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Penny Smith

CRS, GRI, REALTOR
License Number: 317827

For over thirty years I have had the honor of helping hundreds of clients with their real estate needs in Central Ohio!  My areas of specialty are new construction and luxury home sales.  For over ten years I served as Vice President of a New Homes Marketing and Sales for a large brokerage so know how to make clients new home dreams come to reality!  As a charter member of The Central Ohio Luxury Home Network, I have a pristine reputation of working in that segment of the market as well.  I do truly love helping clients in all price ranges though!

I am the proud Mom to great kids now in their late 20s and living their best lifes in the mountains.  My daughter is an entrepreneur starting her own successful businesses in Colorado and my son followed in my footsteps as well as his Grandmothers and is a residential Realtor too!

Over 90% of my business is referred from my valued friend and client family.  I pride myself on offering superior personal service and communication before, during and after your transaction. Knowledge, commitment, honesty, expertise and professionalism are the cornerstone of my business. 

I would love to be your Central Ohio connection for all of your real estate needs!

Coverage

Columbus, Dublin, Gahanna, Hilliard, New Albany, Powell, Westerville and Worthington

Recommendations

Feb 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM

Kaitlyn Gaddy recommends Penny Smith

Penny was absolutely exceptional to work with! As first time home buyers, my husband and I had plenty of questions and a lot to learn. Penny was with us every step and was professional, kind, and honest (and she answered our list of questions with a smile always). We highly recommend Penny for anyone looking for their next home! Thank you, Penny!!
Sep 12, 2023 at 6:55 AM

Mark & Michele Zachman recommends Penny Smith

Penny Smith is the gold standard for realtors. When purchasing our new home, Penny helped us to successfully navigate the bidding process. She kept us very well informed of each step of the buying process. Her expertise and calm nature made the experience smooth. Penny then helped us sell our previous home. She kept us on track for an open house date, and helped us successfully sell our home quickly and efficiently. Even after the experience, Penny has checked back in on us to see if we needed anything. We not only consider Penny an EXCELLENT realtor but also a friend.
Jun 17, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Mark & Michele Zachman recommends Penny Smith

Penny is honestly the best real-estate agent we have ever worked with. She is extremely knowledgeable and provides excellent advice and follow-up during the purchasing phase of our new home. Her knowledge of the industry is of the highest caliber. In addition, she is kind, caring and attentive to the needs of her clients. We would recommend Penny Smith to any of my family or friends without hesitation. In our opinion, she is simply the best!
Nov 25, 2022 at 9:43 AM

Paul V. Pavlic recommends Penny Smith

Listed and sold house promptly at over asking price in a transitional market. Always available by phone and text. Also worked Saturday night on negotiations. Highly recommend.
Nov 16, 2022 at 10:55 AM

Dawn Bear recommends Penny Smith

Penny was more than helpful in helping us find our perfect fit new home. And in selling our existing one very quickly.
Penny was always available, responding quickly when we called/texted.
She was extremely transparent and reliable through the whole process.
We wholeheartedly would recommend her to anyone buying or selling a home.
Nov 7, 2022 at 6:29 AM

Breezy M. Warner recommends Penny Smith

Day or night Penny was there. Even with our strenuous list of demands. Penny found us our new home for our family to grow! She was also full of gifts and ideas.
Oct 19, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Louis (Andy) Franke recommends Penny Smith

If you are looking for a house Penny will find it. She will stay on top of the buying process and answer any questions you have before during and after the closing.
You cannot go wrong with Penny Smith on the hunt for your next house,
Jun 9, 2022 at 6:09 AM

Deborah Kerr recommends Penny Smith

Penny was a great help when I was ready to sell my house . Her photographer was top notch as well . Penny was very helpful and professional . The whole process went very smoothly . I would highly recommend her services !
Jan 10, 2022 at 6:27 AM

Craig & Nicole Wermert recommends Penny Smith

Penny has been amazing during every step of the process! She has gone above and beyond to help us find the perfect piece of land to build on, and helped coordinate with our builders.
Dec 24, 2021 at 6:24 AM

Lauren Anderson recommends Penny Smith

Penny helped us find our dream home and helped through the quick sale of our existing home. She was available every step of the way! Thank you Penny!
Dec 3, 2021 at 4:29 PM

