I adore the team at CIE - always thoughtful, consistent, timely and knowledgeable!…read more They take all the guesswork out of the home buying process and truly take care of their clients and client's clients! Hands down the easiest and most thorough team to partner with when buying / selling / investing!

If I could give them less than 1 star I would. It's almost as if it's nothing but a bunch of…read moreSpecial Ed recipients there-especially the one named Lanise!! She's the most challenged of them all!! It took her 20 minutes just to make 1 simple photocopy of a document! Be very, very CAUTIOUS!!!

Our family was moving from Wisconsin to Playa Vista and we couldn't have been happier with the help…read morePhilip has provided for us! He is very knowledgeable of the area, but most importantly he is approachable, personable, patient, and incredibly generous with his time. He helped us find the perfect place and helped us navigate the process. Finding a place to live across the country can be challenging, but working with Philip made it as easy and straightforward as possible. We couldn't recommend him enough!

Philip was incredibly helpful in our house search. He really listened and paid attention to what…read morewe were looking for and took the time to find places we desired. He didn't waste our time with listings that he knew we wouldn't like. Looking for a new place is always a little daunting, so it was great to have such a personal and friendly touch to the search. Couldn't recommend him more!

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY…read more If you cancel escrow they are pissed as if they are paying for the purchase themselves. Suzanne isn't even able to hold a conversation and hung up without even explaining the fee. Charging for canceling escrow has never happened to me and is unheard of for a buyer. Horrible service, charging me fees illegally and then not willing to have a conversation. Says she had experience but had to confirm with her board of what she is doing is inappropriate. What a joke. Must not have any clients.

We had a great experience using Peninsula as our escrow company. Everyone was really helpful. Paul…read morewas especially great. He was always very patient and explained things well. He took the time to communicate and answer all our emails, texts, calls without any hint of annoyance at our million questions. The whole process was very smooth and it was thanks to them. Highly recommend them!

Mina helped me and my husband land our first home in Century City. It was a long journey going…read morethrough so many houses in west LA, but Mina was always ready and enthusiastic to guide us - from initial house showing to the offering process. Working with her is like working with a good friend. She's honest, thorough and most importantly , we never felt pushed to make the big purchase. I would highly recommend Mina and would work with her again!

Mina was incredible helping us buy our first home!…read more Huge thanks to Mina for making our first home purchase in Culver City such a smooth and positive experience! She was incredibly patient with all our newbie questions, always gave us quick responses ( even after hours!), and handled everything with total professionalism. Mina was so helpful every step of the way - from finding places to closing - and was genuinely a pleasure to deal with, calm and helpful even when things got stressful. We highly recommend Mina, especially to first-time buyers. She's amazing! Thank you, Mina!

If you dream of listing your beloved home with a real estate agent who will massively overstate his…read morecompetency, verbally promise you everything you want to hear, and then continually extensively fail to follow-through, then Kevin of Kevin and Kaz is the man for you! But on a serious note everyone... just learn from my experience and do not hire this man. Our experience with Kevin, prior to a MUCH-needed cancellation of contract, was one of the most horrific professional relationships of my life. Our association was riddled with cases of Kevin assuring us that he had notified and organized open houses and brokers opens with the cooperation of our tenants, only to find out that this was unequivocally false. We were promised both an open house that had to be cancelled, and a brokers open that had never been organized in the first place. Kevin then gleefully blamed our (lovely) tenants for his gross incompetence, and appeared genuinely shocked when we wouldn't jump on the "you have problem tenants" train with him. If these had been the only issues, we could have chalked it up to miscommunications (Kevin resists putting anything in writing until forced - I assume to avoid being caught in his falsehoods), however - this was only the tip of the iceberg of our issues with the "spouses selling houses." Prior to our house being listed on MLS, Kevin had recommended his starting list price. My husband and I incorrectly assumed that Kevin's recommendation would be appropriate and based off of current comparable listings. The night before our house was to be listed, we started looking in depth at the price - it felt off to us. Calling Kevin, we had to request that he take a closer look at the list price. We ended up having to decrease the price by $100k, as his original estimate was so off-base. The client should not be more adept at determining that the original recommendation was hugely inflated than their "expert" realtor. We had to chase Kevin to actually get the house listed. Everything, from photos to the actual listing took much longer than Kevin's original promised timeline - again, he never put the promised timeline in writing, so that he could tell us we were "mistaken". We were promised that we were a "top priority" of Kevin, but we were shown that this was false repeatedly through actions. Kevin was asked repeatedly on a Thursday night (when we learned that our initial open house needed to be cancelled), to reach directly out to our tenants to confirm an ongoing schedule. This schedule was to include a brokers open the following Tuesday (the one we later discovered had never been organized), times during the week where the house could be shown privately, and an open house the following Sunday. On Friday we were verbally told that he had reached out, and that our tenants were being very cooperative. On Saturday I had another phone call with Kevin - the same message was reiterated. Kevin assured me that he had reached out with his proposed schedule, and that he foresaw no issues. On Monday, I discovered that not only had Kevin not reached out to our tenants at all since Thursday, but that he had outright lied to me about doing so. However - our property was now listed, we felt trapped. We received a sight unseen offer the day that I write this review. Kevin called us to inform us of the offer, and emailed it to us. Before we opened it, we asked Kevin if he had reached out (as we had repeatedly asked him to do), to a frequent buyer in our area. He indicated that he had reached out (although my confidence in this assurance is very low), but that he had not heard a word back from them. Imagine our surprise when we opened the offer and, lo and behold, it is from the buyer we inquired about. When we asked Kevin about this, he tried to gaslight us by telling us that "of course he'd said that, we just didn't understand" and "the buyer is represented by {competing real estate company} so he didn't misrepresent anything." When we informed Kevin that we required a cancellation of contract, he completely stopped answering us. While evening, it was MUCH earlier in the day than Kevin frequently contacted us. I once answered a call from Kevin at 10:30pm my time - and he did not have enough common courtesy to answer an 8pm call, even though he'll assure you that "he's always reachable" until you have an issue with him. Do not misunderstand - this was out of pure pettiness of Kevin and Kaz's part. Learn from our mistakes - scroll right on by in your search for a realtor.

