Your neighbor — and your advocate.
Historic McKinney isn’t a niche Kari discovered. It’s home.
Kari Kennedy, GRI
Real expertise means loving the place you sell.
Having lived and worked in historic McKinney for more than seventeen years, Kari understands what makes this community — and the people who call it home — so special. From spring garden tours to farmers markets at Chestnut Square, holiday home tours, and the charming shops downtown, McKinney is a place she is proud to call home.
That’s what it takes to truly be a local real estate expert: not only negotiation, marketing, and real-time market data, but a love and understanding of the neighborhood. That foundation shapes everything she does for buyers and sellers.
Before real estate, Kari built a thirty-year career in corporate sales. Clients get that discipline plus the full KK Realty team for staging, photography, videography, and transaction coordination — so the process feels guided from listing to closing.
- GRI · Certified Luxury Agent
- KW Agent Leadership Council · Top 50 Agent
- D Magazine Top Producer
- Real Producers Top 500 Realtors
- Recognized Local Profile Realtor
- Baylor University
- 30 years corporate sales experience
- Resident of Historic McKinney · 17 yrs
- Board Member · Chestnut Square Historic Village
- Board Member · McKinney Historic Neighborhood Association
- McKinney Garden Club · 16 yrs
- Collin County Master Gardener · 14 yrs
- Holiday Home Tour Sponsor & Tour Chair
How she works
Boutique service. Serious marketing.
Whether you are listing a century-old home on the square or buying your first character house off the beaten path, Kari pairs white-glove attention with a marketing plan built for today’s buyers: professional photography and video, coming-soon campaigns, open houses, and good old-fashioned door-knocking when it moves the needle.
Keller Williams Realty Allen provides the platform. The relationship — and the local judgment — is Kari’s.
Selling with KariLet’s talk about your next chapter in McKinney.
Call, text, or send a note — Kari would love to hear what you’re dreaming of.
(214) 564-7196