As a single mom with a successful real estate career, Valerie Fitzgerald ascribes to the belief that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to - as long as you believe in your own personal power.

Over the last fifteen years, Valerie has risen to the top of the real estate world by single-handedly building a multi-million dollar real estate business from the ground up. Her knack for the real estate business along with her drive for success has put her on Coldwell Banker’s Top 10 Agents Nationwide list, and has earned her the prestigious honor of being recognized as the real estate agent with the highest residential real estate sales volume in Los Angeles County in 2000.

Valerie has been invited to appear on numerous television shows, including “Entertainment Tonight” and MTV’s “Cribs”; and her successful real estate career has also earned her the recognition of the Los Angeles Business Journal's 13th annual "Women Making a Difference" award.

Many may ask how she’s able to do it all without succumbing to “real estate agent burnout”. Those who really know Valerie, will tell you she has her finger on the pulse of what it truly means to live your life to the fullest. Valerie learned how to love life and to appreciate every day by overcoming emotional, physical, and psychological barriers and setbacks early on. Valerie’s ability to recognize and seize a career change opportunity serves as an inspiration to all working women.

In her upcoming Simon and Schuster book, Fitzgerald recounts her journey as she goes from being an unemployed single mom - to a successful working woman with a thriving real estate career. Valerie connects with working women and single moms alike, as she unfolds her story of regaining her own personal power by putting herself through real estate classes by night and learning how to become a realtor.

Today, Valerie remains at the top of the ever-changing real estate market by working with Mastermind Groups across the country. Meeting with these groups gives Valerie a better understanding of what’s happening in the real estate market on a national level; and it provides her with an opportunity to learn about new technology, trends, and techniques in the real estate industry.

Valerie also speaks and educates professionals at business conventions across the nation on:

• Career Change Motivation
• Career Change Coaching
• How to Dress for Success
• Career Change Opportunities

Although Fitzgerald is constantly on-the-go, she knows that making time to take care of herself is what keeps her on top of her game. Valerie is an expert in knowing how to dress for success; she regularly consults with her personal business coach, works out with her personal trainer a few times a week, and always makes time to spend with her own inspiration, her daughter, Vanessa.

Passionate and determined, Valerie Fitzgerald exemplifies for all working women and single moms what it means to get knocked down but to never give up. Valerie, perhaps, said it best herself when she said, “Don’t ever give up – if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are still among the stars”.

To learn more about Valerie Fitzgerald and how her innovative approach to developing career changing opportunities and building a real estate career can work for you, visit and read Valerie’s blog at http://www.keyboard-culture.com.