This week I co-hosted an event with a mortgage agent Lisa Okun, called ‘What Every Woman Should Know Before Buying’. A room full of women gathered at the female co-working space Make Lemonade on Monday night, to educate themselves and more confidently navigate the homebuying process.
In late September, I had the honour of moderating a panel discussion at a Ladies Who Launch event, which drew 300 female entrepreneurs to the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. It was a beautiful evening of community, education, and inspiration as we celebrated and heard from tenacious women in business. Ladies Who Launch is an international organization, acclaimed for lifting women up through educational events around the world.
In part 1 of a 3-part series for stance*, Despina shares statistics about women and real estate, real-life stories from female homeowners, and why women shouldn’t wait to buy their dream home.
One of the best ways to empower women is to provide them with a space to make life-changing connections. If you’re on the lookout for the best networking opportunities out there, take a moment to browse through this month’s list.
Money. We all work hard for it, we all need it and we all want it. But so rarely do we share our experiences with money — how we spend it, how we save it, how we overcome debt and use those dollar bills to accomplish our big dreams.
Are you in the market for a home… but feeling overwhelmed? Is this your first time buying and you don’t know where to start?
One of the best ways to empower women is to provide them with a space to make life-changing connections. If you’re on the lookout for the best networking opportunities out there, take a moment to browse through this month’s list.
In 1994, Despina bought a fixer-upper in Little Italy and renovated it herself. In this interview with Livabl magazine*, she tells us about her experience renovating as a woman, and shares tips from other female contractors and architects that are challenging the idea that home renos are a “man’s job.” Read interview
*Livable is your source for the latest news that’s shaping the fast-moving world of new construction, home buying, and investing.
Fact: Condo developers and architects are typically men — which means they don’t tend to consider the needs and wants of women. That’s why Despina was super pumped to join a brainstorming session held by the Reina Condos* team, helping them understand what works best for women and families, from the perspective of a female homeowner and real estate agent. She shared her thoughts about the experience in Livabl Magazine.
One of my life’s passions? Networking. (…after real estate, of course.)