My husband and I were new to Colorado and started our home search by attending open houses. We had…read morean amazing realtor that helped us buy and sell our first house in Indiana & we were convinced we weren't going to find another realtor as great at her, until we meet Meghan at an open house. Meghan's attention to detail was one of the first thing I noticed. She didn't just assume the house she was selling was going to sell because of the market she ensured it looked its best. I appreciated the way Meghan handled the house, because in our search we had noticed not many realtors did what she did. It was such a different level than anyone else my husband and I were talking about it the entire day. We decided to use Meghan as our realtor after we sat down with her face-to-face and talked through what we were looking for, etc. This was the deciding factor for me, something can be said for sitting down and getting to know someone better. I am big on having a realtor that knows what I want and isn't JUST showing me houses I want to see, but is also actively looking for houses for me, which is Meghan 100%!!! Meghan was always willing to come and look at houses with us & worked with our crazy schedule! We were extremely blessed to have Meghan who helped us find a great house on second offer (I was expecting to have to do 5+)!!! I cannot say enough how much I appreciated Meghan's help through this process!!! She didn't stop with closing though, as she is still helping us today with referrals for various things for our new home!!! If you want a professional, attentive, organized & amazing realtor I would recommend calling Meghan any day of the week!!!!

Dealing with realtors can be a a headache when you're not working with the right one. When I was in…read morethe process of selling our home in FL our agent didn't connect the dots on our needs and schedules. It was very frustrating. We used her at the time because we got a bit of a discount. It meant less service and less attention to detail. "You get what you pay for" type of deal, uggh so true. Our search began for a vacation home in the suburbs of Colorado, NO MORE DISCOUNT AGENTS!! After speaking with several agents from Redfin, OpenDoor, Keller Williams and even ReMax, I finally met Auimee aka Mae McDaniel with 8z Real Estate. She was very understanding and listened to what both my husband and I visualized for our dream vacation home. She assured us she had a process and she would make sure to follow through. We were nervous of course but soon became extremely impressed. Mae checked on travel times (coming from out of state) and picked us up at the airport! She searched nearest stores, hospitals, schools etc. Mae gave us advice on restaurants, local areas and everything we could think of and more. After many towns, many houses, and many almost offers... we have found our perfect vacation home. From beginning to end she and her lender made the process so easy even with the expected hiccups. After closing, she has checked in on us periodically to make sure we are still happy and if there is anything she can help us with. We felt she was professional, fun, and trustworthy. We highly recommend Mae McDaniel for all of your realtor needs with residential service!!!!! Thank you, thank you for restoring our trust in this process.

Craig and his team made it SO EASY for us to get into our new home. We had been moving from…read moreapartment to apartment rent hopping for the two years since we moved here from out of state and were getting discouraged on our home search on our own. We reached out to Craig via a link on a website regarding one of the homes we wanted to tour. From the moment we met, he was down to earth, personable and realistic. He asked us all the right questions to better understand our needs and what we wanted and then gave us the insight on the Denver market. Not too long after, we came across a listing that met all of those needs and within less than 24 hours after it went on the market, Craig closed the sale for us!! We moved in a month later. With both my boyfriend and I working time-intensive jobs, sometimes it was hard for his team to connect with us live but they were always a phone call or email away making sure we had the right paperwork in on the right dates to meet our closing date. They were professional and friendly and just plain nice to work with! Thank you Craig and team, we will go with you for our next home and beyond and happy to recommend you to others.

Michelle Barber-Saxton helped me sell my townhouse and find the right house for my four-legged…read morefamily and me. While the house was my third real estate purchase, it was the first transaction during which I had three dogs, two cats, and someone already living in the house I wanted to buy; to top it all off, this was at the beginning of the school year, and 2/3 of my preps were brand new. I felt like literally everything was out of my control. Michelle handled both transactions (and me!) with grace and professionalism. I also admired how to Michelle handled interactions with the seller's realtor, given that grace and professionalism were not at the top of that person's priority list. I will be happy to refer Michelle to any of my friends and colleagues.

