PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Rachael Podolsky
www.rachaelpodolsky.com
Representing both Buyers and Sellers, Rachael’s buyers find in her, a confidante and guide, as she advises them on their real estate investments and navigates contracts. Her sellers receive worldwide listing syndication and culturally relevant marketing, bringing them valuable exposure and maximizing return on their investments. With a background in construction management, Rachael enjoys working with local builders to seek out projects in the community, consult on design and property attributes and ultimately, bring new construction to market. Her partnership with community builders is apparent through long-standing relationships – the key to her success. Her strong negotiation skills and professionalism consistently win deals in a competitive market and her spot-on pricing and market knowledge provide her sellers with piece-of-mind and trust.
Rachael’s project management skills have been honed for over 20 years – finally culminating in 2009 with a graduate degree in Project Management from the University of Washington. Building on all of this experience, Rachael is able to guide both buyers and sellers through each real estate transaction on every level – from planning, staging and marketing to contract negotiations and transaction management. Post move, Rachael's trusted resources provide her clients with moving, design, landscape and household caretaking once the transaction closes.
Rachael is unyielding in her professionalism, and she has earned several honors and accolades in her field. Among them, her CHLMS designation, which is the highest mark in luxury property marketing, demonstrating her savvy when it comes to listing properties for discerning clientele. As a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), she is among only 2500 designees worldwide trained to bring global property transactions to her clients through a vast network. As a 2020 Rising Star Real Estate Agent award winner, she continues to bring her special brand of deep personal connection and love of her community to each client she works with.
Rachael has long been an advocate for her Bellevue community, volunteering and fundraising for various organizations. She is a proud mother of three wonderful children who all went through the local Bellevue schools and loves sharing her own experiences with people new to the community.
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
Five Star Professional conducts market-specific research throughout the U.S. to identify service professionals who demonstrate professional excellence and provide quality services to their clients. The Five Star Real Estate Agent program is the largest and most widely published award program for real estate agents in North America, covering more than 40 major markets. Five Star award winners do not pay a fee to be included in the research or on the final list of award winners.
The Five Star Professional research team contacted thousands of recent homebuyers, consumers and industry leaders to identify Seattle-area real estate agents who stand out in their industry and community.
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