Raymond McFarland recommends Penny Smith

Very happy with the work that Penny did! She sold our house in less than a month. She also helped me with doing some things in the house after I had moved out of state during the sale. Her expertise helped make the process easier and she was always willing to help. I highly recommend her for anyone else needing to sell their house!
Nov 12, 2021 at 6:37 AM

Jon Engle recommends Penny Smith

Penny did a great job throughout the process. We sold for well over asking, and through her diligence she found us a great lot in the perfect neighborhood to build our dream home.
Oct 7, 2021 at 9:49 AM

Susie Moore recommends Penny Smith

Penny listened to what our home goals were and, boy, did she deliver in record time! She worked magic and got us into our wonderful new home. Also, she sold our home in less than 48 hours! She was easy to communicate with and quick to answer all questions. Would very highly recommend Penny!
Sep 6, 2021 at 3:08 PM

SharonMarie Miller recommends Penny Smith

Professional, Knows the Business of Her Career. Personable, she Truly feels like Family. She IS simply the BEST!
Jun 7, 2021 at 8:53 PM

Sheron Benkert recommends Penny Smith

Penny was very knowledgeable of the Columbus market, she gave great advice on how to upgrade our condo to sell. Her team was so nice to work with and everyone communicated well even when it was long distance. She was constantly updating us through the whole process which made everything go so smooth. The condo had a lot of exposure and sold very quickly. If anyone is interested in selling or buying a home....I highly recommend Penny.
May 25, 2021 at 8:36 AM

Tony Lehtonen recommends Penny Smith

Penny Smith is quite simply the best real estate agent my wife & I have ever dealt with - professional, personable and very creative. She handled a very difficult estate sale of a condo in Columbus, Ohio for us while we were stuck out here in California due to the pandemic. We will be ever thankful that we were able to work with such a skilled & knowledgable agent. TONY & LEILA LEHTONEN
May 24, 2021 at 4:54 PM

Katie Felkey recommends Penny Smith

Penny made the sale of our house very easy. She kept us informed every step of the way and helped us get service people when we needed them. You are in good hands when Penny is your agent!
May 19, 2021 at 1:09 PM

Henry J Felkey recommends Penny Smith

Penny did a great job for us and she was even able to determine the correct listing price, such that the appraisal agreed with her estimate.
Penny was easy to work with and very helpful in the listing and sale of our home.
Here during and after sale hand holding was very spot on and greatly appreciated, by both my wife and I.
Penny would be our first choice if we had another property to sell.
May 7, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Kelly Shaw recommends Penny Smith

Other than getting us top dollar +++ for our house in less than a day, she also communicated with us constantly. We knew everything we needed to know during the selling process, from staging, to showing, to picking the right offer.
And she recommended a great moving company.
Could not be happier!!!
May 4, 2021 at 5:20 AM

Lyn Kinney recommends Penny Smith

I just can't say enough about Penny Smith! She was right with us every step of the way, from an initial consultation right down to the last stroke of the closing document pen! We never had to wonder what our status was along the way and often just checked in to see how we were feeling. Even after the closing, Penny offered advice as we needed an expert opinion about our new house closing process. Do not hesitate to hire Penny!!!
Mar 2, 2021 at 6:32 AM

Daniel P. recommends Penny Smith

Penny was very friendly and guided us well as we got the house ready to sell, then once ready to sell we had a number in mind, but she knew the market better and ended up no only getting us 20k+ more then we though, but sold it in less then 2 days!!! She was amazing
Jan 6, 2021 at 2:16 PM

Karen Panetti recommends Penny Smith

Selling you home can be a rather stressful process. Penny is knowledgeable, professional, understanding, and patient. She handled all the documentation with expertise and made the process as seamless as possible. She is a skilled and able negotiator. Penny is a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend her.
Dec 31, 2020 at 9:48 AM

Lee Dayton recommends Penny Smith

Penny Smith has been our adovcate throughout the sale of our home, and has real estate expertise that she used to insure our home sale made it to completion.

First, I was impressed that Penny knew several aerial photographers. She contacted one who took awesome stills and video of our home. The photos were clear and made it easy for a potential buyer to want to come and tour our home.

Penny guided us through 4 different potential sales, each of which requlired working with a different realtor and buyer. The difficulties she dealt with include low ball offers, questions about the sale of furniture in our home, understanding that some buyers only make one offer and will not counter-offer, and price selection in order to generate market interest.

