Testimonials

Briana Preston

We had a pretty trying go at a tight market with 3 houses under contract before we finally got to our 4th – our eventual home. Bri was very responsive to our needs, communicated well and helped us throughout what was, at times, a tiring home-finding process. Bri stayed contagiously positive the whole time.

Briana Preston

Bri is a truly outstanding realtor that came recommended to us by a friend. My wife and I met with her and described what we were looking for in a home, and Bri helped us to find exactly what we wanted. From day one we felt that Bri was on our side, and she did everything needed to make our home buying experience wonderful.

Mark Ballinger

We had top-notch service with Mark Ballinger! He worked closely with us from the very beginning. We received a market analysis on the home we were selling within short notice of our desire to list. Mark talked us through options and listened carefully to our hopes and needs for a new home. The ones we viewed were carefully matched to our list. We would hire Mark as an agent again in a heartbeat!

Teri Cole Smith

We would highly recommend Teri to anyone looking for a new home in WNC. She helped us find exactly what we were looking for in a mountain home and understood all of our family needs to make our new home such a special experience for all of us. If you are looking for an agent that is focused on paying attention to the details, honest, knowledgeable, and has excellent follow through, then you will like working with her!

Teri Cole Smith

We listed our property with Teri Cole-Smith in June of this year and were totally amazed when our property had offers on it within 60 days and closed within 90 days. We found Teri to be very competent and also very pleasant to deal with. The photos and verbiage in her advertising of our property was superb. Teri was always prompt to return messages and stayed in constant contact with us. We highly recommend her to anyone with real estate needs.

Teri Cole Smith

“We have recently purchased a home in Jackson county and Teresa Cole-Smith was our real estate agent. Teresa was tireless in helping us find a home that met our requirements. She showed us many homes and never once grew frustrated with us as we gradually changed our minds about what we wanted. She then made the actual purchase of the home extremely easy. She always kept us informed about the many aspects of the purchase and made it so painless for us. She went above and beyond taking care of things for us while we were not available. We have made many real estate purchases in the past and Teresa made this transaction the easiest of all. We highly recommend Teresa as one of the most personable and professional agents we have have had the pleasure of knowing.”

Kim Preston

I was recommended to Kim Preston Real Estate through a friend. Prior to speaking with Kim Preston, I had visited with other realtors who told me that the market was not to the point that it was worth the time and effort to list my property. When I visited with Kim, we discussed where I wanted to be at the end of the day and she indicated the price point to list the property. Within 30 days of listing with Kim Preston Real Estate, I had a contract to sell and closed the transaction a few weeks afterwards. Throughout the short period of time that I had the house on the market, Kim and her staff were in constant contact with me. I could not have been more pleased with the ease of listing, selling and closing the transaction. I highly recommend Kim Preston Real Estate for your real estate needs, whether as a buyer or a seller.

Judy Shuler

I have worked with realtors prior to meeting Judy Shuler, and I say with all honestly nothing can compare to the outstanding service Judy has provided. She never became aggravated with me when I always seemed to find something I didn’t like from one house to the next. She was patient with me even though I was overly picky, which resulted in finding me the perfect house. I would not recommend anyone but Judy Shuler for your house searching needs!

Judy Shuler

Dear Judy,
Just wanted to thank you first of all for all your hard work in selling our home AND our commercial building all within less than a year! Your diligence and determination is amazing! You are so professional yet so personal in your job! You made selling our properties such an easy transaction when it could have been difficult. And the fact that you had a contract on our home within 3 weeks of signing a contract was AMAZING! Thanks again and we can’t wait to hire you on for our next real estate transaction!

Mark Ballinger

“We had the pleasure of working with Mark two years ago when we were searching to buy our first home to start a family. As you can imagine that can be a scary thing. We started the venture ourselves, but we kept running into Mark. Thank goodness we did. He was awesome to work with, and was very flexible and dependable. While we had to work around our work schedules he was available to us when we needed him. The searching and buying process went very smoothly and we couldn’t have been happier. Mark stuck with us much longer than any other realtor before to make sure we had the perfect house for us. Mark was more than willing to meet with us when our schedule allowed us to do so, and did everything he could to help us purchase our home. He was great with our daughter Kyleigh while we looked at houses to buy. Mark is very easy to work with, he responds to e-mails, and phone calls right away and has a vast knowledge about Jackson County, NC and the real estate market. He is the best of the best and we wouldn’t buy or sell with anyone else, or recommend anyone else to work with. Mark is just that good!”