Women make up nearly two-thirds of real estate agents in the country, but when it comes to ownership and power, those numbers tell a different story. For Women’s History Month, I am highlighting a group of Milwaukee women taking it a step further by building a business designed to empower women and help more families reach homeownership.
At Gardner and Associates, it is about more than closing deals. It is about opening doors. For broker and owner Charese Gardner, that means building a space where other women can grow, learn, and lead.
“I wanted to be like the person that someone looks up to as the reason why they’re a broker,” Gardner said.
Gardner has been in real estate for more than two decades, but says the road to ownership was not easy…