I've been toying with the idea to buy an investment property in the San Diego area over the next…read more1-2 years (assuming rates go down to affordable levels). While I'm originally from San Diego, I'm unfamiliar with the real estate market other than looking at properties on Zillow. While talking to a childhood friend, she recommended her realtor Erin and gave me her number. It felt too intrusive to call her personal cellphone so I decided to go to her website to learn more about her and ultimately decided to call the general number. Well, guess who answered?! lol Erin. I had to mute the phone shortly after she answered because I was awkwardly giggling to myself like a crazy person. I guess I just figured someone from her team would answer so it's funny I ended up talking to her anyway. We had a nice conversation. While I had many questions, she patiently answered them all. She offered locations to consider in my price range, townhomes and single family homes and places that don't charge an HOA. I thought HOA's were only on condo's, derp. Erin demonstrated to me that she's more interested in the relationship than the transaction and I respect that. We went ahead and scheduled an appointment at her office next week so she can help me with planning.

Selling and buying a home can be very overwhelming, but having to right Realtor can make all the…read moredifference and that is exactly what I experienced with Erin Wade. It was time for my mom to finally downsize to a home which would be more manageable; square footage to yard maintenance; for someone in their 80's. Therefore, I searched Yelp and after viewing the realtors on Yelp, Erin Wade stood out even before I read her reviews. I called Erin and set up a meet and greet with my mom and husband to discuss options for selling and buying a home in the area. From starting to finish, Erin was friendly, professional, and went above and beyond to make the entire process smooth, stress-free and successful for my mom who has never had to deal with selling and buying a home for over 30+ years. Erin is incredibly knowledgeable about the market, communication was always clear and timely, and she responded to all texts and/or emails in a timely matter even while out of town for family event. If it just so happened Erin was not available, she assigned someone from her team to cover in her absence. Erin made sure we were kept in the loop on any information about the property my mom was selling and the one she was purchasing. Erin really catered to my mom's needs and to my husband and my expectations during the process. Overall, Erin made us feel we were the only customer even though we know that is not true. We; my mom, husband and I, are grateful to have found Erin Wade and her team to help my mom sell her home and find her forever home. If you are looking for a great, reliable, friendly and knowledgeable Realtor. Erin Wade is that Realtor. I will definitely call Erin Wade when I am in the market to sell my home.

Alexandra Navarro is the best! She recently showed me a house for sale, and although that wasn't…read morethe house I decided on, I will definitely be buying with her as my realtor! When I first started looking at houses, I would walk into places to meet very stand-off ish realtors. Alexandra is the opposite. When I came into this house, I was greeted with warmth and a down-to-Eath vibe. Thank you for treating me with respect and believing in me owning a home one day!

Beyond grateful to be on the hands of Broadpoint! I am a tenant of one of their beautiful…read moreproperties and have had a few things collectively happen at once (to no fault of the group) and they've handled everything with such great professionalism and ease. They utilize an app to orchestrate all my needs and it's been such a pleasure working with their team! Special shout out to Rachel, Melissa, Cesar, and the rest of their contracted vendors. I love my place and feel like the money I pay here is well worth all they've done to help me out. Thank you Broadpoint!! Looking forward to many years raising my babies, making life-long memories here, knowing I'm well taken care of under your management!

Kimberly Schmidt is hands down the best realtor I've ever worked with. She was more than an agent…read more-- she was a strategic partner who had my back the entire time. She had answers for everything, made the process seamless, and got my condo sold fast (I had 2 offers in a few days!) with zero hiccups. I'm incredibly grateful to have had her on my side. Highly recommend!

I worked with Kimberly recently when I bought my first condo. She was extremely welcoming and…read moreinformative, and made the intimidating experience of buying my first place a very pleasant one. I felt she advocated for me at all the right points of the process, and educated me on many important aspects of buying a home and home ownership in general. She got me a great deal on a really cute condo in Mission Hills, and I still feel very satisfied with the whole process and with my new home! I would definitely recommend hiring Kimberly to help you buy or sell your home. Five Stars!

Most people dread selling and buying a house. I would have too, except I found Kay! She helped me…read moresell my house for what I wanted and helped me buy my new one, even though it was in a different part of California. One of her many great qualities, besides her vast knowledge of real estate, is that she listens to you. I mean really listens! She also has more integrity than most people I know, but especially in her industry. You'd be lucky to get to work with her and get to know her. I highly recommend her!

Kay Bates rocks! She found me a condo in the exact complex I wanted, before it went on the market…read more I was the first to see it and make an offer and now it's mine. She also knows all the best professionals in town so can help you with referrals for anything you need or want. She's also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Escondido Chamber of Commerce so her name opens doors! Don't fool around with anyone else. Just call Kay.

Alicia Bagby is terrible to work with! She does not respond in a timely manner. I am due a $25k…read morerefund for a deposit on a home that I did not end up purchasing, and she ignores my emails, doesn't answer her phone or return calls. She is just awful! Don't use Heritage Escrow!!!!

Kelly Pinheiro was our escrow officer. She worked tirelessly along with the lising agent to help…read moreobtain the seller's mortgage payoff demand statement and make sure we closed as scheduled so that our buyers could keep to their original moving time frame and not have to reschedule their contracting quotes. I really appreciated her following through to personally call and update me at the end and letting us know that we had closing confirmation. I know it's overwhelming for anyone working in the real estate or real estate related industry with all the escrows going on right now so I wanted to take the time to share my positive experience. Thank you and your team again Kelly!

