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At Real Estate Services of Duluth, our CLIENTS and COMMUNITY are top priority.

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Integrity & Expert Knowledge

At Real Estate Services of Duluth, we are powered by your real estate goals! As your experienced ambassadors for buying or selling (or both!), we are devoted to actually getting to know you. With your values in the forefront, we enhance your real estate journey with expert industry knowledge, thoughtful observation, clever problem solving, and an honest perspective. Focused on authenticity and integrity, we go above and beyond to give you the best possible experience.

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We’ve sold a lot of homes - and will use our combined knowledge to guide you in your unique real estate journey.

Serving the Duluth area since 1981, Real Estate Services is one of Duluth’s longest established real estate companies. Real Estate Services was originally formed by REALTORS® devoted to excellent customer care and personalized service. 

In 2005, long time real estate broker and REALTOR® Vern Emerson sold to current owner, Karen Pagel Guerndt. Since then, the company has been solely woman-owned and carries on the same legacy of supreme customer care.

Commitment to Serve Our Neighbors

We are a community-minded brokerage, and feel strongly about ethics and service. We feel it's vital that we share our time and gifts with our community, so we make an effort to volunteer, teach and serve whenever we can.

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“Highly recommend talking to Karen if you're looking into buying/selling real estate in the area! She is extremely easy to talk to and has years worth of knowledge and understanding on how the market works and everything you'll need to know to feel good about buying/selling your home.”

“We started searching for our home in Duluth while still living in another state. Karen consistently went above and beyond, making sure that we either had a live stream or a video of each property we viewed. We relied on her to give us her honest, professional opinion because we couldn't be physically present at each showing. She was there for us daytime, evenings, weekends, even while out of town herself. After several months and several offers, we finally found our forever home and we could…”

“Danielle is absolutely wonderful! Extremely knowledgeable about every detail of the homes we viewed. She took the best care of me as a first time home buyer. We had to do a lot of the paperwork remotely due to me being in another state and she went the extra mile to help. Truly the best! I’m in my happy home now due to her incredible work and care.”

“Thanks so much for all your hard work through this lengthy process and difficult market. You are truly a professional and a great human being!”

“As first time homebuyers we had a lot of uncertainty and questions going into it. Fortunately for us, Tiffany was fantastic putting us at ease and answering all of our questions. She worked hard and creatively throughout the whole process, and we ended up getting a great house during a tight market, and feeling confident in our offer and purchase. We highly recommend working with Tiffany!”

“The duplex I was selling was not in the best neighborhood and needed a good deal of work since I had neglected it for a while. So it wasn’t an easy sell being many viewers did not want to deal with the repairs needed. I feel Sherri had to go the extra mile to sell this property for us and she did it with competence, professionalism and patience. Selling our property was a painless experience with Sherri. I’ve dealt with other realtors from other companies over the years and many have…”

“We have purchased two buildings through Karen. We have found her quite friendly and easy to talk with. She answers questions and finds information not readily available. She is trustworthy, and we would continue to use her for our real estate needs.”

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“Danielle Rhodes is simply exceptional! From the very beginning, she went above and beyond to help us find our long-term home, ensuring that every detail—nature access, house size, age of house, and the lot —aligned with our vision. She was incredibly proactive, always finding new listings and securing tours quickly so we could be the first to see them. What sets Danielle apart is her deep knowledge, dedication, and genuine care for her clients. She didn’t just guide us through the buying…”

“I can't thank you enough for everything that you've done to help me buy my first house up here (and first house in general), and your help in selling my house with such a great outcome financially. I'm sad to leave Duluth for many reasons, my friends being a big one, and of which I definitely consider you my friend.”

“Tiffany went above and beyond what I expected. I thought I would never be able to sell my house. She worked tirelessly to prove me wrong - and she did!!”

We look forward to helping you accomplish your real estate goals.

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