COVER STORY
Karen Hatcher The Four Ways Real Estate Helped Me Create a Life of Sovereignty
The real estate industry has been predominantly male-dominated and widely considered a white man profession. In the 19th and 20th centuries, this industry was primarily dominated by white males with just a small number of white females coming into the picture in the early20th century. It was also during this time that prejudice and inequality took roots in society and became widely practiced. Most of the country was segregated and African Americans were out rightly denied the basic access to housing among many other rights that today we take for granted. It is important to understand the dark place we are coming from for us to truly understand the remarkable feat the personality we are featuring in this issue of our magazine has made. In a profession that was widely regarded as predominantly white, this important figure has defied all odds rising to the top and making a name for herself. Indeed she has made history and her name will forever be remembered and plastered in the books of history with other remarkable women like Biddy Mason, Nancy Johnson, Ernestine Johnson, and Johnnetta G. Paye.
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aren Hatcher is one phenomenal woman, and even that is an understatement and simply not enough to describe what Karen has achieved both personally and professionally. She is a Mother, wife, and real estate executive, and also the CEO and head broker for Sovereign Realty & Management. She is a Certified Property Manager® (CPM®), which is the elite mark of distinction for those invested in real estate demand when they seek someone who they trust to manage their assets. Serving the Atlanta metro area for over a decade. Karen is a Rochester, New York Native. She went to Georgia for school and graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a degree in Finance in 2002. 58 | JULY 2022
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I fell in love with this amazing city and I then continued my education achieving a Master’s in Business Administration, with a concentration in Real Estate, from Georgia State University in 2011.
Interestingly, Karen did not start her career in real estate immediately, but like so many other people before her, real estate was something she grew in love with as time passed. She started her professional experience early on at 21 as a restaurant manager. She managed a
