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Kim Rucker

Agent
CRS, REALTOR
License Number: 33824

I have enjoyed living and working in the beautiful Thurston County area since 1980 and have been a licensed Realtor since 1991.

I have helped hundreds of home owners and home buyers successfully sell their properties and find their perfect NextHome. 

You can depend on me for in depth community and market knowledge, marketing savvy, effective negotiation skills and a high quality professional network to get things done.

I believe customer service starts with communication and reliability.  You can always count on me to return calls, texts and emails promptly.  Let me become part of your team and you’ll get solid, dependable service as well as years of experience in the real estate industry.

I keep up with the latest technology and market trends to keep you on top of the market.  Over 98% of my business is referrals and repeat business from satisfied customers. 

I look forward to helping you on your journey to your NextHome!

 

 

 

 

Coverage

Lacey, Olympia, Rochester, Shelton, Tenino, Tumwater and Yelm

More about Kim...

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Where were you born?
Tacoma, WA
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What do you like to do when you’re not selling real estate?
Cooking, gardening, entertaining - getting together with friends and family. I love to travel too.
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What inspired you to get into real estate?
My dad was a builder and my mom was a wiz at interior design. It was a natural fit.
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What’s the first concert you attended?
Elton John
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Recommendations

Dec 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Holly Peterson recommends Kim Rucker

Kim did a great job!! I would definitely recommend Kim to anyone needing a qualified real estate agent. She was spot on for everything.
Nov 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM

Catherine Rodriguez recommends Kim Rucker

We had a great experience with Kim! I contacted her a few months before we were even seriously looking and she set up some search parameters. It took us over 6 months to find a house, and we were moving over an hour away, so she saw several properties for us prior to us coming down ourselves. We had a few hiccups during our transaction, but Kim was very helpful through them and we ended up with our perfect property! Would definitely recommend her in the future!
Oct 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Dana Bando recommends Kim Rucker

Kim Rucker is amazing! She has helped our family sell 3 homes. I would highly recommend her!
Oct 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM

Welby Bergum recommends Kim Rucker

Kim is very knowledgeable about every aspect of the purchase and sale of commercial, industrial and residential properties. Every question I asked she could answer. Kim went above and beyond every message and every call. Very attentive to details. I will only buy and sell with Kim Rucker. She has experience and knowledge of residential, industrial and commercial properties. I highly recommend Kim Rucker.
Jun 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Amber and Daniel recommends Kim Rucker

Partnering with Kim to find our dream home was a remarkable and stress-free process! Her professionalism and market expertise guided us to the perfect place that checked every box on our wish list. Kim made the search and purchase seamless, expertly navigating us through each step and always being just a call away to answer our questions. If you’re serious about finding a talented and dedicated realtor, Kim is it, and we recommend her to any person ready to buy or sell a property!
May 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Becky Elder recommends Kim Rucker

Buying or selling? Call Kim. This is likely the most important, expensive, and personal decision you will make and you need to know you will have a realtor who will guide you through the process. Kim knows the business, knows all the vendors, and knows the area. She will give you honest, independent, and trustworthy information and recommendations. We had a very specific idea for our forever home, Kim worked with us every step of the way, available to answer our questions, go out and look at homes, and to ask the right questions of other realtors/homeowners. Serious about buying a house, call Kim.
Apr 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM

Welby Bergum recommends Kim Rucker

Kim went way and beyond to help us close
Highly recommended
Mar 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Linda M Carpenter recommends Kim Rucker

Kim Rucker did an outstanding job as our realtor. She understands the market, is efficient, friendly, and is timely with communication.

I highly recommend her to be your realtor.
Mar 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Mike and Kathy Leonard recommends Kim Rucker

We first worked with Kim roughly 30 years ago when sold our first house, and she helped us find a lot to build our home. Kim stayed in contact every year with special occasion cards, so when it was time to sell and find a smaller home, there was absolutely no question as to who we would use to find our perfect home. Thank you, Kim, for staying in touch, finding our new home, and selling our home of 30 years in less than a week.
Jan 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Theresa Carmichael recommends Kim Rucker

Kim Rucker is a wonderful realtor! She helped me buy my first house. When it was time to expand & get another one, there was no hesitation to who I was gonna work with. She is super helpful & made find a house a wonderful experience. If anyone asks who I would recommend, it will be Kim!
Thank you so much for all your help!
Nov 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM

Angela McCants recommends Kim Rucker

Kim did an excellent job on staging my house and putting it up for sale quickly. She was always professional and willing to help me through this stressful process. I would recommend Kim to all my family and friends. Thank you Kim for a job well done!
May 27, 2024 at 7:48 AM

Lara Lieberman recommends Kim Rucker

I would and now have fully recommended Kim to anyone who asks. She was very knowledgeable of the area and spot on with pricing. I am really glad I worked with her. The market didn't have any options but I ended up finding the perfect place!
Jul 17, 2023 at 9:05 AM

Shannon Stewart recommends Kim Rucker

Kim did a great job of staging and selling our dad's former home. We appreciated her kindeness and help getting repairs done since we live on the other side of Washington. We would highly recommend Kim to help you sell your home.
Jun 12, 2023 at 9:39 AM

Tiffany Wiek recommends Kim Rucker

Kim has helped me with 3 real estate transactions and every one of them have been very smooth!

