The Powers Playbook

Real Estate, Family, and Freedom an interview with Emily Powers (Aaron's wife)

• Aaron Powers • Season 1 • Episode 16

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This episode of The Powers Playbook is a special one.

Aaron Powers sits down with his wife, business partner, and the Director of Operations behind Powers Real Estate, Emily Powers, for a personal conversation about business, family, marriage, parenting, client relationships, and building a life with more freedom.

Emily shares how she transitioned from a successful salaried career into helping grow Powers Real Estate, what it was like making that leap after becoming a mom, and why the decision ultimately gave their family more flexibility, control, and time together.

This episode gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the family side of the business — from working with your spouse to raising young kids, planning client events, building community, and creating a business that reflects your own values.

In This Episode

• How Emily joined Powers Real Estate
 • Why she left a salaried career to help build the family business
 • The challenges and rewards of working with your spouse
 • How Aaron and Emily balance business, marriage, and parenting
 • Why client events matter so much to Powers Real Estate
 • The story behind the Powers Presser newsletter
• How family, communication, and flexibility shape their day-to-day life
• Why vacations and intentional family time are so important
• A special Powers family announcement
• The freedom that comes from building something together

Business, Family & Freedom

Building a business with your spouse is not always easy.

There are challenges, sacrifices, and plenty of moments where business life and personal life blend together. But for Aaron and Emily, the reward has been the ability to build a life with more freedom — freedom to spend time with their kids, serve clients in a personal way, and create something that reflects who they are as a family.

This conversation is about more than real estate.

It’s about partnership, trust, discipline, communication, and choosing to build a life on your own terms.

A Special Family Announcement

In this episode, Aaron and Emily also share exciting news about the Powers family — they are expecting baby number three.

They talk about the excitement, nerves, and joy that come with growing their family, while continuing to build their business and navigate life as parents of young kids.

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Each episode explores the decisions, conversations, and strategies that help families build stronger futures through real estate, entrepreneurship, personal growth, and long-term planning.

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SPEAKER_01

You've opened the Powers Playbook. Your guide to family, wealth, and real estate.

SPEAKER_00

Welcome back to the show, everybody. Welcome to the Powers Playbook. A very, very special edition. We have the best guest we're ever going to have on the show. Can't top it no matter what we do. And so without further ado, we are going to uh introduce her to you. So she is um, gosh, many things. She is uh a daughter, a mom, a sister, a business owner, uh a director of operations. Uh she is wonderful and beautiful and amazing and caring and the mother of my children. So welcome to the show, Miss Emily Powers.

SPEAKER_02

Hello, hello, thank you. That was very kind of you. It was very kind.

SPEAKER_00

Had to make sure the intro was good. We got to start off on the right foot here, you know.

SPEAKER_02

Did you practice that?

SPEAKER_00

No, no. I guess I I probably just deliver that now. Uh I very rarely practice or or uh do any of this before you see it. I very much do it in in one take and and as it comes. So for better or worse, now you know all the secrets. All right, so let's let's start off. I wanted to have Emily on the show. Um asked her before. She finally agreed, so this is cool, and lets you kind of dig into uh the woman that runs everything for uh really the whole powers family and and everything that we do. So uh my first question is how did you end up here with me uh running powers real estate? And how did that come about for you?

SPEAKER_02

Well, that's a big question. Um How did I end up here with you at Powers Real Estate? Well, I think life life just drove us that way. Life drove us together. Um, how did I actually end up at Powers Real Estate? Well, we had Violet in 2020, and it was the best thing in the world, and I didn't want to go back to work. And I said, okay, well, well, let's like, how can we make this work? We we have this business that's starting to get off the ground. And Aaron graciously said, why don't you come help me? And so that's that's the literal path that we took to me joining you at Powers Real Estate. Um, I think it's evolved and it's changed over the years from being more of a full-time position to more of a part-time slash full-time mom position. Um, but we're in a good spot right now and and we're here and we work together and it's fun. So awesome. Does that answer your question, sir?

SPEAKER_00

I think so. I think so. We'll dive into that fun part here more in a second. Um, and yes, I I would agree. We uh very much uh COVID and Violet all kind of simultaneously happened and it changed uh a lot of a lot of things for us. And you know, I knew you weren't like fully happy and said, like, hey, why don't you run the business with me? And you agreed.

SPEAKER_02

And so yeah, it took some convincing, I will say it did take quite a bit of convincing.

