I typically don't leave reviews, but this experience left a lasting impression not because I'm still upset, but because it revealed so much about how some people treat others when they think there's nothing to gain. When I was in my early twenties, my roommate and I were in a tight spot. Our lease had ended and we needed to find a new place quickly. Betsy was the renter's agent for a unit we were genuinely excited about. She told us the unit was available ASAP and that we were the only people who had submitted an application. At first she was warm, responsive, and helpful. She answered questions, walked us through the space, and encouraged us to apply. We pulled everything together quickly, submitted all the paperwork, paid the application fee ($225) and she told us she'd be in touch asap. We were good applicants with stable income and excellent credit and according to her, we were the only applicants. She told us we would hear back either by the end of the day or the following day, so when Betsy went silent, we were simply confused. We did everything right and expected at least basic communication in return. She never followed up. I sent her emails, voice messages and text messages, all of which she ignored. No update, no acknowledgment, just silence. Out of desperation, we called from another number to try to reach her. She picked up, my roommate asked about the property again and she said "Ugh, is this Stephanie?" and hung up on my roommate. After that, she was completely unreachable. What became clear and what's stuck with me is that Betsy treated us like we stopped mattering the moment she no longer saw us as useful. Her kindness disappeared the second she decided we didn't offer her anything in return. It wasn't just unprofessional, it was revealing. She had no issue wasting our time, ghosting us without a word, and treating us with open disrespect when we tried to follow up. We were respectful, communicative, and serious applicants. But we were young. And looking back, it felt like she didn't think we deserved even the basic courtesy of a response. That kind of behavior may not leave a paper trail, but it says everything about someone's character. Now, as a property owner myself, I know this industry is about far more than just closing deals. Most of these agents can sell a house, but it takes integrity, respect, and genuine care to truly represent clients. Betsy lacks all of that. Her behavior showed a complete disregard for people's time and dignity. Based on my experience, I would never trust her as a listing agent, buyer's agent, or rental representative. Because at the end of the day, how you treat people is everything and she is absolutely not the kind of professional anyone should work with. read more

Betsy... oh, Betsy. How does one even begin to describe working with a real estate agent of her stature? Well, I'll try my best, and I'll do so by tapping into the edgiest part of my sorted personality, and I'll tap into this rough and tumble part of my soul by comparing the house hunting process to a bar fight. Okay, me, I'm the buyer/customer. The seller, they're the suspicious local/regular I've yet to meet. The house, that's the bar. The seller's agent, they're the bouncer/bartender. Betsy Heller, my backup, my muscle. Seriously though, we've all heard the saying "you don't bring a knife to a gunfight" and I'll be the first to tell you that buying a house in 2020 is a big ol' gunfight. It's unpredictable, it's fast, it will blindside you, you feel pain, you feel defeat, and if you've come equipped with the right weapon you'll feel victory - Betsy Heller is an AK-47 in a room full of pocket pistols. Betsy's knowledge, her connections, her non-stop work ethic, and her crystal clear communication make her the best choice when going to battle. It's a very competitive market and any advantage that you can have in your back pocket is only going to help secure the win. Granted, you can't win them all, which we didn't, but win the one you really want and that's exactly what we did, 100% credit goes to Betsy. Here's the thing, I'm a strange bird. I'm a moody bird. I'm a bird with a big flock but also a bird who appreciates a certain amount of privacy. What does this all mean, Brad? Good question. We all have a slew of friends and family that sell real estate. For me mixing business and friendship was not something I wanted to do and finding a neutral agent that could both deliver and accept tough conversations without emotion was of utmost priority. Betsy fit the bill, business was done (and done very well), and I think she even likes us a little bit... just a little. Betsy, thank you! Cheers to the first of many to come. We could not be any more excited! read more

