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Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper352: From Dream to Reality: Our 10-Year Business Journey, featuring Vicky Noufal New Podcast Episode: From Dream to Reality: Our 10-Year Business Journey This week on Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast, I'm joined by my incredible business partner, Vicky Noufal, as we celebrate a major milestone: 10 years of partnership and leading the Platinum Group Real Estate Team together! In this special episode, Vicky and I reflect on our journey — from the early days of dreaming big to building a thriving, nationally recognized real estate team. We're sharing the lessons we've learned, the challenges we didn't see coming, what we would have done differently, and how o...
2025-05-071h 12
Women & Money: The Shit We Don't Talk About!Real Estate Success without Burnout with Karen CooperSend us a textDo your brilliant ideas come to you while you’re in the shower?In this episode of 'Women and Money: The Shit We Don't Talk About’, we’re talking about turning great ideas into action with our guest Karen Cooper. Karen is a wife, mom to three sons, and the co-owner of the Platinum Group Real Estate Team at Real Brokerage, alongside her business partner Vicky Noufal. Based in Northern Virginia, their powerhouse team of 50+ exceptional women and moms now serves client...
2025-04-1131 min
Real Estate JunkiesEp. 12 - Grief, Loss and ResilienceDr. Nixon, CEO of Integrative Counseling & Relationship Therapy, Inc., is anaward-winning licensed professional counselor, marriage & family therapist,certified mindfulness mediation teacher and wellness specialist. She providesexpert and compassionate treatment and care to individuals, couples andfamilies seeking to better their mental health, happiness and overall well-being.You can learn more on her website at www.suzannenixon.comKaren Cooper is a wife, mom to 3 sons, and owner of the Platinum Group Real Estate team along with her business partner Vicky Noufal, a team of 50...
2024-06-2142 minEmpowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper302: 9 Years as a Team Leader with Vicky NoufalRecently Vicky Noufal and I celebrated not only 9 years of our business partnership, but 9 years of being team leaders! Our now nearly 50 woman real estate team has served well over 3,000 clients over the years and over $1.4 BILLION in real estate sales volume. We have learned so much through this experience, and in true Karen and Vicky style we are talking (at a very fast pace!) about all the things on today's episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast. You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link b...
2024-05-221h 00
Seven Strong with Holly HillyerPreventing Burnout: How to Build Your Business With Boundaries with Karen CooperHave you ever felt depleted and hovering on the edge of burnout as a business owner? Most entrepreneurs experience this, especially when their work/life balance gets disrupted.When Karen Cooper first experienced burnout, she believed taking on a managerial role would solve the problem. Then she realized it was not the solution she had hoped for. However, this experience taught her two important lessons: the significance of setting boundaries and being clear about availability and response times---the value of having a structured schedule.Karen is a wife, mom to 3 sons, and owner...
2023-12-1936 minEmpowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper279: One Year at ΓEA⅃ with the Platinum Group Real Estate TeamToday is another very special episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast! For the first time ever I am interviewing members of my Platinum Group Real Estate team! In this episode you will hear from Patricia Gallardo, Martha Mason, Judy McHenry, Robin Gebhardt and Michelle Danilowicz. All are highly experienced strong producers, and they are sharing their perspective from our first year at ΓEA⅃ Brokerage. You can listen in to today's episode on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking the link below. In case you missed it, in la...
2023-12-1343 minEmpowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper278: One Year at ΓEA⅃ with Vicky NoufalToday is a very special episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast for 2 reasons … First, my business partner Vicky Noufal is on the show with me today, only the second time ever! And second, because we are celebrating our 1 year anniversary at ΓEA⅃ Brokerage! This has been a big year for us in a lot of ways, and on today's episode Vicky and I are talking through it all from the perspective of two high level producers with multiple decades worth of experience, and also as team leaders. You can...
2023-12-0645 minEmpowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast with Karen Cooper153: Team Leader LessonsTomorrow my business partner Vicky Noufal and I will celebrate seven years of making it "official" with our Platinum Group Real Estate team! In this time we have learned so, so much, and I'm sharing some of my top lessons on today's episode of Empowering Women In Real Estate - The Podcast. Listen in on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking the link below. Thank you for listening! Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Fa...
2022-05-0421 min
The Storytellers Podcast: Elevating Your Life Through Inspiring, Unexpected MomentsThe Love of a Lifetime: A talk with Vicky NoufalVicky Noufal is by far one of the most inspiring and influential women I've had the privilege to know from a far in my local community. Her story touched my family long before we met and her continual ability to inspire through sharing her unfiltered raw story is by far one of my most favorite things to see.
I was honored to sit with Vicki as she told her love story and how it continues to shape the way she works, lives, mom's and loves. I hope you too will find inspiration in her words.
Vicki is a lead...
2022-03-3146 min
UNO Souls ChatJourneying Together with Vicky NoufalUNO Souls Chat: I am honored today to be chatting with Vicky Noufal— she is the Team Owner of Platinum Group Real Estate at Pearson Smith Realty.Vicky is a thoughtful, wise person whose experience with grief and healing led her to create an online community of compassionate people. Leesburg Moms on Facebook has a community of nearly 4.5k people and encourages its members to "collaborate and share information to be your best mom and self." Words of Wisdom: "Life is very unpredictable. I've lived many highs and many lows— so when the high...
2021-02-0427 min
Real Estate Rockstars Podcast691: How to Bounce Back After Real-Life Crises Put Real Estate on Hold with Vicky NoufalShortly after her real estate business’ best year ever, Vicky Noufal got the news that her husband was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Suddenly, she had to put her career on hold to care for her husband and their three sons. After her husband passed 18 months later, Vicky struggled to get back on her feet, but she persevered. Now, she’s completely rebuilt her business, hitting over $25 million in sales in the last six months alone. On today’s podcast, Vicky shares how she managed to overcome tragedy and triumph in the face of adversity. Listen and learn how to...
2018-08-1749 min