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About Me
• Karen brings over 20 years of extensive experience in the medical device industry, where she demonstrated exceptional skills in sales, product and sales management, education platform development, and overseeing diverse entities on a global scale.
• With a strong educational foundation, Karen completed her undergraduate studies at Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and International Business.
• Complementing her academic achievements, she holds additional certifications in leadership, public speaking, negotiations, and conflict resolution. Moreover, Karen is an esteemed member of The Master’s Program for Women.
karen@dickensmitchener.com Milestones & Memberships
• Canopy Multiple Listing Services
• Canopy REALTOR® Association
• National Association of REALTORS®
• North Carolina Association of REALTORS®
• Travelling around the globe has shown Karen the benefits and challenges of living in different areas. Her experiences and connections with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® through Dickens Mitchener provide her with the skills to help clients navigate relocating to Charlotte or anywhere else in the world.
• Karen’s driving force is her unwavering commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of others.
• Compassion, Kindness, Humility, and Integrity form the bedrock of her values, influencing every aspect of her professional and personal endeavors.
Fun Facts
• Actively engaged in her community, Karen is a volunteer group leader and member of Elevation Church.
• An avid explorer, Karen finds joy in vacationing along the Gulf Coast, immersing herself in European culture, and embarking on invigorating hikes in the western United States.
• Outside of work, she indulges in various hobbies such as maintaining a healthy lifestyle through fitness and nutrition, engaging in sports activities, paddle boarding on Lake Norman, contributing to meaningful missions, and expressing her creativity through interior design.
15 Steps to SOLD!
Consultation
During our COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION we will tour your home and go over what needs to be done to prepare it to sell. I will share the comps in your area with a comparative market analysis(CMA), and discuss strategic pricing and my marketing strategy that will sell your home for top dollar quickly.
Marketing Strategies
Our MARKETING will go above & beyond putting a sign in the yard and placing it in the MLS. We take pride in our custom marketing strategies. Your home will be showcased on social media, email, video & print marketing. We want to meet every possible buyer wherever they might be looking.
Staging & Pre-Inspection
The goal of STAGING is having a trained eye come into your home and look at it as a buyer would. My ability to stage for the market will get your home show ready. We look at staging like we are creating a neutral palette, so that all buyers can envision themselves living there.
A PRE-INSPECTION will be done so that the buyers will have confidence to make an offer on the home.
Photography & Videography
Many times a buyer has already decided if they are interested in your home just from the pictures online, without ever stepping foot inside. Our PHOTOGRAPHY partners are the best at coming into your home and capturing it at its absolute best. Now, the pre-marketing can begin.
Coming Soon & Firm Exclusive
If applicable, we can list your home as “COMING SOON” in MLS. This will give buyers a sneak peek into your home before it is officially ready to show.
FIRM EXCLUSIVE is another option for the most discerning clients. Your home will be marketed within our firm to all of our brokers.
Active On Market
Now that we have completed all the steps to prepare your home for market, it’s time to go LIVE . Our marketing plan will also go live and your home will be presented to thousands across our market as well as the world with our Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® global network.
Showings / Open House
Keeping your home show ready is the key to being sold quickly. I will share tips with you to keep the guess work out of making sure you are ready for all SHOWINGS. Keeping a clean, shiny, and clutter-free home will ensure buyers only see the best things about your home.
Marketing & Advertising
These may be held at any time on an “as needed” basis. Once an Open House is scheduled, it will be entered into MLS and will appear on the DM website, as well as all MLS feeds on other large search sites. DM features all Open Houses on social media accounts every Friday for the upcoming weekend.
Our marketing department will create custom marketing materials for your listing. Custom pieces are designed in house and will be mailed to specific lists that cater to our marketing plan/schedule.
Broker events may be held to introduce your home to other local agents in the Charlotte area and around your home. We have a database comprised of thousands of Charlotte agents that we can select from to invite to your home. Once scheduled, this event will go into our company calendar which is emailed out to our agents weekly.
When you visit dickensmitchener.com you get immediate access to more than 14,000 resale listings through the Canopy Multiple Listing Service, as well as an up-to-the minute database of new listings, coming soon listings, new construction listings, and open houses. It also features virtual tour videos of Dickens Mitchener listings.
Our invitation-only network was responsible for $272 billion in annual home sales volume among the top 500 U.S. real estate firms in 2024.
U.S. HOME SALES VOLUME AMONG THE TOP 500 U.S. REAL ESTATE FIRMS.
HIGH PROFILE MEDIA PROMOTION
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Our advertising relationships with media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Juwai, the leading overseas real estate media property website in mainland China, and our own magazine, which is distributed in 70 countries and mailed directly to an extremely exclusive list of our agents’ hand-selected top clients, provide a powerful and unmatched mix of promotion for your property.
We also enable our agents to utilize sophisticated digital advertising tools, including email marketing opportunities that target other agents around the world to share significant listings, and banner ad technology that strategically reaches luxury homebuyers browsing online.
Own A Home?
OPEN UP POSSIBILITIES FOR OTHERS
THERE’S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. Never has that been truer than when coming together in the real estate community to combat homelessness.
THE HOMEOWNERS IMPACT FUND, a designated 501(c)3 nonprofit, invites participants who are in the home closing process to make a small donation that adds up to a substantial gift to local organizations working to lift men, women and children out of homelessness. Because when you harness the power of community, you can weather any storm.
HOW IT WORKS
If you’re fortunate enough to have a roof over your head, please consider supporting the Homeowners Impact Fund to help others in need. Funds raised are distributed directly to reputable nonprofit organizations that support individuals and families in finding a path out of homelessness.
Every day, you experience the joy of a place to call home. Every day, more than 3,000 people in the Charlotte area experience homelessness. Every day, more than 580,000 people across the US experience homelessness. Together, we can make a difference.
MAKE AN IMPACT
Become a supporter by following this link: homeowersimpactfund.org/donate For more information, email info@homeowersimpactfund.org