Betsy and her team are exceptional. Betsy devotes so much of her time to her clients, I honestly don't understand how she does it, perhaps she doesn't sleep. I had the pleasure of working with her again years after she helped us buy our home; she worked with my brother to help him buy his home. Betsy has a genuine interest in finding her clients the best deal and devotes much time and energy helping them navigate all of the complexities! Betsy continues to stay connected by inviting us to homeowner seminars and holiday parties!! I wouldn't think of buying a home with anybody else! Thank you Betsy and Achievers!!! read more

To say that Betsy is good at her job would be a massive understatement. She is divine! Betsy turned this overall stressful process of trying to buy our first home into a valuable learning experience & ultimately got us into a home that we love. She took everything we wanted into account when searching and gave us honest feedback. We appreciate Betsy so much! The ONLY bad part about this is that we won't get to hang out & talk to Betsy every weekend...we'll miss her! read more

Betsy is dedicated to her craft. She's in touch with the local market, has a lot of experience and knowledge related to renovation and remodeling, and is diligent and proactive with communication and follow ups. Her team is also very easy to work with. I recommend Betsy's services wholeheartedly. read more

I had a wonderful and grateful experience with Achivers Realty. I had been looking for a home for over 5-6 months and they never let me down on hanging in there till we found our beautiful home. My realtor Betsy Heller and her team are just wonfeful and I was lucky enough to know Betsy before staring this house hunting journey and that made the whole experience a lot more comfortable, knowing that I was in good hands on finding our home. it's just and indescribable feeling. read more

Betsy could win the honor of top-tier property manager state-wide if there's a championship. Betsy had been my property manager for rental affairs since 2018, and in August 2021 acted as the seller's broker to sell my property. I will need to review her works separately as they are equally outstanding. During the 3 years acting as a property manager, she succeeded in ensuring that each month's rent is paid on time, and she did well in minimizing the maintenance expenses. Since 2018, there were like 2 or 3 groups of tenants that had rented the place. For each tenant, she rigorously conducted interviews and select those with the most appropriate background. It may be for this reason that none of the rental payments got missed or reduced, even during the very period of COVID. This is an achievement rather than just duty, in my opinion. If you Google "average property maintenance fee", there's the famous "1 percent rule" from US websites, estimating that roughly 1% of the purchase price will be used for property maintenance. In my case, Besty nailed it down to 0.5% on the 3 years average; I spent less than $2500 each year. It is strong proof of not just her professionalism but also her high level of professional ethics in striving for client interests. I occasionally got to know that when something in the property didn't work, she would carefully inspect by herself and avoid unjustified expenses. It seldom happened to me that a minor defect leading to a major replacement, as far as I could remember. The property was later sold in August 2021, and Betsy acted as my broker. After being listed, the property was sold 810k within a week, and the transaction was closed within roughly a month. The closing price was 50k more than another same-model, same community property sold 4 months ago. In contrast, we had a competitor property in the same community, but it was sold 799,900. This is 10.1k less than Betsy's bargain. It is also worth mentioning that when we sold the property, the market was in its cool-down period during the year. There was a renovated property on Clairemont Drive which was regretfully sold 50k LESS than its purchase price, and it was purchase 3 months ago. In contrast, Betsy sold my property 50k MORE than its listing price, and the listing price was approximately the closing price of a same-model, same-community property sold 4 months ago. Simply put, she made another price watermark for the community despite a cooling market. Overall, I highly recommend Besty as your property manager or transaction broker. Her professional endeavor will greatly help the growth of your wealth. read more

Achievers Realty - Real Estate Agents Near Me

I can't say enough about Betsy and her team. We were lucky enough to be connected with Betsy by a good friend who'd recently worked with her. We had been searching for a new home for literally years. With the market being as crazy as it has been since the start of the pandemic we felt fatigued and uncertain. Betsy was the answer. She is so incredibly knowledgeable about all aspects of real estate, from construction to financing, and everything between. Touring homes with her was refreshing and reassuring because she was always interactive and vocal, pointing out details and describing potential options/changes. It was always clear that she was thinking about and advocating for us and what we needed in a home. She is honest and and tough, but ever so compassionate and dedicated to her clients. She guided us through the offer, acceptance, and escrow process with grace, patience, and so, so much warmth. I can't recommend her enough. And, to emphasize how much we enjoyed working with her, I have to say, she is someone I hope to keep in contact with simply because she's and awesome human. read more

