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The Asheville area is now my home, and I couldn't be happier, but it took a few stops to finally get here. I was born in Canton, Ohio and attended high school in Culver, Indiana. From there I turned south, attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating, I headed north to New York City, climbing the corporate ladders at a number of money center banks, and eventually running a private banking group at J. P. Morgan Chase. Love, marriage and a fortuitous transfer took me west to Los Angeles, in the Malibu area, to my high school classmate, Don.

While there was much to love about Southern California, Don and I eventually decided it was time to move with our third grader a little closer to our family and our roots. We became great students of those "Places Rated" towns, and we are thrilled with where we settled down. Mountains, hiking trails, great weather, fabulous restaurants, golf around every corner, skiing a short drive away and great friends who share a common belief: That living the Good Life – whatever that means to you – begins by choosing where you want to live, not where you have to.

After moving here, I took the opportunity to become a licensed mortgage consultant, working successfully with a wide variety of clients. This experience has been invaluable, allowing me to provide necessary insight and advice to both my buyers and sellers. Eventually, I moved on to what has always fascinated me — buying and selling residential real estate at what, I believe, is the best real estate company in Western North Carolina, Beverly-Hanks. I live and breathe the business. If I'm not with one of my clients, learning what I can about the local market, or previewing houses, I'm brainstorming how best to market one of our listings, drafting copy for advertising and videos or holding an open house. The marketing, negotiating and customer relationship skills and knowledge gleaned from twenty years serving corporate and private banking clients, combined with my lending experience, propelled me into the ranks of Asheville’s Top 100 Realtors within three years with the added benefit of forging strong friendships with my clients.

The keys to my success are a strong work ethic, a systematic process, informative communication, attention to detail, and the belief that integrity and honesty must be the foundation of all relationships

Karen Woodard

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