My wife Laura and I first met Kat in early 2010 when we were looking fro a home. We actually met Kat when she was showing a house which we happened to stop and see.
We instantly found Kat to be helpful, insightful, not at all pushy (like so many others) and we quickly realized that we wanted Kat to be our realtor.
Kat worked tirelessly to find us homes to view. At the beginning of the process we really only wanted to view houses with no intention of bidding, simply to see what was on offer and the value that was on offer. Kat was totally ok with this. She really worked on building a longer term relationship with us and gladly set up appointments for us to view houses, at all hours and days of the week. We would email of call her, and within the day, we would have an appointment when we wanted. Honestly we're not sure when Kat ever stopped working, because her customer service was endless.
We found Kat to be very honest, which is refreshing in this day and age. Kat told us what we needed to hear, NOT necessarily what we wanted to hear or what would make a quick sale and commission.
After many months of searching, Kat then really excelled and found us a short sale property that had just come on the market. We have zero experience in short sales, and Kat explained to us the entire scenario, both the ups and downs, the do's and don'ts. This was also important since the house needed significant repair work from water damage. Because we were so well informed, we had the courage to jump in and make an offer. Within 2-3 weeks of the property coming on the market, we had an offer accepted by the owner and submitted to the bank for approval. Then for the next 5 months, Kat steered us thru the many ups and downs of finally purchasing that property....while at the same time showing us many other properties, since there are no guarantees with a short sale coming through. We felt very relaxed and confident in everything we had to do with the process, from submitting an offer, negotiating, counter offers, accepting, escrow and finally purchase as Kat was there every step of the way.
As an added bonus, Kat also introduced us to many contractors, and also a colleague that dealt with property management/rentals so once we bought the new property; we were able to rent out our existing property to great tenants.
Simply put there is no way we would ever buy or sell a property with anyone else in So Cal but Kat.
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