After our initial, failed attempt to sell our twenty-year-old Tehachapi, CA home with our first realtor between January and May 2024 (a period of well over 100 days with no sale), realtor Laura Holguin of Native Real Estate came into our lives under very unique circumstances. Our relationship with the first realtor had proven to be unsuccessful with respect to the sale of our home. That was due, in part, to his failure to properly market our property for presentation on various Internet websites. But - even more importantly - our realtor had begun to exhibit outward signs of his impatience, dissatisfaction and pessimism with us - his clients. We, in turn, were not at all reluctant to let him know how unhappy we had become with his inadequate marketing protocol, with his insistence on lowering our asking price, and with his growing negative attitude toward us. Fortunately, and in the shadows of an unanticipated event, we were able to break our ties with our original realtor who reluctantly released us one-half way into our six-month contract. We, therefore, refer to our initial realtor experience as "a match from hell."
With the departure of our initial realtor, our home remained off the market for a period of about one month while we considered our options. It was during that period that our friendship with Laura Holguin began to blossom. We liked her from the start. Her charm, intelligence, enthusiasm and work ethics combined to unequivocally convince us to hire her to be our listing agent. From the beginning, our comfort level with Laura far exceeded that which we had experienced with realtor number 1. Laura was patient with us - especially after our discouraging experience with our first realtor. We, as clients, and Laura, as our listing agent, cooperatively and harmoniously prepared a viable plan for the follow-on sale of our home. And, based upon her sound experience with the local Tehachapi housing market, Laura's suggested listing price and marketing plan proved to be exceptionally beneficial factors.
After we had settled on a fair listing price, Laura went right to work with her marketing plan to showcase our home and property. She hired a professional photographer and videographer who applied remarkable techniques - including the use of aerial drones - to exhibit our home from all possible favorable aspects. The results of that effort profoundly impressed us; our immediate friends and family members also were greatly impressed as soon as the exhibition was made available online. Laura officially opened our new listing to the market on June 7th at 8:00 AM. A short time later, Laura called to notify us that a realtor and her interested party desired to see our home that same morning at 11:30 AM. The showing went exceptionally well - as was evident from the probable buyers' admiration of our home, and the realtor's own verbal feedback and accolades. Within a mere couple of hours, Laura called back to inform us of the good news that we had received an immediate, sound offer for our full asking price. Thus, with Laura as our representative, our home sold on day 1, to the first interested party, and within a matter of a couple of hours. A result like that is entirely out of the ordinary. And, within thirty days, the new family would take possession of their first home.
In conclusion, in offering this positive feedback review, we wish to praise Laura for her professionalism, patience, positive outlook and friendship. Laura Holguin of Native Real Estate is - by far - the best realtor with whom we ever have had the pleasure to work. We are eternally grateful to her for a job well done. We, therefore, strongly and unconditionally recommend her professional services in Kern County. For us, our unique and timely acquaintanceship with Laura Holguin can be called "a match made in Heaven."
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