Do your own research & run the numbers in Excel. Flyhomes w/ cash offer can realistically save you $50K-$150K (2022 SF Bay Area market), make sure the interest on the short-term loan will be much lower than that. We purchased our first home with Flyhomes and used their Buy before sale program on our second home, because of the crazy seller's market in SF Bay Area. We also took advantage of their Flyhomes Mortgage 30-day close guarantee, which is super competitive for a jumbo refinance (not sure how long they would have this offer). Our timeline with Flyhomes: * Feb 2019 Clicking on a Flyhomes Facebook Ad (!) * Mar 2019 Buying our first home. At the listing price ($100K cheaper compared to the appraisal - $25K spent on the loan = $75K savings) * Dec 2021 Bought the second home with Buy before sell program + cash offer. 2% above the listing price (compared to standard 10-20% above the asking in our ZIP code). The appraisal came in at $250K above the purchase price. Thanks mainly to the cash offer, our kickass agent Rose Karta, and the end of the year timing. * Feb 2022 Sold the first home with Flyhomes listing team. 32% above the listing price! I was worried about this part of the transaction, saw the strength of the Flyhomes mainly in their buying program. But the market remained solid in January and Rose Karta (our agent for both transactions) together with the listing team (Tanisha) did an incredible job. The whole process was fully remote, with multiple vendors coming and going. Cleaning, staging, inspection, photo & video team. Everything was according to the timeline with email updates. * Mar 2022 Finalized the long-term jumbo loan with Flyhomes Mortgage with a 2.25% rate. They were able to match the best offer we were able to find for jumbo refinancing (Ally bank) + we paid down some points as we don't plan to move in the next couple of years. Nadya was our loan officer, to whom I publicly apologize for too many emails. It was a bit stressful 3 months, moving so close to Christmas, postponing the listing by one month while having the bridge loan, but the whole Flyhomes team made sure the process is as smooth as possible, and in the end, it worked way better than we expected. The real estate market is crazy, educate yourself on the newest tools/services like Flyhomes. If you have any questions regarding our experience or more details feel free to reach out to me. Also, don't just signup for Flyhomes via their website, use this link to get yourself and me $100 amazon gift card: https://flyhomes.com/r/msimkovic646 I hope this was helpful. Stay safe folks. read more

We are glad we chose Flyhome. Susanna, as our primary buyer's agent, is very passionate and professional. We were very nervous in house hunting process and was showing excessive worrisome. She never gets impatient to our non-stopping questions. Although Flyhome does home inspection report summary, she reads every home inspection report very thoroughly and in every phone call give us very good overview and able to answer all our concerns. She follow up with every tiny bit of detail with seller's agent to make sure we have latest update. Susanna will always give her thought. She doesn't hide the defect just for selling the house. She always disclose everything she knows, to give us full information to do the best choice. She is also very considerate and saved us money by not blindly apply all-cash offer (she always makes sure all-cash offer attracts seller or not) so we can get rebate. Alice, as our closing agent, guided us through closing process and answered us lots of questions. We would have missed the deposit deadline if without her reminder. We might missed the closing date. Thanks to her discussed the solution with us until midnight. We got through it eventually 很高興我們最後選擇了Flyhome。Susanna是我們在Flyhome的主要經紀，為人熱情也很專業。我跟我老婆是擔心很多的類型，也難為她不斷有耐心的安撫我們回答我們許多問題。 我會花時間讀home inspection report，儘管如此，每次電話sync都發現Susanna細心地把home inspection report都讀完，也發現我沒有注意到的地方，有任何問題她都能回答。有時候有些不太確定的detail (permit or sewer等等)她也能夠馬上聯絡seller在最短時間給我們答案。討論房子的缺陷優點很誠實，都會提供自己的想法（我跟我老婆很需要別人的看法來當參考），不會為了賣房而隱藏缺點。這讓我在與她討論的時候放心很多，畢竟我不是專業，知道有個站在自己這邊的agent很重要。Susanna也很替我們著想，如果沒有必要用all-cash offer就讓我們先用一般offer這樣可以拿到rebate。 也謝謝Alice, 我們的closing agent帶著我們走完貸款流程。還好她提醒我們要趕快將deposit打入不然我們就要錯過deadline了。也麻煩她在最後階段我們有可能沒辦法按時close的時候與我們討論solution到半夜，最後還是成功解決了 read more