SPEAKER_00

But so I wanted to ask you about that because you were uh extremely successful in your career, um, more successful than I was at the same time in my own career. And um I think it's safe to say you were making you were the breadwinner for the family, you were making more consistent money at that time, I believe, than I was. Um and so uh I just would like to know from you now looking back. Do you think that, you know, like was it an easy decision? And do you think even now looking back, did you make the right decision?

SPEAKER_02

Well, did I make the right decision one one million percent one hundred times over? Yes, of course. I didn't just gain I think freedom for my family, but I gained freedom for myself, freedom to do what I wanted when I wanted with who I wanted, which was with my family. Um What was your first question? First part of that was did I make it was it an easy decision?

SPEAKER_00

You think you made the right one?

SPEAKER_02

Well, yes, so so yes, I made the right decision. Um was it an easy decision to quit a salaried position with a guaranteed income, with paid time off, with wonderful benefits? Absolutely not. It was not an easy decision on paper, but in my heart, it was the easiest decision I've ever made. Having the flexibility to be with my daughter, she was six months old at the time, and kind of take on this new adventure. Absolutely. But scary, very, very scary. Very is this gonna is this gonna work? What's gonna happen in the next year? What does two years down the road look like? Will I be back in a salaried position? That was a very scary part, but was it an easy decision? Yes, because I love you and I trusted you.

SPEAKER_00

Thank you.

SPEAKER_02

You're welcome.

SPEAKER_00

Nice to know that still exists. That's great. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Very cool.

SPEAKER_00

Um I think you made the right decision as well. So I'm glad that you think the same.

SPEAKER_02

So yes, thank you.

SPEAKER_00

I don't know about every day.

SPEAKER_02

Well, in your own way.

SPEAKER_00

Interesting. This is gonna be great. This is gonna be a good idea.

SPEAKER_02

Aaron likes to tell me what you know what he's what he's done right along the way. So he's proud of himself. I'm proud of you too. It's okay, it's a good thing.

SPEAKER_00

I'm just proud of you. That's all right. I'm just proud of you. And and for those of you who are are like listening to this or thinking about what she talked about, how she's she left a salary-paying job, benefits. I'm telling you, having to pay for your own health insurance and having to do everything on your own and formulate your own retirement, and it is a lot. But there is there is nothing that can change the the freedom that you're able to get as a couple in return.

SPEAKER_02

So I still think we did the right thing, like looking back, but I wouldn't I would never change anything about the decision.

SPEAKER_00

So Okay. All right, so so now you you said you made the right decision. So now I want to work backwards a little bit and say what what's been the hardest thing for you? Like what's been the most challenging thing along the way that maybe you didn't realize or that you've you know come to realize now?

SPEAKER_02

Well, I think I think the most I know the most challenging thing about working in a business with your significant other is working with your significant other in a business. It's the most rewarding and the most challenging because there isn't a divide really in our personal lives, business lives at all. We don't go to a separate job every day for eight hours a day. We don't have that separation of, oh, how was your day at work or what did you do today? There's no, not to make it sound bad, there's not that excitement of like, oh, I wonder what happened at a job today, or oh, I can't wait to tell him what happened today, you know, where I was. So that's a you know, it's a kind of a double-edged sword. It's a it's wonderful, but it's also the hardest thing because you and I are very similar in our values and our and our dreams, but very different in our execution. So I like to have my way and you like to have yours, and there's only one way it's gonna happen.

SPEAKER_00

So it's a challenge to uh Yeah, and that way is your way.

SPEAKER_02

I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00

I said yeah in that way, it usually ends up being your way.

SPEAKER_02

I don't know. I I I think you're being sweet again, but um you often fight for what you want. It's a good thing.

SPEAKER_00

Well, yeah, I hope we both fight for for what we believe in and what we want. And then ultimately I think you probably win at the end. Which is which is how it should be. Yeah, thank you. I think it's probably how it should be.

SPEAKER_02

You're right, you're right.

SPEAKER_00

What has been um I know you kind of answered the question as far as like most rewarding is also like working with your spouse every day. Is there anything else specifically you would add that's been like the the thing you've appreciated the most or or found like the most you said fun earlier, so like maybe the most fun or joy in?