While Kevin was always upbeat and pleasant I don't believe he was always 100% honest while selling…read moremy house during a divorce sale. He had his son showing the property a few time which I though was odd since he is not a licensed realtor? The house was on the market for 5+ months and he at times seemed just in a hurry to take any offer.

Justin went above and beyond through the entire process of securing our house in LA! From start to…read moreend, his attention to detail made the process so smooth! He was able to beat out other offers. He was such a great negotiator that he offered to keep the seller's dogs in order to seal the deal! Words can't explain how grateful I am to have such amazing representation. He's now considered a friend of ours for life!a

Justin was great to work with. He is very responsive and walks you through the home buying…read moreexperience. He has his pulse on the market and asks intelligent questions to the sellers. The LA market is extremely competitive and at times it can be disheartening. Justin was supportive and persistent which is extremely important in order to successfully win a bid. Once we won the bid, the REAL fun begins. Justin helped us meet demanding deadlines even while we were traveling!!! Knowledge, support, and persistence are all qualities that your real estate agent must possess to help you successfully buy property in LA and Justin embodies all of them.

My husband and I cannot say enough about how professional and competent Nanci is as a real estate…read moreagent. My father passed away in January and we needed to sell our family home. This was an emotional experience that Nanci handled with compassion and professionalism. She put our home on the market and helped us make decisions about how to position our home to sell best. Nanci was easily available and in frequent contact with us, which we very much appreciated. We received many offers, and were pleased at how Nanci explained the pros and cons of each offer to us. She led us through the negotiation process with the buyer who ultimately bought our home. We were very happy at how smoothly the sale went. And her work did not stop there. She helped us find a great crew to clear our home, remove everything we did not need, and clean our property! I cannot recommenced Nanci more highly. She is clearly a 5 star real estate agent who's experience and care for her clients shone thorough the selling of our home from beginning to end. Thank you Nanci!

Nanci helped us to close 2 deals in Westchester area and I would highly recommend her! I've worked…read morewith many real state agents in the past as I buy properties for investment and Nanci was the most caring of them. She would be there at every single step throughout the process and stays on top of the whole process until it closes. She has years of experience and knows Westchester area better than anyone. She doesn't hesitate to hire the best photographer and do the best advertising for you. Any way, I can't recommend her enough!

SITAH MAHADEO was referred to us by a friend who had recently closed on their home and raved about…read moreher. As first-time buyers in an incredibly competitive LA market, we never imagined we'd actually be able to purchase a home. I had already interviewed at least 5 realtors, even some from the same agency, and could tell right away that Sitah was different and grounded. Sitah always stayed focused on balancing the best deal for our budget as well as our hopes for a dream home, and we never felt pressured to settle for anything less than what we truly wanted. She communicated constantly, advocated fiercely for us, and supported us through every emotional high and low. We even joked she became our therapist guiding us through expectations. The house we fell in love with had many offers and went through multiple rounds of bidding, but Sitah's persistence, guidance, and deep local expertise helped us craft a winning and creative strategy. When we closed, she genuinely celebrated this milestone with us. We were never just another transaction to her. We couldn't recommend Sitah more.

Ron Melendez with SYG was phenomenal throughout the entire process. Ron reached out within a few…read morehours of my initial inquiry and provided in-depth, data-driven guidance regarding options from listing my property as a rental to selling. What Ron told me ended up being accurate across the board. He knows the Westchester market inside and out. I never felt like Ron was pushing me towards one direction or the other, but rather asked questions to help me decide the best path for me, and then assisted me getting there. Ron and the whole team at SYG were incredibly professional, responsive, and the fees were reasonable. If I need a realtor again in the future, Ron will be my first call.