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Meet Sarah A. Smith

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Sarah A. Smith

Real Estate Broker

Get to Know Me

As a part of my upbringing in rural Montana along the Blackfoot River, I was employed in my parents’ excavation business. From a young age I operated backhoes, excavators, & dump trucks, and learned how homes are built from the ground up. (And the importance of site drainage!) I also learned that self-employment hinges on integrity and hard work.
 
After graduating from Montana State and working as technical editor in Seattle, I put my background in home building to work. Early 2008 was an inopportune time to have a new real estate license, but helping clients through a tough recession set me up for success. I’ve since navigated every iteration of our real estate market with that same tenacity—from guiding sellers through short sales to helping buyers beat multiple offers in an extremely competitive market. Meanwhile, I’ve pursued my own real estate goals: remodel projects, adding an ADU to my first investment property, and spending time as a short term rental host.
 
It truly makes my day when I can see that I’ve exceeded my clients’ expectations. For my sellers this means expert guidance on home preparation, hyper-local market trends, target marketing, and win-win negotiations to maximize returns and minimize surprises. Buyers benefit from my understanding of residential construction, in-depth knowledge of Seattle neighborhoods, patient approach to educating first-time home buyers as we tour, and track record of favorable outcomes in a competitive market.
 
I’m passionate about sustainable practices in the way we build, occupy and improve our homes; honoring a home’s design and history; and building trusting relationships with my clients. I like to strike a balance of effectively communicating what my clients most need to know, without sugar coating and without the hard-sell, so they trust me to be a resource they can call on for years to come.
 
I love to recharge my batteries by playing volleyball at Golden Gardens, escaping to our cabin east of the Cascades with my husband and English springer spaniel, rolling out pie dough to good music, and sitting around a campfire with family.
Peter S. & Kelsey L.
Brittney V.
Mayank T.
Eric J.
Christina S.
Roger K.
Brenda T.
Peter M. & Roxanne C.
Kevin C.
Lauren D.
Ben S. & Hannah C.
Heidi H.
Danielle D
Sarah D
Kit V.
Brigida S.
Caleb A.
Danny & Dorothy L
Genevieve H.
Connor R.
Alan G.
Buyer
Buyer & Seller
Grace F.
Nikki C.
Buyer | Seller
McKinley J.
Allie S.
Daniel V.
Ryan D.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

My wife and I are so happy to have worked with Sarah to sell our condo. She worked with us to identify important repairs/remodeling that needed to be completed before putting our condo on the market. Many of these we had already planned, but several additional items were called out that were unexpected, but, when completed, made a big difference (such as replacing our kitchen faucet). Additionally, we ha...

— Peter S. & Kelsey L.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

My Husband and I recently sold our condo and purchased a new home with the help of Sarah. From the moment we met her we knew she was the agent for us! She won us over by being well organized and being available anytime via phone, email or in person to discuss the details of our pending sale or purchase. She also has a tremendous knowledgable about the various aspects of the real estate market. In short -...

— Brittney V.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Honestly 5 stars are not enough to describe the pleasure it was to work with Sarah -- as a superior realtor and as a trustworthy consultant. Sarah is extremely personable, and most of all extremely patient -- particularly in my case having to travel for work and house hunt at the same time could have been much more trickier if it wasn't for Sarah. She quickly identified what I was looking for and what my...

— Mayank T.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah helped us in a great time of need! We had to put our Seattle Townhouse on sale due to a family emergency. Sarah showed understanding, compassion and a great sense of urgency! Being an out of town owner we depended on Sarah to help make our property market ready. She is a professional in every sense of the word. In a tremendously short turnaround, Sarah had our property on the market and in pristine...

— Eric J.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah is wonderful to work with! We sold our apartment and purchased a new home with Sarah's help in the super competitive Seattle-area market. Sarah is knowledgable, hard-working, and is an amazing relationship builder. The relationships that Sarah has with everyone in the home selling/buying business (from home inspectors, to mortgage lenders, and home insurance brokers) are invaluable; when we faced a...

— Christina S.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah is an amazing real estate agent. She helped me purchase my first home and I could not have done it without her. I don't know how she can juggle multiple clients and still always be responsive and attentive. She was very patient with me and educated me on things to look for. She goes above and beyond and you absolutely need her on your side if you want a good outcome. I will certainly work with her ...

— Roger K.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah is awesome!! I have dealt with many, many, real estate agents over the years and have to say Sarah is the BEST!! She is a genuine, personable, respectful, professional, caring real estate agent and made the process of selling my condo and moving into my new townhouse seamless from start to finish. Thank you Sarah, you really are the BEST!!

— Brenda T.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

It's hard to imagine buying our first house without a trusted guide. Sarah was exactly who we needed throughout the whole process. From the first conversation when we dreamed REALLY big, through the detailed contract walk-through, to weeding the yard of our new home before she handed us the keys - we felt cared for like family. The details were attended to and we could trust we were making a great choice...

— Peter M. & Roxanne C.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah was the perfect person for selling my place. She thoroughly helped preparing it for maximum appeal to buyers by taking care of things she recommended would give it excellent appeal and help it get noticed. She was both transparent and trustworthy in her role as the listing broker, and was thoroughly in tune with the entire process from start to finish, keeping things well explained and keeping thin...

— Kevin C.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

We recently relocated to the Seattle area from across the country; before we left, our realtor in Maryland referred us to Sarah. Before we even went under contract to sell our previous home, Sarah connected with us and immediately began educating us on the local market, area, and asking what was important to us in our next home. She made us feel at ease as we navigated the stressful process of making suc...

— Lauren D.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

My wife and I recently worked with Sarah to both buy a house as well as list and sell our condo. During the pandemic, the Seattle real estate market has been absolutely crazy and Sarah was key in helping us navigate it. Sarah has a strong historical knowledge of local building trends and what to look out for in different types of homes. This came in handy more times than I can count -- we looked at a lot...