I highly recommend Kim and trust her opinion when buying and selling a home.
Feb 14, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Jim Henry recommends Kim Rucker

We were retiring and moving across the state, Kim walked through our home and gave us a few ideas to promote the home. Kim gave us a very accurate and up to date market comparison along with a recommended price point. We took her advice and our home was under contract with in 10 days of being on the market over Christmas. The staging of our home was a great way to show a home when you have moved out. Thank you Kim for all the great service.
Jan 6, 2023 at 8:31 AM

Jacki Bell recommends Kim Rucker

We have chosen to have Kim assist us a couple of times for home buying and home sales. We appreciate her insight, honesty and thoroughness. We value her opinion and feedback. She is always great to work with!
Jul 5, 2022 at 8:58 AM

Priscilla Soh recommends Kim Rucker

I enjoyed working with Kim. She is professional and organized. Kim helped with planning when to put our house on the market. She is knowledgeable about the local market and able to help with negotiation. Kim, thank you for all your help in this selling process.
May 25, 2022 at 9:39 AM

Laney Hsieh recommends Kim Rucker

It's been a wonderful experience working with Kim under this stormy real estate market. She made a typical stressful home buying process much smoother and did a great job in negotiation between parties. I was well educated and mostly worry free during the process under her care. Thank you Kim!
Apr 2, 2022 at 1:12 PM

Mina Webster recommends Kim Rucker

The process of selling a home with Kim was so easy. I had a situation where both owners needed to communicate with her separately and she was very accommodating. I also loved the ease of arranging the showings through an app on my phone. All around I would choose Kim again if I needed to sell or buy a home!
Mar 4, 2022 at 12:29 PM

Robert Huber recommends Kim Rucker

As Executor of my brother/sister-in-law’s extensive estate life quickly become way more complicated for me. It seemed every step along the way was tough. Needing to sell one of the rental properties I contacted Kim. I really wasn’t looking forward to the process. Well, Kim was like a breath of fresh air. At first contact Kim took control (at my request), worked with my tenant, made arrangements for cleaning and repair. She listed, sold and finalized the sale in a very short time. I would never sell or buy a property without Kim’s Help. I have already recommended Kim to several of my associates.
Feb 19, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Kris Docherty and Kathy Docherty-Muzzana recommends Kim Rucker

Kim Rucker and Roberta Rudnick demonstrated their Realty acumen during the sale of our grandmother's home in 2018, and we felt fortunate to be able to enlist their services for a second time. Professionalism always, astute knowledge of the market, reliable and responsive communication to our many questions, of course; but also kindness, patience and understanding with the emotions of letting go of a family home. As the project unfolded, many issues arose, but Kim's energy and optimism kept us all moving forward; we were so grateful for a team whose connections with tradespeople allowed for things to get done. When it was finally time for showing, as before, the team's staging was transformative, definitely an asset for the successful sales of both homes. We highly recommend this NextHome Team. Thank you Kim & Roberta!
Dec 10, 2021 at 10:31 AM

John Rowland recommends Kim Rucker

Kim help us buy our house in 2012. For my wife there was no question who would help sell our house this year. I'd recommend Kim to anyone buying or selling in the Oly area.
Nov 22, 2021 at 8:08 AM

David Conaway recommends Kim Rucker

Kim was fantastic. She helped guide us through this crazy market and found us the perfect house. Her insight in the real estate market in Olympia was important when making an offer on a house. Kim was always available via phone call or text, this was invaluable when houses go under contract in just a few days. We 100% recommend Kim for all of your real estate needs.
Nov 15, 2021 at 2:55 PM

Kacie Marich recommends Kim Rucker

Kim went above and beyond to help make the buying and selling of our home as stress-free as possible! We would not have been able to do without her expertise and experience. She was always available to answer our many questions and we always knew we were in trusted hands. Cannot recommend enough!
Oct 11, 2021 at 7:38 AM

Travis Hoppe recommends Kim Rucker

Kim is awesome! We sought her out to be our seller's agent when we found a house in the hot Olympia market and wanted a great pro in our corner as we negotiated the deal. She is thoughtful and thorough, no-nonsense, calm, and friendly. She understood the timing and the pressures at the initial offer stage, and we successfully won our bid against other competing bid. We identified a drainage issue at the new house in the "11th hour," and she was instrumental in working with the seller's agend to repair that issue before we closed. Also, she helped us locate reliable. competent tradespeople to do work on our current home, too. We bought a house using her 9 years ago, and had a great experience with her, then, as well.
Sep 6, 2021 at 9:36 PM

