As first time home buyers, my wife and I were quite wary of the home buying process.  Hosai was…read moreamazing and made the entire process smooth and easy!    Our interactions with Hosai were all fantastic!  Before our first meeting with her, she gave us a "Buyer's Questionnaire" and encouraged us to get pre-approved for a loan and to discuss any financing questions with our mortgage broker.  This was a brilliant move because it allowed us to learn about the home-buying process in an efficient way and allowed us to have a realistic expectation of what properties we could afford before we officially even started our search for a home.  Next, we met Hosai in person.  She was kind enough to meet us on a weekend (to accommodate our schedules).  At the first meeting, she reviewed our expectations and our reasons for wanting a home to make sure that she could appropriately focus her efforts.  Throughout the home buying process, Hosai would consistently check in with us via e-mail and phone calls and text messages to make sure the process was going well and that we were happy with how things were going.  Throughout the process, she kept us up to date every step of the way.  Including: when we were first considering writing an offer, when we actually wrote an offer, when our offer was accepted, during escrow, and when we closed.  She even sent us moving tips and contacts for contractor work after we closed! Hosai was so warm and thoughtful that it's obvious after working with her why we wouldn't think of working with anyone else when it eventually comes time to sell our home. Since we were buyers, we spent a lot time working with Hosai.  She never made it seem like we were rushed or that we were ever forced into making a decision.  Hosai is a wonderful person.  She has an impeccable sense of the real estate market -- there were a few houses that we were interested in but weren't sure the listed price reflected the true value of the place.  In every case, Hosai told us what she thought the place was should go for and in every case, she was within only a few thousand dollars of the actual selling price!   Hosai is also incredibly good about maintaining good relationships with other real estate agents.  This allowed her to discuss details with the selling agent and gain as much information about a property as possible.  Finally, Hosai advised us while we were writing our offer; she helped to select our offer price and suggested changes to our conditions that allowed us to get the first property we made an offer on!  She made sure that we did not remove contingencies until she was certain the property was suitable for our situation. Hosai Nasir has definitely helped look out for our best interests.

When I began our journey to homeownership, I had spent the last year living with friends and family…read moreas I prepared to get a place of my own. I didn't know the first thing about buying home and weren't even sure if it was something I was ready for. When looking for a real estate agent, I went with a referral from a close friend whose word I trusted - and I could not be happier I did! From the very beginning, Hosai was proactive: setting up a consultation both with a loan officer and herself and establishing clear expectations on what would follow if I was to move forward. She was appreciative of my concerns and strove to hear my own expectations, as I had a very tight deadline and a limited budget. As my realtor, Hosai kept those expectations at the forefront of every step in the process. She made sure to book consistent showings (capitalizing on our limited time) and never showed me anything outside of my budget (ensuring we didn't overspend). She fought for me as though we were family the entire time. Throughout the closing process, Hosai was always on the lookout for potential issues and aggressively defended me from anything that could potentially keep me from my dream of owning my own home. Whether there were delays from the seller or concerns about the property, Hosai was upfront and clear on what needed to happen next to keep the ball rolling. Throughout everything, Hosai maintained incredible communication with me - answering every question and even anticipating ones I would have never thought of as first-timers. Regardless of anything, Hosai made me feel like I was priority #1 and made sure I was taken care of. With her years of experience, her vast knowledge, and her invaluable connections, and her personal dedication, Hosai made me feel like experts by the end of everything and ensured my dreams of being homeowner came true.

Our home buying experience with Reeco was undoubtedly the best we've had. Having purchased several…read morehomes before, no brokerage has provided us with the VALUE that Reeco has. We heard about Reeco through a family friend and he explained when you buy a home with Reeco they install a free solar system on your home. At first it sounded too good to be true and we had our concerns. We visited their website and filled out a contact form and that same day we received a call from a Reeco agent. William was very kind and professional answering all our questions and concerns. His energy and enthusiasm is contagious! After our conversation with William we learned that Reeco is comprised of licensed real estate and solar energy professionals, handling both the real estate transaction AND the designing, installing, and maintaining of the solar system. After talking to William we were convinced that this was the brokerage for us! William guided us through the website where we signed up for an account. Here we were able to search for homes, save homes we liked and schedule home tours. The coolest part about the website was being able to see how much we will save when we purchase our home with Reeco, what a cool feature! William was very knowledgable about the market where we purchased. He took us to open houses and private showings until we decided on our dream home. Once our offer was accepted, William managed every detail until the close of escrow so thoroughly and made sure we were updated every step of the way. William even negotiated the purchase price $40,000 below asking! What a rockstar! After closing it was time for our free solar system. A few days after moving in the solar team at Reeco was at the house installing our solar system. With our purchase we received a 5.5kW solar system, it also came with a cool app that allows us to monitor usage and see how much electricity it's producing (we always brag to our friends!). To date our solar system provides us with $150 a month in free electricity, that's $1,800 a year in free electricity! On top of that, the solar system has increased our home's value by $30,000. The level of service and value we received during this home buying process is truly special. We would highly recommend Reeco, especially our agent William. Thank you for such great service and professionalism William and thank you Reeco for such an amazing business model! 5 Stars!!

