The Women's Council of REALTORS® is a community of real estate professionals creating career opportunities, promoting success strategies and inspiring leadership and individual achievement.

To be the premier organization for individual achievement in real estate.

• To enhance business through networking and relationship building.
• To provide timely education and training for the development of personal, professional, entrepreneurial and leadership skills.
• To increase profitability through referrals.
• To enhance membership value and professional image by promoting awareness and visibility of WCR
• To have a strong organization where members' career demands and priorities are respected.

WCR is a nationwide organization with a distinctly personal touch.

For WCR members, this means becoming part of a genuinely supportive environment in which to learn, test new skills and grow. Plus, WCR's unparalleled networking opportunities locally, and at state and national events, generate some terrific relocation referrals. Real estate professionals are more effective and successful when they are WCR members.

For home buyers and sellers, a WCR member is the obvious best choice for a real estate professional with experience, know-how and insight into your individual needs. Plus, your local WCR member/agent is part of a superb nationwide network of real estate professionals, dedicated to taking the stress and guesswork out of a move across town or across the nation.

WCR was established in 1938 by 37 real estate women representing nine states. Today we have 13,000 members active in 300 local chapters around the country, with nine regions and 35 state chapters.

The typical WCR member is a woman working full time in single-family residential housing sales and has more than 11 years of real estate experience. 80% of WCR members are computerized. 78% of WCR members earn $50,000 or more from real estate activity.

WCR has been making a difference in the lives of its members for sixty years. We think the following roster of quotes from WCR members through the years demonstrates the value of this growth experience.

• "My whole viewpoint with respect to real estate has changed. Not only do I make more commissions ... I get more pleasure out of my work." (1938)
• "Helps me think like a man, conduct myself like a lady and work like a dog." (1959)
• "A great mirror in which I may take a look at myself, a full-length look, and from which I can go with self-confidence." (1963)
• "A bond of tribal knowing. It is not clear to me what we women know ... but it is a great source of support and power." (1972)
• "Besides the newsletter, education, friendships, ideas and information, it really jacks up my enthusiasm to see others doing well." (1975)
• "All those women, all that energy, all those brains and all that imagination; what a powerhouse!" (1978)
• "An amazing mix of professional relationships, dynamic friendships and deep-rooted strength, integrity and caring." (1997)
• "The recognition, support, encouragement and role models I need to trust and believe in myself." (1997)
• "Place where top producers are willing to share information and techniques, to brainstorm ... and just be friends." (1997)
• "A safe area to learn and connect with the pros, to stretch and stumble with my peers and to accelerate my professional and personal life." (1997)

WCR Cape Coral Chapter

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