TESTIMONIALS

I wanted to let you both know how much I appreciate all your hard work in selling my home on Garcia Rd.  As you know, I know several realtors in Santa Barbara from having a real estate publication. I interviewed what I consider the best of the best.  After my interviews with four top notch realtors I selected your team primarily because of your marketing ideas, sales strategies and complimentary personalities for team selling.  All of your sales efforts from the initial comps in pricing to promotional materials were creative, highly professional and very attractive.  Everyone loved your jazzy brochures, the cool website and amazing photos in the brochure and on the website.  I am a marketing professional and have very high standards in marketing material. I think your brochures were top notch.  As you know, friends of mine who came by during an open house gave me great feedback stating you two were amazing and they would definitely recommend you to anyone selling a home. I was very impressed with the number of open houses you had, the pre-communication of them to various markets and the immediate feedback on open houses and showings. Your weekly summaries were also helpful in understanding current activity. I think you two make a great team and are exceptionally meticulous in your paperwork, marketing and sales efforts. I would recommend you both in a heartbeat!

I wish that I could clone you to work with me on all of my transactions.  I am going to be sending this update to our inventory specialist and remind her of what a great job you are doing for me.

My wife and I wish to thank you so very much for helping us purchase our new home in Montecito. You went above and beyond our expectations in helping us.  As you know, we came out on our first trip from Michigan to see what we could get for our budget, and we were surprised by the costs. But that didn’t seem to deter you…you were bound and determined to get us a house…You showed us everything in our budget, and even discovered an unlisted home that we eventually bought…when the real work began - dealing with us, the seller, the multiplicity of home inspections that I needed to have piece of mind, and the escrow details – you were exceptional. You were the apex of professionalism, and we are proud to have worked with you, and to call you friends.

You are a real PRO.  I say this because it is always good to put people ahead of things (like houses).  Marti and I have moved several times over the years and therefore have had the pleasure (usually) of meeting some good realtors.  We only spent a couple of hours with you, but it is immediately evident that you are a person we could and would choose to work with if Santa Barbara ends up as our choice to relocate.  It is clear that the referral process at Prudential works.  I talked to Ricky and shared our satisfaction with you and the relocation process. 

As someone who has owned and sold several Santa Barbara properties, you have made me an absolute believer in the “team” approach to selling a home.  What a great combination of talent you bring to the table, with your eye for detail and aggressiveness towards advertising.  The two of you left nothing to chance on the sale of my home, and it’s no wonder it sold within a few days of being listed.  This after sitting for almost nine months with another “locally distinguished” real estate company.  I appreciate that you didn’t try to land the account by quoting an unrealistic sales price.  Your pre-sale research was right on.  You stayed on top of the sale throughout the entire process, and kept my worries to a minimum.  In this town, the sale of a home should not be taken lightly, and I can honestly say that I would gladly recommend you to anyone interested.  Thanks for the hard work, patience, honesty, and your dedication. 

We cannot tell you how very happy we were to have you help us find the perfect house this past summer.  We have been homeowners in various states, from coast to coast, and this was the first time we had agents who truly performed!  Both of you were completely dedicated to our search, highly organized presenting the range of choices, and well tuned to the demanding market in Santa Barbara.  You knew each neighborhood thoroughly, and possessed a keen sense of housing design and quality. You were not only high touch, but high tech as well.  Your use of technology delivered listing information and real estate documents quickly and painlessly in order to expedite an offer or response.  Our search included some difficult decisions and you never wavered in your support and patience.  You were highly sensitive to our needs, including many house viewings with our young daughter!  We are very happy with our whole house hunting experience and give a big thumbs up to both of you. Please do not hesitate to use us in any recommendations you need to any discerning homebuyer in the future.

I would like to thank you one more time for the help which you provided to our mom, pre-, during- and post-sale.  You really worked all aspects of the sale in the most efficient, professional manner possible, anticipated sticking points, and took action to resolve issues immediately.  Above all, you extended a personal “over the top” level of service and professionalism which I seldom see, both as a businessman and a consumer.  Once again, thanks from myself and my entire family for guiding our mom through the purchase, and helping her settle into her new surroundings. 

