Karen Lange

Seeing Real Estate through Your Eyes

It's a great time to be in this business and nothing is more exciting than the culmination of a growing relationship we've cultivated together. I've owned homes and I've owned vacation homes. I've owned a business. Any meaningful work I've done as an adult whether it was paid or not, had to do with helping other people meet their goals, making their dreams come true or maybe just making their day. I'm not here to sell, I'm here to serve. I want to learn about you and what your dreams are, then I can tell you what I know.

My dad, a simple steelworker, always told me "People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know." He's right and I know he's not the first to say it. You can teach people facts and laws, but you can't always teach them to care. You may never meet a real estate agent who understands you better than I do. I like to think like a consumer instead of a realtor. I still like asking some of the questions you will ask. But I know the business side of life but I also know that what's important to you is how much I care about you and your needs. I still "see through your eyes" and I hope I never lose that quality. I'm going to keep a pair of "customer glasses" on my desk, in my briefcase and in my car. If I ever forget to look at my work through your eyes, then it's time for me to go to the mountains or the ocean and write that book that's in me.

Caring negotiator looking out for your best interest - this market calls for more than a tour guide or order taker.

So whether you're looking for your first home or your next home, your main home or a second home, I will scour the market for just that right place for you! Maybe you're relocating here or away from here, I can help! After 25 years of working in marketing in the Chicago market followed by six years in banking, all career signs pointed to real estate. This is a business requirig business skills and my people skills. Caring for you and your family during one of the biggest transactions you'll do in your life. From the first peek at the listing to showing you the house or selling your house and steering you through the offers and negotiations, I'll be with you, watching it all through your eyes.

I live at the top of beautiful Scandia Valley with my husband and dog and a couple cows and four children ages 22 to 8 who come and go on weekends and come home from college in the summer. We love where we live and I hope Windermere Real Estate and I can do the very same for you.