I met Patti BRE. (Before real estate). She worked in another field and when some doors closed for her there, she evaluated her career path before choosing RE. She's a genuinely nice person with a positive outlook, but she has a passion for real estate and matching the right person to the right home. She's always professional, but is absolutely capable of escalating the issue when necessary. She loves to see her clients blissfully happy and frankly, what else can you ask for?
I'm as obsessively controlling as they get. My career is to lead a highly complex and multi-disciplined team. I hit the ground running every morning and am used to having a million things in the air. Buying a home should be an easy process for me, right? Absolutely positively NOT!
Nope, the hardest element for me was transferring the element of control to Patti and the team and sitting back and waiting for things to happen. This goes against every fiber of my being, and frankly should be a crime against humanity, but I digress. Patti somehow managed to keep me calm, assist the escrow people, and juggle all the other elements in the meantime. She probably laughed at my emails as I tried to give a weekly agenda for everyone (including the escrow agent and underwriter lol) which did not work btw, but she calmed me and just went about doing her thing and making things happen.
I cannot write this without mentioning Stephanie as well. Because we are in North OC, Stephanie is the one who actually showed us the homes. She had a very accommodating schedule and was there on a moment's notice. When we realized the fridge we ordered might be too big (it was), she offered to meet us at the home the next day so we could remeasure the area. Between Patti and Stephanie, they seemed to be invested as much as we were in getting it all done.
We are in the house now and it's just perfect. It was worth the wait and I appreciate Patti and her team of professionals. If I were ever to buy a home again, I would not hesitate for a hot second to use Patti and Stephanie. read more