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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.
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3. BRANDING. AND THEN RE-BRANDING
Branding isn’t your logo, your colors, or your fonts.
It’s the decision you make about who you’re allowed to be publicly. And most people are still building a business around a version of themselves from five years ago.
In this episode, we strip branding down to what it actually is, how people experience you when you’re not in the room, and why inconsistency isn’t usually the problem. Lack of clarity is. If someone followed you for 30 days and still wouldn’t know who you help, what you stand for, or what you refuse to do, this conversation is for you.
We talk honestly about branding inside companies, brokerages, and teams, the tradeoff between safety and sovereignty, and what happens when your brand doesn’t fully belong to you. We also name the uncomfortable truth: freedom in branding requires responsibility. When no one hands you a template, you have to decide.
At the center of this episode is branding through life change. Divorce, name changes, motherhood, burnout, career pivots, growth. The fear of confusing people versus the cost of staying misaligned. Why life changes don’t ruin your brand, they reveal it. And why pretending nothing changed quietly erodes trust.
You’ll walk away with a practical, not cringey framework to revisit your own brand, grounded in identity, values, boundaries, and voice.
This episode is permission to rebrand, and rebrand again.
Because branding is not a one time decision. It’s an ongoing conversation between who you are and who you serve. And when it starts to feel tight, it’s probably time to listen.
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