Sarah Nielsen, broker and owner of Independent Realty Group represented my husband and myself in a…read morenew home purchase. We started working with Sarah over a year ago in Chico. She guided us through the local real estate market, provided expert assistance in our purchase, and helped manage the sales process all the way to the closing. This was unexpected, since this was new construction and the builder also had an agent to work with us. We feel Sarah consistently went above and beyond her job responsibilities. She was always available to help us with every small detail, or question. Sarah is an outstanding agent, and we highly recommend her!

My wife and I were looking for a house in Chico, and we accidentally stumbled across Sarah Nielsen…read more(the owner and operator of Independent Realty Group) when looking at a property on Zillow. Wow. I'm glad we did. It's no stretch to say that Sarah is awesome at what she does. She is courteous, professional, and knowledgeable about the real estate market here in Chico. Above all, she is honest and friendly. She knows her stuff, and will aggressively work for you during the process of finding a home, negotiating for your home, and closing. I will recommend her to everyone I know; she made the process of buying our first house incredible!

We have had such a great experience working with Mariah. She helped us buy our new home in Durham…read moreand is now helping us sell our previous home, so she has been with us through a really big transition for our family. She is incredibly responsive, patient, honest, and easy to work with. I had a million questions throughout the process, and she always took the time to answer them and make sure we understood what was happening. What really stood out to us was how much she genuinely cared. We never felt like just another client or transaction. She made a stressful process feel much more manageable, and we always felt like she had our best interests in mind. We are so grateful we found Mariah and would absolutely recommend her to anyone buying or selling a home in the Durham or Butte County area.

What a great experience! We were looking to buy another home that had a good sized yard for my…read moredog! We found a couple cute homes that were in town that we liked. JAKE LAPP was our Realtor and he was very efficient and kind! He was well prepared with other homes to show us which I thought was awesome! I sold Real Estate for years in Nevada County so my expectations are very high! Jake was very pleasant and answered my questions whether it was in a text or email immediately! I believe he serves Chico..Paradise...and Oroville areas and surrounding towns. We almost put an offer in on one home but the bathroom was too small. He has sent us more homes to consider and I know with his expertise we will find the right one! Thank you JAKE for making this an enjoyable experience! We lucked out finding this Agent to work with us exclusively! Definitely recommend him and this business! Ps. LISA B ( The Broker ) was awesome too!

I had two of my bedrooms refloored from carpet to engineered hardwood in 2024 by Accent Flooring of…read moreOrland, CA. Jody was extremely patient while I chose exactly the perfect flooring from his offerings. He efficiently removed the old carpet and professionally installed the new hardwood. He was very meticulous in all aspects of the job. Great communication, timely, neat, safe, with excellent results. I am extremely happy with the beautiful results of the high quality new floors. The cost was very reasonable. I highly recommend Accent Flooring.

Teresa is the best! She helped my husband and I purchase our home and we couldn't be happier!! She…read morewas proactive, thorough, professional, and overall very helpful. I highly recommend 1st Choice Realty :)

Teresa Smith and her team at 1st Choice Realty truly go above and beyond! They have been our go-to…read morefor years in both Corning and Chico. Most recently, we purchased a new home and sold our previous home in Chico. Every step along the way was smooth. Teresa does an amazing job of communicating with both you as the client and all other involved parties so you never have to worry. You really know and trust she is on your side and always keeps your best interest as a priority. Would definitely recommend 1st Choice to anyone looking to buy or sell a house.

Peggy Gaddini is very experienced, knowledgeable, efficient, and skilled! She goes above and beyond…read moreand is very responsive and detailed oriented! I have worked with a few different realtors and she is hands-down, the best!!! She looked for exactly what our family needed and wanted! She walked us through the whole process with closing and even educated on the process every step of the way. Peggy is such amazing person to work with even after closing, she still helped us with details of the town. I've told my family and friends that I definitely want to adopt her as our family member. She is so amazing! Every time there was a problem, she already had a solution. She definitely took the pressure off of our stressful situation. When the selling agent refused to fix things Peggy found away to get it fixed for us. If you are looking to work with competent and skilled realtor Peggy is your lady. I will highly recommend her to everyone!!! Peggy deserves a reward for her amazing worth ethic!!

