Real estate experts advise "houses before spouses" – buy with friends to step onto the property ladder
- 13 days ago
Meet the real estate experts who advise "houses before spouses" – recommending people buy homes with their friends to get on the property ladder.
Stephanie Douglass, 35, and Kristina Modares, 34, are co-founders of a real estate agency that specialises in helping millennials and Gen Z purchase homes with friends.
The duo started the company in 2019 after individually buying their first properties with pals and aimed to "break the barriers of traditional homeownership".
Since then, Stephanie and Kristina have gone on to buy four properties together, which they say is an easier way to get on the property ladder.
Stephanie has bought an additional three properties with other mates and Kristina has bought an additional two properties with her friends too.
They've been able to club together for a deposit, get approved for loans faster, and use them as an investment by renting out rooms.
Stephanie Douglass, 35, and Kristina Modares, 34, are co-founders of a real estate agency that specialises in helping millennials and Gen Z purchase homes with friends.
The duo started the company in 2019 after individually buying their first properties with pals and aimed to "break the barriers of traditional homeownership".
Since then, Stephanie and Kristina have gone on to buy four properties together, which they say is an easier way to get on the property ladder.
Stephanie has bought an additional three properties with other mates and Kristina has bought an additional two properties with her friends too.
They've been able to club together for a deposit, get approved for loans faster, and use them as an investment by renting out rooms.