Courtney Poulos

Founder + CEO
DRE#01882678 Broker
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ACME Real Estate’s visionary founder Courtney J.E. Poulos has been making her mark on the industry since 2005, and each year, she either breaks another record, earns another award, or smashes another glass ceiling. Just this year, Courtney joins international design and development leaders in the prestigious Advanced Management Development Program at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. But like many dynamic leaders, Courtney’s success has grown in proportion to two things: her dedication to her craft and her devotion to others. Whether pairing people with the perfect buyer or seller, mentoring her team, or sharing her insights with the world, Courtney turns real estate into a life-transforming experience.

When Courtney founded ACME Real Estate in 2011, she set out to create something unique — a design-savvy lifestyle firm. Backed by a nine-year career in marketing and PR, she began offering a comprehensive service, replete with remodeling, staging, and a full suite of marketing solutions. ACME Real Estate quickly grew into a phenomenon, attracting top Los Angeles talent and earning Courtney numerous industry awards. She has since become one of the most in-demand Realtors® in the country. And now, in partnership with Broker Heather Unger, ACME Real Estate has expanded her LA-based brokerage into the Florida market, ACME Real Estate Florida.

Poulos has been making her mark

Courtney co-hosts the real estate podcast Under All is The Land and hosts The Clean Close. She is a former member of the Forbes Real Estate Council and a recurring panelist at industry events including Inman Connect, REimagine, Awesome Females in Real Estate, and the California Association of Realtors® WomanUP!® initiative, where she also serves as emcee. Her television work includes hosting FYI’s My City’s Just Not That Into Me and appearances on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Season 12) and TLC’s I Love a Mama’s Boy (Season 2). Courtney was named a 2025 Leader of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal and honored as an Inman Person of the Year in 2024. She is also a two-time recipient of the HousingWire Woman of Influence Award (2020 and 2023).

In addition to running ACME Real Estate’s powerhouse teams in Los Angeles and Florida, Courtney focuses on her main mission, which is empowering women to achieve financial independence through real estate. If she has her way, every woman on the planet will have the tools they need to do just that. Courtney maintains a full slate of speaking engagements and has written the premier book on the subject, “Break Up! With Your Rental: The Professional Woman’s Guide to Building Wealth Through Real Estate,” available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and reputable booksellers nationwide.

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