Hiring one of West and Main Homes real estate agents, a broker associate, Lucia Mears, was one of…read morethe worst nightmares I have ever had. She needs to be completely mentored by a more senior, professional colleague in her office. We had an Exclusive Right to Buy Listing Contract. At first things went well with Lucia sending me listings to review and after I had identified some that seemed to fit my lifestyle, she scheduled showings and we spent about 3 long afternoons viewing them. I made a pick on one of them as my future home however after inspection it was revealed that the home had hidden deferred maintenance on the furnace, air conditioner, locks on doors, etc. It was more than I wanted to manage through even if the sellers paid for and fixed it all. It revealed just how poor maintenance was done by the current, and probably previous owners on the property. The day I asked Lucia to terminate the deal prior to the inspection termination deadline, she sent me the form incorrectly filled out THREE times. I had to tell her how to complete it. Other characteristics of Lucia are: * She acts like a child, constantly needing validation of her worth and value. I felt for every little thing she did I had to say 'please' and 'thank you. * She is manipulative. Often, she would tell me what she thought I should do, acting as if the way I have done things in the past were wrong. As a 67 year old woman who worked in corporate America for 40 plus years with many success stories, I know how to look out for myself. * When she wrote the buy contract, she never talked to me about whether there should be a contingency on the sale of my existing home (which was under contract at the time) nor did I think to ask. When I brought that to her attention after the document was fully executed, she said "Well, do you think your home won't sell?" I told her there is always a risk a home won't sell even if it is under contract. She said she only wrote in a contingency if the prior home was not under contract. * She said things like "...I've taken you to all these places..." and "Broomfield is so far". As a realtor she should know she has to travel to meet her clients' needs. * In conversation with her the day after the inspection report was provided, she went into a stream of consciousness rant about how I'll hurt the sellers if I cancel, that goes against her ethics, etc. Who is she working for, me the buyer or the sellers? * She tried to terminate our buyers' agreement the day of contract termination. The sellers had not yet signed the Earnest Money Release. This after telling me "...I promise you won't lose your earnest money..." when we talked about her neglect in not adding a sale contingency to the purchase agreement. Please do not hire this person, Lucia Mears, to help you with your real estate transaction. She appears to only care about herself and her commission, thinks she is an expert on EVERYTHING and that you are an idiot of you don't agree with her.

This is not a reflection on West + Main as a whole, but specifically on Ryan Pollock. I have worked…read morewith a number of realtors over the years, and this was by far the least professional experience I've had. When interviewing Ryan to work with us on an off-market search, we came up with a plan together. He expressed a strong desire to proactively pursue an off-market deal, and we landed on what was communicated to us as a mutually beneficial deal to have an agreement in place on any and all properties that he brought to us. We stopped talking with any other realtors and considered this an exclusive, mutually beneficial relationship/opportunity. After a month of no updates, I reached out and was assured that he was working on this. After two more months of zero (literally - zero) updates, we reached back out via e-mail and eventually text. A few days later, we finally got a response, letting us know that he has been focused on other work, that we are not his clients, and that we would need to sign an exclusive agreement in order to receive his full attention. Had we known this upfront, we would've simply pursued this game plan with someone else who wanted the work. Ryan's communication with us was both dishonest and unprofessional. Rather than taking responsibility or apologizing for the experience, he blamed our experience on "people not lining up to sell their homes right now." If you decide to work with Ryan, I hope that your experience is better than ours. Unfortunately, we found a lack of effort and honesty from him.

Around the end of August Sir Nicholas and I found out that our family would be getting an addition…read moreto it and so, we soon realized that while we love our Cap Hill condo it really isn't spacious enough for a small person to join us in living there. Thus began the hunt for a house to call our own. Truthfully I found Diane Sorenson by sheer luck - she just happened to be representing a company (Kentwood) that was representing a house that I sent in an electronic inquiry for. After I sent in the inquiry she called us within an hour and had arranged not only to show us the house in question, but also about half a dozen other homes I had found that we liked. And that was how our relationship with Diane began and I have to say I feel very lucky that we simply stumbled upon her for numerous reasons. First of all Diane is amazingly professional. I'm sure that Nick and I were by no means the only people she was working with, but she definitely made us feel that way. Every time we reached out to her or she promised us something she got back to us within 24 hours, usually much faster than that. We could send her a list of 10 houses to look at on a Wednesday afternoon and she'd have us out looking at them all on Thursday afternoon, or Friday if Thursday didn't work with our schedules. She would show us homes any day of the week even if we had to go on the weekends or in the evenings. Her schedule was supremely flexible and that was fantastic. She arrived to every single showing fully prepared with fact sheets on each home, complete with important-to-us sections highlighted, a map with all the homes pinpointed on it, clipboards, pens, flashlights, anything that you could think you might need to see a home and remember your thoughts on it. Once we started finding homes we were seriously considering she would pull comps on homes that were similar and had sold in the past 6 months so we could get an idea of if the house was over, under or fairly priced. If we asked she'd offer her advice on best offer, potential comps, and many more things. And she'd get us all this information within 24 hours of us asking for it. Once we found a home we liked she had an incredible network of contacts - everyone from home inspectors to a man who ended up replacing the furnace in the home we actually purchased. And they have all been just as professional and helpful as Diane. That's really just the surface of the great points of having Diane as our realtor. She also had a ton of small qualities that made us love her - everything from waiving the seller contract fee that the state of Colorado includes (which is about $200 I believe) to rejecting a selling agent bonus and preferring to have that money go towards our closing costs or offering to send houses to our friends who were having bad luck with finding a place they liked and weren't able to use her as a realtor for various reasons. She also literally showed us dozens and dozens of homes and was just as excited and prepared as the first time out, never making us feel rushed or that she was tired of looking at spots, and making us feel as though she truly wanted us to find a house that wasn't just a dwelling, but was in fact a home. There aren't enough good things I can say about Diane, but if you are in the market to buy or sell your home I would highly recommend giving Diane a call and seeing if she can help you out.