I highly recommend Reeco if you are looking to buy or sell a home, my experience purchasing a home…read morethrough them was exceptional. Home buying has been personally quite stressful in the past, however that was not the case in using Reeco. The staff was considerably more friendly and knowledgeable of the market in comparison to previous brokers I have used, and with Reeco's phenomenal ability to offer us a free installed solar system when purchasing a home through them- I will never have to pay for electricity ! Reeco not only worked to land me a great deal on our new home, but we are very excited to reap the tremendous amount of annual savings on our electricity - potentially enough to save for a family trip this winter. My family and I are currently moving in and I am sincerely grateful for how positive this memorable process went, utilizing their services and personally working with Curtis was a true pleasure.

From beginning to end, Jana Walchle was so helpful and knowledgeable with every detail on the sale…read moreof our home. She gave us help in preparing our home for sale, such as room staging and cleaning out unnecessary items. The marketing of our home with really great photography to present it in the best light on various online sources was very professional. She was able to explain all the paperwork with us and patient when we didn't understand or needed further explanation. She checked in on us frequently and was available for questions at any time, and answered us quickly. She pretty much held our hands throughout the entire process. I also want to express our gratitude to her team, and especially her husband, Richard. Everyone did everything possible to make this a smooth and painless experience. Selling a place that has been our first home together for many years was very hard, but Jana and her team understood that and helped us to get through it. We are grateful for all she and her team did for us. We made a great relationship with them and will use them in the future.

I have dealt with Richard Wachle of Canyon Country Realty on 2 transactions, 10 years apart…read more Nothing changed. Honesty, intergrity & reliability are their hallmark. One sale was a local transaction & the other, I was out of state. Both were flawless. I highly recommend Canyon Country Realty.

Capital Management has sold two houses for me and helped with the purchase of one. They are awesome…read moreat what they do! Everyone is really quick and hardworking, I would definitely recommend:)

As a first time home buyer who was also expecting her first child trying to buy in an extremely…read morecompetitive SoCal housing market, I was pretty nervous about my home buying experience to say the least. Alex was so helpful in helping us find the best home for us. He was willing to go to many many open houses, make offers on multiple houses, give us his honest opinion about whether a house was "worth it" (and advising us to not overbid above our means), and taking care of everything (ex. sending a mobile notary to me apartment so that I wouldn't have to schlep my 8-month pregnant self to find a notary). He truly made the process as painless as possible for us and I recommend him wholeheartedly. We're a few months into our new home and we still contact him if any questions come up and he is sure to respond immediately. Alex is a true advocate for his clients and I am so glad that we trusted him to help us buy the best home for our family.

As an Orange County business owner I am very critical of the recommendations I make for my clients…read more I have known Jim and Elizabeth for over a decade and have referred numerous customers. Not only do I refer my clientele but also use them for any of my real estate investments. My clients always come back with positive feedback after being referred. They have been successful in getting all types of transactions closed, anywhere from a first time home buyer to a seven digit plus investment property. I truly do recommend them as your real estate resource.

I called Vuthuc at 5pm on a Monday holiday evening( President's Day) because there was a property I…read morereally wanted to check out, and she immediately let me know her availability; we then booked an appointment right away to go check out this gorgeous townhouse in Garden Grove. As a first time buyer, I had many questions about real estate laws, processes, correct pricing, fraudulent practices, which she graciously took the time and energy to help me understand. Throughout the entire process, she went out of her way to help me; she took every opportunity to negotiate a good deal for me and helped me in any way she could. Vuthuc was always available to pick up my calls/ answer my texts... even at 12am midnight. Here in SoCal, real estate agents can be found in every corner. But just because an agent may be fully licensed and have an extensive record, doesn't automatically mean they have integrity. There are lots of shady business going on in this industry. With Vuthuc however, I totally saw that she was there to help me to her fullest ability. After working with her, I found her to be kind,fair, trustworthy and RELIABLE. I highly recommend her if you are looking for a top-performing, honest, and experienced real estate agent in the OC -area.

