Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Women in Real Estate

I got a call from a collegue the other day asking if I knew anyone who could speak at an upcoming conference. During the course of our conversation we both agreed that although it would be great to put up female speakers it was hard to find women in our industry who were not only business owners but able to speak strongly on the subject of real estate.
Yet consistently we see women out selling their male counter parts.

So why is that we dont feel the need to own businesses?

Is it lack of opportunity?
Do many of us leave to have children or need to be home at specific times for kids?
Are the hours too taxing on family and relationships?
Does our industry need to change and review areas like flexible work places, job sharing, part time work etc to encourage or attract more women back into real estate?

Would love to hear your thoughts on this issue and if anyone has seen a strong female real estate speaker please let me know

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