Thank you so much for your hard and thorough work in selling our Santa Barbara condominium.  Throughout the process, we were very impressed by your responsiveness to us, your knowledge of the market, your modern network approaches, and your consistency in pursuing our goals.  We are sure that the sale and escrow proceeded smoothly because of your reliability and attention to detail. Should we meet potential buyers or sellers in the Santa Barbara area, we will recommend you without hesitation.  

Many thanks for your outstanding job in selling our home. You worked meticulously to prepare our home for sale, even bringing in additional designer furnishings to complete the look.  You worked closely with potential buyers, other agents, photographers, ad agencies, inspectors, contractors, appraisers, and pest control personnel so we could be free to attend to our own careers. Hiring a professional caterer, in costume, to prepare cappuccino and hot croissants, at open houses, was a fun touch.  Your creative and skillful negotiations allowed us to surpass our expectations. We were equally impressed with your diligence in locating a replacement property. Your thoroughness, awareness, and creativity allowed us to buy a significantly nicer home than we thought our budget would allow. Your ability to work positively with other agents made both transactions move along quickly and professionally.  I would enthusiastically recommend your services to anyone!  Many Thanks.

Thank you again for the outstanding job you did when selling my home.  I knew from the very beginning that I made the right choice when hiring you.  As a former Real Estate agent myself, I was very impressed with not only your professionalism and knowledge, but how far beyond the call of duty you went. Whether bringing in a design consultant to stage my home, creating unique and informative marketing materials to best show it off, one-on-one networking, or making sure that I was never inconvenienced...even feeding my cat while I was away...you delivered on your promises.  And, very importantly, you worked closely and comfortably with the buyer's agent to effect a smooth and easy transaction. You listened to what was important to me, and made sure that all the "t"s where crossed, and the "i"s dotted, and that I was protected. I had my home listed before, but it took the two of you to finally get it sold! I would enthusiastically recommend you to anyone and everyone I know.

Thank you for doing such a great job on selling our condo. We really appreciated your professionalism and hard work.  Hopefully, we will do another transaction together. 

Thank you for finding our dream house. We couldn’t be happier!  -

We have bought and sold several houses in the past, using some of Santa Barbara’s top agents. To tell you the truth, we haven’t been all that impressed with real estate agents in general until we start worked with you. Working with you has been awesome! We can’t believe how hard you work for your clients. Please have your clients call us. We will happily recommend you.  

I am so happy to have met you at your open house, and chose you to work with on my Santa Barbara purchase! You are so on top of every detail, it’s amazing. In trying to sell my house up in Sacramento, I have had nothing but one headache after another. I used your efforts as an example to my agent up there; he doesn’t do one tenth of the things you do for your clients. I couldn’t be happier with your service.  It was great to work with you.

Thank you very much for your help in searching for our new home.  We appreciated your responsiveness and professionalism.  Thank you again for your time and patience. 

We can’t tell you enough how enjoyable it is to do business with you! Your professionalism is amazing, and we would love to have the opportunity to work with you more in the future. 

WOW! We did it! Thank you! When we first started talking to you about finding a house, we didn’t think you would have the time to help us, since we were only first-time buyers, and you were used to selling larger homes.  We were pleasantly surprised!  Not only did you help us find a house with very specific parameters, but you also took the time to really took the time to make sure that we understood everything, and more importantly, that we were comfortable with everything in the transaction.  You treated us like million dollar buyers, and we are very grateful to you for making our first home purchase enjoyable, despite the trouble that you, and the listing agent, were having with some very difficult sellers.  We also appreciated your interaction and “hand holding” with the lender and escrow company.  We know a lot of real estate agents, but you work differently than they do.  It’s obvious that you care about your clients, not just about making a sale…Thanks again for everything!