Betsy and her team at Achievers Realty are genuinely incredible. Achievers Realty has the most thorough and knowledgeable real estate and property management individuals I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Betsy herself is a fabulous communicator and an incredibly resourceful individual. Her understanding of the market and willingness to go to great lengths to buy and sell the perfect home for her clients is unparalleled. In addition, she has incredible financial knowledge and does a fabulous job of looking out for her clients, both fiscally and personally. As a new homeowner, I felt the process was exceptionally well managed, transparent and that there was a thorough explanation for me to understand each component of the process. I highly recommend Betsy and her team at Achievers Realty to everyone in the San Diego area. Thanks so much, Betsy & team! read more

Betsy Heller is an unlawful property manager. We lived at a property in Oceanside for almost 3 years. We rarely had any trouble while living there and we maintained the rental property quite nicely. We ended up needing to break our lease a few months early because I'm pregnant with twins & we needed more room. We bought a house and gave her heads up about it far in advance. We paid through the end of March. We moved out and gave our keys two weeks before the 31st in order to help give enough time to do any minor repairs, paint & show the property. Betsy never gave us an opportunity to do a final walkthrough. Unlawful Act #1. Being that the market was crawling with renters, we knew it would be a breeze to find a new tenant. Low and behold someone else moved in on April 1st. Since then my husband has been trying to get in touch with Betsy to get back our deposit for weeks. She has blatantly been ignoring his calls, texts, & emails. Now it's well past the legal time limit for her to return our deposit. Unlawful act #2. I called her from a unknown number today and she finally answered. She proceeded to argue, deflect, and ignore CA laws. She first claimed that our letter was supposed to get in the mail and somehow didn't make it on time. Then she changed her story and said because we broke the lease she's entitled to more time to gather the invoices she wants to bill us for repairs. Then she started to get nasty and say that she could have taken her sweet time all summer long with finding new tenants and we're lucky she was jumping through hoops for us. Basically one excuse after the other. I explained to her nicely that we have been trying to get in contact with her for weeks and we would have paid whatever repairs she wanted from our deposit, had she actually gotten the paperwork and invoices to us on time. However we have now waited long enough and to please just send us our deposit in full since that is what we are entitled to. She then said she was busy on another call and had to go and hung up on me. Betsy later that night emails my husband with an strange itemized list of repairs that equate to $1000 but no actual invoices to go with it. Unlawful act #3. She priced mowing the small lawn area at $180! Come on now, that's just ridiculous. So sadly it seems we will see her in small claims court because she wants to ignore CA renter laws. What a shame. read more

I was working with this realty company to purchase a home. However, when I had my friend who does real estate in another county look at the documents; it was determined that this company was taking advantage of the people they represent. They try to scam you and hide it in the paperwork. They try to get you for as much money as possible without letting you know until it's all done. I would definitely NOT recommend this company. read more

I have worked with a lot of agents over the years. This Betsy Heller is smart and knows real estate and the law inside and out. Every question we asked was answered straightforward and correctly. Thanks for the help, Betsy! read more

My wife met Betsy while we were looking for a new house. She helped us with the buying process. She was so nice and supportive and we were so impressed with her knowledge and expertise, that we decided to get her as our agent in selling our old house. It took only 5 days, and we have an offer and way above our listing price. She really knows her craft. We really are thankful for everything she and her team did for us. Again, thanks Betsy. read more

Betsy helped my husband and I buy our first home 10 years ago and she was the first call we made when we were thinking about buying a new property (vacant land this time, to build a home). She is is extremely knowledgeable about real estate and about everything from financing options to the planning and building process. Both times that we've worked with Betsy, I've gotten the feeling that she really cares about her clients, and I've felt very comfortable knowing that she is the one representing us in negotiations. Betsy asks great questions to make sure she knows exactly what we need and what we're looking for in a property, and she's also not afraid to tell us when she thinks we're going in a direction that won't be beneficial for us in the long run (again proving she actually cares about us and doesn't just want to make the sale and move on). Soon, we'll be listing our current home for sale, and there's no one I'd rather work with on that process. read more

