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Karen Cooper

Founder and CEO, 
Empowering Women in Real Estate
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Cooper’s Empowering Women in Real Estate started out as a Facebook community. Today, it has more than 30,000 members as well as a podcast, annual conference and monthly meetups throughout North America. She also has a coaching program that helps individual agents improve their marketing strategies and business plans. She remains owner of Northern Virginia’s Platinum Group Real Estate team, powered by The Real Brokerage. She began her real estate career in 2002 at Re/Max after spending a decade as an emergency medical technician.

Cooper’s Empowering Women in Real Estate started out as a Facebook community. Today, it has more than 30,000 members as well as a podcast, annual conference and monthly meetups throughout North America. She also has a coaching program that helps individual agents improve their marketing strategies and business plans. She remains owner of Northern Virginia’s Platinum Group Real Estate team, powered by The Real Brokerage. She began her real estate career in 2002 at Re/Max after spending a decade as an emergency medical technician.

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