— Ben S. & Hannah C.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I interviewed a host of potential agents when looking to sell my house, and was struck by Sarah's integrity and honesty. That impression never faltered. Sarah was consistently honest, proactive, and organized. She knew the steps that were needed to happen to move towards a sale, and was happy to provide any level of detail so that I felt comfortable in the process. We knew that we were operating on a ver...

— Heidi H.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah and her team are really pleasant to work with. In the past, we have never had a realtor that is so kindhearted and really listens to what you want in need. This experience has been the best and as hard as it was to say goodbye to my family home, she knew that this was going to be a difficult for me, she made every step as painless as she possibly could. Even when I questioned her on certain things...

— Danielle D

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah is INCREDIBLE! As a first time home buyer, she went above and beyond to walk me through the home buying process. Sarah took care of everything that was "hard," but spent the time to walk me through all of the contract details with buying, etc. She has an incredible team of rockstars supporting her. I immediately felt like a part of Sarah's circle, receiving sound advice, emailing with questions tha...

— Sarah D

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

This is our second time working with Sarah and we are so happy that we did. The wonderful condo Sarah helped us buy just two years ago had increased enough in value that we had the opportunity to sell and buy a single family home. This would not have been possible without Sarah. She coordinated when we would move and list the condo. She took care of cleaning and staging- it looked better than we could h...

— Kit V.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah provided us with even more than we expected when she helped us to sell our house in record time and for more than we had ever anticipated. Professional, super organized, and happy to answer every one of our questions throughout the process, she worked hard to make sure our house could secure the best possible offer. We were so grateful to work with someone we could trust inherently to offer solid a...

— Brigida S.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah Smith went above and beyond for our family! We met Sarah after we had a pretty terrible experience with our first agent so we just did some research and saw that she had wonderful reviews for first time homebuyers. From our first meeting to making 5 offers on different houses until we bought the home of our dreams she always made sure we were the first priority in the process. She is very professio...

— Caleb A.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

We sold our townhome and bought our forever home with Sarah and couldn’t be happier! We’ve recommended multiple friends to her already. She is thorough, professional and an excellent communicator. In selling, Sarah efficiently coordinated everything so we didn’t have to find contractors to fix our fence or paint the house or stage - she did everything and at a very affordable price! For buying, she was a...

— Danny & Dorothy L

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah was incredibly flexible and always available to work with us, even on our very aggressive timeline. She also came up with a winning strategy to help us get our offer accepted in a very competitive market. We wouldn't have our house if Sarah hadn't been our realtor.

— Genevieve H.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I met with a few realtors before choosing to work with Sarah for the purchase of my first home. In addition to her vast knowledge of the greater Seattle market, Sarah proved to me time and time again that her main priority was my needs, and went above and beyond my expectations to help achieve them. She was able to walk me through the entire process step by step was extremely responsive and answered all ...

— Connor R.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

We've bought and sold two houses using Sarah. I'm convinced that we wouldn't own our present home if she hadn't represented us where there were multiple offers (remember those days). If we have any real estate dealings in the future I would call Sarah first.

— Alan G.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah was very helpful, knowledgeable, and honest, which was very important for us when we bought our first house. I strongly recommend her to all of my friends who are looking for a house to buy.

— Buyer

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

We found a property before I had put mine on the Market. We had 1 month to sell my current home. Sarah made everything smooth and easy. She got my place sold and was able to negotiate a contingency for the home we had found. It all worked out and I credit Sarah with making the whole deal happen. I truly believe that without her expertise, the deal would not have gone through.

— Buyer & Seller

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah guided me through the purchase of my first home. She was incredibly patient and thorough in answering all of my questions and explaining how everything worked! I especially appreciated how she helped me think about potential offers without pressuring me to put one in on a house I didn’t love or to offer more than I was comfortable with. I ended up purchasing a home I absolutely adore without an oun...

— Grace F.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

We love Sarah. She knew all the answers to our questions and was very patient with us- again. This is the 2nd time we've worked with Sarah for our home purchase, and this time around she also provided masterful support in selling our townhome- in 5 days, well over asking, we wouldn't change a thing. Here's hoping we're not shopping again anytime soon, but when we do we'll know who to call. Thank you Sarah!

— Nikki C.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah was my agent when I bought my first house. I did not hesitate to call her when I was ready to sell and buy a new place. She is very helpful and gives good, solid, practical advice. First time buying a home? She's great. And, as I did, you'll call her again.

— Buyer | Seller

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah and Lauren were fabulous to work with, we feel incredibly lucky to have found them. Through every moment of the house buying experience we felt like we were in good hands. They provided great advice on what they were seeing in the market, worked so quickly to help us purchase the house we were interested in, and were able to assist us in negotiating the price down. Not only that, but they felt like...

— McKinley J.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I can't say enough good things. During my home search, Sarah understood exactly what I was looking for from day one and helped me, a first-time homebuyer, navigate the competitive Seattle market and work with the numerous challenges that came with it. As I honed in on my search and my needs, Sarah was there to bounce ideas around and advise me on neighborhoods, improvement projects, and the nuances of th...

— Allie S.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah was unbelievable. She makes the most complicated topics incredibly simple and gives you the tools to make decisions confidently. She doesn’t make decisions for you but instead enables you to make awesome decisions for yourself. I could not recommend Sarah highly enough. I would work with her 1000 times over.

— Daniel V.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Sarah has helped me find houses twice and, while I hope I never have to move again, I'll be reaching out to her again if I need a realtor. I really appreciate her candor and tactfulness when it comes time to negotiate a deal.

— Ryan D.

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