Karen Schiro

6/18/21Linda Carlos

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TESTIMONIAL:

I met Karen at a seminar she was co-sponsoring with a Financial person and I just listened to what they presented during their session. It was absolutely good information I would use over the next two years. I wasn't ready at the time I first met her. I knew I would be in a few years (just getting my credit good standing). Throughout the years Karen would continue to stay in contact with me. One day, I finally said yes, let’s just talk about what it would take to put my home on the market.

I just sold my townhouse and purchased a newly constructed townhouse with the help of Karen Schiro, and I would highly recommend her to anyone without hesitation. This little Brit was energetic, knowledgeable, friendly, shockingly genuine and attentive; she listened carefully and never pressured me to do anything I wasn't prepared to do. She seemed to always be available but make no mistake this BRIT is a game changer. I definitely had specific requirements I wanted in my next townhouse, and she exceeded my expectations by delivering above and beyond what I could have imagined.

She gently educated me about what it took to place my current home on the market especially nearing the end of the year. Karen suggested if I wanted to get top dollars some renovations would need to take place. Once I had completed the renovations, I would need to stage the house and then get it on the market. She continued to be extremely helpful throughout the escrow process and beyond, helping me find contractors and giving advice about renovations. When it was all said and done, I followed most if not all of her recommendations to get the return on investment I needed to purchase the new townhouse I wanted.

Listen! It was reassuring to have Karen on my side while navigating the Craziness that comes with the Northern Virginia housing market. I felt fortunate to have found her. She is a keeper and someone that I will use again.

Linda, Springfield, to Ashburn

5/24/21Amanda Harper

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Karen and her team are amazing! After buying our first home with her assistance, when the time came to sell and upgrade there was no better choice than calling Karen back up!

Karen and her team will go above and beyond to keep you updated and make the buying or selling process stress free. Do not hesitate to call her today!

3/5/21Kenny Champagne

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Karen was amazing to work with. She knows the NOVA area very well, listened to what we were looking for and guided us through many homes with patience until we found the right one! She was able to help us see diamonds in the rough, consider options we had not thought about, and laid out all of our options. Buying a home with the help of Karen was incredibly fun and she helped take the stress away! We couldn't be happier in our home thanks to Karen and the second we decide to sell, she will be the first person we call!

2/16/21R. Pettigrew

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Karen is hands down the best realtor to enlist when buying or selling a home. My husband and I were preparing for an interstate move and couldn't be around for much of my selling process. With Karen on our side, we were given the peace of mind and confidence to know the house sale would be taken care of by her in our absence. She went above and beyond for us to ensure a smooth house sale and we couldn't have been more pleased every step of the way. Don't hesitate to reach out to Karen for any home buying or selling needs. She truly cares about her clients and she won't let you down.

2/15/21David Breier

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Karen is the best realtor we have ever used. We have bought and sold four houses in all parts of the country and Karen is by far the best agent we have encountered. She is very knowledgeable, personable, and knows how to price a house for the market. She kept us informed during the entire process which included a coast to coast move to California. She took care of issues with the house after we moved out and is definitely a full service realtor. Choose her as your listing agent or to help you find your dream home!

2/12/21Lisa Zocher

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As first time buyers who had recently moved from abroad, we had a rather unique homebuying situation. Karen made everything so much easier to understand and navigate. I felt like we were her only clients. She worked tirelessly to help us find the right house for our family, which was not easy in the market at the time. She was patient, understanding, responsive and professional. We definitely felt well taken care of. Will certainly contact her for all future real estate endeavors!

2/12/21Richard Dunbar

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Karen helped us sell our house and buy a new one. She worked very hard to showcase our house and advertise it. The posting was professionally done. Information was detailed and informative. Karen was a friend to us and cared about pricing our house competitively. She offered excellent advice. She went the extra mile. She was willing to work with us when we bought our new home, even though it was a bit out of her normal territory. We highly recommend her.

2/12/21Connie Berg

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Karen helped me sell my house in NOVA last year, and she was a real pleasure to work with. She was highly recommended to me from neighbors. She did a beautiful job staging my house, and it sold on the first day it was listed. She took care of everything for me. She's amazing!

2/12/21Madeline Mortelmans

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Karen is the most amazing agent! She helped us find a perfect home in West Springfield, worked with our busy schedules to stay ahead of the fast market, gave great advice to make a successful bid, and even saved us thousands of dollars at closing. Her approach, expertise, and team are perfect.

2/12/21Ryan Cogdill

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OUTSTANDING HIGH QUALITY AGENT. Karen made the entire process easy when selling our fairfax station home in 2019. And that’s saying a lot for a relocation, which require an understanding of unique rules and requirements that are common for military and contractors in the nova region. We had great pictures and were well prepared for showings. She handled everything and did a great job getting the best value for our sale.

