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Associate Broker, RE/MAX Five Star
Big Canoe, Georgia · Serving Pickens & Dawson Counties
Background
Wanda Stewart is an Associate Broker with RE/MAX Five Star, licensed under Georgia Real Estate License #2832295. She has been actively engaged in real estate for 24 years: her first decade licensed and practicing in Kansas, and the past 14 years in Georgia. Before real estate, she spent more than twenty years in education — a background that shows up in how she explains process, paperwork, and timelines to clients.
Wanda has lived in Big Canoe full-time for over a decade, and for the last several years has focused her practice exclusively on Big Canoe and the North Georgia mountains. That combination — licensed broker, longtime resident, single-market focus — is the basis of her local expertise: she is working and living inside the community she represents, not commuting into it.
Track Record
Wanda's public transaction record shows 144 career sales, an average sale price of roughly $718,000, and a current working price range of approximately $300,000 to $2,550,000 — spanning entry-level mountain cottages to high-end luxury properties.
Specialties
Guides out-of-state and local buyers through Big Canoe's gate-access process, POA structure, and property inspections specific to mountain and lake-adjacent lots.
Data-driven pricing, professional photography, drone media, and targeted digital exposure rather than a one-size listing approach.
Regularly lists and sells in Big Canoe's upper price tiers, up to and above $2.5M, alongside more moderately priced mountain homes.
Works with buyers purchasing a mountain retreat rather than a primary residence, including short- and long-term ownership planning.
Frequently works with retirees relocating from Florida, the Northeast, Texas, and the Midwest into Big Canoe's gated, amenitized community.
North Georgia mountain terrain, lot topography, and gated-community logistics that differ meaningfully from suburban Atlanta transactions.
Local Expertise
Big Canoe is a private, gated, roughly 8,000-acre community spanning both Pickens and Dawson Counties, about 60 miles north of Atlanta. Because the community straddles two counties, details that affect buyers and sellers — tax rates, school-tax exemptions for primary-residence homeowners aged 65 and older, and permitting — can differ depending on which side of the county line a property sits. Wanda works with buyers and sellers to identify which county a specific property falls in and what that means practically, rather than treating Big Canoe as a single uniform tax jurisdiction.
Marketing Approach
Wanda's marketing for seller clients centers on professional photography, drone/aerial media, and targeted exposure across search and social channels, paired with pricing strategy informed by current Big Canoe comparables rather than default incremental reductions. She also maintains an active content presence — buyer-education and lifestyle content about Big Canoe — to keep listings in front of relocation-stage buyers before they're actively searching.
Philosophy
“My approach is simple: more information upfront usually leads to better decisions and fewer surprises later. I help buyers and sellers understand the details before they make a decision — not after.” — Wanda Stewart
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