There’s a moment in every medical move where the search stops being practical and starts becoming personal.

It happens when commute times begin to compete with dinner routines. When school districts feel heavier than square footage. When one partner is thinking about call schedules while the other is trying to imagine whether this place could feel like home.

This episode begins there.

Zoe Taylor and Lauren Swoboda talk candidly about what it really means to buy a home in Tampa as a medical family—through the lens of residency moves, attending transitions, dual-income realities, and the often-invisible labor carried by physician spouses.

Lauren brings both professional expertise and lived experience, having navigated medical training moves alongside her physician husband while repeatedly rebuilding her own career across states. Together, they explore Tampa as a medical hub, the neighborhoods physicians gravitate toward, and why “where we live” so often becomes shorthand for deeper questions about lifestyle, identity, and sustainability.

This isn’t a conversation about finding the perfect house.

It’s about making a decision your family can live inside—long after the boxes are unpacked.

🏡How buying during residency differs from buying as an attending
⏱ Why commute time quietly shapes family life more than most people expect
📍Tampa neighborhoods medical families are drawn to—and why
💰Realistic price points and dual-income considerations
🏢Condo buying explained (warrantable vs. non-warrantable, in plain language)
🌀Florida-specific insurance hurdles and four-point inspections
🤝Navigating compromise between physician and spouse priorities
🌱Why community often matters more than the house itself

Lauren Swoboda is a Tampa-based realtor with nearly two decades of experience—and a deep, lived understanding of what medical families face when relocating.

Lauren met her husband at 18 and has walked through every stage of the medical journey alongside him: medical school, residency, fellowship, and attending life. With each move, she rebuilt her own career—earning real estate licenses in Florida and the Washington, D.C. region—while navigating the realities of frequent relocation, shifting priorities, and the invisible labor often carried by physician spouses.

Today, Lauren works primarily with physicians, trainees, and healthcare professionals moving to the Tampa area. Her work goes far beyond buying and selling homes. She helps families think through commute realities, neighborhood fit, insurance hurdles, condo complexities, and the quieter lifestyle decisions that shape daily life long after closing day.

Grounded, candid, and community-driven, Lauren is known for helping medical families find not just a house—but a place that genuinely supports the life they’re building.

📸 Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/lauren_swoboda

🏡 Compass Profile:

https://www.compass.com/agents/lauren-swoboda/

Zoe Taylor is the founder of Moving Medicine Partners and someone who has sat at that kitchen table herself. Through her work supporting medical families across the country, Zoe has seen the unseen labor of relocation up close—and built this podcast to make sure no one has to navigate it feeling invisible, rushed, or alone. Learn more…

The Moving Medicine Podcast is a space for physicians and physician spouses navigating relocation—not as a transaction, but as a life transition. Hosted by Zoe Taylor, founder of Moving Medicine Partners, the show centers the human side of medical moves and offers clarity, grounding, and shared understanding for families at every stage of the journey.

🌐 Website: https://movingmedicinepartners.com/
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