A knack for adventure and innovation has helped Ursula Christiansen
well to create a career that’s run the gamut from pioneering sales for woman
at Zellerbach Paper Company at the time a totally owned subsidiary of Crown
Zellerbach,
to an Asscociate Broker at Alain Pinel Realtors from 1994 to 2007, to the Owner of Christiansen Realty.
Newly wed Ursula first arrived in the USA via Germany. In the
following years an unavoidable break-up of that union and responsibility to
solely raise a daughter in a new country put perseverance, her second nature
into action.
She credits her early career with Zellerbach Paper Company “a
wonderful mentor.” She quickly discovered that sales are about
relationships. “I really love the people business.” Encouraged to think of
Real Estate Sales as an opportunity to establish her own business, Ursula in
1983 decided to give Commercial Real Estate a try. The acquired experience
in acquisitions, exchanges of business and residential properties, corporate
relocation and locating investments for her clients, sharpened her awareness
of market changes and trends.
Ursula’s clients say that she is adept at anticipating potential
breakdowns in the marketing and escrow of a home. This allows her to ensure
a pleasant and successful experience for her clients. “She teaches and
educates us. We set strategies and work together from staging a home to
upgrading it or providing a complete cost - effective renovation.”
A good agent has to be able to change direction at any point in
time, go with the flow and let things happen. Leaving a 20-year plus single
life behind, Ursula in October 1997 remarried....in her own words...making a
commitment that will endure all.
A tough negotiator with over 20 years of experience and celebrating
independence and a distinguished Real Estate Professional, all part of
Christiansen Realty Brokerage. |