SPEAKER_02

Um I do think that being able to so I'm I'm very service-based. I like to help our clients. I like to help our, you know, in our in my previous position, help our guests. It's very fulfilling to me to help someone else achieve their goal. And in our realm, it's helping someone purchase a home or or with a transaction of a home. Um so I think that the fun part, the fun derivative comes from being able to help our clients with our own touch. We're not doing it with someone else's values, we're not doing it to complete or fulfill someone else's vision. It's how we want to do it and it's heartfelt and it's genuine to us. So I think that's what makes it fun.

SPEAKER_00

I love that. I I do think we have definitely more of a personal touch with how we operate our business and you know, even the people within it and how we treat our clients for sure. Um, and so I think hopefully people see that when they when they work with us. And I think a lot of that comes from you. So thank you for you're you're good too.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, no, no, you're great.

SPEAKER_00

Um, I want to ask you about a few things within the business that I uh have kind of seen you excel at. Um, the first one is our client events. Um, just for those of you that have been to our client events or have been a part of the things we've invited you to, um, the majority of that is Emily. Um, the like the planning, the inviting, the the logistics of all of it. Uh, she has a huge hand in producing those for us. Uh, what is it that you like about our events so much? And like what where does that passion come from, do you think?

SPEAKER_02

I think just creating an experience for someone else, creating something that someone else will remember and say, wow, that was a fun time when we did this, or or do you remember when we went to see the movie at in this, you know, with Ours Real Estate? Or not it's not even so much about recognition on our part, but having an experience with someone that they care about is 100% tenfold a reward over and over. And I think that's where the motivation and excitement comes from. Just having fun with the people you care about. That's what it's all about. That's what I feel like that's what life is about is enjoying moments and time with people that are really important to you. So I think that's it's really neat that we can bring that into our business and call it part of our business. No, right? Not just let's have a party on the Friday. But no, we're we're making it part of what we do every single day. That's special, I think.

unknown

But yeah.

SPEAKER_00

No, I I agree. I I really like the it allows us to to be able to get like face to face and see people again. Cause like when we're working with them, we're talking to them, you know, sometimes daily, right? Like all the time. And then the transaction's over and then they go about their life and we go about ours. So the events are really cool because then you get to check back in with those people. And like, you know, we we reach out and we call and we we check in on people, but it's it's just neat to see them face to face again and then you know, like figure out and you're and you're right. I I for a long time I've definitely enjoyed experiences and memories more than like things. Um, because I I think you you remember the way like the feelings, the people you are with when you do certain things, and so I think that that matters for sure.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, what's more fun? Reviewing a resale package to see what your HOA is, or going out and having a drink with somebody that's now your friend. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00

That's why it's more important to me, but yeah, I guess I'd rather go have a drink than review HOA documents. Yeah, I'm with you. It's a tough choice. Yeah, I'm with you. Um, just for uh recap, so we we just did a happy hour event um out in Green Valley at Parkway. So thank you again for uh setting all that up for us. It was a heck of a lot of fun if you were able to make it. Thank you for coming. Our next, do you want to tell them what our next event is?

SPEAKER_02

June, I believe it's June 27th. It's still tentative, but almost locked in. We are going to be renting at a movie theater at the South Point Hotel and Casino and showing Toy Story 5 just for just for our friends and family. So June 27th, Toy Story 5, be there.

SPEAKER_00

Yep, be on the lookout for that. We'll be uh sending invites out through Evite again and uh would love to have you and your family if you can make it. Uh free uh free movie and uh probably popcorn, soda, that kind of thing. Yeah, yep. So uh Toy Story 5 if you can make it with us this summer, end of June. All right, I want to um uh actually one more thing in the business that I wanted to ask you about, uh, which is our newsletter. So you have been producing the Powers Presser for us for quite a while. For any of you that didn't know that CR emails on a monthly basis, that is uh the wonderful Miss Emily here creating those. And I've gotten lots of feedback from people over the years, um, other real estate agents, people vendors are like, wow, this, you know, this newsletter is like it's it's just different. It's so personal. It's like you can tell that somebody took their time like really creating it. Um is there, I assume, kind of maybe a similar answer to the event thing, but what is it about the newsletter that that you enjoy so much?

SPEAKER_02

So the Powers Presser is just something fun that we came up with as a different way to communicate to our clients, our family, our friends on what's happening in life. Um, it's not something that has a formal or strict format to it, and I think that's why it's fun. That's why I enjoy it. We can celebrate birthdays, we can celebrate events, we can shout somebody out or have somebody write a guest, uh guest feature on it. It's just a different fun way, other than social media, because I'm the first to admit social media is not my forte, it's not my passion. It's it's something that I enjoy to look at, but I don't really participate in. So this is a a way that we can do it that I think reaches a little bit farther than just a regular black and white email.

