Hi, I'm Katie. These mountains are home.
I was born in the Lowcountry and grew up in Laurel Park, just outside Hendersonville. Some of my favorite memories are walking downtown from a friend's house on Fifth Avenue, swimming at the Elks Club and spending my summers working at The Wrinkled Egg. I went to Hendersonville Middle and Hendersonville High, headed off for school, and came back to the mountains in 2009. I've been here ever since, and I still love spending time in Hendersonville.
Before real estate, I was a college professor. I have a bachelor's from UNC Chapel Hill, a master's from the College of Charleston and a PhD in Educational Leadership from Clemson. While I was raising my two kids and finishing my dissertation, I was also renovating homes around Asheville. That's when I realized how much I love helping people find the right place to land.
I've now spent 10 years as a full-time REALTOR® with Howard Hanna Beverly-Hanks.
How I work
I teach, I don't sell.
Years in the classroom taught me that people make their best decisions when they truly understand their options. I'll walk you through how things work here, from NC contracts to wells and septic to which neighborhoods flood, so nothing catches you off guard.
I start with your life, not the listings.
Where do you work? What do you do on a Saturday? What drew you to the mountains? Those answers tell me more about where you'll be happy than any search filter.
I help homes show their best.
As a certified Staging Design Professional, I help sellers prepare, price and present their homes so they stand out.
I'll tell you the truth.
About pricing, about steep mountain driveways, about whether a neighborhood is really the fit you're picturing. You'll always get my honest take.
A few of my favorite things around here
A walk around Beaver Lake. Brunch at Sunny Pointe. Biking the Parkway. A milkshake at the Woolworth's soda bar downtown. The gingerbread houses at the Grove Park Inn every Christmas.