I had to leave town due to work relocation and used Mariya to sell my house. I was introduced to…read moreher through a friend and she initially offered to come over and give me advice on what I should focus on prior to listing. I was really impressed with her prep and detail-oriented work, so I decided to use her outside of the relocation firm. And that was definitely the right choice! Thanks to Mariya's advice and thoroughness, I had my first buyer within a week! She gave me tips on what I should fix, what is not worth fixing, how to stage the house during showings; she worked with me on times that were convenient, and she was an immense help during the final stages of the sale, even meeting contractors and movers when I've already left. Even after the first buyer fell through, she walked me through my options, what's our best path and how to proceed. Thanks to all of her work, I had a second buyer and a signed contract less than a month from my original listing date. And just to drive it all "home" for you (a little pun humor :)), this happened in the dead of winter: Dec-Jan, a time notorious for very poor turnover in the Champaign-Urbana market. If you're thinking of selling your house, I highly recommend using Mariya Vandivort and her team.

I had a very bad experience with a realtor in Champaign. That made me more vigilant about my search…read morefor an agent, and it made me really appreciate my agent. Ron Fields is honest, transparent, a good listener, and very patient. He made a stressful process go as smooth as possible. He stayed on top of rverything. He is a good man. Beware of smooth talking, manipulative agents that really only have their interests at heart. I highly recommend Ron Fields and plan to use him again.

AJ Whelchel is a big deal to our family!She made moving across the state stress free by showing…read morehomes virtually when we could not make the drive as well as worked her magic getting us into places that were not on the market yet. Her knowledge of Veteran loans were also helpful in her guidance and she managed to keep us motivated during the seller's market. We loved her professionalism but it wasn't that that took her over the top, it was how we felt she was genuinely interested in getting us the house we loved. Her patience and ability to answer all of our questions was much appreciated. AJ was even answering our questions weeks after signing documents for our home! If ever we need to buy or sell, we would definitely reach out to AJ and also recommend to all.

Found the agent we were assigned to be lacking in both concise communication and very slow to…read moreprovide any updates on the home sale status. This was especially unusual after home had been viewed by potential buyers and then after the home was in pending negotiations/sale status. Moreso, this agent took liberty of "adding" a cohort attorney for the closing to our initial contract after we had reached a final sale agreement. Informed agent this most certainly should have been brought to our attention Before asking us to sign a revised contract. Unfortunately, found the cohort attorney to have her own communication inconsistencies. Both were hired for services that Demand concise communication with the ability to clearly articulate and explain to The customers satisfaction. Additionally frustrating, we had to initiate calls to both to get updates and answers for which they were hired. This certainly was Unlike any real estate transaction we had experienced in the past home sales and Was Not a professional experience, would not recommend.