My husband and I used Royal Charter to broker our mortgage earlier this year…read more Joni Davis was our mortgage officer and she's one of the best around. In the interest of full disclosure, she's a family friend, but the number of awards and accolades she's earned speak for themselves! She's professional, diligent, hard-working and did everything she could to get our loan organized and closing on-time. I know that I'm a tricky client with a complicated credit background (I'm from the UK, and my husband and I have lived abroad for a few years now) - but she managed to think on her feet and solve some tricky and unforeseen problems for us on several occasions. The other staff we worked with were also friendly and diligent, easy to work with and quick to answer any questions we had. I would recommend them and trust them with my next mortgage!

Gracelyn and Frankie were out realtors when we sold our house and bought a different house a couple…read moreof months ago. They were amazing. Always very responsive and helpful. I definitely recommend them.

Our realtor Jaclyn Crema from Iron Key Real Estate made the home buying process super easy. She was…read moreknowledgeable and kept us informed through the whole home buying process. She advocated for us and made sure we were treated right. Hiring Jaclyn Crema was the best decision I made in the home buying process .

Gloria Ruiz helped us sell a house at 322 W. Fountain Way in Fresno. She kept in contact with us…read morethrough the process and addressed any concerns we had in a timely manner. In addition, she speaks spanish so she was able to communicate with prospective spanish speaking buyers.

KEVIN PANU is the most unprofessional realtor I've ever tried to buy a house from…read more I do not ever send out 1-Star reviews but this guy deserves people in the community to know the person they're hiring to sell their house. I tried for a few days to reach out to Kevin about a house his company listed. This is the message I sent him: "Kevin, I've tried in vain to contact you for at the very least a call back about a listing through your company. I will be sharing your professionalism online! And to make matters worse, your voice mail is full and any potential buyer has no way of contacting you. Anyone listing with you should be aware of your practices!!! This person is not anyone who is serious about helping seller sell their house !!!

Dro Scott is one of the most unprofessional people I have ever met. We initially met with him to…read moreprequalify for a home. We explained that we live out of town and woukd be back in 2 weeks with the documents he requested. When I showed up with the documents he had a hard rime finding our file. Why? Because he out us in the stack of "people he never expexted ro see again". That was a little odd but everything seemed to be fine after that. He even upped our original amount $20k. The realtor we were working with did not listen to our wants and needs. He showed us 36 homes over the course of 2 months (1 day a week) these homes were NOT what we wanted and a lot were in places we were comfortable living. So, we switched realtors. Dru was suddenly impossible to reach, would not respond to her at all and ended up "Thankfully bowing out" after we went into escrow on a home we fell in love with. He refused to transfer our original documents to our realtor or our new lender. So we are now having to scramble to get everything re-submitted. This was a petty move and when questioned by our realtor he said we had been difficult to work with. What?! We had done everything he asked. He was just mad because we didnt follow through with his friend. Be careful of this one.

Dru Scott I found easy to work with. He advised me what I needed to do to bring my credit score up…read more Advised me on the paper work I would need to get approved. I was impressed with his knowledge of real estate, as well as he does all the work himself. All very one on one personal attention to your financial needs. He took the stress out of the mortgage loan process. Looking forward to buying more properties and sending business Dru's way.

Alex helped us lease our first office for our non-profit organization. She made the process smooth…read moreand easy to understand, and I kept waiting for things to get more complicated, but they simply weren't! Alex took care of all the details, was able to negotiate an early move-in date for us so we could get settled in and get to work and she was very responsive to our emails and calls.

I had to laugh. I had this company evaluate my business for sale. They had my financials for over a…read moreweek and when I went back in for the review, it looked like they hadn't even looked at it until just then. They advised that my business was only worth $150k, which really surprised me. They gave numerous half hearted excuses as to why, but, I politely excused myself and left. Note that I listed it with another local broker who sold it within the first week at just under $1,000,000.00. Do your homework. There's plenty to f qualified people out there.... these folks don't happen to be that!!

