Women in Real Estate

Suzie Smith enjoys being a problem solver. As an independent Realtor with Carolina One, solving problems means finding the best methods to get her clients the home they want. In business for 12 years, the Mount Pleasant resident, who works throughout the Charleston area, believes honesty in the best policy. “If my clients ask me […]

When Patty Scarafile walked into a real estate office in 1977 to interview for a part-time job, she never dreamed of one day climbing the ladder to become CEO of that company, known today as local real estate market leader Carolina One Real Estate. “I probably would not hire me if I sat in front […]

I didn’t think I’d be going into real estate this soon,” said Laura Pape (pronounced “poppy”), a real estate agent at Carolina One in Mount Pleasant. Though she considered studying real estate in college, it wasn’t until her father, an agent with 14 years in the business, asked to mentor her that she made it her focus. “With my own father asking […]

A teacher for 21 years, Ellen O’Neil started her real estate career eight years ago. Since 2014, she has been in real estate fulltime and now has her broker’s license and has launched her own agency. O’Neil said it is a great honor to help families with the largest purchase they will probably ever make […]

Honesty and reliability – these are traits that matter most to local real estate agent Jane Milner. Milner attributes her success as a Realtor to her immaculate attention to detail, her integrity and her ability to nurture relationships with clients from all over the country. As an agent with William Means Real Estate, Milner’s credits […]

Kimberly Lease has a rather simple yet very successful philosophy for doing business in the Charleston area as a real estate agent. It’s all about the client. “My greatest satisfaction is making my clients happy and finding them their dream home,” said the 17-year veteran of the industry, who maintains offices in Mount Pleasant, West […]

Chari Karinshak and Franne Schwarb know that real estate is a massive business made up of tiny moments. “I knew Chari was a Realtor,” said Schwarb, “but we didn’t meet until the day she came over to talk to me about pet-sitting my cat. We stood in my kitchen and talked for two hours.” A […]

Annalisa Jordan opened her first business at the tender age of 19 and then followed in the family footsteps by dedicating the next 20 years to teaching. Upon finishing her public education career, Jordan felt the desire to open her own business once again. Weichert Realtors-Palmetto Coast was created in 2005, during one of the […]

A native of Charleston, Katrina Johnson, a Realtor® with Carolina One Real Estate, is familiar with all the areas of the Lowcountry. From downtown Charleston to the beaches, her 20 years of experience in the real estate market is why her referral rate is high. “I attribute much of my success to the personal level […]

As part of the Hunnicutt Real Estate Team of Carolina One Real Estate, Realtor Cathy Hunnicutt believes the secret of the team’s success is having the right people in place. “Early on, we realized that we couldn’t manage every detail of the real estate business and give 120 percent to our clients, and that’s when […]