I am a demanding client with very high expectations and require real-world results. David delivered…read moreon every front. We were referred to David Demangos by a former client who described him as a highly regarded expert in San Diego real estate--and that reputation proved 100% accurate. My wife and I were relocating from Los Gatos and searching for our forever home in La Jolla, specifically one that is walkable to the beach and to all the places that make La Jolla special. From the start, David understood exactly what we wanted and, just as importantly, how we think. We are demanding yet fair and reasonable, and we needed someone we could fully trust to guide us through a competitive, emotionally charged purchase. David earned that trust immediately. He spent an incredible amount of time with us - walking neighborhoods, shooting detailed videos, and giving us an on-the-ground feel for each area since we weren't local yet. His communication was outstanding: clear, timely, and thoughtful. Even though we know he has other clients, David always made us feel like we were his only ones. In the end, David helped us secure our dream forever home - walkable to everything: Marine St., downtown La Jolla, the Children's Pool, Windansea, and the beach lifestyle we envisioned from day one. We will always seek David out for any real estate transaction, and we recommend him without hesitation to anyone who wants expertise, dedication, and results.

David Demangos is wonderful! We haven't bought a house with him (yet), but he's always available to…read moreanswer our questions about the San Diego real estate market and continues to give us great advice. He will be the person we will trust with our home purchase.

Corey's team did an amazing job helping us sell AND buy our home. Corey was on top of everything,…read moreand he kept us informed throughout the entire process. Even more importantly, he was able to sell our home for over our asking price and get us into the home of our dreams. His team is well rounded for buying and selling homes. I felt a little bad as I was calling him 5-10 times a day lol. When the appraisal came in low for our house, his team appealed the appraisal, and was able to get the price back up! I don't think there are many agents in San Diego that can successfully do this consistently. Our lender said they have never seen an appraisal appeal done so detailed and thorough. In my eyes, this puts his services at huge edge over other agents. If this was not enough, we had a lot of fun working with Corey and his team. I have complete confidence and trust that my friends and family will all be in great hands with him and his team for real estate needs.

If you are looking for a Real Estate Agent who is genuine and thorough, then you need to contact…read moreCorey. In my experience, a lot of agents come from the same vein as used car salesman. Corey is far from that vein and you won't be left feeling like you are a walking dollar sign. Do yourself a favor and use Corey for the sale or purchase of your home! You won't regret it!

When I've contacted Steve, he was very responsive, kind and friendly. He understood immediately…read morewhat I was looking for and found few properties that fit my criteria. He came to some of the most preferable that I've picked and showed me in face time at the same time that I was ready to tour them.( since I'm a long distance investor, I couldn't be there in person). But Steve managed to point every detail of the property that we video tour together. He is very Terrell and detail oriented and made sure to cover every engle of the subject property. He had my best interest in heart and did an excellent market analysis report for me to compare other sold properties to the one I was interested to put an offer. Steve knowledge and timely response was very impressive and I felt very protective in a contract that we were going to submit after his great advice and creative structure that he suggested to add in. If you looking for a hard working realtor that will make sure to get you the best deal overall & protect your interest, look no further! Steve is one of the BEST real estate agent that I found after dealing with hundreds of agents in my 23 years of investing in CA. His persistence and willingness to help was outstanding & I'll highly recommend him to any body that looking to buy or sell property in San Diego county! Steve is definitely on top of my list of Realtors to go to, by far!!!

SD Realty Services is top notch! My wife and I worked with Steve Cazel for both selling our old…read morehouse and purchasing a new one. Steve is very energetic and enthusiastic and knows the San Diego market well. Once we found the home we wanted, Steve gave us great advice on placing an offer, knowing the house already had multiple offers that the owners were considering. Fortunately, with the help of Steve's negotiation, our offer was accepted! During the escrow process Steve was on top of everything, letting us know what was needed along the way as well as the timing of getting everything in place. And 30 days later.... we had the keys in our hands! When it came time to sell our old house, Steve went through our home, gave his assessment on what improvements to make (and not make) in order to make the most of the sale. After taking his advice, we placed our home on the market and low and behold, within 5 days, we had an offer that we were extremely pleased with! We accepted the offer and once again, Steve was on top of the whole process giving his advice along the way. We even closed a few days early which was a plus! Whether you are in the market to buy, or trying to sell, I would highly recommend Steve and SD-Realty Services for your real estate needs. He's a true professional and has proven he knows San Diego real estate.

Gavin is detail-oriented and simultaneously sees the bigger picture. He understands real estate…read morefrom both the buyer and seller's position. Additionally, Gavin separates himself from the group by addressing the needs of the savvy investor. His strengths lie beyond design, architectural services, or real estate in general. Whether you're interested in calculating the CAP, GRM, or researching a zoning ordinance, Gavin can do all and more.