I would highly recommend Flyhomes to any homebuyer. As a first time home buyer, I didn't have any experience when I got started. It took me quite a well (almost 1 year) to finally find my current home. During this time, my agents were patient and professional all the time. Whenever I got a question, they would be more than happy to answer. And they responded quickly to each and every time of my request. They are almost available 24/7... When I finally found the condo I really like, my agent acted so fast on each step! She arranged the housing tour the same day I requested and we talked immediately after the tour how I felt about this place. It might be a competitive bid as besides me on the same day I visited it, there were three more groups. Since I really liked it and would love to make an offer, she and her team at Flyhomes managed to put an offer on the table the very night to the seller. The next day, She helped me negotiate a good deal, a price lower than I expected! I was actually ready to raise my price... But thanks to her expertise and confidence, I saved quite a lot. Flyhomes is a new type of home buying experience as their agents are different than the traditional agents in a way that they are salary based and paid by their company. They would not push you into anything you don't like. For me, during the 1 year search, I had very busy times and I had to drop home search for a quite a long time, however, my agents wouldn't rush me into anything. And when I was ready to get back to the hunt, they are eager to help me. I felt quite comfortable all the time. read more

We had such a great experience with Flyhomes and with their mortgage side! I'll speak to both in this review. We live in a very competitive, expensive market and had been casually looking for years while we padded our down payment fund. On a Friday night, we walked by a For Sale sign in our neighborhood, looked it up, and realized it was perfect. We went to the open house on Saturday, loved it, and went into panic mode because we weren't even pre-approved. I reached out to Flyhomes that night. By Wednesday, Flyhomes had set us up with an agent and loan officer, zoomed us through the entire process, got us pre-approved and pre-underwritten, and submitted an offer. On Thursday morning, it was accepted, using their All-Cash Offer program--and we got it for under asking! Our agent, Andy C., was wonderful and so communicative, texting us with updates 24/7. And Kathy S. in the mortgage department was instrumental in making this all happen. She went above and beyond, making a ton of calls and arrangements on our behalf and guiding us through this process that we had rushed into with very little knowledge. We really felt like we could trust her every step of the way to truly have our best interests at heart. We just wrapped up our refinance (you do a short-term loan and then refinance it when you use their cash offer program--a little complex, but they make it straightforward). Everyone has been asking us how we managed to move so quickly and have our first-ever offer on our dream home accepted, and our answer is genuinely that we couldn't have done it without Flyhomes. read more

We just closed our first home with Flyhomes, and it was a very nice and smooth experience. Big thanks to our agent Jerry Su, who helped us win our home among competition, with lower cost than the highest offer. What's really outstanding is that because we have to use a particular lender and the lender has very strict rules on the contract, we were denied by the lender right at the time when we thought we could just start the closing process. We were desperately contacting other lenders, despite that the particular lender we were about to use offers lower than market rate. As we thought we would have to accept the higher rate, it was surprising and amazing to hear from Jerry that he actually negotiated with the seller agent and convinced them to redo the contract, meeting the requirements of our lender and even extended the closing time with minimum compensation. We really appreciated the help from Jerry so that we could buy our first home so fast. Other than the outcome, Jerry and other people from Flyhomes were all working very hard and we received very fast feedback and update, and we as the first time home buyer felt their work greatly reduced the stress we could have given the market today. Highly recommend them! 另外作为中国人，我们和Jerry全程中文交流感觉更方便直接，不用担心有什么术语不懂。我们因为工作原因刚搬来湾区，之前就听说了湾区买房压力山大。幸好在微信上了解了Flyhomes提供的服务，而且最终Flyhomes的策略和建议也确实帮助我们买到了房子，而且出价不是最高，所以强烈推荐他们。特别是Jerry在我们贷款有问题的时候并没有置身事外，而是非常负责任地帮助我们分析贷款方的措辞，然后再找卖方谈判，最终最大化地保障了我们的利益，用最小地代价让卖方接受了我们贷款方的要求。这让我们颇感意外，所以在此特别感谢他。 read more

