Meet the real estate experts who advise "houses before spouses" – recommending people buy homes with their friends to get on the property ladder. <br /><br />Stephanie Douglass, 35, and Kristina Modares, 34, are co-founders of a real estate agency that specialises in helping millennials and Gen Z purchase homes with friends. <br /><br />The duo started the company in 2019 after individually buying their first properties with pals and aimed to "break the barriers of traditional homeownership".<br /><br />Since then, Stephanie and Kristina have gone on to buy four properties together, which they say is an easier way to get on the property ladder. <br /><br />Stephanie has bought an additional three properties with other mates and Kristina has bought an additional two properties with her friends too. <br /><br />They've been able to club together for a deposit, get approved for loans faster, and use them as an investment by renting out rooms.
