People are talking about Karen Hyde French...

...one of the most important services you provided was to really probe and develop a good understanding of what our requirements were in looking for a home; everything from architectural style to neighborhood to schools and price range. Further, once you identified the criteria we were looking for, you did an outstanding job of adhering to those criteria and not trying to waste our time on homes that wouldn't be satisfactory from an architectural, location or price standpoint.

Extremely valuable was your knowledge of the market in terms of resale of the home and communicating with Mary and me the desirable and undesirable aspects of a home when the times comes for us to put it on the market and sell it. This was very valuable and frequently involved aspects of the home purchase that I had not thought of.

Your contacts with inspectors and your working rapport with title companies very much facilitated a smooth acquisition process and insuring that the home we purchased was up to the quality that we expected it to be.

Overall, Mary and I were extremely satisfied in working with you and very much appreciated your efforts.

Norman S. Hatch Executive Vice President, BankOne, Indiana, NA

It certainly was a pleasure to work with you in helping us find our home in Indianapolis. You were very diligent and focused in the search process and it was always apparent you were resolute in making sure we would find something we were truly happy with regardless of how many homes we had to see. I also appreciated your candor with respect to the various properties you showed us and sharing with us how the local market "thinks." Moreover, you stayed the course through the entire purchase situation and always acted with our best interest at heart even after the contract on the house we purchased was jeopardized by potential issues discovered during the house inspection. All this in addition to being a first class person!

Thank you again Karen for your fine efforts. I can say without hesitation you are the finest real estate agent I have had the opportunity to either work with or in fact have known through my thirty-year work career. For these reasons, we would highly recommend you to anyone coming into our organization.

Michael R. Porter Senior Vice President, Human Resources,
Woods Industries, Inc.

I had the pleasure of working with Karen French on our last move. This had been our fourth move in the last seven years and our very best experience with a real estate agent.

We had only one week to find a house and Karen was ready for the challenge. She sent me every listing in the parameters I requested before I arrived in Indianapolis so we could make the necessary appointments, by area of town, ahead of time. We looked at over 50 homes in just three days and, were then able to do our repeat looks the next two days. After looking at all those houses, we still did not find the one that completely met our family's needs.

Karen took the initiative to listen to each one of us as she took us around those few days to really appreciate what we were each looking for by way of area as well as house. She took her job a step further by reaching out to other agents that could possibly have a listing coming on the market in the near future that would fit our needs. Karen previewed several homes that were soon to be available and came up with one she thought would be right for our family.

Through her exhaustive efforts, we found our new home in a great neighborhood that fit our family's needs in just a two-week time period.

Robert A. Taylor Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer,
Lilly Industries

My wife and I had the opportunity to work with Karen French. After previewing many homes, Karen ultimately was able to locate a wonderful home for my family in the neighborhood of Forest Hills.

Our experience with Karen was exceptional. Over and over again, we found that Karen handled every issue with honesty and integrity. Each time we called with a new problem she responded quickly and always came up with a workable solution. For example, Karen made the extra effort retrieving a check from my own office and returning in time for the closing.

James R. Keller Attorney, Keller & Keller