Flyhomes and my agent Susanna is the best agent I ever worked with! Susanna is professional and honest, she always tried her best to help us promptly no matter how minor the issue was and she made us felt that she was part of our team. Throughout the whole process she had always been our contact and she did her best to make sure that we were fully satisfied. She understood our needs and made valuable suggestions. She recommended several loan officers to ensure we could get the loan that suits our needs. She studied and explained to us the disclosures and all other documents very carefully. She puts her customer's needs at the first. She responded our calls and messages anytime we needed her. She worked very closely with our loan officer as well as the closing team after we signed the contract to ensure we could close on time. I highly recommend anyone to get the opportunity to work with her! 对于今年刚从国内搬来、之前既没有信用记录也不了解市场的我们来说，能在决定买房的一个月内第一次下offer就买到房子，离不开Flyhomes团队和我们的agent Susanna的专业素养和辛苦付出！ 在刚决定买房的时候我们也接触过一些传统agent，他们给我们的感觉是完全依靠他们自己过去的经验给出建议。但一个人的经验毕竟有限，而且时间和精力也有限，无法分给我们太多资源。 后来接触到了Flyhomes的Susanna，她很认真的了解了我们的需求，针对我们的需求提供了很多非常有用的建议，几乎是手把手带我们慢慢进入状态。在我们贷款遇到问题的时候她也非常积极主动的帮我们联系了几个其他选择，使得我们最终拿到了一个非常不错的贷款。 后期准备下offer的时候Susanna和他们团队逐条帮我们解读了disclosure，还有专人做了价格分析报告以便于我们更好的出价。这对于不了解市场的我们来说非常有帮助。在签好合同之后还有专门的closing团队跟进我们整个贷款和closing的情况，确保我们可以按时拿到房子。（现在已经入住啦！） 再次感谢Flyhomes团队和Susanna！ read more

When I first contacted Flyhomes, I thought of using their All Cash Offer tool to help in the buying process. Even though we did not need to use this specialized tool, we successfully purchased a condo in an excellent school district as our second home with their professional service. I highly recommend Edelino Chen from Flyhomes as your real estate agent. I witnessed his professional and dedicated service throughout the entire home-buying process. There are a few points that are worth shouting out: Edelino was transparent and informational -- First, he and I had a zoom conference. We talked about how Flyhomes are different from traditional real estate agents, and how the whole process will flow in a nutshell. Second, Edelino always put buyers' interest and preference as his first priority -- never pushed deals to buyers. As we visited one house after another, he was always being professional and gave pros and cons about the houses. As long as I was not comfortable in certain points either location, school district, neighborhood, or community HOA, he encouraged me to see the next one and didn't settle for less. Third, he always listened to my suggestions on the offer price, instead of pushing higher prices to get the deal. To sum up my experience, Edelino is a trustworthy real estate agent who can help achieve your dream of buying a home. read more

Highly recommend my agent Pan Wang. When we plan to exchange my house in April, we visited a few house and sent a offer with other agent. But we failed from the first the competition. We analyzed the reason why we failed. The potential factors may be the normal payment term 20% down payment had no advantage, and also agent did not communicated with seller agent actively after sent out the offer. The final result we just got that the sold price is the exact same as we offered. But we provided less down payment then the winner. We like this house very much but missed. We are willing to increase the price if we know more. Then we switched to Flyhomes and Pan is our agent. We visited a several homes and competed 2nd time, we give up because some one provided the crazy price. The 3rd round, we use Flyhomes guaranteed offer (normal loan offer + cash off as backup) because we may save the cost from cash offer if not needed and won the competition. We didn't over bid for this new house with just a litter over other competitors. Pan followed with seller agent actively and updated to us timely. We can adjust our offer and won finally. That is not easy. Thanks Pan for your great effort. I am aways thinking we will not miss the first home if we worked with you earlier. read more

As everyone knows, home buying in a competitive market is difficult, especially for those first time buyers like us, but Flyhomes made the whole process much easier. I can't say enough how lucky we were to have Li as our client advisor. Li is super passionate and knowledgeable, who worked around the clock helping us finding homes, scheduling tours, communicating with listing agents, more importantly, Li led us through every step of purchasing our first home in US, like which location to choose, wether to buy new construction, cost of remodeling, bidding strategies, etc. with 100% understanding of our needs and budget. After searching for over 2 months, we were some sort of demotivated and not very positive if we would really find "the home", but Li's passion saved us, she notified us within 30 minutes after our home (yes!) went online, scheduled a private tour before open house, thanks to Flyhomes' all cash program, we won from 11 buyers, and that's the first and only offer we've made. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to purchase our home this fast without Li and Flyhomes' great help. Lastly, we were also perfectly happy with the lender Li and Flyhomes recommended to us, who was very responsive, offered a good rate, and closed fast. read more

