Resources | NestSTEPS

Brochure - NestSTEPS™ for Employers
- NestSTEPS™ helps your employees build long-term financial security and wellness through homeownership and real estate literacy. We guide them through the process of saving for and purchasing a home, while helping them understand how real estate can support lasting financial wellbeing. VIEW
Fact Sheet - NestSTEPS™ Platform
- Rather than treating financial wellbeing as a one-time decision or a passive learning experience, the NestSTEPS™ platform is designed to influence day-to-day actions that ultimately determine success.And to support this approach, the platform connects individuals with a coordinated support network that includes their employer and licensed professionals. VIEW
Infographic - How NestSTEPS™ Aligns with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- This long-standing psychological framework that explains the stages of human motivation and behavior—from basic survival to personal fulfillment. Housing benefits (perfectly maps to every level of this framework, helping individuals move from financial instability to long-term security, confidence, and purpose. VIEW
Ebook - What are Employees Running From and Running To?
- Turnover is no longer a seasonal disruption. For many organizations, it has become a persistent operating condition. Double-digit annual turnover is now common across nearly every industry. In frontline and hourly environments, it often rises far higher. VIEW

Podcast (YouTube, Apple, Spotify) - "The Employee Benefit that Changes Homeownership"
- NestSTEPS Co-Founders Cheri and Larry Salazar appear on set with Jet Bunditwong from the Personal Side of Business podcast, to explore how employers could drive workforce loyalty, attract talent and boost productivity by providing employees a benefit that helps them to achieve homeownership.
- TIME: 33 min YouTube, Apple, Spotify
Podcast (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Audible ) - "Homeownership as a benefit: How NestSTEPS is Helping Employers Build Resilient Teams"
- NestSTEPS Co-Founders Cheri and Larry Salazar speak with Eric Bryan, host of the Barriers and Boundaries podcast to explore building a resilient workforce by linking stability at home to workplace performance.
- TIME: 22 min Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Audible
Podcast (Apple) - "What Workers Really Want"
- NestSTEPS President and Co-founder Larry Salazar speaks with John Franko, host of the Manufacturing Employer podcast to dissect workforce retention challenges facing manufacturers and how homeownership as an employee benefit can affect real change in the workplace.
- TIME: 22 min LISTEN
Podcast (Spotify) - "Family, Entrepreneurship and the American Dream"
- NestSTEPS co-founders Larry Salazar and Cheri Salazar discuss with Brian Dunn on "The Most Important Podcast Ever," the entrepreneurship path, the challenges, risks and purpose that drive their work and mission to transform homeownership into an employee benefit.
- TIME: 48 min LISTEN
Video - Why Turnovers isn't on Business Leaders' Radar
- Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder of NestSTEPS explains why many business leaders fail to prioritize fixing turnovers. It's because the cost is framed as an HR problem rather than a financial and business risk.
- TIME: 1 min. 6 sec. VIEW
Video - Why Pay Raise is Insufficient for Employee Retention
- Cheri Salazar, CEO and Co-Founder of NestSTEPS discusses why housing affordability does not translate to lowering home prices and how the problem can be addressed through greater accessibility.
- TIME: 58 sec. VIEW
Video - Why Pay Raise is Insufficient for Employee Retention
- Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder of NestSTEPS explains why the raising pay in insufficient to drive long-term loyalty and explore what is.
- TIME: 1 min. 1 sec. VIEW
Video - How to Accelerate Saving for a Home
- Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder of NestSTEPS explains why saving for a home is so difficult, and how to overcome the barriers.
- TIME: 58 sec. VIEW

Video - Can homeownership be an employee benefit?
- Here’s the quick version of why this benefit is gaining momentum and why employers are paying attention.
- TIME: 44 sec. VIEW

Video - What is NestSTEPS™?
- Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder of NestSTEPS explains the power of homeownership as a employee benefit--it's impact on employees financial wellness and employer's retention goals.
- TIME: < 2 min. VIEW

RECORDED WEBINARS

Paychecks Don't Cut It: Increasing Employee Retention Through Wellbeing
- Employee wellbeing is crucial to the health of a company, and creating a joyful employee culture starts at the top, with decisions made before an employee even steps foot in the door. Claude Silver, the world’s first Chief Heart Officer, VaynerX and Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder, NestSTEPS discuss how focusing on employee wellness is your greatest power move in creating a successful company and culture.
- Mar. 26, 2026: VIEW
Unlocking Employee Homeownership
- Hosted by Matt Vance of Mobrium, this webinar explores how assisting employees with home ownership gives employers the edge in a competitive talent market. Learn how a home ownership program can reduce employee turnover and drive long-term financial wellness with NestSTEPS President, Larry Salazar and Lighthouse Real Estate CEO and NestSTEPS Co-Founder, Cheri Salazar.
- Oct. 2025: VIEW

WHAT TO EXPECT

Employee wellbeing is crucial to the health of a company, and creating a joyful employee culture starts at the top, with decisions made before an employee even steps foot in the door.

Tune in to hear Claude Silver, the world’s first Chief Heart Officer, VaynerX, and Larry Salazar, President and Co-Founder, NestSTEPS discuss how focusing on employee wellness is your greatest power move in creating a successful company and culture.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

HR and People Leaders
Business Owners
Benefit Brokers

WHEN TO ATTEND

Mar. 26, 2026 @ 11 am MT/1 pm ET

WHERE TO REGISTER

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