Team Forss! Sold our Home…read moreLet's just say if you are looking for a top notch real estate firm look no further. From my initial contact with Team Forss Realty Group they responded very quickly and gave a brief overview of their process. We would highly recommend Brenda Washburn as your agent she has been very informative through the whole process. We were very excited to find out that Team Forss handles the photography/video drone and all Marketing of websites etc. Brenda being rated the TOP Agent kept us informed throughout the process and made everything seemless. She is very knowledgeable and was very communicative through each step of the way. It has been our pleasure working with Brenda. We will definitely reach out for any future needs and will refer Brenda! Our gratitude goes to Brenda Washburn and Team Forss.

Working with Michelle Layton was an absolute pleasure! As first time homebuyers, we weren't quite…read moresure what to expect when we were paired with her through Zillow, but she made the home buying process simpler and easier than we would have ever imagined. She was very attentive and always available to talk when we had questions. She helped us get a competitive offer in on our dream home the same day we viewed it, even staying up late with us to make sure we got it in as quickly as possible. We appreciated Michelle's honesty and transparency, giving us honest feedback about our offer strategy and what to expect throughout the process. She explained things clearly in a way that made it easy to understand for a couple people with no experience in real estate. She was also instrumental in getting us help with lenders, home inspections, and final negotiations in escrow. All in all, we can't can't say enough good things about our experience with Michelle. And we certainly wouldn't have landed our home without her!

I've worked with Lynn Judson for almost two decades now. Her firm has represented myself and my…read morefamily on many transactions. I've always been very happy with communication, attention to detail and overall friendliness. Very professional outfit!

This brings me no joy to write this, truly. My agent Marci and I connected well enough I thought we…read morewere going to also be friends. But once my house had the first open house, she did nothing more to promote it and even told me she "held back marketing" due to her thinking on challenges I was experiencing without even asking if I wanted a pause on promotion. She helped me organize my garage in prep. which was really appreciated and I took her out to dinner to thank her and she offered some referrals for repair work which unfortunately turned out to not be as professional as they should have been, and I had to hire additional people to fix the problems. I took my house off the market and now more than 2 weeks later she still has not returned my house key. "I'll get back to you as soon as I can"...Now a week later with no key. It's clear I was never a priority. Interesting she bashed Redfin as not being involved in listings with their 1% fee, and yet, she has now made herself worse than what she felt threatened by. She said Refin realtors were hands off after the first open house and this was not far off after all was said and done. But after the open house out of the blue instantly said my house was over priced without any consultation to pricing before listing. It was just a total about face to side with agents who came to the house. The market changed dramatically the week I listed, not for the better. But she did not ask me about not marketing the house- she just did that on her own. Leaving me with the feeling that the listing was not a high priority.

These are scary times, and home security is a huge issue…read more I've been with Palomar for 2 years now and I've had great service with them. Repairs taken care of on time, a good standing relationship with the entire team, and just this week, Deborah Gamble worked with our property owner to land another year lease on the house we live in. Palomar Properties have done good by my family, and we truly appreciate it!!

A maintenance worker damaged my property and lied to me and to his supervisor about it. This…read morecompany barely acknowledged it. When I moved into one of their apartments, I was verbally informed that there was pre-existing damage to the bathtub paint/enamel, as well as the garbage disposal, and that maintenance was queued up to fix it. I documented it anyway to protect myself against any damage accusations to protect my security deposit. Three months later, no maintenance was ever done, so I opened a ticket. I did not complain or ask for expedited service or any sort of special treatment. I simply pointed out what was needed. The next day, maintenance came while I was at work (which I agreed to, stupidly, but I live alone and had to work). When I arrived home, there was a single couch cushion randomly flipped over along with a bunched up throw blanket and a dark spot on the top couch cushion. When I flipped the cushion over, the couch cushion was soaked through and visibly wet with urine. It is obvious that the maintenance worker brought a pet with him while he was working (despite a building-wide no pet policy being enforced on the lease). I really hope it was a pet... It's a little gross, but I honestly barely care about that. The maintenance worker lied to me about it, lied to his supervisor about it when I asked if anything was reported, and the supervisor lied to me to protect him, and I'm incredibly insulted they simply flipped my couch cushion over hoping I wouldn't notice, instead of acknowledging it or even attempting to clean it. After a back and forth between myself and his supervisor, they finally agreed to pay to clean the couch... That's it. No apology for the days of lies and back and forth, no apology for them situationally applying their own rules and terms of lease, no apology for them essentially allowing and supporting someone to come into my home and destroy my property. My own rent payments were being used to pay the salary of someone who damaged my property and lied about it. Disgusting. To seal the deal, he did not even do a good job repairing my bathtub. It is already chipping where he repaired it... again.

We just completed our 3rd real estate transaction with the Cabrillo Team. Their service,…read moreresponsiveness, professionalism and overall quality are unmatched in our experience. We worked primarily with Andrew and Samantha who were both absolutely amazing in every regard. Selling a home can be expensive, so you need to be very selective - we honestly feel that we received top quality and value with this team. In North County (especially Valley Center) the Cabrillo Team is top notch. Without any reservation, these amazing people have earned our highest recommendation. Trust me, you won't be disappointed...

Many thanks to Cabrillo Realty,Escondido, CA, especially Andrew Benhamen. After my father's…read morepassing, our family needed to complete updates and sell his Escondido home. Andrew, his office staff and concierge team made that process as stress-free as possible, at reasonable rates and with excellent results. Living over 500 miles away, I feared challenging issues, but Andrew was very attentive and supportive in overcoming any issues that came up. I highly recommend Andrew and his team at Cabrillo Realty. My family has had his assistance with 2 sales and 1 buying experience. Each proceeded successfully and fairly quickly.