About & Founders | OWN IT! Women's REI Network
Our Story

Built by women who own it — literally.

How three investors turned “why isn't there a room for us?” into the network they wished existed.

How the network started

Tired of being the only woman at the table

OWN IT! was founded by three women investors — April Iannazzone, Andrea Weber-Pomykala, and Colleen Barker-Low — who kept showing up to real estate rooms and noticing the same thing: they were usually the only woman at the table.

They'd each built their businesses a different way — cash deals, creative finance, lending, rentals — and they'd each learned the same lesson: the strategy matters less than the room you're learning it in.

So they built the network they wished existed: one where every strategy has a seat at the table, where women investors aren't the exception in the room, and where “I closed a deal” is met with high-fives, not skepticism.

That's OWN IT! — a creative community for smart women building real wealth. And now it's yours.

Meet your founders

The women behind OWN IT!

April Iannazzone

April Iannazzone

Co-Founder

Real estate investor, April Iannazzone, also known as The Growth & Profitability Strategist, has spent her career helping entrepreneurs build and scale businesses while creating multiple predictable income streams. April brings that same playbook to women building wealth through real estate. She's happiest when a member says “I closed my first deal.”

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Andrea Weber-Pomykala

Andrea Weber-Pomykala

Co-Founder

Arizona-based real estate investor, licensed agent, and property manager. Andrea knows the business from every side of the table — buying, selling, and managing — and believes the fastest way to learn this business is next to a woman who's already done it.

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Colleen Barker-Low

Colleen Barker-Low

Co-Founder

Creative finance investor and community builder. Colleen is a fixture in the women's REI community and a champion for doing deals with creativity, integrity, and zero permission-asking. She makes sure every new member feels like she belongs in the room.

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The fastest way to know if this is your room is to get in it.

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