Selling ones home is never easy, especially when it's the first home you've ever owned, then add on the home buying process and you can just forget about a good nights sleep for a while. When my husband and I were married we both had our own homes. We ended up living in mine and renting his out. That was our first experience using Kellie and she was amazing! She gave solid, honest advice and made the whole experience as smooth as possible.
After our daughter was born and we were considering doing some upgrades to my house, we called on Kellie to take us around to some houses that were on the market just to get some ideas. She was completely accommodating and we never once felt like we were burdening her, even though at the time we were not planning on buying a different home. As luck would have it though, we happened upon a house that we instantly fell in love with and before we knew it we were putting in offers and putting our house up for sale. Through all of the drama of our offer on the house we loved so much initially declined to it then suddenly being accepted and to the inspectors on my house and appraisals and the back and forth that felt like millions of years of torture, Kellie was there whenever we needed her. Even if it was just to answer the same question for the thousandth time (or reassure us for the 7 millionth.)
As this was my first house, it was very emotional for me, and adding to it, it was also the first time I've ever sold a house. It was like learning a foreign language that consisted of crazy terms, guttural noises, and getting punched in the gut for punctuation. Her patience and kindness was amazing. She treated us like we were her family and we never once felt like she was just telling us what we wanted to hear. Even when she was telling us things that we definitely didn't want to hear, Kellie's tact and heart softened every blow. She also came prepared with a plan of action for each of those twists, that's the kind of stuff data nerds like my husband and I live for.
In the end, we moved into the house we fell in love with and we walked away from my first home feeling as if we'd made the right decision.
Oh, but it doesn't end there! After moving into our new home and being here for a few months we had obviously forgotten how miserable selling my house was (lack of sleep and the fumes from painting probably) and we decided to sell my husbands house now that the lease was up for the renters. She is also a fantastic photographer and she took some amazing photos of the house, had it listed and sold within a few weeks. Her guidance from our first experience was so thorough and we were so well informed and educated by her, that this go around was a billion times easier than the first.
She is awesome! (In case you didn't realize that yet.)
Wait, wait, wait! There is more! We are now in the process of selling my husbands childhood home in Illinois after his parents passing. While she is not involved in that sale, we have called upon her many times to go over contract wording and whatnot since we are a 1000 miles away in Texas. If she didn't know the answer to our questions or wanted to verify something against the different real estate laws for Illinois, she would research it and get back to us. Talk about above and beyond!!
If you aren't convinced yet that Kellie is the agent for you, then probably you aren't the kind of person who should be dealing in contracts. We really can't say enough great things about her!
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