Moms in Real Estate

Moms in Real Estate belongs to Kristen Cantrell, who introduces herself as a community builder, an agent, an entrepreneur and a mom, and elsewhere as the founder of Moms in Real Estate and the Hello Culture. The show takes that list literally. Business and family are never kept apart here. They show up mixed together, the way they do on a working day. The guests are women from across the industry. Cindy Plourde, who oversees partners at Coffee and Contracts, flew in from Connecticut to record, and the talk makes room for her three-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter. Kristen, for her part, says the industry has introduced her to some of the coolest people around the country. Allie Readyhough, whom Kristen met on Instagram, explains how she kept working as a team with her dad while raising young children: daycare, a YMCA after-school program on certain days, set days for her own pickups and parents covering others. Shelby Hodges, part of the Moms in Real Estate referral network, is disarmingly honest about what breaks. Her team lost a buyer when a referral agent never got a call back, she is handling listing input without an assistant, and a pile of applications for the next hire is still being sorted. She also describes the events her team throws, from an Easter gathering and a Santa event to monthly meetups. Ashley Willis, author of The House Hunt, flew from Texas to Arizona for her conversation and shares a message an agent in Colorado received from a mother whose daughter asks to read the book every night. Allison Chiaramonte, a New York native and mom of three, co-founded the Atelier team at Compass and works mostly in Manhattan, and Kristen admits she cannot remember the last New York guest. Some episodes have no guest at all. In 'S3Ep7: The Rooms That Change You', Kristen talks through the hard decision to spend real money on a mastermind and admits that a home office gets lonely. She keeps a Monday reminder on her calendar to plan which events she will attend. Her conclusion is simple: get into the right rooms. The tone varies too. One episode starts with a high-energy intro hailing 'fierce ladies' and 'boss babes', while others use a plainer, friendlier welcome that promises no one is pretending to have it all together. A listener gets encouragement plus specific systems borrowed from agents who manage work and kids at once. For a first listen, the Shelby Hodges episode puts the numbers and the mess side by side.