Kara Pierce, Realtor and CEO of the Kara Pierce Team.
In her 9 years of being a real estate professional, Kara has been decorated with various awards, featured in countless books, magazines, podcasts, and YouTube channels, and asked to speak at national conventions. She owns multiple residential, multifamily, and commercial properties in and out of the state, and is the CEO of the steadily growing Kara Pierce Team. Kara has been listed as one of America's Top 100 Real Estate Agents multiple years in a row and continues to be recognized as one of the best in the industry.
In 2017, Kara was nationally recognized as REALTOR Magazines 30 under 30 by the National Association of Realtors and was featured on the cover of the April Edition. In 2017 and 2018, she finished the year as Number 1 in Closed Units, Volume, & Listings taken as a single agent in her brokerage. In 2019, she was internationally recognized on the cover of Keller Williams OutFront magazine in the Brave Ones Edition. In 2020, she won Harrisburg Magazine Simply the Best in 2 categories, for Best Real Estate Agent and Best Real Estate Team. Kara finished 2021 and 2022 again as Number 1 in Closed Units, Volume, & Listings taken as a single agent in her brokerage.
Fluent in 3 languages, Kara immigrated to the U.S. in 1993 when her father, a Colonel in the Korean Army, was stationed as a weapons liaison at the Defense Logistics Agency in the New Cumberland Army Depot. Kara went from knowing two English words ("thank you") to graduating 3rd in her class from Cumberland Valley High School, was the concertmaster of the orchestra and the captain of the Varsity Tennis Team.
Kara accepted a full-ride scholarship to Juniata College, where she played Number 1 doubles & Number 3 singles for the women's tennis team, toured internationally with the College Concert Choir, and was awarded the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society Circle Leader of the Year. Double-majoring in Pre-Medicine and Theatre, Kara graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2009 and was awarded the Ruth S. Wolfe Memorial Scholarship for students with excellent academic records. After graduation, she headed to Hershey to attend Penn State College of Medicine.
Kara enjoys investing, performing music, and co-parenting her two sons with her friend and ex-husband, Dr. Jeffrey Chen, a radiologist for Penn State Health. Currently, Kara is the violin and keyboard player in the country band, "Why Not Me", touring in 2023. As a musician, mother, and now a multilingual citizen of the U.S., Kara strives to bring the highest professional standard in real estate to her clients and colleagues. She is an affluent investor, developer, and landlord in both residential and commercial properties, and is known in the real estate industry as a world-class negotiator. Kara has a passion for giving back to the community that formed the person she is today and hopes you will be a part of her journey.
Kara specializes in medical professionals and investors transactions.
Areas served include Hershey, Hummelstown, Palmyra, Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, Harrisburg, Central PA.
Kara is most familiar with the local real estate markets within and around the following zip code areas. See other realtors that service the same areas by clicking: 17012, 17025, 17036, 17038, 17043, 17067, 17078, 17111, 17601 & 17602
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