About - Empowered Homes

MEET YOUR

Expert Real Estate Team

We are Empowered Homes. We are networkers, movers, and shakers. We have a diverse skill set. We are not just another set of REALTORs. We are parents, non-profit board members, community leaders, and school volunteers. We do more than facilitate a transaction. We are improving our neighborhoods, one home at a time.

Does this sound like you or your loved one?

Whether you are the real estate agent or homeowner in these scenarios, we CAN HELP!

I want to buy a house, but have no idea where to begin!?

I want to sell my home for top dollar, with as little hassle as possible!

I know we should start thinking about proactively downsizing, but it just feels SO DAUNTING!

I am pretty sure I want to stay in my home forever, but I don’t know if that is even possible!? If not, where would I go!?

I have real estate investments that I am not sure what to do with.

You scour the MLS for accessible properties only to find 1 or 2 listings that won’t actually work.

You hear crickets after posting to multiple crowdsourcing groups, begging for a home that has zero-steps.

You google “universal design” and instantly feel like combining form and function is an overpriced pipe dream.

Mission and Values

Mission: Delivering the joy of home without barriers.

Joy

What you should feel at home.

Access

Everyone’s fundamental right.

Community

We always give more than we take.

Improvement

We leave you better than how you came to us.

Where it All Started

I will never forget working as a clinical occupational therapist (OT) in senior living and adult rehab. I constantly had to tell patients they could not discharge (go back) home simply because their homes were unfit for them. Even worse was that of the patients who got to go home. Many would end up right back in the hospital days to months later. The therapy team called them “repeat offenders,” It was a genuine phenomenon. This infuriated me and caused me to look closely at the problem. Why in the world was this happening?!

One of my professional idols, Louis Tenenbaum, says it best. He says on his website, “Increasing longevity is probably the crowning achievement of humankind. But it is fundamentally unjust to continue medical miracles that add years to life without updating homes for people to live wild, joyful, and dignified lives with those added years.” And THAT sums up why I founded Empowered Homes.

Time after time, I found myself thinking, “What if we could marry healthcare concepts with the housing industry to proactively change the way people lived in their homes? What if we could apply our occupational therapy skillset to create an “exhale” type of experience for stressed out clients finding themselves with super specific housing needs? What if we could create a one-stop shop, a concierge-type service that lifts the burden off of everyone we serve?!” And here we are.

When I went on maternity leave in 2017, I told the therapy director I would see her in 12 weeks, then went home and told my husband that I was never going back and that we had 12 weeks to figure it out. With a little bit of insanity, and a whole lot of passion, Empowered Homes was born, and we have been fervently serving our people ever since!