{"id":6484,"date":"2025-05-02T07:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2025-05-02T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:59:37","slug":"buyers-of-all-ages-who-seek-houses-not-spouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/buyers-of-all-ages-who-seek-houses-not-spouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyers (of All Ages) Who Seek Houses, Not Spouses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kristina Modares is a social media phenomenon. She goes online to inspire other young adults to get their own deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She would tell you to get together with a friend or two. Then, co-buy your first home<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how she began \u2014 before going on to buy several more. As a young adult, Kristina was trying to make a go of renting, while pulling in just $27K in annual income. A decade later, aged 34, Kristina is named on the deeds for multiple properties. She did it all with a little help from her friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Today, Kristina Heads a Real Estate Brokerage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Houses before spouses<\/em> is the mantra of Kristina\u2019s company, Open House Austin<\/a>. It\u2019s a company she started \u2014 of course! \u2014 with a friend. Together with Stephanie Douglass, she started up the firm to help people much like themselves. Most are female home seekers. Quite a few do not have life partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 25, Stephanie was single and struggling on a schoolteacher\u2019s salary. As her rental costs rose, so did her anxiety. But today, ten years later, Stephanie\u2019s name graces 19 deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As young deed holders, Stephanie and Kristina decided to become licensed brokers. These two like-minded women met their matches \u2014 each other \u2014 in 2016. Both were becoming influential in social media circles by that point. By 2019, they\u2019d established their company, with a special focus on encouraging young women to acquire their first deeds. Today they use social media to rally young people, mostly women, to take control of their financial destinies, if they\u2019re in the position to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An element of getting ready involves building confidence. Breaking free of expectations. Traditionally, young women waited for life partners to come a courtin\u2019 before \u201csettling down\u201d in a home of their own. But young people do have an array of lifestyle options today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure enough, MoneyWise<\/em> points to reporting from LendingTree and JW Surety Bonds, noting the rising number of deeds acquired in recent years by co-buying friends. A hefty portion of these new homeowners are young women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Single Women Rocking the House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Women earn less pay<\/a> than men do. So it might come as a surprise that single women snap up many more deeds than their male peers do. But that\u2019s a fact, says a recent survey from LendingTree. You can <\/em>own a house before you find a spouse, young deed holders seem to be telling their generation. More people are finding their life partners later, or simply choosing their own paths in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just having real estate to support them, though, is hardly the whole enchilada. Women also need to make good deals. Men tend to get more overall, both as sellers and buyers, according to research coming out of Yale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biases about women\u2019s financial savvy can also seep into lending decisions and selling negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When young women co-buy, they can support each other in negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boomers Join the Trend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The National Association of REALTORS\u00ae keeps tabs on the numbers. The group says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n