I bought my first home through Gavin. I probably saw over 60 houses in 9 months and he was never a…read morebottle neck to my schedule. He was very helpful during the entire process including architectural assessments, figuring out upgrade possibilities and estimated costs, as well as other issues when dealing in a sellers market. After one of my offers finally got accepted he even helped in holding appointments with home inspectors when I couldn't make it. Bottom line is Gavin never let me down. He always did what he said he would do and was always on time.

Truly felt like Chris was our friend helping us purchase our dream home. We wouldn't have gotten…read morethe house without the relationship that he built with the seller's agent. We were the lowest offer (by FAR) and somehow Chris worked his magic to make it happen for us. Forever grateful to him!

I've dealt with a wide variety of realtors during my years as a homeowner and can say I've…read moreexperienced the full spectrum. I worked alongside the fairly good, the fairly bad, and the in-between, which was all pretty uninspiring as a client to say the least. When trusting someone with selling your home, you'd hope the agent of choice is extremely knowledgeable and makes the process as headache free for you as humanly possible. Working with Chris was as easy as it's ever been and he will be my realtor going forward as he exceeded my expectations of what an agent can do for their client. He was able to answer all of my questions promptly and worked extremely hard throughout the process. He was able to work through a complex situation that he solved in a very timely manner while proving very patient with me, as I know that I wasn't the easiest client. The best thing about working with Chris was how friendly and approachable he was throughout the process. He urged me to contact him with any and all questions, and always was quick to respond or make himself accessible. He genuinely cared about all of my concerns and I felt like I was a priority, whether it was just updating me on the situation or checking in. I highly recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell their home, and I am sure anybody who takes my recommendation will do the same after taking Chris on as their agent.

Peter is the best commercial real estate broker I've had the privilege of working with!! If anyone…read moreis looking for a commercial broker in the San Diego CA area, look no further! Peter is your guy! Knowledgeable, fun to work with and has the tenacity to get the job done efficiently for his clients. I'd give him 6-stars if I could!!

Continued from Joe Ehling original review…read more I don't know what black magic he used, but A HOUSE, right DOWN the block from where we were staying must have been posted online for ONLY A FEW MINUTES. Mike had his alerts ON! And saw the listing; He called the sellers' agent directly and made sure that WE were the first to SEE IT. ASAP. TODAY!! He had us ride in his car down the block(We had NO IDEA whatwas happening in those few moments(15 minutes at most) because he waited until we arrived at the front door and pulled over to them let us look at the fresh posted sign: FOR SALE). The look on our faces when we stopped just less than 200 yards away from our current place . We all jumped out and walked inside the home and I FELT SOMETHING at that moment. The agent even said hello to us by name. That was nice. I felt like we were EXPECTED. So as you've figured, the LOCATION WAS PERFECT, price PERFECT for what we wanted to pay, size was proportional to our current family size, BUT with the large lot size, perfect for expanding someday. So the REST was History. That was it. 50 year old maintained both inside/outside, front lawn, good size yard; of course a few DIY projects. We took all these mental notes back home so we could present an offer over listing price. Anticipation is not one of my strong suits. ‍ After what felt like forever, ONLY being 4 days later.....THEY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER! The home was OURS. UNBELIEVABLE! Mike kept us in the mix the entire way through. We got the keys to our forever home in less than 45 days! And on my actual BIRTHDAY! Wow! Amazing! I can now sit back on my brand new couches or eat in my brand new kitchen and enjoy company with family and friends anytime I'd like. I can bbq, sing karaoke, watch sports and SO MUCH MORE. ALL of THIS WOULD NOT have been possible without the help of Michael Rickstad. Mike's passion and pursuit for putting his clients NEEDS 1ST, is the reason why I am giving Michael Rickstad a 10/10. He showed himself to be very responsible, reliable, sensible, communicative, caring, and charismatic. Down-to-Earth, a good man. A complete pleasure to work with. I am SO GRATEFUL and APPRECIATIVE to you, Mike, for everything to make OUR family's dream of owning a home come true. You're more than welcome to come by and have a drink if you're ever in the neighborhood. Just give me a heads up text first. Forever Thankful.

