Rachael Smith
RE/MAX BIG BEAR

Looking to sell your property, buy a new home, or just need some expert real estate advice?

Highlights *
40 recent sales
ABR®, SRES®
12 years experience
About
Hi, I’m Rachael Smith – Your Trusted Real Estate Partner! Born and raised in Louisville, KY, I was taught the values of kindness, respect, and honesty. My faith is my foundation, and I strive to live with gratitude and love, bringing joy to others. Real estate is my calling because I love helping people find their perfect home or investment property while guiding them through one of life’s biggest decisions.

With 10+ years as a top agent in Big Bear, a degree in Management and Marketing, and hundreds of successful transactions, I provide market expertise, strategic planning, and a personal touch. As an Airbnb “Super Host,” I also help investors navigate income properties. My greatest joys are my family—my husband Andy, our 3 amazing daughters, and our playful French Bulldog, Meatball. Together, we’ve published Transformed by Trouble, reflecting our passion for faith and helping others.

Let’s make your real estate dreams a reality—call or message me anytime!

Ratings & Reviews

Seager Parents

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness

Working with Rachael was so smooth. She was thorough, efficient, so knowledgeable and quick to respond to our many questions. We appreciated her taking the time to get a good idea of our wants and preferences for buying a home. She exceeded our expectations!

Patti Strout

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value

We weren't sure how selling a house in the middle of a pandemic might work, but Rachael made the whole process very easy. From listing to closing escrow took less than 6 weeks! Rachael always got back to us quickly, held our hand when we had worries, and celebrated with us when the house sold. It was a pleasure to work with her and we highly recommend her to others looking to sell!

Dennis Ball

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value

Working with Rachael has been a pleasure. This is the first time I have sold a home that I was not currently living in Selling it during a pandemic and living out of state was made simple and stressless working with Rachael. Rachael is very knowledgeable about real estate and the market in Big Bear/surrounding area. We set a price I was happy with that was reasonable and my home got multiple competing offers and sold above asking price. During the contract negotiations Rachael was very thorough and made sure that I understood and even advised changing language to make sure there would be no misunderstanding. I would highly recommend using Rachael for all you real estate needs.

Maria loya

Positive: Professionalism

Jon Juneac

Rachael is wonderful. She Navigated us through our real estate fears and looked after our best interest at all times. She is the most honest straight forward agent we have ever met. She sold our house fast and for well above what we were initially expecting.

Season Everton

We felt so lucky to have found Rachael for our realtor. She was exactly what we were looking for. Great experience from our first meeting to the close of escrow and beyond!

Janet Major Hackler

Working with Rachael has been amazing! She has gone above and beyond what would be considered normal part of a real estate agent. I received information from her in the mail stating that she could sell our house within a particular range and that she did! She gave great advice on how to stage or home and worked with us with regards to showing our home when we had people staying in our house. Whenever I had issues or concerns about our property should would have people there checking it out for us. We had a very frustrating close and she was my advocate following up with the escrow company and pushing them to get their tasks done. Throughout the closing process she always took my calls and followed up on the issues in a very timely manner. I highly recommend utilizing her for any of your real estate needs.

Tawny Barin Howlett

When we decided to sell our Big Bear house, I recalled a friend's recommendation of realtor and Rachel quickly replied and set things in motion. She's effective, transparent and highly knowledgeable about the local market whether representing buyers or sellers - plus great insight from her experience managing rental properties.

Chris Ground

We had the opportunity to purchase a piece of property in the Big Bear area and had the great fortune to have Rachael Smith orchestrate our purchase. She was attentive, transparent, effective and most important, responsive…everything you can pray for in a real estate person. She also knew the area extremely well and has since been able to recommend several other highly rated people in the area that we needed to do some work on our home.

Ergin Kuke

We couldn't have asked for anything more. Calmly and professionally she took care of every detail. Rachael is gold.

Thelma Muro

This transaction was seamless and easy. Rachael is very professional and easy to work with. I would highly recommend working with her on any real estate transaction.

R S

Rachael was a pro all the way through!

Brian Briggs

Rachael is great to work with. We didnt live local during our househunt, but she was very flexible and met us whenever we made it to town. We were new to town and she helped us get to know the area. She was very understanding during our decision making process, and very patient. We couldnt thank her enough for getting us into our new home on a very tight timeline.

Paul Carlson

Rachael Smith is really a great agent to work with, in fact she does all the work. I am very happy I chose her to sell my house, and you will be glad you did to when you have Rachael work for you. Thank you very much Rachael

Debbie Washburn

Thank you, Rachael! Very easy to work with and knowledgeable. Couldn’t find a better real estate agent!
Sold my condo and found a house for me to buy! Thanks again, Debbie Washburn

Maria Hernandez

Rachael is amazing.

Willy Bassler

Rachael was on point all the time! She is super responsive with answering any questions! She found our family cabin and gave us some great rental tips for when we are not using it! We will use her again!

Mountain Unique By Gary Doss & Associates

Truly an asset to our team

Jaime Rayfield

Rachael has a vibrant personality and is easy to work with. She is knowledgeable, helpful and quick to respond. I highly recommend her for your real estate needs.

Dr Kim

Rachel is a fabulous person and also a professional, skilled realtor with amazing knowledge of the Big Bear community. She takes the time to get to know her customers and their needs and then works to meet them all. It is always a pleasure to talk to and work with Rachel!!!

Pam Kiesel

Rachael is a long time resident of the community, she is knowledgeable, flexible,& patient . She makes sure she understands what you are looking for and where you hope to find it. And believe it or not she makes house hunting fun!

Daniel Montoya

Rachael made our experience easy and great. She was accommodating working with our weekend schedule coming up to Big Bear to purchase our 2nd home. I highly recommend her as she was helpful throughout the whole process and still helps us when we have questions.

Susan Carter

Simply the best!

Professional Info

Brokerage

RE/MAX BIG BEAR
575 Pine Knot Ave Unit #A
Big Bear Lake, CA 92315

Licensed

Licensed REALTOR®
CA 01923537

Specialties

  • Investment & property management
  • Luxury properties
  • Recreation & Vacation

Designations

  • ABR®
  • SRES®

Hobbies

  • Community Activities
  • Entertaining
  • Fitness & Exercise
  • Outdoor Activities
  • Reading
  • Shopping
  • Travel
  • Volunteering

Education

Universit of Louisville
Bachelor’s Degree, Marketing
2001 - 2005

* Sales data is calculated based on transaction information available to Agent Pronto at the time of publishing and may not accurately reflect all transactions for a given agent.