Birmingham realtors encourage women to close gender gap in industry

Ivy Rice, a former physical therapist, has been in the real estate industry for a year. She recently transitioned to the trade full-time and has found her passion to be in the residential sector.”There were so many things that I didn’t know when I first bought my first property. So, I own my own home. Now, I’m able to help my clients go through that first home process,” Rice said.Rice is among several women at the WIRE (Women Investing in Real Estate) is Fire conference, looking up to these agents who are experts in residential and commercial real estate.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for freeRice said, “I’m getting a ton of inspiration. I think the biggest message is that we can do it. Women, you know, have the power to step into their own power and do the things that they want to do, especially in real estate.”The Birmingham Realtist Association brought this first-of-its-kind conference on the week of Magic City Classic to bring an educational component before the…