Working with Michael Rickstad during one of the most stressful times of any future homeowners lives…read moreturned out to be an AMAZING and UNFORGETTABLE experience. I asked some friends who helped them find their home. Out of the few cards I received, Michael's business card was the best sharpest looking one and I liked it, So I kept it at the top of the stack. I was going online to do some general research on houses for sale And after a few hours of doing that, I gave up. I started looking up the agents using google and Mike's information, his history, and reviews were posted online. After taking some time to read through, it showed he knew the business. About two weeks later, I first remember sending Mike a text in the beginning telling him who I was and that I'm looking for a home. This was on a Monday or Tuesday morning. He replied that we should meet up. Summer 2019 was just the beginning, But nothing monumental or CRAZY was happening in the USA at this time, specifically in California, EXCEPT maybe- My Wife, of less than 1 year being married to, was walking around already 5 months pregnant. At some time when we were able to meet up during our lunch, I wanted to hear from Mike how he felt about where the housing market was AT in terms of whether it was the time to buy or NOT. We got a very good vibe from Mike about his involvement with buying/selling homes by how he spoke about houses and the market. He was definitely fluent in it. The lunch was great and meeting him that way was good. Moving forward, Mike gathered our information and was able to setup an online account in which we could have total access to view information about available properties in many communities we had interests in. I enjoyed being able to go online anytime of day and see what was on the market or in escrow, to help me identify certain factors like price and square footage, types of homes and amenities, likes/dislikes. Anytime I would favorite a place, add a star to it, Mike also received a notification about it so he would be able to follow up. Halloween 2019, my wife had just delivered our pride and joy; a wonderful baby boy named LC. We felt it was best to raise him where we lived at the time and planned to start looking again the following year. That's when COVID happened. March 2020, we decided as a family to move just a bit East of Escondido with my in-laws to help us raise our son, while we both managed to still work full time. This specific time in our country and world was very difficult to deal with; COVID-19. Instead of that, I'll fast forward to a time where our son was now 1 years old: Almost the end of 2020 and WE as a family decided it was time to start looking again. By January 2021 we were in full search mode and Mike always found 1-2 spots that were on our lists, but 'SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER' is the name of the game and so we felt PATIENCE was going to be our key to victory. A few weeks later, as warmer days filled the streets of Escondido, our new adjusted plan was to find homes within our current neighborhood. So Mike assured us that whatever places we found, he'd reach out first and get back in touch. It was a relief that my wife and I could focus on our family, work, and packing up to leave our current place while he did the leg work for us. And then on my One Saturday off work, we'd make a day of visiting as many homes as we could together. We setup viewings in 3 homes we were definitely interested in and by 9am that morning, we went back-to-back-to-back. Lunch break, had a team meeting and said throw an offer out and see what happens. Mike said "Don't worry guys, we're gonna find it! I know these didn't have EVERYTHING you're looking for, but I'm SURE the PERFECT one is out there waiting for YOU TWO to finally unlock IT'S doors. " Look out for Part 2 review

I contacted Gregg Phillipson for a showing of a home for sale. That went well, so I made an offer,…read morewhich was accepted. Then the fun part began: the home inspection. There were several findings and Gregg used his pool of professionals to come up with reasonable dollar amounts to request from the seller as compensation for needed repairs. With this thorough documentation in hand, the seller agreed to every penny. I then retained Gregg's services for the sale of my old home. With an acceptable offer quickly received, I swapped roles as my buyers submitted a dollar amount request for compensation based on the results of their inspection of my home. Skeptic that I am, I half expected Gregg to just say, "Remember how it went down when you bought? Just pay them what they're asking and be done with it." But no. As we talked, he keyed on my comment that I had employed the same roofing company throughout my years of ownership and he suggested that I have that roofer inspect my home and provide a repair estimate that might well be lower than what the buyers' inspector quoted. Sure enough, that turned out to be the case, allowing me to counter the buyers' request with supporting documentation in hand, saving me money when they agreed. I'm always a little leery when I hear boasts such as "#1 agent in East County," which is what Gregg's signs read. But you get something with Gregg that you don't get with the mega-agencies that advertise all over radio. When you call Gregg, you get Gregg. Evenings, weekends, whenever (though I never tried 3 a.m.). He's quick to respond, even if he doesn't have an answer right then & there. It will come soon. Yes, he has a team that works for him and I had interactions with all of them, but if I ever wanted to speak to the big guy, I could. And service continues even after he's been paid. For example, when Kamps Propane was gullibly convinced by the former owners (or their agent) to bill me for the gas remaining in their tanks at the time of the sale (even though our sales contract explicitly stated otherwise), I contacted Gregg. He wrote out and hand-delivered a check to me that same day to cover the charge, saying he'd work it out with the sellers and their agent later. When I had a question about the effects of the recently passed Prop 19 on my new property tax bill that Gregg couldn't answer, he arranged a free phone consultation for me with his CPA, who was able to explain the new law to me.

There's a reason he's recognized as one of the top real estate professionals in San Diego County…read more Best of the Best. Almost 20 years in real estate and I'd heard the name Gregg Phillipson, hadn't met the man. Then over two years ago, I was hired as Broker of his office. We met and I was startled as to how "real" this man was, just a guy. Words to describe Gregg: Honest, Unpretentious, Straightforward, Caring, and Professional. Easy to talk with. We've had numerous conversations over the past couple of years and I began to look back on our talks to answer this question, "What makes a Great REALTOR®?" What separates the Best from all of the rest? Three things: (1.) They are great Communicators. (2.) They fully understand the Contracts, which allows them to out negotiate the uneducated. (3.) They genuinely Care about their Clients. Gregg has these three qualities in abundance. I call them the three C's of success, and began teaching it in my classes, using Gregg as an example. He's one of a kind, and I am proud to have him in our office and in our profession. Thinking about selling, buying, or investing in real estate? You deserve the Best, do yourself a favor and give Gregg a call - you'll be happy you did.