Women Invest in Real Estate

Welcome back to episode eight of the Women Invest in Real Estate podcast! In this episode, we’re giving you a behind-the-scenes look at what we are up to in our businesses, and we’re kicking it off with an eviction story from Amelia. Let’s get started! Amelia’s Tenant Eviction StoryWith what is Amelia's first (and also hopefully her last) eviction, she’s learning some excellent lessons on handling tenants and the process of an eviction. This particular tenant has been problematic for the past 9-10

Welcome back to episode seven of the Women Invest In Real Estate podcast! This week on the podcast we are diving into what changes we anticipate experiencing in the mid-term rental market and also how you can plan for and protect your real estate portfolio for those potential changes. Amelia’s TakeObviously, we know that the COVID pandemic is subsiding (fingers crossed). Some of the questions I’ve been asked are:Are we seeing a reduction in requests from traveling nurses because of this? Do we think

Hi everyone! Welcome to episode six of the Women Invest In Real Estate Podcast. Today we are welcoming guest Ashley Gallacher to the podcast. Ashley is a full-time real estate investor in the Seattle, Washington area. Ashley left her W-2 in corporate finance at the end of 2020 and now has both short and mid-term rental properties throughout Tacoma, near Mount Rainier National Park, and also in Milwaukee.Ashley got her start in mid-term rentals after learning about Kendra and also Sarah Weaver on

Welcome back! Today we're going to talk about our very first mid-term rentals. We will be covering how we set up our first mid-term rentals and how we started managing our first mid-term rentals. Amelia’s first ever mid-term rental was in an 11-unit apartment building located about five minutes outside of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. She had seen a few people on Instagram doing the mid-term rental thing and was looking for ways to increase the cash flow on a brand new property that they were going to

Welcome back to episode four of the WIIRE podcast. In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the first three steps to getting started in mid-term rentals. We are super excited to dive into this topic because we both got started not too long ago in mid-term rentals ourselves so it’s pretty fresh. The steps we are going to cover can also be found in our free downloadable MTR Starter Guide. We’ve compiled these three steps because they are the most common questions we get about getting started with

Welcome to episode three of the Women Invest In Real Estate podcast! Today's episode is a behind-the-scenes look into each of our businesses and what we're currently up to.  Amelia’s Current ProjectsI recently bought a duplex in West Des Moines, but I didn't have to do a single thing to it so I never really think about it as a purchase. But prior to that, I hadn't bought a property since August of 2021. I'm currently in the works of purchasing a dilapidated triplex in my small hometown. It needs a

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another episode of the Women Invest In Real Estate podcast. Today we're going to talk about the 10 Steps to Get Started In Real Estate Investing.  Step 1: This first step is super important and it's also a step that a lot of investors forget to take when they're first starting out. It is to define your why. This is important because your why sets the standard for your journey and what it’s going to look like. Consider what it is that you actually want. Do you want to

Hello friends! Welcome to the very first episode of the Women Invest In Real Estate podcast with Amelia and Grace. We’re so excited you’re here! In this first episode, we’re going to tell you a little bit about our backgrounds and also dive into the lessons we’ve each learned during our investing journey. Amelia’s StoryAmelia is a 30-year-old investor from Des Moines, Iowa whose investing journey started in 2019 when she bought her first property with her parents to flip. In June 2020 they sold that