Kathy Garrison recently made the move to Surterre Properties®, Orange County’s leading luxury real estate brokerage.
With her unique blend of real estate marketing experience,
REO expertise and extensive design background, Garrison offers her clients a powerful formula for success in their most important endeavors. Known for her personal approach, she delivers positive, timely results to each client, whether first time buyers, sellers, corporate accounts or seasoned investors. A longtime resident of
Laguna Hills, she possesses an intimate understanding of the area and the homes it encompasses – and she’s passionate about leveraging this knowledge, along with her experience, to ensure smooth and rewarding experience for every individual she represents.
Faced with the rising tide of REO Inventory in the wake of 2008’s nationwide housing crisis, American Dream Realty employed Garrison in the capacity of REO marketing director. She subsequently teamed with her husband, a longtime REO agent, forming a powerful partnership that’s successfully closed more than 80 REO transactions in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Exceptionally savvy when it comes to new media, Garrison developed the team’s REO Buyer Database using open houses, Twitter, Facebook, MLS and local media. She also designed innovative techniques to enhance the team’s ability to convert listings to sales, reducing the overall marketing period for their REO listings. In 2011, four out of five Garrison REO listings have sold at full price or higher in less than
30 days – and her creativity and ingenuity have been the driving force behind the success.
“In today’s economic environment, perhaps more than at any other time in history, each buyer, each seller, and transaction represents a unique and exciting challenge,” Garrison explained. “My broad-spanning experience places me at an ideal vantage point to offer the highest level of professional real estate service to each and every one.”
With the support of Surterre Properties, Garrison enhances her passion for helping clients succeed with a lengthy list of amenities not available anywhere else, including an in-house marketing team, a network of more than 300 of the area’s premier real estate professionals, and the latest advances in industry technology. These tremendous advantages place Garrison in the ultimate position to provide the most outstanding caliber of personalized service, which, along with her proven ability to deliver results, is what truly sets her apart as a professional.
“Surterre has created an image that I admire and am proud to be associated with,” she remarked. “By associating with Surterre, my own skills and talents are showcased in a way that elevates and embodies that pride – and it’s all to the benefit of my clients.”
A graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara, who also holds a multimedia design certificate from Platt College, Garrison has resided in Laguna Hills with her husband Richard since 1987. Together they have two children, Michael and Stephanie who are both currently attending college. She has participated as a chalk artist at Mission Viejo’s Annual Arts Alive Festival since 2004 and enjoys running – in fact, she recently finished the 2011 Laguna Hills Memorial Day Half Marathon (her first) in just under three hours. In addition to her career, she’s passionate about Italian art, music, food, language, design and culture, and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Contact Kathy Garrison at 949.293.2974 or e-mail her at kgarrison@surterreproperties.com.