2/12/21Tracey Paddock

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What is there NOT to love about our Karen?! She is simply the best. Professional yet fun and personable. Excited about what she is doing in the industry and clearly loves helping people. So knowledgeable and wise. She sold our house (quickly, and above asking, I might add) in the awkward earliest stages of COVID when everyone was just getting their footing. She rolled with it, and, I believe, can roll with just about anything. Pick Karen. You will be so glad you did.

2/11/21Jessica Ferrari

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Karen helped my fiance and I find our first home. From the beginning of the search process, Karen never pushed us to make a decision that we did not support 100%, nor did she ever push us to speed up our timeline (that just happened naturally). She was always professional and provided her honest opinion of a home, even if it meant that we passed on it and kept looking. We appreciated her level of integrity during the entire process; you can truly tell that her work is her passion. She is dedicated to helping you find the right home for your situation, and isn't interested in only making the sale. Karen was our biggest asset during the actual contract process, and was so on top of making sure that we hit our deadlines and submitted a competitive contract without totally sacrificing our safety nets - which is a lot to say in this market. Thank you Karen for helping us start our lives in suburbia, we love our home and new community!

2/11/21Manuela Villapudua Hawes

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Karen was truly a joy to work with. She is extremely knowledgeable, professional, responsive, and helped make the process of buying a home stress free. In a competive market, she was able to find us a beautiful home before it came to market; giving us an advantage over other home buyers. Karen was more of a partner in the process and not just a realtor trying to make her next transaction. We were very blessed to of found Karen and happy to now call her our friend!

2/11/21Catharine Kopac

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Karen was very professional, knowledgeable and extremely ethical in her behavior. She immediately put me at ease because of her manner and willingness to help. From my signing the contract until my house was sold, I clearly felt that she was my partner in the move. She answered all of my questions and put me at ease. I would recommend her without reservation.

2/11/21Gary Myers

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Karen helped my fiancee and I find our first home. From our initial meeting with Karen and through the entire home buying experience, we couldn't have been happier. She made the process as easy as we could have imagined. She was super responsive on getting us set up to see homes and flexible with our schedules both working full-time (often started looking around 6 pm on week nights or on weekends). At the time, houses were rarely on the market for a week and this was important to a successful buying process. She was able to get us into many homes the next day from us deciding to take a look. After looking at a few houses with us and seeing what we liked online, she was able to pick up on what we liked and didn't like quicker than I think we did and she would help point out things she knew would matter to us when deciding if we wanted to place an offer or not. Then when it came to offer time, she was super helpful on giving us all the tools we needed to make an aggressive offer that we were comfortable with. I say "an offer" because with her help, we were able to get the contract on the first house we put in an offer on. Now we have been in our home for almost a year now and we still keep in contact with Karen with updates on life and home. Based off our experience, I would highly recommend Karen to anyone looking to buy or sell a home in the area. I know if we go through the process again, we will be using Karen.

2/11/21Josh Villapudua

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If you are able to secure Karen as your realtor, DO IT !!!

I was new to the home buying process and she made things as easy as possible for me. She found exactly what I needed in a home and did not try to push anything I wasn't looking for. Karen is a great negotiator and she did everything in her power to make sure I got a good deal.

On a more personal note, she is quite funny and made the process of buying a home lighthearted and fun!

I will definitely be using her services in the future!

2/11/21Carol Ward

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Karen was highly recommended to us by a friend. She listed and sold our house in Springfield and helped us to locate a superb agent to purchase a new home in the Midlothian area. She is a very friendly, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and professional agent. She made herself easily available to assist us with all stages of our sale. Due to her professionalism, our house showed beautifully and was under contract the day following listing. A positive, can do agent - we enthusiastically recommend Karen!

2/11/21James Murtha

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Karen is a flat out pro at what she does. She knows the markets she works (#burkelife), she knows how to get a house ready to show, and she delivers on what she says she will do. We could not have dreamed of a better agent to hire in order to list and sell our house. Karen's motto of "Keep Calm with Karen," is spot on. I'm an anxious person (who isn't when you're buying or selling a home?) and Karen managed me perfectly with the right balance of sound professional guidance and humor. If you want a real estate agent that has your back, will work tirelessly to sell your home quickly and will make you laugh, hire Karen Schiro.

2/11/21Caroline B. Wertz

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Karen was our realtor in purchasing our first home. We were relatively clueless about homebuying and the area in which we were looking. She helped us understand the process and was patient with our questions and our evolving focus. She gave us insights into neighborhoods, advised us on what to look for in homes (beyond the surface-level impressions), and helped us shape a winning bid on our dream home during a very competitive market. Then she walked us through the contract-signing and final purchase. She was a true ally the whole way through and I highly recommend her services!

