Cara Lonsdale, REALTOR®

About Cara Lonsdale

While I wasn’t born in Arizona, I am as close to a native as someone can get, and call Scottsdale my home. I am a vested partner with Keller Williams Arizona Realty, and I have held my active real estate license at Keller Williams for as long as I have been a Realtor (since 1997). I was also previously active in California from 2004-2008 at the Keller Williams in Beverly Hills where I specialized in the relocation of California homeowners to Arizona and vice versa.

In addition to being an active Realtor in AZ, I am an active Real Estate investor myself, starting in 1999 with a house-hack (before house-hacking was even a thing), and becoming a landlord in 2002 when I did my second house hack and rented out the first.  Fast forward to today, I hold a portfolio of properties with my husband, Brady.  With experience in house-hacking, flipping, and BRRRR strategies, I provide a wealth of knowledge, and experience to fellow investors (both new, and experienced) looking to build portfolios for themselves. In addition, I provide a realistic picture of multi-family deal analysis and can cut through all of the puffed up proforma that often is offered with multi-family deals by over-eager sellers or their agents.  Multi-family can be tricky in AZ, and investors can trust me to give them an accurate picture of what the investment truly would be.

Over the years, I have built a team of competent key contributors to assist in the process of finding the best fit for my investor clients.  These team members include conventional and hard money lenders who are capable of working with all types of investors, title and escrow companies that are investor friendly, insurance agents that can provide flexibility for policies during vacant/rehab periods with the ability to convert to regular policies once flipped or occupied, competent property managers, home inspectors that provide thorough inspection reports, and so much more!

Because I am an experienced investor myself, I am a smart choice for investors who are looking for a Realtor who understands how to search for ideal properties, evaluate a deal properly, and negotiate on behalf of the investor.  I hold a CNE (Certified Negotiations Expert) designation which equips me to be a strong negotiator. Less than 1% of all agents Nationwide possess this crucial expertise. I am certified as an eAgent, demonstrating mastery of eAgentC technology tools, which improves the manner in which I search for properties, utilizes Internet resources and convey information to you through the use of the Internet and other technological means. This is particularly important to out of town investors who would like to build a portfolio in AZ from their home state.

Through creative searching strategies, I utilize more than just the MLS for coming up with properties that fit an investor’s criteria, including, but not limited to, a network of wholesalers, FSBOs, pre-foreclosures, trustee sales, HUD, Zillow, and other Internet resources.

Clients of all experience levels can trust that I will meet them at their level, offering the kind of guidance, communication, and support that is necessary to build confidence in the deal and grow a long-term relationship as your go-to Realtor in AZ.  From assisting with a lease-up after an acquisition to referring contractors for a rehab/flip, or anything in between, I go above and beyond the traditional Realtor, and would like to think of myself as an invaluable part of my clients’ investing success.