Homebuying in San Francisco is stressful and frustrating. The best thing to help temper these feelings is to get a great real estate agent. This is where Mike Yacobian comes in.
Mike is part project manager, part researcher, and part therapist. My wife and I were frequently a wreck from the constant ups and downs of this process and Mike was always there to calm us and put things into perspective. He's not the type to just drive you around to open houses and sell you on the dream of home ownership. He's a partner that really works with you to ensure, as a team, there are clearly understood goals and a focused approach to achieving them.
It took us almost a year to have an offer finally accepted. That's a lot of open houses, unaccepted offers, late night emails, and constant education that Mike supported with a positive and reassuring attitude.
Mike also helped us build a team, including a mortgage partner, that ensured our offers had the absolute best chance of success while being within our comfort zone. There was never pressure to put us in a house or buying situation that was out of our limits. It must be especially hard to represent buyers in this aggressive and low-inventory market, but I knew Mike was with us for the long haul and was going to be actively engaged even if it took many more months to find the right place.
We had a great experience with Mike and would recommend you give him a chance to help you buy (or sell) your home. He is an ally in, what we found to be, the strange and illogical world of San Francisco real estate.
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