非常诚恳地说，我们绝对不会推荐Flyhomes, 更加不会推荐Liya Zhu 如果您选择Liya， 请格外小心她所谓的"自信"和"经验"。她所谓的"自信和经验"在房屋买卖中mislead us，对我们而言就是一场噩梦。 疫情期间，open house还没有开放，Flyhomes安排的tour agents每一次都不一样，素质和能力参差；然后连Final walk-through agent也是不一样。考虑到Flyhomes是一家大公司，我们还是赋予了Liya足够的信任。 因此严格意义上说， Liya Zhu只是代表我们审查文件的realtor，她连Final walk-through也不会亲自去现场。 1）交易前和交易过程中，我们问了Liya无数次关于停车和邮箱的具体位置，她总是很自信地说根据她过往的经验， 很多业主为了保护隐私不愿过早提供相关信息。我们对此表示保留和质疑，因为房子都要卖了，门牌号都知道， 也进去看房子了，又不是豪宅，所谓的停车位置邮箱位置还存在什么隐私需要保护？！但是用人不疑疑人不用，我们还是选择相信了她。 2）Final walk-through当天，我们和Flyhomes员工都找不到可以停车的地方。根据Flyhomes自行提供买家的两种版本Final walk-through check list,都明确写到mailbox／parking，keys都必须帮助买家go through。当时我们很严肃地把这个情况跟Liya反映了,但她还是觉得没关系，她个人觉得closure day的时候，seller和listing agent一定会告诉我们。 3）结果最糟糕的情况真的出现了。Closure当天，Flyhomes员工不仅找不到房子相关钥匙，而且还说seller已经忘记停车位置和邮箱位置在哪里。也就是说我们买了房子以后，不知道车可以停在哪里，然后不知道哪里可以收信件。没有办法， 我们只能联系HOA, HOA回复说他们还没有收到我们成为业主的正式文件，而且HOA觉得我们买了房子居然还不知道停车位置在哪里，他们觉得我们这个交易简直不可思议。 为此事，我们咨询了律师。律师说很明显这是我们的agent Liya作为我们的地产经纪的失职。但是Liya回复我们说她已经把信息传到到了listing agent那里，她已经完成了她的工作。我们对她的答复很失望。首先，这是一个房地产买卖，我们需要一个专业地产代理，不是快递公司；其次根据Liya所说，listing agent从不回复上述问题的时候。既然如此，为什么她不建议和帮助我们中止或者终止交易。也许她在乎的只是commission。 在Flyhomes团队里面，至今为止没有一个人道歉。她们总裁的回复是希望在将来我们给她们公司第二次机会，我们觉得很可笑。作为一个大公司，连一点承担错误和道歉的担当和勇气都没有，还期许客人给予你第二次交易的机会？！还期许把我们的血汗钱给你的"自信"和"经验"买单吗？！ read more

I recently had the pleasure of working with Jose Montes de Orca II from FlyHomes to sell a property. From the very beginning, Jose demonstrated exceptional professionalism and dedication. Given that I couldn't be there in person, I relied heavily on him to handle everything, and he exceeded my expectations at every step. Jose took charge of all the necessary arrangements, from getting things fixed to coordinating the staging of the condo unit. His attention to detail and commitment to ensuring everything was perfect truly stood out. He kept me informed throughout the entire process, making sure I was comfortable and confident with each decision. Thanks to Jose's hard work and expertise, the property was sold smoothly and efficiently. His knowledge of the market and strategic approach to listing and selling the property made all the difference. I am incredibly grateful for his efforts and the seamless experience he provided. If you're looking for a real estate agent who will go above and beyond to get the job done, I highly recommend Jose Montes de Orca II. His dedication, professionalism, and outstanding service are unmatched. Thank you, Jose, for making the sale of my property such a positive experience! read more

Stephen was amazing! We bought our first house with Stephen as our agent a month ago. We had been very discouraged after house hunting for months with another agent. He worked with our tight schedule, organized 7 to 9 houses for us to see every Saturday, and in 3 weeks landed us the most amazing house before it even had a chance to have an open house. We had to relocate from out of state due to work. Stephen took care of everything and connected us to everyone we needed from lenders and even contractors for potential remodeling. It is beyond question that he is excellent and hard-working--you know it the moment you meet him from the way he gets it from the get go! He is of the highest integrity and is always available (he answered at midnight when we were worried about our offer and even now after the sale)--which I find to be a rare combination in a realtor. I could not recommend Stephen more highly to anyone who hopes to buy or sell a house in this impossible market. read more