SPEAKER_00

So nice. So you're a uh you're a uh social media consumer.

SPEAKER_02

Very much so, yes. Very very much versus the other side, yes.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, I think we're all guilty of that. I'm sure we could do better at putting our personal stuff on there because we seem to Oh we absolutely can seem to do good with business, and then we kind of just stick to that's probably why, because we're we're out there so much in business that when we get home, it's like our sacred, sacred space.

SPEAKER_02

Sacred, or just busy and loud with you know with the kids. Sure.

SPEAKER_00

All right, so I wanted to actually transition to kids since you you mentioned that. Um I wanted to start, so you um growing up, you grew up three kids, you have two sisters, and your dad was in the military, and so you moved around a little bit. How how was that um in growing up in that environment? Did you did you know you were moving around a lot? Like, you know, I I was in one spot, right? So I'm just curious as to your memories or how that shaped you. What was that like?

SPEAKER_02

I think in the moment it was the worst thing ever. You know, you're in second grade and your dad says, Hey, we're moving. It's like, oh, but I just made a new best friend. But looking back, it didn't. There was no negative effect that I I think it had. Um, we've been here in Las Vegas for 27 years now. So this is home. You know, I grew up the majority of my life here when I was young in elementary school. Was it fun? No. But looking back, it was neat. It was I was always with my family, which was the most important part.

SPEAKER_00

So Okay. Any um like recollection or or anything of him, you know, like being away or being stationed or not, you know, like did that you think affect anything with with you and your sisters at all, or was was like did you I mean, did you know? Or was it just he's away, he's away, he's home, he's home?

SPEAKER_02

I mean, sure. When he went away a few times, it was like, oh, dad's going away for a few months. But my parents always made our family unit so such a priority that it was never it never it never really weighed on us that much. My mom was so involved in our life. My mom was a stay-at-home mom with us. So it wasn't it wasn't a huge change in our life, it wasn't something that we saw as drastically negative. So my my parents did a wonderful job at making sure we always had something fun to look forward to, that something that we were you know working on. I never grew up feeling that I was going without anything or felt any different than anyone else.

SPEAKER_00

So I just never really like asked you that before and and never have like had anyone that experienced the the back and forth like that. So I was just just curious. But like since I've known you, your dad's always been around. So it's been it's been great for me because I love your parents, but I was just curious if if it had any effect on you um in growing up at all. Um so switch back now to uh us. So we have two little kids, they're six and four right now. And uh how is that having two little kids at that age? One is in school, one's not in school yet. You're helping me run a business. You know, I'm here majority of the time throughout the week. Like, how does how does that balance work for you?

SPEAKER_02

There is no balance. I'll just say that there is no balance with a four-year-old and a six-year-old and you know, running your own business. There is no balance, but I also wouldn't trade it for the world. So it's wonderful, it's wild, it's predictably unpredictable, if that makes any sense. You know, we have a we talk about our control and to control what we can, and we control our schedules and manage where we are and manage what we're doing, but it always changes, and you just have to be flexible, I think, and roll with the punches and understand that they're only four and six one time. Enjoy it, even though it makes you crazy. Enjoy it and you know, just live for the moment and love it all.

SPEAKER_00

I love that. Yeah, I've always uh thought for a long time like there is no balance. Like you can try to find balance, and as soon as you do, something else will change. Like you're you're you're gonna you know work really hard sometimes and spend less time here, you're gonna choose to spend more time there. It's you have to take from something. There's no I I think by the if you're looking for perfect balance, it just doesn't exist. You have to you have to take and and prioritize what you need to at that time and make sure that the other you know people or things in your life are understanding what you're what you're working towards. I think that's the most important thing. Any um I guess like any any tricks or or anything particular that like keeps you grounded that you do to like say like you know, get some time for yourself when you haven't had it, or if the you know, like check me in and you out, or or or what what keeps you like you know grounded, uh sane for lack of a better word, to just kind of keep moving forward the next day with so much going on.