Jenifer Wasnock recommends Kim Rucker

Kim was extremely helpful from start to finish in selling our house. She was always responsive to any question I had regarding the process. I would recommend Kim to anyone looking to sell or buy a house.
Aug 22, 2021 at 11:16 AM

Rosemary Lowry recommends Kim Rucker

Kim Rucker handled the sale of my house and I was glad for her help. She was relaxed and kept me from feeling apprehensive about the process. I appreciated that she has been an Olympia Real Estate Agent for a number of years and therefore has built up a number of helpful contacts in the business.
Jul 27, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Dave & Roberta Hamilton recommends Kim Rucker

Kim is wonderful to work with. She helped us buy & sell 9 years ago so naturally we contacted her to sell our house this time as well. She has good knowledge of the market, pricing, values, and 'street smarts.' She knows how to attract many buyers. There were times things weren't going as planned and she both calmed us and took care of it. We highly recommend Kim for buying & selling. Her & Roberta even staged our fairly empty house to give optimal showing ideas/vision. It was sold in 2 days. Thank you Kim for all you do! You da best.
Mar 4, 2021 at 6:38 PM

Melissa Bovenkamp recommends Kim Rucker

We had a wonderful experience, for such a stressful event, with Kim as our agent. She has a calming demeanor and is proficient at the process of selling and buying a home. Kim was a great at listening to our questions and needs. She always provided answers and responds very timely. I will recommend Kim to our friends and family as their real estate agent.
Mar 3, 2021 at 8:22 PM

M.G.R. recommends Kim Rucker

From start to finish, Kim and Roberta made it easy to sell my house. They took care of all the details, including staging it so expertly. It sold very fast!
I highly recommend NextHome NW.
Feb 24, 2021 at 5:31 PM

Bob Merrick recommends Kim Rucker

From start to finish Kim Rucker was very professional, kept us informed of every detail and answered our many questions quickly and efficiently.
Our transaction was during COVID and involved us moving from another state and relocating to Washington. Kim was patient with all our requests and we highly recommend her for your real estate needs. Thank you Kim for helping us get our dream home!
Jan 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

Chris Gregor recommends Kim Rucker

Kim was amazing to work with yet again. This is the 2nd house I've worked with Kim on selling and she's always been great to have on my side. She knows the market, had an idea of what the selling price would end up being and was spot on with it. When we had some inspection and appraiser issues she walked us though options and was very responsive between us and the buyer. Definitely will be using Kim again
Nov 16, 2020 at 10:08 AM

Jill Giudice recommends Kim Rucker

What an amazing experience it is working with Kim. She makes you feel like finding you a home or selling your home is her #1 priority. She is very knowledgeable and truly wants what is best for you and your family. Her knowledge about homes and the area is most helpful. She is a fantastic realtor and I would highly recommend her for your next home buying or selling adventure.
Sep 21, 2020 at 8:31 PM

Sara Specht recommends Kim Rucker

Kim is truly the best! My first experience with Kim was 12 years ago, for the purchase of my first house. Although my budget was small, she spent so much time with me. She talked me through every step. Her advice along the way has stuck with me since. The experience Kim has, makes her an invaluable resource! She made me comfortable to take my time; never a rush to find the house and be done. It felt like she had all the time in the world and would be OK if I never picked one. Fast forward, 12 years... She has now helped me with 4 buying/selling transactions. When we began the search for a home in another state, it was difficult to think of working with anyone else. Kim even helped with that! Her recommendation was very close to the standards she has set, and made for a successful experience. We are now in the process of selling, what we thought could be, our forever home. It's a very different experience and Kim has been extremely compassionate. I could go on, but will just recap. I would HIGHLY recommend Kim for all of your realtor needs.
Sep 21, 2020 at 10:08 AM

Mara Machulsky recommends Kim Rucker

Kim made my first home buying process both simple and rewarding. She was consistently available and encouraging at every step. She is also very well networked in the area, and helped me find various people to help me with everything I needed to fix up my new home.
I plan to use Kim for future home purchases and sales :)
Sep 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Barbara Eyles recommends Kim Rucker

Selling our home of 29 years was a life changing experience for us. Kim was the best person to help us through this process. Every step of the way she gave us her Professional guidance and she was spot on every time. She always gave me a sense of calm when I felt stressed . Her expertise was a 10 plus.
Sep 1, 2020 at 7:06 PM

Justin Donahue recommends Kim Rucker

Kim made home buying a breeze. She was very knowledgeable with the entire process and the Olympia area. Made us feel confident in every decision that was being made.

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