She is a top sales producer in her area and has been an Airbnb Superhost for over 8 years with a 4.9 / 5.0 star rating and a VRBO Premier Host with a 4.9/5.0 star rating as well.
ORANGE BEACH, AL, August 08, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Karen Sepko has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Sepko is an experienced professional with over 30 years of success in real estate sales, hospitality management and real estate investing. Since 2020, she has been the qualifying broker and owner of Beach Home Alabama Realty, Orange Beach, AL. Leveraging her extensive expertise to drive success, she manages the company’s overall operations while ensuring her clients receive top-notch customer service. Based in Orange Beach, Alabama, Ms. Sepko’s agency provides sales and hospitality management of short-term rental investment properties throughout the Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Foley, Alabama areas. In 2022, she achieved the coveted credential as a certified resort specialist in Baldwin County, AL where she is highlighted on the local board website. Karen is also a top sales producer in her area and has been an Airbnb Superhost for over 8 years with a 4.9 / 5.0 star rating and a VRBO Premier Host with a 4.9/5.0 star rating as well.
In addition to overseeing Beach Home Alabama Realty, Ms. Sepko was the broker and owner of Red Bean Realty LLC in New Orleans, LA from 2011 through 3/2024. Her full-service brokerage provided sales, leasing, and property management services throughout the Warehouse District, Uptown, Garden District, and French Quarter areas. Moreover, Ms. Sepko has been an associate broker at Advantage Real Estate in Gulf Shores since 2016, selling vacation short-term rental investment properties in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Alabama specializing in 1031 exchanges.
Ms. Sepko always had a passion for real estate. After obtaining her engineering degree and moving to California for her first engineering job, she went back to school and obtained a real estate license and worked part time for California Prudential Realty in Rancho Cucamonga, CA under Kim Senecal. She recalls Kim teaching Attitude is Everything and Karen had three transactions after canvasing a neighborhood and knocking on thirteen doors. That was the start of her real estate career. Ms. Sepko was married to Andy Sepko, director for Johns Manville and relocated to Ohio where she worked in engineering and again obtained an Ohio real estate license. She designed and built their own home in Stone Oak subdivision in Sylvania Ohio which she thoroughly enjoyed. Pivoting into real estate fulltime after relocating to New Orleans with her husband, she began exploring real estate investment opportunities. She purchased a space in Cotton Mill condominiums that was an old telephone switching station and converted it into a lofted condo unit and purchased the original Cotton Mill office and converted it into a three-bedroom loft where they lived. To this day, she loves redesigning spaces and putting her own interior decorating touch for marketing appeal. Her passion for real estate and design was instrumental in her career change.
Ms. Sepko earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1987. Furthering her education, she earned an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toledo in 1998. Ms. Sepko’s academic achievements have been instrumental in her professional journey, particularly her innovative work in engineering, where she developed a cost-effective binder system, developed a paint manual for military hardware systems, developed an insulation panel used in the Biosphere in Oracle Arizona, engineered internal system of refractory trefoils and metal alloy J-lifters for a Dolomite kiln operation and was the package engineer for Unilever and Bath and Body Works plastic products. Karen was nicknamed the White Water before the Wave because she forged ahead and found new ways of managing projects in collaboration with union personnel that ended successfully.
Adding to her professional success, Ms. Sepko was an active member with the World Trade Center in New Orleans. The organization supports, promotes, and attracts international trade and businesses for the benefit of Louisiana. In addition to her professional achievements, Ms. Sepko is involved in civic organizations. In New Orleans she received a safety officer award for her efforts working with the NOPD to eliminate the residency rule for police officers. In Alabama, she was elected and served as president of Fairway Condominiums, vice president of Venetian Isles and treasurer for the Phoenix III Condominium Boards and is presently the president of Beachview Condominiums.
In light of her success, Ms. Sepko has been recognized as #1 in Transactions in the Warehouse District since 2011. Furthermore, Red Bean Realty LLC has been recognized on television on three HGTV shows. Ms. Sepkos’s success can be attributed to her early experiences as a co-op student at Goodyear Aerospace, where she was mentored by Jack Harvey. His advice on balancing work and personal life was a guiding principle throughout her career. She learned early to follow your passion and you won’t work a day in your life.
Ms. Sepko’s career has been marked by innovation, leadership, and a passion for real estate and design. Her ability to integrate personal interests with professional goals has been critical to her success, making her a respected figure in the real estate industry. Looking ahead, Ms. Sepko is focused on growing her professional endeavors along the white sandy coast of Alabama and expanding opportunities in the vacation rental market. She has established an office in Escapes to the Shore! Resort where she serves owners with investment condo sales, hospitality management, cleaning and concierge services.
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