When I made the decision to sell my house, a friend of ours recommended Dave Heeter. "Just be…read moreready, though," our friend warned, "Dave is going to sell that house quick."
He wasn't kidding. Admittedly, some of the speed can be attributed to the hot real estate market, but nevertheless, our house sold extremely quickly. Some might argue that in the present hot market, we sold ours below what we could get for it. I suppose that's true, but it also would have required a sweat equity investment I was not prepared for. After concessions, we broke even and that's all I really hoped for.
We started our house hunt the same day, but had slightly less success. Either Dave or Jeff were there the whole time, though. They were extremely helpful and showed us houses and made their recommendations. We placed one offer that fell apart during appraisal, yet in hindsight it was the best thing that could have happened. In the end, we could not be happier with the house we ended up with. The bonus was that it was vacant, and Dave and Jeff worked with the seller to get us into the new house early so that we could close on our old house without a hitch.
Selling our house (and buying a new one) was stressful. They were patient with our badgering -- and we absolutely badgered. We were pretty obnoxious in hindsight.
The only slight mark against is that I really asked for over-communication (even if there was nothing to report) and it took my persistence to get answers here or there. There was also some kind of communication breakdown on the inspection of our house, as they were in the house before I even learned they were coming.
Make no mistake. It was a good experience. They were helpful the entire way. They certainly know what they're doing, which is more than I can say for some of the other realtors we ran into during this experience. One had no idea how FHA financing and approval works for the condominium association; another overvalued a house so dramatically that his sellers will still be there when I'm old and gray.
A knowledgeable, helpful realtor is important - especially in a hot market. Dave and his team certainly are knowledgeable, friendly, and I'm glad they were there to help us along the way.