Diane is hands down the best realtor I've ever worked with! Ladyhawk and I just closed on a new…read morehouse and this experience was like night and day from when I bought my condo. When I bought my condo I used a realtor that was also a co-worker at my job at the time. He was slow, green, and frankly completely unhelpful and I now know what I missed out on. Diane is the opposite of all those things. We happened to work with Diane by chance as she responded to an online query we made about a home. She showed us the place as well as a few others we selected and right out of the gate I loved the way she worked. She does a ton of research for you prior to viewing a home and provides it all at each location so you can take notes, schedules showings very promptly and works with the sellers to get you in to see a place when you want. She always answers emails right away so things can keep moving. Not only did she provide a fantastic experience when looking at homes, but she wasn't at all pushy! She let us know we could sign a contract with her, but never once pressured us into anything. Her patience with us and the amount of homes we looked at was awesome. She worked with us through a few offer/negotiation rounds that fell through and never showed any frustration that we'd end up back near square one. In fact, she was an advocate of holding out for just the perfect place, which we eventually found. Once we went under contract, she was beyond helpful working with the seller, title and lender. She played point while we were on vacation and things landed right on time even though we were out of town and there were paperwork hiccups. She also has a great referral network of home repair, construction, and inspection folks that were very professional and easy to work with! If we ever move again (hopefully not for a long time) I'll go directly back to her again without hesitation. Diane rules.

I contacted LUX Denver to see if they could help me secure a vacation rental in downtown Denver for…read moresome potential clients that were visiting. My call was simply meant to be an inquiry, I wasn't ready to make a move as quickly as I did. After speaking with Emily for a few minutes, I felt no further need to shop. I wish I'd found her before I purchased my previous condo! The rental we set up came with executive concierge services and a private chef. It was perfect and matched exactly what we were looking for in order to impress. I passed her info along to a friend that was looking to sell his downtown condo and move into a home in the Cherry Creek area. I didn't get all of the details, but I know he was equally as impressed with the service.

had a terrible experience . Tom hired me as a sub and didn't finish his framing in time when I came…read moreto install drywall. I had to work in a small area close to him really not ideal working conditions when you're trying to install drywall and having a framer right next to you in a small closet. Did not pay me for the work that was completed and was overly aggressive in his communication making it unbearable to work with.

I am selling my home in Colorado Springs. This is the fifth time I have used Greg as my realtor…read more I feel really comfortable, Greg is always very quick to respond to my questions and easy going. he is very knowledgeable and I love working with him.

Greg did a phenomenal job listing my house, knowing the market and the price to ask, all while…read morelistening to my needs and concerns. He took every last detail into play and put it into place. He was on top of things, communicated well, and helped guide me on changing the price when the market was changing. Greg coached me on the paperwork and communicated with me every step of the way up until the closing. I highly recommend working with Greg Livingston from Keller Williams Realty DTC. You will be impressed!!!

When my husband and I moved into our crappy little rental in the fall of 2006, we expected to live…read morethere no more than two or three years. It took us seven years to finally buy a house. We closed this past Wednesday. Buying a house in the Denver metro area sucks. The experience is insane. There's no inventory, buyers often offer several thousand more than the already absurdly-high asking prices, and it's most definitely a seller's market. We spent six months in 2009 looking at houses with a Realtor based out of Arvada. He was decent and we liked him, but he never seemed to be available more than 24 hours in advance. We didn't find anything we liked and eventually gave up looking ("officially" anyway) for quite some time. Then we met Angela Abeyta. We've been working with Angela for approximately the past year and a half. It's been a long year and a half (for all three of us), but we stuck with it and made it to our goal. My husband and I are not easy clients. We are worriers who over-think everything and often have trouble feeling right about many of the decisions we make. No doubt this (in addition to the current housing climate) contributed to the amount of time it took for us to buy a house. I'm amazed any Realtor would stick with us for so long. First, I'd like to thank Angela for her professionalism, dedication and persistence. In addition, I'd like to list the many reasons why anyone gearing up to buy a home (or unhappy with their current Realtor) should contact The Abeyta Group LLC. * Angela will make herself available to run by a house within a few hours of your request to see it. This availability is invaluable in such a competitive market! If we had continued to work with our previous Realtor, we may have missed getting offers in so quickly. * Angela has a keen eye. As she toured homes with us she would often point out important considerations our untrained attentions missed. * If you love a house and want it, Angela wants it for you even more. She will go the extra mile to make certain the selling agent understands why you are the right buyer for the property. * If something goes awry with the loan process, Angela is not afraid to fight for her buyer's rights. She has been known to contact banks and call them out on their nonsensical decisions. * Angela loves her job. She truly enjoys being a Realtor/Broker and is honestly excited when her client(s) find the home they've been searching for. Thank you, Angela, for your dedication--for sticking with us for such a long time (even after the time we backed out of a contract only a day after making an offer). Thank you, too, for your consummate professionalism and go-get 'em attitude!