BEST AGENT EVER! And turned into a friend, priceless!!!…read more
Last Spring, our family began looking for investment property in the Pacific Northwest, but we weren't sure if this was for us, for our children, or for retirement. All we knew was we love the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and as a community organizer; people and community mean everything to me! Natalie Strom helped us go from hopeful to home owners.
Natalie Strom was the most incredible person to meet on our journey, her work, her heart and her professionalism are magic!!! She will absolutely help you clarify what you are looking for with compassion, patience and a beautiful sense of humor! She is an amazing agent, with access to a great network of co-agents, property managers, mortgage specialists, staging folks, plumbers, construction experts, in-fill housing experts, architects and anyone you can think you might need.
She knows the neighborhoods, has stories for movie houses, schools, restaurants, the people and communities. She is raising her own family here and wants the best for all her clients! I feel like we made a true friend in Natalie and that is incredibly powerful in someone who understands that a property purchase is a huge deal for anyone, especially a family.
Our story:
We visited Portland in April and fell in love a little with the food, the rental, the walking and the river! One of Natalie's cards was on the kitchen counter, and we gave her a call. Natalie was kind enough to walk to where we were staying for coffee, to discuss growing up in Portland, the neighborhoods and her experiences with real estate and help us figure out what we were looking for --- even without knowing if we were buyers!
What a GIFT! In a single hour: Natalie asked incredibly astute questions that helped us to clarify and put into words our goals for the future, for our children and what kind of a property we could be looking for in Oregon. Over the next month or so after we left, she took the time to answer all texts, emails and phone calls with joy and with great resources, and she helped us edit our wish list until it was super useful.
In June, my 29 yr old daughter and I headed up to look at Portland (her first time) and see some properties that fit the specific search Natalie had initiated. That was on a Thursday. By Saturday morning we fell in love with a property, and Natalie went to work in a way that worked even better than we planned. Instead of us getting the property, Natalie got my first time homebuyer daughter pre-approved for the mortgage using a trusted lender Natalie knew in an easy process that let her put in an offer by the Monday afternoon deadline. Natalie managed all the back and forth, helped us every step of the way and...
By Tuesday, we bought a house! And we LOVE it. Built in 1909, it is super cute, has a great foundation, is in the Mt. Tabor area just 8 blocks N of Hawthorne and both our adult kids have relocated. They love the area, both have jobs and are settling into the community. And there is room for an ADU in the side yard for us to retire someday if that is how this all works out!
Natalie has an extensive network of relationships that she makes available to her clients. She made introductions to other specialists when needed and each and everyone of them were open, honest and incredibly helpful both before we bought property, during the process and long after we completed the purchase. She even found us plumbers, an incredible foundation expert and her advice on price, the nature of the offer, and how to win the bid cannot be underestimated.
Without Natalie Strom this could not have happened. Since the kids moved in, she met them for charcuterie and happy hour. She followed up with them and brought a housewarming present and helped us find construction and architects for another project. And every person we have met is becoming a friend. That is so special! She is absolutely the best!!!