Susanne Stauffer

Real estate is good fun, most people like dreaming about homes, interiors and lifestyles… but the actual purchase and sale of real estate usually comes with other life changes and it can be full of emotions and questions. This is where the speaker comes in!

Owning her own real estate business since 2003 has been an interesting ride. She has had the opportunity to experience a major boom in real estate sales, or 'the bubble' as it has been dubbed, to the 'bust' and beyond! No matter what the state of the economy, the speaker can tell you about real estate price trends or winning strategies and we can talk for hours. Ask her about Seattle’s neighborhoods and she will take you on a tour. The years she has spent in this business matter, as does her dedication to those she is lucky enough to call her clients.

She was born in Helsinki, Finland and her family moved to the Bay Area in California when she was nine years old. After high school, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend Marquette University where she obtained three degrees: International Relations, Economics and Political Science. On a visit with a friend, she fell in love with Seattle, stayed and have been here for the past 11 years. She has lived in Ravenna, Eastlake, Capitol Hill and now call Ballard her home. Prior to real estate she worked in various sales and marketing positions, from managing folks who install those red machines that spit out coupons in grocery stores to coming up with schematics to place POS (point-of-sale advertising) in stores to draw attention to 'important' items. During the time she was working for an office systems company, making a grand effort to sell networking systems and a copier to a RE/MAX office, the RE/MAX office actually succeeded in selling her on becoming a REALTOR. When she is not with her clients you can find her at Bikram Yoga, at the Farmers Market, cooking, gardening in her street-side veggie box, listening to music with friends, reading without moving for hours, drinking her pantry full of tea, and most of all hanging out with her family... her other-half, Cory and their wonder twins, Nico and Luna! She would love to meet you and answer your questions. Please contact her anytime and you can set up a casual meeting over coffee, tea, or a nice craft beer or glass of wine, perhaps?