RECkoning with Real Estate is your inside look at the real estate world through a fresh, consumer-focused lens. Hosted by The Real Estate Collaborative (REC), a residential real estate company, we dive into the history of housing, explore the challenges and opportunities in today’s housing market, talk to past clients, and highlight the inspiring work of housing activists, experts, and our valued sponsors. RECkoning with Real Estate is about building a better real estate company in hopes of building better communities, where everyone has access to a safe, stable, and affordable home. Whether you’re buying your first home, sell...
Latest episodes
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 51: How Did We Get Here?
Today is our last episode of the year of RECkoning with Real Estate. While we’re a little sad to close this season, we’re incredibly grateful for everything we’ve been able to shar…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 50: Liz In Government (Part 2)
Here we go again with the amazing Liz Novotny of Hamm Real Estate Co. for Part 2 of this two-part series! (find part 1 here) This time, we’re congratulating Liz on taking the next…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 49: Understanding Short Sales (Part 1)
Liz Novotny of Hamm Real Estate Co. joins Meghan this week in part one of this two part series to tackle an often-misunderstood topic of real estate: short sales. Despite the name,…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 48: Is Bigger Always the American Dream?
Is a bigger home always better? Taylor and Paige discuss. Recorded early on when we first started breaking down the American Dream, this episode asks: what does that dream look lik…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 47: The “REC” Revolution Pt 3
Here we are with the third and final part of our “REC Revolution” series. This week, we’re wrapping up our discussion of Wendy Gilch’s article, “Why Consumers Hate Real Estate Agen…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 46: The “REC” Revolution Pt 2
Part two of our three-part series is here, and we’re back on the air tackling the meaty question of why consumers have a hatred toward real estate agents. We kick things off by deb…
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RECkoning With Real Estate – Ep. 45: The “REC” Revolution Pt 1
Hello all, and welcome to today’s topic: The REC Revolution. A fitting topic in the wake of Bastille Day. We are excited to highlight an article written by Wendy Gilch that resonat…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 44 (Encore): How to be an advocate, activist, and professional agitator with…
This episode originally aired January 18, 2026: In part two of our conversation with YIMBY director and housing advocate Leora Tanjuatco Ross, we dig into the U.S. housing shortage…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 43: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 2 of 2)
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 manufac…
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53 min
Reckoning With Real Estate – Special Episode: Live at Twin Cities Pride 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 ha…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 42: The Starter Home We Forgot About (Pt 1 of 2)
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 Realto…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 41 (Encore): The difficulty of building housing in the US with guest YIMBY (Y…
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 t…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 40: Follow the Data
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…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 39: Follow The Money
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 shar…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 38: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 2 of 2)
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 interes…
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Reckoning With Real Estate – Ep. 37: Conflicts Of Interest (Pt 1 of 2)
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, E…
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RECkoning with Real Estate – EP. 36 (Encore): Insurance Questions Homeowners Don’t Always Think to Ask
This episode originally aired February 1, 2026: In this episode, we continue our conversation with Ben Feldman. This is an encore episode that was aired previously, but that we tho…
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RECkoning with Real Estate – EP. 35 (Encore): Insurance Claims Explained w/ Ben Feldman
This is an encore episode with Ben Feldman, one of our sponsors of the show! Ben Feldman is a partner of Active Insurance Solutions which is an independent insurance agency based i…
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RECkoning with Real Estate – EP. 34: Now Debuting: The “REC Agent!”
Paige, Marc, and Taylor are back, continuing the conversation around unpacking the Realtor® brand and what it really means to step outside the traditional model. We talk about how…
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RECkoning with Real Estate – EP. 33: Now Debuting: The “REC Agent!”
We’re back with Paige, Marc, and Taylor, continuing the conversation around what it really means to be a “Realtor®” versus a real estate agent, and sharing more about how REC came…