Ed Cohen of Sandia Realty just helped our son with the purchase of his first home. Ed represented both our son (as his buyer's agent) and the seller. Though this situation can be tricky, with one realtor working on both sides of the transaction, our son and we felt that Ed did a great job in negotiating with the seller on our son's behalf, while simultaneously getting the home sold quickly for the seller. Ed worked with the loan officer, title company, and the Homeowner's Association to make sure everything was taken care of in time to meet the closing deadline, while working out some negotiation issues on both our son's side and the seller's side. Representing both parties undoubtedly takes good negotiation skills! Thanks, Ed! You did it! Our son is moving in as I type this! I don't know why Ed has the one bad review above, as Ed specifically asked us right up front what areas we wanted to be inspected and told us he would write them up as contigencies in our offer, which he did with no problems. When a potential deal-breaking roofing issue appeared, Ed worked with the roofer, the seller, our son, the loan officer, and the title company to get our son credit towards a new roof. So, Ed gets a thumbs up from us. Thanks for your patience and professionalism, Ed! We appreciate your help in making everything work and helping our son to become a homeowner. read more