Hello from Paradise! - My name is Karen Goldsmith and I am a real estate agent with Remax on the Coast and I am representing the greater Pensacola, Florida area which includes Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Pace, Milton, Cantonment, Perdido Key, Hurlburt Field, Pensacola Naval Air Station (NAS) and Eglin Air Force Base. And, it would be my honor to help you buy a home, sell a home or familiarize you with the area by assisting you with a property search. But first, I would like to give you a little more information about myself ...

“Working in your best interest” is my goal and what I want you to remember about me. This is how I reached that by-line.

I am the oldest of 10 children (yes, all single births). Born in Evansville, IN in 19… to Jerry and Sharon Moss. I was raised to be independent and hard working. My first jobs were cutting lawns for the older folks in our neighborhood and babysitting for the younger couples. Took a while to make $10 back then. During my high school and college years when I wasn’t running to a practice, coaching a practice or playing a basketball game, I was working. I have done food service, was a bank teller and then a nurse.

Spanning the majority of my adult life, was my nursing career. I enjoyed critical care, specifically cardiac nursing and over the years worked in many hospitals and in many departments. If you can deal with sick, hungry, sleep-deprived patients and their families, not to mention doctors, then you are qualified to handle the stress of real estate.

My family and I moved to Gulf Breeze, Florida (greater Pensacola area) in 2005, after Hurricane Ivan and before Dennis. What a time to have to buy a house! The housing market was out of control and we had to pay over twice what we had anticipated when we committed to my husband’s new job before Ivan hit. Good thing I like my house because we won’t be moving for a while. This being said, I understand the woes of this housing market. I also understand about relocation as I have done this several times personally.

With this in mind, my husband, Bill and I decided that I should move into the real estate market as a career. So in late 2005, I took my real estate course on line and in early 2006, passed my licensing exam. All things considered, I have done well in spite of the market decline and my theory on this is that I will have the business that God wants me to have and I have left it in His hands.

God and my family are my top priorities. I have 4 sons- Jarett, Jamison, Daniel and Kyle- two in college and two in middle school. I am passionate about education and the “system”. I have been a volunteer at my sons’ schools, presently am on the school advisory council at Woodlawn Beach Middle School (Go Wildcats!) and on the Gulf Breeze Education Task Force. We attend Liberty Church at the Gulf Breeze/Navarre campus and volunteer there as well. Presently, I am on the board of the homeowners association in my neighborhood.

Somewhere in the middle of this, I enjoy real estate! I find great joy in finding the right house for my clients or working a contract to agreement. I look forward to helping you with your real estate endeavors.

- Karen Goldsmith

Oh, and by the way, I’m never too busy for your referrals!