2/11/21Jenn A

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We met Karen at an open house -- normally I'm all for personal recommendations but she was just so charming we felt really good about just going with her. She suggested the most amazing, respectful renovation team on the planet. They worked with our difficult situation & stayed on task and finished early. She set us for for success and we closed before the weekend was even over!

2/11/21AudreyB

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Karen is by far the best agent I have ever worked with and I highly recommend her! I recently worked with Karen to purchase an older home and from the very start she listened to understand my home needs and timeline. Throughout the process she truly heard my concerns, questions and helped to steer me in the direction to best suit my family. Never once did I feel like she was pushy or focused on the sale, instead she was focused on providing the solution for me and what made sense. While looking at homes Karen was informative, extremely flexible to my schedule and constantly kept me up to date with changes in the market. When it came time to put an offer together she went above and beyond to help me make the best decision based on market analysis and her detailed knowledge of the community. Karen provided the most thorough comparatives I have ever received and this additional information helped me prepare a detailed and competitive offer that was ultimately accepted. During inspections and closing, Karen kept everything on track and took care of all the little things to save me time while constantly communicating the status. Despite numerous hiccups, road blocks, surprises and challenges during the inspection period, Karen flawlessly navigated the situation to help me purchase the home in a state I felt comfortable despite the unexpected. On the day of closing when we encountered one additional challenge, Karen had the situation resolved and we were able to go to closing with a plan. Post-closing she has routinely checked in to make sure I’m happy and everything is going well in the new home. I cannot speak highly enough of Karen, she is exceptional and a joy to work with. She is a true professional in her field and someone I will, without any hesitation, recommend to friends, family and anyone I know looking to purchase or sell a home in the future!

2/11/21Amanda Farrar

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Karen really worked with me to meet my specific needs, and always did so with positivity. Seriously, never underestimate how important it is that someone with whom you work cheers you. She not only found my latest rental property, she helped me get it remodeled and found me great tenants. I own three properties, and rest assured, Karen will always be my real estate 'go to' and I recommend her to everyone I know who needs a realtor.

2/11/21Renee Lygon

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I had quite a positive experience with Karen. She was always responsive via text or e-mail, and made me feel like I was her only client. Her attention to detail and her organization skills are excellent...keeping a detailed calendar, color coding, sorting files, everything down to her neat handwriting. She went the extra mile to help with staging my house, moving things into the storage room and even helping to take apart some storage shelves to get them out of the way. She negotiated with multiple potential buyers for us, well into the evening hours on a Sunday night. I can’t say enough good things about Karen!

2/11/21Tish Keith

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Karen is the best. She helped us find our home that we just love. She is very knowledgeable about the business and made the process of buying a home easy and fun. I refer her to all of my friends and family.

2/11/21Richard Hobbie

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Barbara and I highly recommend Karen Schiro to be your real estate agent. Our knowledge of her excellent service is based on the sale of our son’s house followed by the sale of our house. Initially, Barbara wanted to hire a tennis friend to be our real estate agent but we already had met Karen through our son and his wife several years ago and liked her. Also, our son and his wife highly recommended her to us based on their experience with her services. I wanted to work with her and soon Barbara was convinced she was the best agent for us. Karen helped make what we thought was an improbable sequence of events happen and we netted $50,000 more than we projected on the sale of our house in Virginia. We were residing in San Diego during the past 5 winters but had just sold our condominium there in March 2019. Before we returned to Virginia we had signed on with Karen and she inspected our house with the help of our son to ready it for the market before we returned. She told us what we needed to do to prepare it and provided us with an excellent contractor to begin minimal repair work. And, she discouraged us from doing too much, which saved us spending funds that probably would have yielded little return. By the time we returned to Virginia we were committed to putting our Virginia house on sale because we had bought a home in San Diego after selling our condo. We were committed to moving but were not quite convinced we could ready our house for the market by early May. With Karen’s input, advice, and extensive knowledge we prepared the house on time and it went on the market by Memorial Day weekend. We set our list price at the low end of what we expected because we wanted to stimulate interest and demand. Karen was very helpful in helping us choose a list price and we were in complete agreement with her strategy. And, the marketing package she developed made our house look like a nearly new model home in the very desirable community of Daventry. The photographs in the brochure were incredible. Our house went on the market on a Friday with an open house scheduled for Sunday. We left for the beach but our neighbors said there was a long “rush hour” in front of our house on Saturday as many potential buyers visited the house with their real estate agents. By Sunday evening we knew we had 10 offers on our house. The next day we returned for a meeting with Karen to go over the offers. Karen had condensed the essence of the offers into an easy-to-digest chart that clearly showed the top three offers. After meeting with Karen on that Monday, we were ready to make a deal. As Karen prepared to call the prospective buyers with the best offer, we received one more offer for a total of 12 offers. Ultimately, we sold our house for $36,000 more than the list price, which was mainly due to Karen’s brilliance as an agent. After we agreed to sell, we had a few minor repairs to make on our house. Once again, Karen helped facilitate that process and it went very smoothly. Now we live in San Diego and we gained substantial profit to not only buy our home in Pacific Beach but also to pay for significant renovations we want to make. That process is well underway. We could not be happier with Karen’s service and the entire process. Choose Karen as your agent and you will have a great experience too.