Flyhomes is new thing on house market. I occasionlly saw their ads on YT and very curious about their service. This year we want to buy a house close to my son's high school. considering this very hot house market and limited house supply, we found this is very difficult task to complete in short time. Attracted by cash offer and special team work from flyhomes, we want to give them try this time. After giving a call, we got contacted an agent Lily from flyhomes. she instantly arranged an one hour web meeting with us. she explained more details about flyhomes services and products such as cash offer, guarantee offer etc. With their help, we already got bank official loan approve letter in couple days and started to take tours with them. During those tours, we can instantly get feedback from flyhomes about the house more details info such as house potential issue or reasonable market price analysis. After we failed one time, we got our ideal new home! read more

The best thing that happened to me in 2020 is attending a Flyhomes seminar. Their professionals reached out to me shortly after the seminar, learned about my purchasing needs, and devised a plan for me. I did not have to constantly keep my eyes on the market - Susanna knows exactly what I'm looking for and sends me new listings as they become available. Susanna and her team were so professional and responsive - they were able to get me into contract within five days of the tour. I ended up purchasing my lovely home at a price below the asking price. During the closing period, my initial lender screwed me over big times, but Susanna reached out to a number of other lenders and was able to switch me to a new one by next morning(!!!) Everything else went smoothly. I am a first time buyer, and my experience with Flyhomes could not have been better. 100/10 would recommend! read more

Karena Chung is just great. She helped us find a new house this September. We are first-time buyers so we were very jittery and goofy about the whole process. But Karena knows the market and SF/Berkeley neighborhoods. She gave us a lot of clear guidance and great advice and was never pushy. She was the one who had suggested the house we ended up buying, we love our new place and neighborhood. Karena is great to filter our preferred properties, she works within your budget, and she works hard. It took us only 3 days of viewings to find our home, and believe me, the SF market is very competitive! Karena worked nights to send out offers (we ended up bidding on 3 properties). Karena also helped us with refinance, she is very involved, and she is our friend, not just a realtor. We will use Flyhomes and Karena again in the future in case we outgrow our current home. read more

I started to engage Flyhomes in mid Apr 2021 to buy my first home equty in SF bay area. Although the market is extremely competitive, I was able to buy an ideal house after failing four offers! During the entire process, I was truely impressed by their professionalism and excellent service. In addtion to the great touring team, I'd like to thank Pan Wang, my Client Advisor in particular, for his dedication and flawless follow up. He went extra miles touring me to see the listing houses when touring team was fully booked, always responded to me swiftly, and even stayed up till mid night to follow up. He never pushed me in making any offer but provided professional advice that how to strategize it. I can't thank him enough. He is just amazing! I would not hesitate to recommend this great company to my friends. read more

We had a great experience to purchase our first condo with Jocelyn Xie and involving Flyhomes team members after half year of shopping around and several rounds of offering. She is super considerate & knowledgable and guided us every single steps of the way from house visiting to final closing! She provided us timely update and detailed explanation and patient communication with seller side. Also I'd like to mention that Flyhomes has advantage of a professional team working with us rather a traditional agent as a single individual, providing detailed and clear guidance. We had worked with and heard stories of other agents before. Every buyer knows the suffering of being pushed and biding. As first-time buyers, we felt quite comfortable with our great agent Jocelyn Xie and Flyhomes. Highly recommended! read more

Jose was an exceptional real estate agent from Flyhome, who helped us secure our dream home in Livermore. Despite our demanding requirements, Jose remained patient and was always available to answer our questions. Flyhome made trading houses possible, and although the fees involved were not cheap, they offered a unique service that allowed us to buy a new home after selling our old one. Their one-of-a-kind service includes the flexibility to book home tours at any time with a field agent, and they even staged our home for sale. Jose's dedication and expertise were evident as he navigated us through the buying process, ultimately securing our home at a fantastic price. We are deeply grateful for his hard work and highly recommend him and Flyhome to anyone looking to buy a home. read more

First time home buyer, here. I thought the stress and anxiety from trying to buy a home in the city would kill us...until we found Stephen and Flyhomes. He and his team took care of everything from beginning to end. He has a whole team behind him to help in valuation of the properties we were interested in and finding the perfect place for us to make an offer. Stephen was hands on during the whole process and personally ensured we won the offer. It was against 20 other offers and we were not the highest offer, either. Stephen was able to make what should have been a difficult process into a breeze. All my friends were wrong, buying a home in SF is super easy! Well, if you buy with Stephen. Oh and we got enough miles to fly around teh world several times over!! read more