Episodes

  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 43: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 2 of 2)

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 43: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 2 of 2)
    Jul 6 2026
    Today we’re back with Part 2 of our conversation with Sammi Silver! Sammi is a licensed Realtor®, founder, and president of Bright Idea Properties, where she specializes in manufactured homes. As you may remember from last episode, these homes are no longer called mobile homes. Today’s manufactured homes are beautifully crafted and permanent places to…
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    28 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Special Episode: Live at Twin Cities Pride 2026

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Special Episode: Live at Twin Cities Pride 2026
    Jun 27 2026
    This special episode was recorded live at Minneapolis Pride! We were joined by two incredible leaders in the housing justice space: AsaleSol Young and Anne Mavity. AsaleSol, who has joined us on the RECkoning with Real Estate podcast before, is the Executive Director of Housing In Action, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit advancing housing justice through affordable…
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    53 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 42: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 1 of 2)

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 42: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 1 of 2)
    Jun 22 2026
    Manufactured housing has come a long way from the days when they were “mobile homes” with a license plate and wheels. In this episode, we’re joined by Sammi Silver: licensed Realtor®, founder, and president of Bright Idea Properties! We’re lucky to be joined by her to get the inside scoop on these misunderstood homes, and…
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    29 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 41 (Encore): The difficulty of building housing in the US with guest YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard)

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 41 (Encore): The difficulty of building housing in the US with guest YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard)
    Jun 15 2026
    This episode originally aired January 11, 2026: In this episode, we welcome a special guest to discuss the housing shortage in the United States. We discuss why it’s so difficult to build new housing, and the reality that the U.S. is facing a genuine housing shortfall. Our guest, Leora Tanjuatco Ross, is the California Director…
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    29 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 40: Follow the Data

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 40: Follow the Data
    Jun 8 2026
    As promised, here is the episode we’ve been eager to present. Let us all brace ourselves for a topic that seems to be finding its way into every industry, including real estate: AI. Our previous conversation about how lenders are paid, the technology used to crunch numbers, and data security naturally led us here. We…
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    28 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 39: Follow The Money

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 39: Follow The Money
    Jun 1 2026
    Hello again to Matt Berna and Marc Byers joining us this week! You may have heard those names before, and that is no mistake. These are two people with a lot of information to share. For this episode, we’re talking about how loan officers are compensated. We’ve spent previous episodes talking about how Realtors® are…
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    29 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 38: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 2 of 2)

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 38: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 2 of 2)
    May 25 2026
    In Part 2 of our conversation with Doug Miller, we dive into a continuation of last episode’s discussion (watch here) surrounding practices that don’t serve consumers’ best interests. We discuss the 2024 anti-trust lawsuit involving NAR, “standard fee agreements,” and other anti-competitive practices that have been commonplace in the real estate industry for years. From…
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    28 mins
  • Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 37: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 1 of 2)

    Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 37: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 1 of 2)
    May 18 2026
    We find ourselves yet again in the depths of the side of real estate most consumers never get to see. In this episode, we sit down with Doug Miller: consumer protection attorney, Executive Director of Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate, and believe it or not, a real estate agent himself. A trusted ally of…
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    28 mins