Some friendships feel like family. And some families feel like best friends.
In this Sister, Sister episode of The HOOD, Morgan sits down with Haleigh and Kelsey, two sisters, new moms, and past clients. They married their high school sweethearts four months apart and have done nearly everything since one right after the other, including buying and selling homes.
Haleigh shares how she and Jared outgrew their condo and landed their dream home after first losing it to another buyer. Kelsey tells the story of trying to buy a house at 37 weeks pregnant (Morgan said no), then listing just weeks postpartum and selling in 24 hours.
Along the way, the three get honest about why today's buyers expect perfection, why a clean, fresh-smelling home sells in ways photos never show, what a snowy January walkthrough can hide, and why hiring movers is always worth it.
They also open up about losing their best friend Sydney, and the single ladybugs that still show up when they need them most.
Plus, rapid fire questions, a sixth toenail, and a sleep-deprived dad who tried to rock the family cat to sleep in the bassinet.
26 Aug 2026
Entering FatherHOOD
This episode of The HOOD introduces someone who usually stays behind the camera. Grant, owner of Optico Productions, sits down as a guest for the first time, and the conversation covers new fatherhood, building a business from scratch, and buying his first home as an agent himself.
Grant opened his production company while still in college, choosing wedding videography over chasing the film industry in LA. That early bet on staying close to family in Columbus grew into a full team of shooters serving real estate agents across Central Ohio, and now he's navigating a new build and a home sale of his own.
The conversation moves into the harder parts of the balance too, the guilt that comes with splitting time between work and a newborn, the boundaries he's had to set to protect family moments, and what has surprised him most about becoming a dad just weeks ago. He and Morgan also compare notes on which is harder, running a business or raising kids, and neither one gives a clean answer.
Morgan opens with an update on a bonkers summer market, including a first-time homebuyer interest rate program that came and went in three days flat.
30 Jul 2026
Raise the Roof
Roofs don't come up in conversation until they're a problem. And by then, the stress has already set in.
In this episode, Morgan sits down with Zach McRae, owner of Near Me Roofing, to pull back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood parts of buying or selling a home. Zach has worked with 600+ agents across Central Ohio, and he does not sugarcoat anything.
They cover why the insurance-based roofing model is collapsing, what to do before you ever call your insurance company, how to read a roof inspection without panicking, and why the first call most homeowners make after damage is exactly the wrong one.
Plus, Zach shares how he went from running retail stores to building one of Columbus's fastest-growing roofing companies, and the grandfather who shaped every bit of it.
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