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 nineteen years, Valerie has risen to the top of the real estate world by building a multi-million dollar business from the ground up, establishing her own charity foundation, and speaking to thousands of people around the country at numerous business conventions. Her talent and her drive for success have put her on Coldwell Banker's Top 10 Agents Nationwide list, the Wall Street Journal's "The Real Estate Top 200" list, and earned her the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2008 "Excellence in Marketing" award. Valerie's success also attracted the attention of Simon &Schuster, who's publishing her book "Heart & Sold," available spring 2009.