2/11/21S Hawes

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Karen was truly a joy to work with. She is extremely knowledgeable, responsive, and helped make the process of buying a home stress free. Karen was more of a partner in the process and not just a realtor trying to make her next transaction. She truly listened to what we were looking for and found us our house that checked all of the boxes we asked for! We were very blessed to of found Karen and happy to now call her our friend! Stephen & Manuela

2/11/21Lauren Cowans

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Karen helped us purchase our home in Burke, VA and sell our home in Springfield, VA. She is amazing!!!!! We would have never been able to get our house in this market without her. Not only did she help with the sale and purchase of a home, she made us feel like family. I have referred her to all of my friends. She is the best. :)

2/11/21Claudia Smith

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Karen was absolutely great. She’s not only knowledgeable, but she’s super friendly and upbeat. I had never sold a house before, so she helped me every step of the way. She didn’t make me totally redo my house. She staged it beautifully with my own things. The photos were superb. She was very responsive and patient with all my many questions. She was there at settlement to make sure everything ended on an upbeat note. Her assistant Liesl was very helpful, too, when Karen was not available because of meetings or calls. I would recommend Karen to anyone who wants to sell a house.

2/10/21Michelle Andrews

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Karen was the perfect real estate agent for us. We can't say enough about her honest and caring nature, professionalism, and extensive knowledge and connections. All of these qualities are what you get when you choose Karen as your agent. We picked Karen as our agent through a Google search but if we could "custom design" the ideal real estate agent, it would be her. She listens to her clients, is very responsive and her charm and humor help keep the process stress free. We purchased a home with Karen in 2017. Throughout the home buying process, Karen was extremely responsive and attentive in her recommendations to us. She is the most service-oriented realtor that we have worked with. She even went so far as to send a care package with thoughtful gifts and delicious cupcakes during our first days in our new home. Karen doesn't forget you once the deal is done. I know I can call her for recommendations and she has always come through with excellent, timely recommendations. Even after purchasing our home, she always makes us feel like helping us is her highest priority. We highly recommend Karen for your real estate transaction. Michelle and Jen

12/24/20Sara Hoffman

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My parents were thrilled with the service Karen Schiro provided in selling their home of 40 years. Initially they selected her primarily because she lived in their neighborhood; however, they soon learned that her efforts to sell their house went far beyond merely being a neighbor. Karen's knowledge and her suggestions of what to do and not do in preparation for the sale were invaluable. With her dynamic personality leading the way they were able to get a selling price well above listing. They (we) highly recommend Karen & Co. Truly, a wonderful experience!

6/2/20Mayra Edelved

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Karen is a wonderful realtor. She is knowledgable and helpful with all things real estate. She communicated with us throughout the entire process and her team kept us informed as well. I will definitely recommend her and her team to friends and family.

4/25/20Tristy Ridder

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Karen is wonderful to work with! She’s very personable and gave us very smart advice on what to upgrade or leave as is in preparation for selling our home to maximize our profit. She knows the market and gave excellent advice on the listing price for our home. She was extremely attentive to any questions or concerns we had through the entire process. Karen has a talent for marketing which created high interest in our house. We received multiple offers! We appreciated the way in which Karen advocated for us during negotiations and made sure we understood every step of the process of selling our home. I highly recommend Karen to anyone who wants a smart realtor who can relieve the stress of selling your home, offer sound advice, and be your advocate from start to finish!

10/5/19Mark Osborne

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When looking for a realtor Karen came highly recommended to us plus the fact she once lived in our neighborhood which made our choice easy!

She was able to recommend several contractors she had worked with to completely renovate our house to sell for the highest price.

With all her help and knowledge we were able to sell our home, above asking price, before it went on the market.

We appreciate all her hard work and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an excellent realtor.

She is a pleasure to work with. Thank you Karen!!
Mark & Joan