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The Realty Check Podcast
The real life of agents, lenders, and moms who do it all.
If you’ve ever cried in your car between appointments or negotiated a contract while microwaving chicken nuggets, welcome home.
This is Realty Check - the show where sanity is optional, caffeine is mandatory, and we say the quiet parts out loud.
We’re Amanda and Leni. Two moms building our businesses in the middle of snack requests, appraisal deadlines, and never-ending group texts.
We’re not here to give you the polished version. We’re here to talk about the deals that almost broke us, the clients who became family, and the moments that made us wonder if quitting to raise alpacas would be easier.
Whether you’re a real estate agent, a lender, a mom, or just someone trying to keep it together while building a career…you’re seen, you’re understood, and you’re in the right place.
Every episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on what success actually looks like when motherhood and real estate collide. With humor, honesty, and a whole lot of “did that really just happen?”
Wherever you are - working, driving, crying, thriving - we’re in this with you.
Hit follow, drop us a review, and remember: the highlight reel is fake, but this community is real.
The Realty Check Podcast
2. RUNNING A BUSINESS AS A PRIMARY PARENT
If you’re a primary parent running a business, this episode is for you.
Not the polished version of entrepreneurship. The real one, where flexibility exists, but it often shows up as working late, stacking responsibilities, and constantly adjusting around everyone else’s needs.
In this episode, we talk honestly about what it means to run a business as the default parent. The flexibility myth, why “you make your own schedule” can feel like a trap, and how work actually gets done in the margins of school drop offs, practices, and bedtime routines.
We introduce energy blocking, a more realistic alternative to traditional time blocking, and explain how matching tasks to your energy instead of your calendar can change everything. We also get into the nuance of bringing kids into your work life, when it works, when it doesn’t, and how to make those calls without guilt or over explanation.
We talk about showing up honestly in your business without hiding your season of life, why you don’t need to remove the parent part of you to be professional, and how that transparency can attract clients and customers who respect your rhythms, boundaries, and humanity.
You’ll also hear about the systems and people that quietly hold everything together, simple tools that get tasks out of your head, and why the support behind the scenes is not a luxury, it’s leverage.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re trying to build a business designed for someone without kids, this conversation will feel like a deep exhale.
This episode is about building a business that works with your life, not against it.
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