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February/March 2010: Karen & Doug Earn the Lancaster Board of Realtors Platinum Awards
Both Karen and Doug each recently received the LBR's Platinum Award for 2009 real estate sales of more than $4-million. Doug also received the Columbus Board of Realtors' $10-milllion sales Award.
The Karen and Doug Parker "ikarensell" team serves different assists their real estate client in different markets stretching from northwest Columbus & the Hilliard-Dublin area down Rt. 33 to the famous Hocking Hills vacation region and the resort community of Hideaway Hills. Whether you're looking for a primary or vacation home, building lot, acreage, & everything in between, they've been there & done that!
Karen Parker has been a respected and top producing Realtor in central Ohio for more than 20 years, & Doug has now earned the Columbus Board of Realtors' $10-million sales award, having joined Karen after many years of media marketing, teaching, management & negotiating experience. As an experienced broadcaster and communications instructor, he provides the seasoned new media, photography & videography skills so essential in today's changing real estate environment.
Along with helping hundreds of home buyers & sellers, they've built, bought and sold a number of homes, condominiums, and land themselves, including their own vacation properties. They've also sold for sellers and found for buyers both primary and vacation homes in numerous counties as well as cities and towns.
They're active members and supporters of various local community groups, including the Hilliard Chamber of Commerce, Hilliard Education Foundation, Hocking Hills Tourism Association, Friends of the Hocking Hills, Hide-A-Way Hills Club, and both the Columbus (CBR) & Lancaster (LBR) Boards of Realtors. Karen is a long-time member of the CBR's exclusive $25-million dollar award winners' group, and has earned the coveted designations of Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Graduate of the Realtor Institute (GRI), and Residential & Resort Specialist (RRS).
They've also served as volunteers to many community organizations, including the Hilliard Educational Foundation and the Hilliard Schools Board of Education, of which Doug was a member (and also served as its President) while it was the fastest-growing district in the state of Ohio. Karen also serves as a "TWIG" member for Nationwide Children's Hospital, and has also held committee leadership posts for her Board of Realtors. Doug currently serves as a board member for the Hide-A-Way Hills Club and the Friends of the Hocking Hills, assisting in fundraising efforts for the Hocking Hills State Park. They are also active members of various local Realtor associations, from the Hilliard Area Realtors Association through to the Hocking Hills Area Real Estate Professionals group.
Now joining Karen and Doug on the "ikarensell" team are Teresa Faulkner & Jason Sharp, central Ohio natives & long-time Hilliard-Dublin area residents. Teresa brings years of real estate sales experience; Jason offers a go-getter attitude & aptitude enhanced by significant sales experience......
1/6/2010: New Year, New Members for The Parker Team!
Realtors® Teresa Faulkner and Jason Sharp are joining Karen and Doug Parker, adding their considerable skills and contacts to the "ikarensell" team and Prudential Calhoon Company Realtors®.
Teresa is a life-long resident of Columbus, and has made her home in Hilliard for many years. She brings many years of experience in real estate sales, and a proven track record working with Buyers and Sellers. You can expect honesty along with the highest standard of integrity, and feel at ease with her personable working style. And you'll always remain confident in Teresa's ability to represent your best interests throughout the entire real estate transaction. Teresa has earned the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and E-Pro.
Jason, a Hilliard native, has hit the ground running as a newly-licensed agent, and offers ten years of successful and varied and sales experience. He's also gained insight through buying and selling his own homes, and describes himself as a strong goal-setter and go-getter who always sees things through to the end and well beyond for his clients.
Karen: GRI, ABR, CRS, eCertified, Recreation & Resort Specialist (RRS), Prudential Caliber Club and President's Circle, Top 5% of Prudential agents nationwide, Columbus Board of Realtors $25-Million Club. Ohio Association of Realtors' Award of Excellence. Co-chair of Columbus Board of Realtors' Mentoring Program for new agents. "Agent of the Month" in Broker Agent Magazine (June 2008). Sponsor of various local teams and events. Also completed home staging coursework (IAHSP). B.S. in Psychology; former Certifified Occupational Therapist Assistant and Community Mental Health Center Therapist.
Doug: New Home Specialist, Columbus Board of Realtors $10-million Club, Former President & Member of the Hilliard City School District Board of Education, Hide-A-Way Hills Club Board of Trustees, Hilliard School District Citizens Finance Committee, Friends of the Hocking Hills Board of Trustees, Logan Town Center; M.S. in Media/Communications. Former university instructor of Marketing, Management, Journalism, and Communications, as well as high school teacher; former TV and radio broadcast station manager, along with various professional, community and other non-profit volunteer and board positions.
In June 2008, REALTOR.com presented Karen and Doug Parker the company's Online Marketing Award of Excellence, for their efforts to maximize listing information, photos and now video tours on REALTOR.com.
Our experienced team provides you with Realtors® who "Kare'n Sell" central and southeastern Ohio...for home buyers & sellers in Hilliard, Dublin, Grove City, and the entire west side of Columbus, Hideaway Hills and the Hocking Hills Region, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan and more. We would be honored to help you with with your home investment, before, during and after the purchase. Clients we've assisted since 1989 will assure you that our slogan says it all...We truly Kare 'n Sell central Ohio and Southeastern Ohio, and belong to both the greater Columbus and Lancaster Multiple Listings Services (MLS) and Boards of Realtors! And as members of Hide-A-Way Hills Club, the Hocking Hills Tourism Associaion, and Friends of the Hocking Hills, we'd love to tell you more about what's happening and available in the hills, and along the developing Route 33 corridor. We also specialize in log homes and land!
For our clients' convenience and peace of mind, we also retain the services of an attorney who also holds a real estate license. In today's complex and quickly changing market, we will always do our best to maintain the various types of support to ensure full satisfaction and service.
If you're in need of individualized attention to essential property services, exterior or interior, or specialized services related to investment properties, please let us know. We'll be happy to work with you on one-time-only or ongoing plans to prepare, market or maintain your property so that it's just as you want it to be. As your overall real property consultants & advisors, we understand and will help you create and maintain the best "big picture" of your investment(s)!
For most of our listings, we provide a digital video tour as well as a Visual Tour®. You can now view both the Visual Tours® and video tours online, but we´d be happy to get a real "hard" copy to you on CD. If you´re interested in a specific listing on our site, we can mail you a copy of a CD containing both tours; just let us know your mailing address.
If you´d like us to represent you as a buyer, and you´re interested in a listing that we don´t have, in most cases we can also arrange to preview the home for you and shoot digital photographs of the home that you can preview before a personal showing. This can save you valuable time, especially if there are a number of homes that appeal to you.
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