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A group of ambitious Silicon Valley women are paving the way for others to get involved in hands-on real estate investing projects and leading the way in the local real estate industry.
They call themselves Flipping Females, and spearheaded by Catherine Bell, Elizabeth Hooley, Selina Acosta, and Vanessa Guizar, this grassroots group supports and empowers like-minded women who want to enter the home improvement market and establish themselves in the local real estate industry. For the uninitiated, home improvement is when a real estate investor purchases a home, fixes it up, repairs it, and then resells it for a bigger profit.
Flipping Females is supported by the Matrix Real Estate Investor Network, a real estate investment mentoring and training organization. Located in downtown Phoenix, Matrix offers members ongoing seminars, resources, information, group networking, as well as one-on-one mentoring from Phoenix real estate investment professionals plying their trades locally.
“The Flipping Females” highlights the power of women mentoring other women to succeed with purpose, poise and strength in a predominantly male-dominated industry.
“Any type of woman, any background, any age, any level of education can be successful,” says Acosta, director of mentoring at Flipping Females, who also works as a real estate investor, wholesaler, rehabber and broker in the Phoenix metropolitan area. “All you need is the right training, tools and support from other women. I'm married with young kids, so I have the flexibility to do that and be my own boss. I want to be an example for other women.”