Ann Cooper

When Ann Cooper shows properties across the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, she brings something most agents simply can't: a lifetime of local knowledge paired with four decades of entrepreneurial experience. As one of the few brokers born and raised in Western North Carolina, Ann offers insights that only come from watching these mountains transform over generations.
"Being from here, I know the area very well," Ann explains. "I like to take people on a tour first, to see which part they want to live in. People not from here wouldn't know that Highlands and Cashiers are only 5 to 10 miles apart, but there's a real difference."
Ann's story begins in Cullowhee, North Carolina, near Western Carolina University, where exposure to diverse cultures sparked her curiosity about people and...