NABWIC Talks with Ron Cooper, President, National Assoc. of Real Estate Brokers

Ron Cooper founded R.S. Cooper & Associates in 1983 and has been the owner for over thirty years. The company specializes in maintaining, marketing and disposing REO properties, and boasts thirty real estate agents who provide full-service and custom care to the company’s client base.  A seasoned veteran of the real estate industry,
Cooper built R.S. Cooper & Associates around a niche in the market overlooked by many of his competitors. This allowed the company to prosper in the fast-paced Southern California real estate arena. He also developed a unique
service model he calls “Production Team,” which has been instrumental in enabling the company to perform key functions for handling REO properties. Cooper’s experience and business model have set the standard for other brokerages building REO-focused client bases.

He is an active member in several industry trade groups, including the California Association of Real Estate Brokers (CAREB), Consolidated Board of Realtists, Southwest Los Angeles Association of Realtors (SWLAAOR), National Association of Realtors (NAR), California Association of Realtors (CAR) and National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB). Cooper was recently elected president of the NAREB, the nation’s oldest minority trade association.He has served as president of the Consolidated Realty Board, as well as vice president and national board member of NAREB’S Region XV.