My wife are now first time home owners thanks to the help of Stephanie. We first met Stephanie at an open house about a year ago. The conversation started with her sharing her knowledge about the Bay Area real estate and providing us helpful tips for what to consider as first time home owners. Unlike many realtors who are pushy to get your information and lock you in as their client, Stephanie was very hands off. In fact, we asked her if she would work with us because we appreciated how she gave us such expert advice without pushing anything in return. That evening after a busy day of open houses, Stephanie called us to ask us more about what we were looking for. At first we didn't even know. We didn't know what neighborhood we envisioned ourselves in yet alone what home we wanted. Through multiple conversations, Stephanie helped us to paint a clearer picture of what we wanted as our first home and where we wanted it to be. We remained in contact with Stephanie for about a year, often sending her all sorts of questions ranging from what the taxes would be, to how mortgages work, to school districts, to police jurisdictions. No matter how random the question, she responded promptly and professionally to everything we asked, regardless if it was on a weekend, evening, etc.
A few months ago we finally found the home we liked. The catch was, we had to come up with an offer in two days. We weren't expecting to buy anything until the following year, but this home felt special to us and we felt it had our name written all over it. We called Stephanie and she immediately scrambled to help us and told us everything we needed to do. She gave us professional advice on how the home was priced and what our offer should be. We were told by numerous friends that they needed to put in 4-5 offers before buying a home due to the Bay Area market. With Stephanie's guidance, we got the first and only offer we ever put on a home accepted. We then had to close the offer within a couple of weeks. However, due to some situations on our end outside of Stephanie's control, we needed to push it back a few more weeks. Stephanie worked with us to advocate for an extension which was granted. Not long after, the home was ours.
On the first day in our new home, Stephanie even came by to congratulate us. She also helped us to envision what we wanted our home to look like and gave us a great list of reliable people she's worked with who helped us renovate. Even after months of living in our new home, Stephanie keeps in touch to see how we're liking everything. She's not the type of person who sells a home and disappears. She's the person who values the ongoing relationship with her clients which we greatly appreciate. We've recommended Stephanie our friends and family who are looking to buy in the Bay Area, and their feedback about working with Stephanie has also been glowing. We couldn't imagine becoming home owners without her help. We'll be working with her again whenever we decide to buy our next home. read more