Portrait of Professionals
 
Karen Portrait Service
 
Karen & Owen specialize in targeting properties for buyer clients who are local, as well as from outside the Washington D.C., Baltimore and Northern Virginian Metropolitan Areas. They are equally effective in accomplishing property sales for their Seller clients throughout their area of responsibility. Well established roots in the community give them the competitive edge. They are dedicated to providing the finest service package to each individual client.

Owen Portrait Knowledge

Karen & Owen are constantly updating their industry knowledge which keeps them on the cutting edge. They stay on top of the market by reviewing daily new property listings in the Multiple Listing Service along with their keen networking with fellow top producing Realtors. They also document those properties not yet available to the public that they know would meet their client's needs.

Communication

They are easily accessible via their cell phone and email communications. They promptly inform buyer clients which listings might be of interest to them. For seller clients, they aggressively market their property through the most appropriate avenues depending on the ever changing markets, specific to that property's location. All of these factors contribute to Karen & Owen's long standing reputation for efficient, yet outstanding quality service and results.


Karen's History in Real Estate  

  • Over 17 years experience as a full time, professional real estate agent.
  • Independent contractor for the largest real estate broker in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Northern Virginia Metropolitan Areas.

Professional Designations and Awards

  • SRES Senior Relocation Specialist
  • Certified Buyer Representative Designation
  • Licensed in Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia
  • Long and Foster Gold Team
  • Long and Foster Chairman’s Club - $5-10 million in annual sales

Work Experience

  • Long & Foster Realtors, Bethesda, MD (1990-present) Sales Associate that continues to contribute to the national record-breaking sales of over $1 Billion, accomplished by this #1 Long & Foster Office - Bethesda Gateway. She has attained the level of Chairman’s Club within Long & Foster ($5-10 million in annual sales). She is actively involved in the marketing and selling of residential real estate properties in the Washington D.C., Baltimore and Northern Virginia Metropolitan Areas.
  • Member Direct Television (1994-1997) Consultant for company specializing in real estate training specific to realtors nationwide over digital satellite system.

Owen Portrait
ABOUT OWEN


Education

  • B S Engineering, United States Naval Academy.

Military Experience
  • Naval Aviator assigned to aircraft carrier and training squadrons.

Business Experience
  • 46 years, High Technology Electronics (Integrated Circuit manufacture), including 12 years as corporate Vice President of Quality and Reliability Engineering. Major customers included Motorola, Lucent, IBM, Cisco and Hewlett Packard.
  • 2 years, Vice President of Quality, country’s largest collector of Public Records. Supplier to three major credit agencies (Equifax, etc.). Responsible for quality of record collection and database integrity for Tax Liens, Civil Judgments and Foreclosures.

Real Estate Experience
  • Bought, sold and managed residential and rental property in California, Oklahoma and North Carolina.
  • 4 years’ experience on HOA board of directors for large complex of 63 condominiums and 24 townhouses in Menlo Park, CA. As Treasurer tasks included fiduciary responsibility for large replacement and repair reserve funds. Most recent board experience was for a complex of 40 townhomes in North Carolina.


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Long and Foster

Bethesda Gateway Sales Office
4650 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Our Direct: 301-215-6846
Office: 301-907-7600
Karen's Cell: 301-213-4661
Fax: 443-638-0252

 
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