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Real Estate Needs & Home Function Assessment

Real estate decisions are life decisions. Where you live directly shapes how you function, move, recover, parent, age, and participate in daily life.

As an Occupational Therapist and licensed Realtor serving Keller, Trophy Club, Southlake, Argyle, and the greater Dallas–Fort Worth area, I bring a unique, whole-person perspective into real estate guidance—helping you choose a home that supports not just your goals, but your daily function, development, health, and long-term needs.

My background in healthcare allows me to thoughtfully consider safety, accessibility, functionality, sensory environment, and daily living demands when guiding clients through the buying or selling process

Why I Expanded Into Real Estate

Life transitions often bring housing changes as well, which is what led me to expand my work into real estate.

Whether home needs change due to a growing family, navigating marriage or divorce, recovering from a health event, planning for multigenerational living, downsizing, or preparing for aging in place, having a knowledgeable and supportive guide can make the process much more manageable.

Whatever phase of life you may be entering, my goal is to help you navigate your next step with clarity, understanding, and confidence.

What This Service Is

This is a functional, lifestyle-based real estate consultation grounded in occupational therapy principles.
Instead of starting with listings, we start with how you live.

Buyer Needs & Functional Home Assessment

For individuals and families purchasing a home. We integrate real estate strategy with functional living analysis:

  • Lifestyle needs and neighborhood alignment
  • Commute, work, and daily routine flow
  • Space usability and layout efficiency
  • Storage, organization, and cognitive load reduction
  • Family growth, caregiving, and developmental needs
  • Budget alignment with both current and future life stages

Outcome: A clear, personalized home search strategy that supports how you actually live, not just what looks good on paper.

Seller Needs & Transition Planning

For homeowners preparing to sell and transition to their next phase.
We support:

  • Functional strengths and limitations of your current home
  • Accessibility and usability considerations for future buyers
  • Strategic staging based on lifestyle function and flow
  • Transition planning for mobility, health, or family changes
  • Right-sizing decisions with clarity and confidence
  • Emotional and logistical support through life transition

Newborn, Family & Developmental Home Planning

For families with infants, toddlers, or young children.
We consider how your home supports:

  • Feeding routines and caregiver workflow
  • Safe sleep spaces and nursery setup
  • Early bonding, regulation, and attachment
  • Sensory-friendly environments for infant development
  • Movement, play, and motor milestone opportunities
  • Multi-caregiver accessibility and family flow

Developmental, Disability & Sensory-Informed Housing

For children or adults with developmental differences, disabilities, or sensory needs.
We evaluate:

  • Accessibility and mobility throughout the home
  • Sensory regulation needs (calming vs. stimulating environments)
  • Adaptive equipment placement and usability
  • Safety supports for independence and participation
  • Space for therapy, routines, or care support
  • Environmental modifications for function and comfort

Outcome: A clear, personalized home search strategy that supports how you actually live, not just what looks good on paper.

Rehabilitation & Recovery-Focused Housing

For children or adults with developmental differences, disabilities, or sensory needs.
We evaluate:

  • Temporary or long-term mobility limitations
  • Bathroom safety and fall prevention
  • Energy conservation in daily routines
  • Bedroom, kitchen, and entry accessibility
  • Caregiver support flow within the home
  • Functional adjustments during recovery phases

Aging-in-Place & Long-Term Planning

For clients planning for future independence and safety.


We evaluate:

  • Single-level living or stair navigation safety
  • Bathroom and entryway accessibility
  • Fall prevention and environmental design
  • Ease of movement through daily-use spaces
  • Long-term adaptability without major renovation
  • Proximity to support systems and services

Why Occupational Therapy Changes Real Estate

Occupational Therapy is the science of how people function in their environments.

This allows me to assess homes through a deeper lens:

  • Does this home support or limit daily participation?
  • Does the environment reduce or increase sensory and cognitive load?
  • Can this space adapt as life needs change?
  • Does the layout support independence, safety, and wellbeing?

This transforms real estate from a transactional process into a life-function and environment alignment process.

Who This Service Is For

  • First-time and experienced home buyers
  • Growing families and new parents
  • Individuals navigating disability or developmental needs
  • Clients recovering from injury or medical events
  • Adults planning for aging-in-place
  • Multigenerational households
  • Clients navigating major life transitions (marriage, divorce, relocation)
  • Anyone wanting a more intentional, functional approach to real estate

Service Philosophy

This work is rooted in the integration of

  • Occupational Therapy (function, participation, environment)
  • Lactation and infant development support (early life systems)
  • Lifespan care planning (from newborns to aging adults)
  • Real estate strategy (housing decisions and market navigation)

Your home is not separate from your health, development, or daily life—it is part of it.

Ready to Find a Home That Truly Fits Your Life?

Whatever phase of life you may be entering, my goal is to help you navigate your next step with clarity, understanding, and confidence.

Let’s make sure your home supports not just where you are today—but where you’re going next.

Schedule your Real Estate Needs Consultation

Your home is not separate from your health, development, or daily life—it is part of it.

Schedule a Real Estate Consultation

Schedule your Real Estate Needs Consultation

Your home is not separate from your health, development, or daily life—it is part of it.

Schedule a Real Estate Consultation
I had the pleasure of working with Carissa on a recent transaction, and I couldn’t be more impressed with their professionalism, communication, and dedication to our mutual client. She was proactive every step of the way, making the process seamless and smooth from start to finish. It’s always refreshing to work with an agent who truly cares about their clients and works collaboratively to get the job done. Looking forward to partnering again!
Ashley S.
Today marks a new chapter of life for me and my kids - I closed on our new home! It’s perfect in every way for us. And though it took seeing 30+ houses to find this one, it was worth every single disappointment. As soon as we walked in, we just knew it was the one. I could not have done it without Carissa Rudeau, my absolutely fabulous, SAINT of a realtor! She was the definition of patient, kind, flexible, diligent, informative….everything you could ask for from a realtor! She went above and beyond in so many ways. She has truly been my rock through this process and I cannot imagine doing it without her! I’m not only thankful that I had her as a realtor but that I met a really awesome friend.
Ashley T.
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