Kara is the realtor you want by your side for all of the ups and downs of buying in this competitive market. Her unique combination of local real estate knowledge, thoughtful strategy, and emotional intelligence helped us stay sane, informed, and ultimately helped us win our dream home. I will recommend Kara to anyone and everyone any chance I get because she is the total package! Our two year old is also Kara’s biggest fan and her watchful eye helped us actually get a chance to see horns while he ran circles around us all!

I helped my brother sell his house in Annapolis where Kara was the listing agent. I have bought and sold a number of properties and working with Kara was great. She definitely went above and beyond to help my brother sell his house, something he had not been through before. I would highly recommend Kara for your real estate needs.

Kara is the reason we got our house! She took the time over and over to talk through options, next steps, and escalations (over multiple houses) to put our best offer on the table. We would not have ended up with the house we did without her expertise and knowledge of the market. Cannot recommend Kara and the E&V team enough. While we hope to not move for a long time, we would absolutely use Kara for any housing needs in the future.

Kara was literally the best, she cares about the people she works with and supports you long after she finds you an amazing house! She is responsive, available and really wants the best for her clients. I would definitely recommend having her help you, she makes a stressful situation actually enjoyable.

We had a wonderful experience working with Kara, she went above and beyond as our buyer's agent. As first time homebuyers, Kara was able to explain every step of the process to us and was very responsive in answering any question we had along the way. Her knowledge of the market was so helpful as she helped us put together a winning offer. We are getting ready to move in to our new home, and are super thankful for Kara helping us get there!

Kara was excellent. She helped stage our house and gave us several pointers to make it stand out. Kara held an open house where several potential buyers came. One of those potential buyers made an offer and we went to contract after listing our home for 10 days. Engel Voelkers is not only a real estate company that we used to sell our home in Baltimore but also the one we used to buy our new home we are living in Florida.

Outstanding agent and advocate. Kara truly listened to our needs and desires in a home. She did everything she could to ensure a positive outcome and help us close our dream home. Truly a wonderful real estate agent and we are so grateful.

Kara helped me purchase my first condo, sell said condo, then purchase my first house. During both purchases she helped orchestrate early deals so that the homes didn't hit the market and we had a leg up. Kara truly cares and wants the best for you. She works extremely hard and makes the whole home buying/ selling process much less stressful.

Kara has been nothing, but wonderful and accommodating from the start. Always smiling, laughing and personable- took the time to listen and understand my husband and my need being new to the state completely. Thorough, kind and an advocate for us every step of the way. She is who helped us navigate the market here in Maryland with ease, helping us to get the home we have only because of her today. She is wonderful! Cannot go wrong entrusting Kara with your real estate needs and trust! Diane & Crew, Kara - the best!

Kara has been nothing, but wonderful and accommodating from the start. Always smiling, laughing and personable- took the time to listen and understand my husband and my need being new to the state completely. Thorough, kind and an advocate for us every step of the way. She is who helped us navigate the market here in Maryland with ease, helping us to get the home we have only because of her today. She is wonderful! Cannot go wrong entrusting Kara with your real estate needs and trust! Diane & Crew, Kara - the best!

We are a military family and when it was time for us to leave the area, the Fed had just begun its inflating of interest rates and the housing market was in disarray. Added to that, our house had need of a number of repairs before it was ready for listing; a pretty undesirable situation altogether. Enter, Kara Shaffer! She connected us with the correct contractors, who were all great to work with, and we were able to quickly get the property up to snuff. She was able to find the proper price point for our house, knowing that we had a timetable to meet but still getting us a great price that we were very happy with. She even worked miracles for our buyers when their lender went dark on them and closed its doors, keeping the deal afloat, and leaving all parties very happy. She is, hands down, the best realtor I have ever had the pleasure to work with and has my highest recommendation. You can do a lot worse than Kara, but you will be hard-pressed to do any better.

We are so grateful to have hired Kara to sell our rental cottage. While it was in decent shape after being a rental for 15 years, she had the house looking like a million dollar property with the beautiful staging and professional photography. Within days we had six offers, most over asking price. She was able to find superior buyers and closed the deal within 30 days. She made the whole process a breeze for us! Thanks Kara!