MEET RACHAEL
Rachael Novak was born and raised in the Northwest; growing up in a small town and being the oldest of 4, she learned responsibility and taking ownership of one’s life at an early age.
She has always been involved with people; babysitting from a young age, running the Sunday School nursery from age 12, and being involved with many school programs and student body councils throughout middle and high school.
Rachael played competitive softball from the age of 10 until 18, she played the clarinet in her school band and was a drum major for the marching band as well. After high school, Rachael knew she wanted to work in the service of people so she started out working in a bank, and within 2 years she transferred to the front desk of a real estate brokerage office. She loved the atmosphere, the clientele and the energy so she quickly got her license in 2006.
Rachael met her husband Mike in 2005 and it was truly love at first sight for both of them!
She worked as a Transaction Coordinator for a commercial real estate agent, a Commercial Developer who was leasing out an entire town center as well as worked with her husband in his building company doing print marketing.
In 2007, the Novaks purchased a small pizza restaurant together as a side business and in 2008 when the US economy crashed, Mike and Rachael lost just about everything they owned - except the restaurant.
She knows how to recover from loss, be resilient in the face of adversity, and most importantly; never quit!
Rachael and Mike had their first daughter in 2009, their son in 2011, and their youngest daughter in 2015.
Over the years, Rachael worked as a stay at home mom, then came back to work in the restaurant company as a General Manager for multiple locations. She has experience hiring, training, writing processes, marketing, hosting and organizing events, and so much more that she really honed through her time working there.
In 2013, Rachael went to follow her passion of fitness and became a CrossFit coach in Mill Creek. She worked as a fitness coach for the next 4 years from adult group classes, personal training and as the Director of a Crossfit Kids program!
In late 2016, when WA state passed laws affecting the state’s minimum wage, which was going to directly affect their restaurant business, Mike and Rachael decided to get back into the real estate industry that they both had experience in and enjoyed so much.
Rachael renewed her license in January 2017 and she and Mike have been running the Novak Team together since!
They built another home together in 2020 in which she did 100% of the design work for and is intimately familiar with the process of building and construction of residential homes - which of course translates well with the work she does in help her clients prep their homes for the market.
Rachael is a certified stager, a leader in the local and national real estate space, and has personally helped over 200 families sell or purchase a home in the last 4 years. She is a straight-shooter who is honest and caring and who works hard for her clients.
Throughout her vast experience raising 3 kids (an ongoing adventure!), working with commercial real estate in leasing and contract negotiations, running group fitness and kid’s CrossFit classes, managing a restaurant of 30 employees, helping manage the marketing of her husband’s building company in the early 2000’s, and everything in-between, she utilizes all of the skills she’s honed over the years to help her clients navigate the journey of selling a home successfully and assertively and is excited for the opportunity to work with you as well!
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