I was very satisfied and pleased with Christina Souther's efforts to help me buy a house in…read moreParadise. Compared to five other local agents in town I had dealt with, Christina was excellent in all aspects of my purchase, including helping with my own due diligence by visiting town hall and searching public records on my behalf. As an out-of-town buyer that was very important to me, essential even. She also had the utilities turned on for the inspections and scheduled them. I was happy with her recommendations for inspectors. As well, she was timely and exact in replying to my many e-mails. Christina is a local girl, born 'n breed in Paradise. She can tell you things about neighborhoods unknown to agents who migrated in since the year 2000. I'll tell you about a few other agents I worked with so you'll understand what a jewel Christina is. The first one showed up at our first meeting without her special realtor's key to open lock boxes. I had to wait around until she went home and got the key. We looked at 10 or 15 houses that day, all ones I myself had found on the Internet. When we get back to the office, this kid asks if I want to make an offer on one of the places we looked. I'm thinking, "What a twit! I'm brand new to town, this is out first meeting, and already she's putting the pushy, hard-sell on me." On my second visit to look at more houses, she sends me an e-mail telling me this one place could be by "retreat". Another pushy sales technique to win a commission without doing much work. After the third trip to town I was ready to make an offer. Funny thing, it was on a house I had seen on my first visit. The kid brings in an experienced agent to assist in writing the offer. The sellers countered with a list of complicated conditions with grammatical and typographical errors. Rather than go back and forth with an offer, counter-offers, and counter counter-offers, I proposed writing a new offer. The experienced agent refused to do that. She said it would make her look unprofessional to write a new offer. Another agent worried more about herself and her commission than about helping me buy a house. I dumped them both and got on the Internet to find a new agent. One guy--you see his photo all around town--took two days to reply to my e-mail. Another sent me a kidde text with misspellings and the address wrong. Christina's reply was honest and well-written. She wrote a new offer on the house. That deal feel through when I came to believe both the sellers and their agent were dishonest with their disclosures. No matter, I bought another house. The purchase went very smoothly. Christina keep everything on track. Something I learned is how much work a buyer's agent must do after the contract is signed. For example, keeping an eye on the other agent, informing her own client, working with the lender, setting up escrow (which went perfectly) and a ton of other stuff.. All went well and we closed two weeks early. In summary, my experiences with Christina over almost two months convinced me that I made an excellent choice to help me find and buy a house.

I would give heather 100 stars but there are only 5!! Awesome realtor, I would highly recommend…read moreher, made everything Easy and fun!! If your selling or buying she is the ONE!! I will buy my next house from her, trust me you will have the best experience of your life!! Thanks again Heather for making my dreams come true!! You are Awesome!!

Heather was wonderful to work with! She answered all of our questions quickly and thoroughly. She…read morereally cared about us and tried to help us in any way possible. I have already recommended Heather to others! We couldn't have asked for a better experience!

Megan Page receives my highest recommendation! If you are looking for a competent, hard-working and…read morekind realtor, Megan is your person :-)

I've moved more times in the past 10 years than I care to admit. I mostly lived in El Dorado…read moreCounty and Sacramento with a smidge of South Lake Tahoe and Daytona Beach, FL. thrown in. My last move was from Florida to Chico, CA. to be closer to family. I rented until I was more situated to a new city. Both my children went to Chico State, so I wasn't totally unfamiliar. I always loved Chico charm. My daughter recommended Megan Haimbaugh to be my Realtor since she did such an awesome job for them. I found Megan at an Open House she was hosting and introduced myself. I had a 6-month lease so I let her know I was just getting familiar with neighborhoods, etc. and what I was looking for. It would be IDEAL, I told her, if I could live close to my daughter's family. Lo and behold! Megan sent me to look at a new listing, just getting on the market that day because she said it was perfect for me. It was earlier than I was thinking, but interest rates were rising and I didn't want to lose this opportunity. It was the right price, the right size, the best yard ever and only 4 blocks from my family! Megan is terrific. She is always looking out for me, friendly, professional, knowledgeable, answered all my questions and is so easy to work with. I wish I could give her more than 5 stars. My life is forever changed for the better because of her hard work and dedication.

Working with Priya was an absolute dream! From day one, she took the time to truly understand our…read morelifestyle and what we needed in a home. She was exceptionally flexible, prompt, and guided us through every step of the process with patience and expertise. No matter the time of day, Priya was always there to answer our questions and keep us at ease. To top it off, her local network and service referrals made the entire journey seamless. We couldn't have asked for a better partner and highly recommend her!

Priya is easy to talk to and a great communicator. She was able to explain things in simple terms…read moreand made sure I felt comfortable and understood the process as a first time home buyer. She listened and found a great house in my price range. I'm extremely satisfied with her help and expertise.