Walter is as professional as a broker gets, and is highly recommended.
My wife and I were in the market for a home in Simi Valley last year, and had met many real estate agents of varying quality. Some were pushy, others were flakes, still others amateur. We had been at this home-buying game for several months by that point, and had pulled out of a couple of escrows. I was quickly becoming more knowledgeable than the agents. I could tell when an agent was not detail oriented enough, or had not done their homework in the area, or was more interested in their cut than really helping us. All of that was starting to get me down.
My wife's boss had bought a house in the fall of 2015. That house was in a very competitive, upscale neighborhood, with fast rising home prices. Walter Lopez was her broker, and with his help, she won out and was able to buy her house over several competing offers. My wife's boss said Walter was a great broker, very knowledgeable, worked very hard for her and made the whole process pain-free.
After I punched out of our second escrow (due to legitimate concerns about that house's foundation), I had had it with our aggressive agent, and we were looking for better representation. My wife was reluctant at first to try Walter, because he had worked closely with my wife's boss and we didn't want her to be curious about our home purchase. But we decided it wouldn't hurt to at least have a conversation with Walter and test him out a bit.
Walter was happy to take our call late on a Saturday night. He listened to all our concerns, and I think our talk carried on well past midnight. Walter was very helpful and for the first time, I really liked what I heard. Even before we secured his services, he made suggestions on how to optimize our credit standing and get the best loan application possible.
He told us not to worry, he would take care of everything and that the process would be as painless as possible. And he was as good as his word.
He was able to secure a mortgage lender that offered us far more than any other lender we had worked with before. That allowed us to reach for a house that was far beyond us just a few weeks before. We went through an offer and two counters, and finally began escrow on a great house in a great neighborhood. It took a lot of work to make sure the mortgage application was solid, but Walter was by our side, and the lender never wavered. Walter worked hard to close escrow and made the whole process very stress-free. My family and I began the new year in a fantastic place, starting our new life in a wonderful neighborhood.
But that wasn't all. I still needed to sell my father's home in the Valley, and Walter had earned the right to represent our family. With his help, we were able to get that house primed for sale, and the house was on the market in time for the spring season. Again, Walter made the entire process pain-free, and we were able to close escrow on that house in July, getting the maximum value out of the house in a tightening market. I am certain that with Walter's help, we got more out of the house than we would have with another broker or agent.
I'll leave my review with the following comment. I had dealt with a number of agents during our house search, but it was Walter Lopez who demonstrated the value of a professional broker. So I would say, why deal with an agent when you can get better service from a true professional like Walter Lopez? I would be proud to have him represent us again. read more