SPEAKER_02

I I don't think there's one specific thing that I can say keeps me grounded or or keeps me sane. Um but I think the most important thing is communication with you, having a great partnership with with my husband. You know, I'm not shy to tell you when I need a break. I'm not hesitant to say tag your it. And equally you're never hesitant to step in and say, hey, I'm here. Let's do let's do this, or let me take over for a little bit.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, no, I think you're right. I I think it's uh communication is is key in anything, and it's no matter how much you do, it's still always a challenge to do it more. It's funny because like you know, our kids are are still so young and crazy that even though we do communicate, I always find myself wanting to communicate about it more sometimes because we just like we don't always have the the time because you and I will try to have a conversation and then like how long do they let us talk for?

SPEAKER_02

Maybe thirty maybe thirty seconds, and we always have we always joke at home because we say we have extra ears now. Violet's six, and you don't think she's paying any attention to your conversation, and then she'll come back five minutes later and ask you about the entire thing. Wait a second.

SPEAKER_00

So yeah, they're always listening and watching. They they do what you do as well, which is crazy, but anyways, um yes, I love I love the the life and and all the craziness that comes along with it. No, it's fine. So yes, um what uh what are you most excited for? And can you share what our uh next vacation is?

SPEAKER_02

Um I'm probably most excited for our next vacation. Uh we leave in a week for a five-night Disney cruise. How much fun! I've uh neither of us have ever cruised before, right? This will be a first brand new.

SPEAKER_01

Never cruised.

SPEAKER_02

Um somehow Violet, the negotiator, has talked us into a Disney cruise because she's finished kindergarten. I think when I finished kindergarten, I got a hug, but equally I loved it. So um Disney cruise going to the Bahamas. It should be a great time. Yeah. I think that's probably what I'm most excited for. Six uh six days away, five days away?

SPEAKER_00

Yep, it's coming. Um exactly, I think five that we leave. Okay, but then like maybe six to board. Something like that. So um you are so so y for I don't know. I guess almost as long I as you probably been in the business that you know we were Violet was old enough for us to travel. We've been pretty good about trying to kind of p pre-plan our our vacations and like take time away every so often. Um how important do you think that is? And um why do you enjoy planning them so much?

SPEAKER_02

Because it's planning a vacation. What's not fun about that? I guarantee you if you go and ask anybody in this office if they have a vacation that they're thinking about planning, they're planning to plan, they've got one. They'll they can tell you. Um I just think planning a vacation is an imp such having a vacation that you are looking forward to is incredibly important because it gives you something to look forward to where you're creating memories with the people that you love. And you can do that in so many ways. It doesn't have to be on a vacation, right? But if I don't take you physically out of the state, you will be at the office the next day. So I kind of have that excuse of I have to drag you away from work sometimes in order to have some time with you.

SPEAKER_00

So I could see that as truth. Yeah, I could see that. And I do, I do really that's probably the thing that we do collectively together that I enjoy the most. You know this. Like when we do new things together, like um, you know, as a couple or or as a family, those are the things I remember the most. Like just creating memories and having experiences together. Um, but the reason I asked about planning is because like I love going on them, I don't necessarily love planning them. And so you do a lot of our planning. A lot or all?

SPEAKER_02

Because I think I do all of the planning, which is okay with me.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, I'll digress and say all.

SPEAKER_02

Thank you.

SPEAKER_00

You do all of our planning, and that's why I asked, is is there you know anything in particular you enjoy so much about creating the the plans? You know, I'm very much a like just on a whim, like we'll figure it out. Um, and so I that's why I asked, because I I love that you take that on for us because it it sh certainly makes my my life a lot easier.

SPEAKER_02

No, I think that we've established our our you know our strengths in vacations. And if you're gonna let me plan a vacation, I'm gonna plan the vacation. So but I have a partner now, and that's Violet. So this vacation is very much planned by Violet. So that's fun. That's fun.

SPEAKER_00

So then Owen and I will just enjoy being there. Sure. Very cool. Um, you and I uh also try to take um one vacation a year, just the two of us. And we've been doing this now since Violet was, you know, old enough, like I'd say what, like nine months or something like that around that time. Um do you enjoy those as much as I do? And uh do you why do you think it's important that we do that?

SPEAKER_02

I do enjoy them as much as you do, but I think for different reasons. I think you enjoy them for the silence and the solitude, and you know, you're you're not missing the crazy and the loud, um, which is which is great. You enjoy them, I enjoy them. They're I think they're fantastic. Um so yes, I think I enjoy them just as much as you do, but I do I think I look forward to coming home on those ones more than you do.

SPEAKER_00

For sure. I I would I would be okay to stay longer.