This review is a long time coming…read more In 2016, we were dreaming of our first home, we worked with an agent and our offers always came in 2nd. We finally got an offer accepted, but it fell through because I was changing jobs. We were heart broken and had some tax issues so we stopped looking for awhile. In 2019, my husband lost his job. We were struggling to make ends meet because I was the only one that was working. Fast forward to 2020, we had lost my grandfather and my father in law. Things were looking bleak. We were both deeply depressed. However, our dream of being homeowners never wavered. I had worked with two agents by now and decided to shop around for another agent. I came across Kam Wade and Darren Wade who helped my dear, departed friend, Lydia, buy her first home. I literally stalked Kam's social media and read every one of her success stories. I wanted to be part of that. Kam is a straight shooter. She tells it like it is. She said come back with a pre approval before I can show you a home. We worked on our credit and came back a few months later. She referred us to a few lenders, but I was able to find my own. We were pre-approved for 5 thousand dollars less than before because of my husband being unemployed for a year. When we were looking in 2016, we were being picky about certain locations and things. We knew we needed to take a few steps back and humble ourselves. We walked through a house that was small and needed work. $10,000 less than our loan approval. I had been watching the market everyday so I knew I had to put an offer in at the full amount we were approved for. Kam said not to fall in love with it too much in case it gets rejected. Kam put in an offer for us right away. We wrote a personal letter. Kam called us a week later as we were coming home from Dinuba to let us know our very first offer we put in on the first house we looked at with her was accepted. It was later in the evening, we were driving north on Clovis, right before Jensen. I personally think that her befriending the selling agent and a little sweet talk got our offer accepted. We were able to close in a little over a month and became homeowners in October of 2020, right before the market went crazy in 2021. She also gifted us oue home sweet home wooden sign that I have hanging above our entertainment center so we have a little bit of the Wades in our home. Our house isn't anything fancy, it's a charming, small tower district home, but it is ours and we've built some equity on it. Even though our house was one of the houses that costed less money than a lot of the houses that they've sold, Kam and Darren doesn't treat us any differently. They still send us invites to client appreciation events. Every year, they do a client appreciation event at Wild Waters, they do tacos for Cinco de Mayo, they give out pumpkins and have trunk or treats, they give out large pies every Thanksgiving and have this awesome and delicious charcuterie table laid out with lots of wine at the event. They also give lots of advice about building generational wealth and buying and investing on different platforms. I look up to them immensely. It's not just about them being generous with things, it's the fact that they care. They also contribute to different charities in Fresno. I am not ready to sell and buy yet because my house still needs some work, but when I do and when i am ready to invest in a rental property which is also a dream, Strive will be our forever realtors.

Within the Strive group, we worked with Darren Wade primarily, but everyone we had contact with was…read moreprofessional, friendly, and worked with a sense of urgency. If you want an agent who can really get what you need done--and who brings a sense of humility, a sense of humor and real common sense along with real estate expertise, then I fully recommend Darren Wade. We spoke to several talented professionals and even had friends that are agents who are capable of selling our home. We chose Darren to represent us. The final kicker? He pays it forward by donating a portion of his earned commissions right back into the local community. Darren speaks volumes with his actions, not just his words. He listened intently, took notes, spent the time to research meaningful data (vs just a few comps), used technology with expertise to help with marketing, and guided us through the entire property selling process. Working with Darren and his team at Strive was absolutely the right choice for us to meet our goals.

Our family was outgrowing our home and we needed to sell a home and find a new one! We picked Darla…read morefrom Real Living Diamond Realtors and couldn't be happier. She stayed on top of everything! She had great pictures taken of the house, helped us stage the furniture for showings and photos, and was available for all the questions and concerns we had. She showed us a pile of homes that met our criteria and was very patient with my indecisiveness. She dealt with all the little things and allowed our move to be new and exciting, just how it should be. Give her a ring, you wont be disappointed.

I apologize for the year long lateness for this review. I have to say if it wasn't for Crystal from…read moreReal Living Diamond Realtors, I would not have the flourishing life I have now. The process was quick and smooth and accessing the data and signing was very easy to use especially with covid now. I really liked how she has connections for everything each buyer would possibly need let alone, the prices on them were very fair. I just wanted to say thank you as well.

I definitely have to praise Gerald and his team. They went above and beyond to help me get…read morequalified and close on my loan. There might have been times I thought it was going to fall through, but they kept the press on and made it happen. I definitely recommend their services, they are top notch at what they do! From my family and myself, thank you Gerald and your team!!!

So grateful for Gerald and his team for getting us into our first home! We made the mistake of…read morestarting with Chase. All of our "ducks" were on order, so to speak, except for the fact that my husband had only had his current job for maybe a year. Chase didn't see a problem, until 3 weeks in to escrow when we were informed that our mortgage had been declined. We ran to Kings Mortgage where Kaylee scrambled to get us approved and escrow quickly closed. They all worked so hard for us!