Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper is a real estate podcast dedicated to supporting women who are building and growing their careers in the real estate industry. Hosted by Karen Cooper, the show blends personal storytelling with practical business advice, creating a space where women agents can find both inspiration and actionable guidance. What sets this podcast apart is its focus on the whole professional — addressing mindset, business systems, and community alongside traditional sales skills.
Listeners can expect to learn about agent success strategies, marketing tactics, open house systems, team building, time management, and community engagement. Karen Cooper draws on her own experience and regularly interviews guests from across the industry, including fellow agents, coaches, and professionals from adjacent fields. Past guests have shared insights on topics ranging from hostage negotiation principles applied to real estate negotiations, to overcoming imposter syndrome, to building Facebook groups that convert leads into clients.
This podcast is ideal for women in real estate at any stage of their career — from those just finding their footing to experienced agents looking to refine their approach and scale their business. If you are a female real estate professional seeking a community-focused, coaching and mindset-oriented resource that also delivers concrete agent strategies, Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper offers consistent, practical value across every episode.
Karen Cooper is a wife, mom to 3 sons, and owner of the Platinum Group Real Estate Team at Real Broker LLC, a team of 28 phenomenal women and moms and one (brave) man, based in Leesburg. Licensed since 2002, she personally helped over 700 families during her career, and her team has closed well over $1 BILLION in local real estate sales volume since 2015. A recognized expert, Karen has been featured on several local, regional and global podcasts, and been a featured speaker at the Virginia Women's Business Conference.
Passionate about helping women in the real estate industry, she founded Empowering Women in Real Estate® in July 2014. Karen is also the host of Empowering Women In Real Estate® – The Podcast, which is updated weekly and features stories and tips from her life and business, and interviews with some of her favorite people. An avid real estate investor, she is actively building her personal portfolio, and loves helping other women to do the same. As a real estate podcast host, Karen Cooper empowers women through practical business strategies and relationship-building techniques that help agents thrive in residential real estate and real estate investing.
Karen Cooper is looking for experienced real estate professionals, coaches, and cross-industry experts to share tactical strategies and mindset insights with their listeners.