I've met Betsy in Sept 2009 as a new home buyer. I was a college student, fresh out in the work field, but wanted to own my home to have a puppy. Before I met Betsy, I have met 5-6 different agents, but everyone was trying to sell me what they want to sell. Betsy is very different. We talked and schedule a time to meet in person, she spent time with me to go over what exactly I wanted and needed at that time. Very quickly, she gave me choices and we went out to see houses. She is super knowledgeable, and guide me step by step. I liked the first unit she showed me, and she helped me to get the condo as my first home in a very competitive market. The seller was touched and wanted me to have her house. I can tell Betsy has a wonderful communication skill! In 2013, Betsy helped me to purchase another condo. Then in 2015, she helped me to purchase another condo. In the meanwhile, she also guided me and now I am a landlord with properties. I really appreciated her kindness and really care about what I want. She is a dear friend, coach, and mentor for a lifetime! I would highly recommend Betsy to anyone who wants to buy/sell, rent/lease. Thank you, Betsy! Best wishes! read more

What can I say; Betsy is perhaps one of the best, if not the best amongst the best of realtors in the San Diego area. She will work hard for you. When we bought our first home, we started with a realtor who was recommended to us by our credit union. We went along as choosing her means getting some financial incentive. However, we soon realized that we weren't getting the help we needed to find a home. Bear in mind, we were first time home buyers and weren't familiar with the process. To say the least, the realtor assigned to us was unresponsive to our queries and never called to pitch an idea or provide advice. Instead, we were left with a barrage of home listings without a clue on where to start. Remember, first time home buyers are apprehensive. It helps for someone to at least call them to make that first step. We didn't get that with our first realtor. To make it short, we ditched her. Enter Betsy from Achievers Realty, she was highly recommended to us by our landlord, who by the way was a previous realtor. Our landlord had told me how he'd interviewed numerous realtors to sell one of his properties and was impressed by how intelligent, thorough and analytic Betsy was. This was good because he has already done the hard work of doing the selection process for me. Besides, we were on a tight schedule and the mortgage rates have about reached rock bottom. We had to get a house soon and no more time to interview more people. First item of business was to look for other mortgage lenders. Betsy recommended David Wright from Prospect Mortgage. Met with David and was impressed and to make the story short we decided to borrow from them. Later on, I realized that Betsy surrounds herself with professionals and simply learned to trust her recommendations - from home inspectors to plumbers, etc. When you chose Betsy, you are also choosing a great team of people to work with you. A great team makes a lot of difference in your home buying experience because of the synergy that comes with it. Betsy project managed the whole thing. From start to finish, Betsy provided a lot of home buying advice and for me it was a great learning experience. On the road, she'd teach us about the home buying process and would go through each step making sure we understand. House searching with Betsy is not a just a simple matter of visiting a house. She looks at a house and can tell you in details what is right and wrong with it. She'll discuss pros and cons, location, associated cost, layout, possible improvements down the line and even feng shui (if you are into that thing). House hunting, which I thought would be a "necessary evil" turned out to be a pleasurable experience. She was very accommodating. You probably don't realize but there's a lot of background activity that goes on during the home buying process. Betsy is great in taking care of these. This is important because you can concentrate on finding the best home. If there is a problem with the property, she'll get it rectified with minimum involvement from you. Most of the time, my role was simply to say yes or no :). They were easy decisions to make as she presents them eloquently. Our closing went by without a hitch and ahead of schedule. I heard from others that closing was hectic, full of paperwork and commotion but ours was a non-event and painless. Thanks to Betsy's planning and coordination. If you are one of the lucky ones who chose her team, buying a home would be so easy. Woohoo! Betsy from Achievers Realty is as good as it gets! read more