Hard working, knowledgeable, and a great negotiator! Katherine helped us plan our sale in advance and offered expert advice to make the process smooth and fast. We got double digit offers on our town home and are looking forward to working with Katherine on the sale of our new home!
Katherine helped us plan our sale in advance and offered expert advice to make the process smooth and fast. We got double digit offers on our town home and are looking forward to working with Katherine on the sale of our new home!
Katherine and I had spoken several times about this rental property that we had purchased right before the market collapse in 2008. We paid a little over $100K for it and put thousands of dollars into it so that we could resell it. However, it became evident that the recession didn't care what our plans were because similar properties in the same neighborhood began turning up as "HUD" homes and were selling in the 70K range. We decided to rent it and when I retired in 2013 I appreciated the $650 or so in rental income over and above the mortgage payment on the property. 11 years later, however, my 7 year adjustable mortgage had started to increase in interest rate, the taxes had gone up dramatically, the roof had to be replaced due to hail damage, I had replaced most of the appliances, and my net income from the rent was down to $300, air conditioning, furnace, storm drainage and hot water heater replacement , etc. continued to cause woes every year that passed, Katherine suggested that we look at selling instead of trying to increase the rent to cover costs and considering the home had been built in the 50's, I could see a lot more expense coming than income. I didn't think it would sell for more than $280K, which is what Zillow had valued it a year or two before. But Katherine wanted to go over and look at the neighborhood and see what was going on. She didn't even recognize the street. Evidently things were happening, including right next door where there was a duplex that had been newly built and sold separately for unbelievable prices. The entire block was going through a gentrification. We notified the tenant that he had a month and a half to vacate (she actually mailed the letter for me via registered mail). Once they moved out she went in with Bug "bombs" several times to rid the property of the remaining guests. Then went over a couple of days later only to find that the house had been invaded by "squatters". Listed and sold in 3days $415K!
Katherine hasn't had any property sale activity in the last 12 months