SPEAKER_02

Always. But when I ask you to to stay longer on a family vacation, that's a quick I have to get back to the office. No.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

Well interesting how that works.

SPEAKER_00

I usually say no to extend like you know, the plans are the plans. You made the plans. So I'm just trying to stick to your schedule.

SPEAKER_02

That's the only trouble Aaron gives me when planning a vacation. Nine days is way too much. It has to be like five or six.

SPEAKER_00

Nine days is a lot. Nine days is a lot. Yeah. So for you. Yes, yes, true. But no, I I I enjoy them um one mostly because it's time for just me and you. Sure. You and I don't have extended time together to like actually appreciate one another. Or, you know, quote unquote, like get to date each other for longer than a two-hour period. So for me, you know, I loved our life before kids and I love our life with kids. And it's just it's fun to, you know, have bits and pieces of enjoying each other for each other, sure, and not each other for somebody else. And so that's what I really enjoy about them. And um I would highly recommend to people, you know, families, couples that are busy to think about doing something like that, even if it's for a day or two, it doesn't have to be a long period of time, but just to have some undivided time with each other and and just reconnect and remember like, why did we start this whole thing together in the first place? Because life gets a heck of a lot busy when you start interjecting career and kids and like all of these different things. So I really like them for that reason. I think it's really nice to to reconnect and have time with each other.

SPEAKER_01

Agreed.

SPEAKER_00

And yeah, you you miss the kids more than I do during those times. For sure. For sure. Um, okay, I want to go to uh kids again and see if you would like to go ahead and uh make an announcement to the people about our family moving forward.

SPEAKER_02

Sure. Um so you asked me a few questions ago what I'm most excited for. Um, and that was kind of a twofold answer for me, but I didn't share the second part. Um I'm not sure if you're more excited about this than I am. I think you might be.

SPEAKER_00

Interesting.

SPEAKER_02

I'm not sure. Can't tell someday, someday it differs. I think we're both very excited for different reasons. Um, but come September, there's gonna be another Powers baby arriving in this crazy world. So we're having baby number three. So yeah, surprise.

SPEAKER_00

Super cool. Are you excited?

SPEAKER_02

I'm very excited. I'm yes.

SPEAKER_00

Are you nervous?

SPEAKER_02

Of course. Of course. Nervous about it all, nervous about, you know, I mean, and the pregnancy alone is is I I tell everybody it's equally as exciting as it is nerve-wracking. Um and of course, having baby number three is it's not it's not easy, right? Being a parent, something that I didn't understand before I was a parent, that now I fully understand. Parenting is the hardest thing you will ever do in your entire life, but it's also the most rewarding. But you have no idea how hard it is until you're in the trenches of doing it. So very excited to have number three. It's it's such a blessing, but nervous, of course.

SPEAKER_00

So I'm excited. I'm excited. I don't I don't necessarily think I'm nervous, but I'm also not the one having the child.

SPEAKER_02

Aaron Aaron doesn't carry nerves in many things in life.

SPEAKER_00

So Yeah. I just there's only so much you can control in life, you know? Like trying to worry about the things you can't control is just I seem to let it go fairly easily. I think the times that I that I worry are when it has to do with other people. Sure. I don't worry so much when it has to do with me.

SPEAKER_01

Sure.

SPEAKER_00

Um, so like I worry more for for your experience, but like not necessarily for my own, if that makes sense. So um, but yeah, I mean, I'm like we're gonna be outnumbered.

SPEAKER_02

I think it's a great challenge. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00

Like there's gonna be more human beings uh on their side than there is on ours. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, let's be honest, we have it's two 2v2 right now, and they already outpower us, and we're three times their size.

SPEAKER_00

So that's true.

SPEAKER_02

What's what's a little bit more?

SPEAKER_00

I like to say parenting, I think, is the most challenging thing you will ever do. I I think, you know, like yes, it's hard, but I think it's more challenging than hard. I I I think it's as you know, it's as hard as you want to make it out to be, but it is 100% a challenge, like all the way around. Because their kids are gonna challenge you, it's gonna challenge yourself. You'll learn a lot about yourself. Um God, you're gonna make so many mistakes. Like can't tell you how many mistakes I've made as a parent, but Violet can. I'm sure she can, yeah. She probably keeps count. She has a lot of things. But they they they still love you, and you wake up the next day and get to get to do it again. So I think it's wonderful.

