Karen W. Schneider

Your Bay Area Real Estate Professional

Clients benefit from Karen W. Schneider’s many years of professional experience in the realms of real estate, law and interior design. Karen excels at providing a luxury experience at every single market level. Her outstanding results demonstrate how effective her approach is particularly with property sellers whose primary goal is achieving the highest price possible, with the smoothest process getting there.

Karen’s expertise, honed during her early years while working as a lawyer drafting construction contract agreements and participating in high-stakes negotiations, provides her sellers – and buyers – with a special edge when it can count the most. She has saved her clients significant sums of money during escrow while treating everyone involved with respect and kindness, aiming for a win-win outcome for both sides. She is extremely responsive to her clients’ needs, and does her best to cooperate with all of the other professionals involved, while being strategic and detail-oriented. A philosophy that sets her apart is that she is always willing to go the extra mile, to get results that are above and beyond expectations.

Karen has lived her entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area, having grown up in Berkeley, and worked and lived in many different parts of Alameda County, as well as in SF itself for many years. In 1989, she made Marin County her home, and has loved centering her life in the vibrant town of Fairfax, which she calls “the epicenter of fun.”

Her understanding of what makes each place unique and desirable, and her many connections in each market sector mean that every time she connects with new people to help them with their real estate needs, she can draw upon her great local relationships to the benefit of her clients. Whether your property is in the Marina or the Mission District, Mill Valley or Ross Valley, or the Wine Country's Russian River or Valley of the Moon, Karen will make you right at home by producing the best possible outcome for you.

A consistently
EXCELLENT PROCESS
leads to consistently
EXCELLENT RESULTS.

From a Buyer

Karen represented my family for two separate real estate property purchases this year – a condo bought as an investment property and a new (to us) principal residence, both in Fairfax. In both cases the competition was fierce in the red-hot Marin real estate market. It was vital to us that we not overpay but in both cases we really wanted the properties.

Karen was amazing – she helped us strategize our offers, target our pricing and establish our upper dollar limits, anticipate counter offers and add non-monetary components she had learned the sellers would likely value. She also supported and encouraged us emotionally during the uncertainty of the bidding process, which was vital for us to keep clear minds and to be able to sleep well during the days of extreme anticipation.

Her sage advice was 110% accurate and to our great delight we prevailed in both cases.

Her guidance didn’t end with the offer acceptances. She continued to valet us through the closing process, document signings, communicating questions to the sellers about the properties, and the myriad of items leading to getting the keys and after.

Without reservation, I would strongly recommend Karen to anyone buying (or selling) real estate in Marin.

- Neil M.

From a Seller

I recommend Karen to everyone I meet who is looking for help with Marin real estate. She is knowledgeable, helpful, responsive and conscientious. She went above and beyond my expectations, and no matter what came up during the sale of my home, I knew she always had my best interests at heart. She is a great negotiator and a very calm, professional person.

I give Karen an A+ for the service she provided. If I ever move, I will use her again!

- N. J.

From a Seller

“My husband and I knew that once we gave Karen the listing, she would continue to work very hard for us, making us her number one priority, until our house was sold. It was about a year ago that we were deeply involved in prepping the house for sale. Karen was at our side, calmly supporting our efforts, every day. She has a way about her. She’s both empathetic and absolutely lucid in helping us make one decision after another. That kept us calm throughout a lot of disruption: painting, repaving, recarpeting, re-everything.

Karen was always transparent. In fact, I believe she’s a very special human being. Both expert and professional and caring and imaginative. I don’t know if she had any other clients. She was right there! Thanks to Karen, and her knowledge of the psychology of staging, the house showed beautifully. We were in contract six days from the time it went on the market. She also priced the house brilliantly. .... Karen was more optimistic, and had a much more positive outlook about the value of our house than the 14-year veteran realtor she brought in as her co-listing agent. The veteran thought the house should be listed at $799,000, and Karen lobbied for a listing price of $995,000, envisioning a final selling price of over a million.

So guess what happened? We got multiple offers, had a bidding war between two buyers, and sold it for $1,085,000.

She worked seamlessly with the buyers’ agents. And she negotiated a two-month free rent-back for us, so we actually had time to organize ourselves, find a new place, and move. And here’s the best part. We absolutely adore the young couple that bought our home of 29 years.

I could go on and on and would be happy to do so. I think you get the idea. Karen is one great realtor and a lovely and very special person. I would recommend her to anyone and have, many times.”

- L.L.

A different Realtor means a different experience.
Experience the Difference.

Contact Karen Schneider

DRE #01972172

Phone:
(415) 572-6969

Email:
karen@karenschneider.com