Simply put, a very dedicated agent. She was always available to answer all of our questions and…read moreaddress any concerns we had. We always knew that Vuthuc had our best interests at heart. She was a great listener, and was considerate of our specific needs. She really did a fabulous job of assisting us with the purchase of our first home My husband and I purchased our first home together. We knew very little about the process. She showed us many properties in different areas in order to get a feel of what was out there and where we might want to purchase a property. In addition, she provided objective data (info on comps in that area) to help us understand if the home of our interest was a fair market price. She was always on our side working to make our house purchase as simple and successful as possible. The best part about working with Vuthuc was that she was always more focused on answering our questions and giving us good advice than she was on closing a deal. We consider Vuthuc as a friend and would highly recommend her to anyone that is searching for a new home.

I will admit I didn't do my normal due diligence when starting the mortgage process here with RPM…read more I though my friend who is a mortgage broker couldn't mess things up too badly, well from the beginning is a rough road. Gave them 3 months to get it right, after 3 expired locks and numerous loan changes, I looked for another lender. Even after starting 3 months later, my new lender (Guaranteed Rate) was able to get me approved and closed before RPM was.... From the beginning with RPM I had to go back and forth on rates, terms pricing, fees, just everything seemed more expensive than it should be. But it was ok as long as I was able to get a loan. THey kept telling me how difficult my case was, and how all of these delays were my fault. I'm very organized and got them all of the documents, all of the multiple times they asked for them. Poor communication, disorganization, caused me so much stress during this process I almost gave up and just kept my dramatically higher rate on my existing mortgage. It didn't need to be this way. Literally 4 months of going back and forth, sending and resending the most mundane of pieces of info. IE what is deposit that says "paycheck" on it.......Me: like the other 8 months of banks statements you have thats my paycheck it comes every 2 weeks and says paycheck. At once point I was even told I was approved and wired a 6 figure amount from my investments (taking a huge capital gain in the process) to be ready to close on time.......several days later of course there was a problem and we would have to look for another lend. This was prob the 3rd time something like this had happened. I don't like having my money or time wasted. So looked for another lender. WHo told me that I'd be the easiest case the would be closing this year. (I have equity and income.......and cash to play with points, loan amounts etc.) Breezed though with new lender, I paid about 20% of the fees I was going to have to pay with RPM, and was able to qualify and close on a loan that was $100,000 larger than RPM was having trouble getting me qualified for. I know different lender have different underwriting guidelines, but apparently I had applications with the same lender. Guaranteed rate had no problem getting me approved for $870,000, where RPM couldn't get me approved on a much smaller loan. Only hiccup I had with new lender was when we were funding, I had to jump through some hoops to prove I wasn't taking the loan with RPM, because they apparently didn't close out my rate lock appropriately. If you want the best rate, best terms, and a easy loan process look elsewhere.

As a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway, I have had the distinct pleasure of working with…read moreMelissa Loeffler with RPM Mortgage on a number of transactions. She is a consummate professional and is dedicated to delivering only the best products to her clients. I know Melissa not only professionally but also through her leadership and hard work on behalf of our community. She is a long-standing member of the Encino Chamber Of Commerce, and we have worked together on a Disaster Preparedness Committee organizing and running drills under the guidance of the LAFD. She is not only at the top of her field as a senior mortgage consultant, but Melissa is an A+ human being as well. I highly recommend her. David Krygier Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices / California Properties Encino, CA

UPDATE: 11/30/18. I finally decided to call back and spoke with Rich A. We talked a bit and I…read moretold him what I wanted - to take some of my equity and payoff credit card debt - refinancing my mortgage. Initially he said he would put together a package. A little while later I got an email saying we were not at the correct LTV ratio to refinance. WHAT THE!!? Ok I am new to mortgages but I thought you could refinance at ANY time, not just when you have under 80% and can lose the mortgage insurance. Also, he should have known that while initially on the phone with him. I told him specifically what our mortgage was, how much I wanted for CC and what our home should appraise at. Btw, they check the value of your home based on websites like Redfin and Zillow and Trulia. We've done some extensive remodeled which obviously would not be reflected in the websites estimates- but that wasn't even taken into account. Our home was flat valued at market rate for the AVERAGE unit in our area. No thought of compensating for the kitchen gutting and remodel or the bathroom refresh, which can add serious value to equity. Not even a suggestion of an appraisal Just a flat out "we cannot help you" Hmm, someone out there will refinance us and get a good chunk of change doing it - and we will pay off our CC's and still have tons of equity -just not with these folks. Good luck and God bless .... Review 10/20/18 approximately - I don't know ... I heard the ad. I went to the website and filled out the contact form. I waited for a call back. Nothing. I called the number that was the personal phone of owner. Left a message requesting a call back. Nothing. So.... what's up? Selective responding?

Highly recommend Park Place Funding for refinancing. We had a particularly special set of…read morecircumstances that needed extra attention, extra work and heaps of perseverance to see our refi through and Park Place Funding was the team to do it. Hats off to Rich, Kym, Martha and Team for working through this with us. You did a great job. God bless!