SPEAKER_02

So but we're very excited. So um, we shared the news with the kids a few weeks ago, and they're I would I will say that Violet's very, very, very happy, and Owen is a four-year-old boy who'd rather jump off the couch than talk talk about his feelings. So gets that from you, but it's awesome.

SPEAKER_00

Uh and very true. Yeah, he is uh definitely in his own in his own world for sure. All right. Well, um, is there anything else uh that you'd want to share? Um, any words of wisdom? Anything that we didn't cover that you think would be important for people to know about, you know, our your story, our situation, the business, just kind of all of the above.

SPEAKER_02

I think that it's just really important to to share stories of success where we're just ordinary people. We're not super humans or or superheroes in any way. We're just two ordinary people who got tired of working for somebody else and not having control over our lives. And you made the leap and believed in yourself and believed in me enough to say, hey, let's do this together. And now we've been very, very fortunate and blessed to create a life where we have control and as much time with our kids as we want and vacations when we want. Um, you know, having that sense of I don't know what's the word, freedom in life is something that if you're not striving for, you're missing out. And you can do this. Like I said, we're just ordinary people and we've created an extraordinary life. So it's pretty neat. You people just have to dive in and go for it.

SPEAKER_00

I love that. I think we're we're amazing people. Well, thank you. Not just ordinary people. I think we're we're amazing people, and um yeah, I think I think the freedom that you talked about, I think the discipline that we've created has created that freedom. So I don't think it's just not we don't just wake up and do whatever the hell we want every day.

SPEAKER_02

This isn't by luck, right? This isn't by chance. We didn't fall into a a successful real estate business. You worked your ass off for a long time. Yeah, still doing it for 11 years.

SPEAKER_00

We still work really, really hard at it every day, and that's why we get the opportunity to do the other things that you're talking about and create the freedom that we want for ourselves. Um, and yeah, I think it's uh been a really fun ride and I'm excited to see where where it goes from here as well.

SPEAKER_02

Sure, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00

Uh when I asked you way back when to quit my job and get into real estate, why'd you say yes?

SPEAKER_02

Because I you've never asked me to do something that you didn't believe you could do. So if you had enough confidence to ask me, then I I I was confident that you had the confidence to execute. You gotta take a chance in life. You gotta be up for the adventure, you'll really always be wondering.

SPEAKER_00

Very true. Very true. Well, thank you for saying yes.

SPEAKER_02

You're welcome. Thank you for working so hard.

SPEAKER_00

It's been fun, and definitely uh calculated risk in all things, no matter what you decide to do, right? So I I thought, hey, I'm gonna go for this, and if uh if it fails, then we'll just go back to doing what I was doing before. What's the worst that could happen?

SPEAKER_02

Hey, you might be there in a year, you never know. Just kidding. Just kidding.

SPEAKER_00

Beware. Are you gonna be there?

SPEAKER_02

Just kidding.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, geez. Well, um, thank you for coming and agreeing to do this with me. I think it's been awesome.

SPEAKER_02

I think I do think you asked me about five or six times and you wore me down. So it was fun though. Thank you for having me.

SPEAKER_00

Absolutely. There there'll be no there'll be no greater guest on the show. So this is the height of the Powers Playbook, and uh any podcast episode we'll do from here. And we got to talk about a business, uh, a marriage, a mom, kids. We got to talk about uh break the news of a of a new baby coming. It's not gonna get any better. It's been fantastic.

SPEAKER_02

Might as well just quit now. Well, no, you can be home at like three o'clock today?

SPEAKER_00

The people would no, probably not. The people would the people would miss us. They they they they they like to to hear from us.

SPEAKER_02

So I think you love to talk to them too. So it's nice.

SPEAKER_00

Well, that's true. That's true. I do I do love to give back, share knowledge, and all of those things. So do you. You are pretty good.

SPEAKER_02

Pretty good.

SPEAKER_01

Thank you.

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Thank you.

SPEAKER_00

Fantastically great, as I said at the beginning. So we'll just play that part back.

SPEAKER_01

Wonderful.

SPEAKER_00

Um, all right, guys. So uh as you've heard, uh, we run Powers Real Estate here in the Las Vegas area. Um if you need anything from us or you just want to work with Emily specifically, you can uh please uh reach out to us at any of our various social locations, or you can email us at info at powersre dot com. And until then, uh go out there, make a baby, and the world will be yours. See you next time.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, my guys, thank you.