those experiencing homelessness with transitional housing in the form of tiny homes. During our conversation we discuss: - Projects and services with Smalltimore Homes and other initiatives in Baltimore to increase development by people of color - Th...

On episode 66 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Victoria Gousse Baumol, Senior Vice President of Investments at A. Walker & Co., a boutique real estate private equity firm based in New York City. During our conversation we discuss: - Differences between a private equity firm and a pension fund - How private equity firms evaluate deals - The tangible impact that previous deals she&#...

On episode 65 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Stephanie Roodman, Director of Real Estate and Legal Counsel at Montgomery Housing Partnership, a non-profit affordable housing developer in Silver Spring, Maryland. During our conversation we discuss: - How her educational background in urban planning lead to her passion for real estate development - Character traits of a successful real...

On episode 64 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Heidi Bolyard, architect and founder of SOLD By Design, a firm that works with realtors in the Dublin, Ohio area to increase their knowledge of design elements to help their clients make their homes more functional. During our conversation we discuss: - What inspired her to create her firm SOLD by Design and how she helps realtors expand...

On episode 63 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Sarah Massey, Director of Business Development and Senior Analyst at Spring Garden Lending, an asset-based private real estate lender operating in the DMV, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Metro areas. During our conversation we discuss: - How her passion and interest for developing new communities started with her work with United Way - Tran...

On episode 62 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Jane Wabs, Partner at Paper Profits, a Southern California- based fund that invests in performing and distressed mortgage notes. During our conversation we discuss: -Her start in real estate investing raising capital for multifamily deals. - Advantages and disadvantages of investing in mortgage notes and how one can get started - Paper Pr...

On episode 61 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Nicole Christopherson, real estate broker and founder of NMC Realty, servicing buyers and sellers in Austin, Texas and Newport Beach, California. During our conversation we discuss: - Her transition from Newport Beach to Austin and unique things to know if interested in buying real estate in Texas - Starting an independent brokerage under...

On episode 60 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Gina Nisbeth, Co-Founder of Open Access, a fellowship program for minorities interested in transitioning to a career in community development finance. She is also the Founder of 9th & Clinton, a strategic consulting firm aiming to help minority-controlled developers, fund managers, CDFIs, and other organizations expand their offerings...

On episode 59 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Dr. Gina Merritt, Founder and CEO of Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures and Project Community Capital, an organization dedicated to leveraging social capital to provide jobs to people in underserved communities. During our conversation we discuss: - How a reoccurring childhood dream about construction turned into a prolific career in rea...

On episode 58 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Sheveir Ross, a real estate investor in Baltimore, MD. During our conversation we discuss: Comparison between DC and Baltimore markets Getting back in the real estate investing game after taking a loss How to connect with private money for real estate deals Book suggestion: The Dreamgiver by Bruce Wilkinson The Millionaire Real Estate Inv...

On episode 57 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Stephanie Knights, realtor at e-Merge Real Estate in Columbus, Ohio. During our conversation we discuss: Overview of the Columbus, Ohio market and opportunities for investment in 2023 and beyond Carving out a niche as a buyer’s agent for baby boomer clients Nuances you should know when considering investing in Columbus, Ohio Book suggesti...

On episode 56 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Janisha Richardson, founder of Right Commercial Lending and market leader for the DMV chapter of Project REAP. During our conversation we discuss: How to establish business credit even with a new LLC with no revenue Preparing your personal credit profile to successfully qualify for business credit Upcoming initiatives for the Project REAP...

On episode 55 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Anna McCorvey, LEEP AP-certified architect and founder of the River East Design Center based in the Anacostia neighborhood of SE DC. During our conversation we discuss: - Programs and initiatives to increase the amount of black women architects (currently only around 500 in the United States) -Evolution of community design centers over th...

On episode 54 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Daria Guzzo, Program Specialist for DMV Initiatives at Capital Impact Partners. During our conversation we discuss: - Capital Impact Partners' multitude of programs and initiatives designed to strengthen communities and create a new generation of developers of color - Her experience as a fellow in Leadership Greater Washington's Rising Le...

On episode 53 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Rachael Strum, Senior Mortgage Loan Officer at Cardinal Financial. She is also an affordable housing developer, and has years of experience working with HUD and section 8 programs. During our conversation we discuss: - Dispelling myths and things you probably didn't know about section 8 vouchers - Ways to find properties in pre-foreclosur...

On episode 52 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Kendra Whitaker Shine, co-founder of M.O.R.E., a nonprofit focused on helping people from disadvantaged areas in the DC region to build wealth through homeownership and entrepreneurship. She has also been a practicing realtor in the DMV area for over 12 years and more recently has started to make inroads in the development world. During o...

On episode 51 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Davonne Reaves, hotelier and founder of Vesterr, a crowdfunding platform for commercial real estate investments. During our conversation we discuss: The three most important things when evaluating a hotel Hotel brands with diversity programs to help more minorities with hotel ownership The competition between short term rental platforms a...

On episode 50 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Marjorie Tsang, former Investment Manager for the New York State Employees' Pension Fund, controlling approximately $175B of assets under management during her tenure. During our conversation we discuss: -How large institutional investment funds think about asset allocation and evaluate opportunities for the portfolio -Defining E.S.G. and...

On episode 49 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Manikka Bowman, the new Executive Director for Project REAP, an organization championing diversity in the commercial real estate industry for the past 24 years. During our conversation we discuss: New initiatives for the 25th anniversary of Project REAP Quantitatively measuring the tangible impact that Project REAP has had on its alumni a...

On episode 48 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Ayesha Hudson, CEO of A-Peace, LLC, a housing and resident programming provider in the most underserved communities in Washington, DC.  During this episode, we discuss: - The changes in the DC housing market over the past 20+ years - The various rental subsidy and supportive housing programs in DC - Membership and opportunities with...

On episode 47 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Adeola Adejobi, Founder of Avant-Garde Network, the leading social enterprise company focused on creating black executives and entrepreneurs. Adeola is a nationally and regionally recognized leader in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in business entrepreneurship and real estate. On this episode, we discuss: - The tangible impact...

On episode 46 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Imelba Rodriguez, an associate broker based on Brooklyn, NY. Imelba has several years of experience working with various organizations to help address the housing affordability crisis in the city, one family at a time.  During our conversation we discuss: - the current state of affordable housing in NYC - her experience being a landl...

On episode 45 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Jasmine Jina Ortiz, a commercial broker based in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts area. During our conversation we discuss: - benefits of being a residential/commercial dual threat agent - how being involved in different real estate organizations and pursuing numerous designations can take your career to the next level - new real estat...

On episode 44 of Pretty Girls Love Real Estate, I chat with Rachel Lesperance, a paralegal with Res-Title based out of the Indianapolis, Indiana area. During our conversation we discuss:  - the state of the title industry during the pandemic and beyond - what states have the toughest closing procedures for real estate transactions -her words of wisdom to realtors and loan officers to make the...