Penny understands at what price a home should be listed, and when to adjust the price in order to encourage showings. In fact, after changing the price upon her encouragement, we had 2 more showings.

One quality that sets Penny apart from all other realtors is her advocacy. From the beginning it is clear she represented us as homeowners and only us. When I explained frustrations about an offer, she listened patiently and offered understanding. She explained the components of the real estate contract, and she took action to advocate our position with the other side which ultimately resulted in a very good compromise on closing costs and home warranty costs. This is just one example out of many which shows Penny knows what buyers want, and works with the buyers' agent to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients.

Besides being accessible at all times, Penny used docusign to make the authentication of documents fast and easy.

There are many stresses associated with selling a home and moving. Penny's understanding of this process, her wise advocacy, and her pleasant nature have earned our highest recommendation.
Oct 16, 2020 at 7:03 AM

Aaron Hibbard recommends Penny Smith

Penny did a great job getting everything taken care of for us. She always took time for our calls and answered all of our questions. We would recommend her.
Jul 6, 2020 at 8:30 AM

Jill Tinkham recommends Penny Smith

Penny is not only a friend but has been my realtor on a few buying and selling of homes. She was so correct in what she advised me to pay attention to in readying our house for listing, as I was concerned over every little issue. She was right. Being as it had been a while since I sold my last house, she kept me updated on all the new processes and procedures. The home sold very quickly with multiple offers. She was able to decipher the legal terminology in the different contracts offered in order for us to choose the best one. It worked! Penny has been in the business for over 30 years, therefore knowing the best route to take when selling and buying!
Mar 3, 2020 at 1:56 PM

Bob Heinaman recommends Penny Smith

Penny Smith was our real estate agent for the recent sale of our home in Westerville. As a result of Penny's efforts we were able to get an agreed upon offer for our home within just six days of our listing being activated for a very agreeable amount. Penny was also very timely as a go between in all of our interactions with the buyers. As a result we were able to complete the closing process quickly.

Penny worked closely with us to coordinate the sale of our home with the completion of our newly built home resulting in a smooth transition requiring only one move. This happened despite a volatile building schedule with our new home that required changes in the schedule for selling our home in Westerville.

All in all, my wife and I were very happy to work with Penny and would recommend her to others as a good person to work with on their home sale.
Mar 2, 2020 at 9:34 AM

VENUS ROBY recommends Penny Smith

I have had many real estate transactions with Penny and she has done a great job with each of them. Penny is knowledgeable about the market and very detail oriented.
It doesn't matter the size of the home or the price point, Penny can get it sold!
Sep 20, 2019 at 1:20 PM

Tammy Lamb recommends Penny Smith

Penny made selling so much easier. She went above and beyond the duty of a realtor making the process less stressful
Sep 5, 2019 at 11:47 AM

John Laughlin Carter Jr. recommends Penny Smith

Penny helped my wife and I purchase our first home. Penny was always on top of the ball and was very great at explaining the process to us. She was with us every step of the way and was very patient. Penny is fantastic at what she does and we were so glad to have her help us!
May 21, 2019 at 6:25 AM

Ryan J. Schultz recommends Penny Smith

As a first time home buyer, I had many questions, fears and concerns. Penny Smith could not have been a better realtor for us to answer every question, calm all fears and take care of any concerns.

She is honest and forthright without making you feel pressured. Her calm and kind demeanor truly makes you feel comfortable and confident in your decision.

I would/will highly recommend Penny to anyone looking to buy their next home.
Apr 26, 2019 at 6:28 AM

Kyla Asbury recommends Penny Smith

Penny made our home selling process quick and easy! She got our home on the market quickly, set up a productive open house and got us under contract within the first couple days. Penny made the closing process move smoothly and stress free. We would highly recommend Penny for any buying or selling needs.
Dec 5, 2018 at 8:06 AM

Terri Toebbe recommends Penny Smith

She was always quickly responsive with solutions or answers. She recommended terrific handymen, painters and landscapers to help. She was supportive through a tough market! And we sold.
Oct 30, 2018 at 12:31 PM

Monica D recommends Penny Smith

Penny was so amazing to work with. Her industry knowledge helped us to buy and sell our ho,e. She was the best to work with!

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