Ernie Aguilar GETS! IT! DONE!  He is both professional and personable. He communicated with us…read moreevery step of the way, teaching us everything we needed to know about buying a house; which helped us feel he wanted us. More importantly, he's not wasting your time. He sits you down, keeps it real with you, very transparent all in an effort to help you get the home you REALLY want. The most important thing he did for us, he got us focused on what we really wanted in a home and where we wanted that home to be. HE'S NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU ANY HOUSE; HE WANTS YOU IN THE HOUSE THAT'S BEST FOR YOU. Thank you, Ernie; you gave us the house of our dreams.

My husband and I recently sold our home and I cannot express how happy I am that we came to North…read moreSeventeen. Mr. Aguilar and his team answered all our questions and concerns that we had as first time home sellers. They worked with all our concerns and never made us or our questions seem inconvenient. They had people who came in and professionally staged and photographed our home and it was all a super smooth process (I was a little nervous about this because we have a huge Saint Bernard but they worked with me and waited for me to move her and were patient and so kind about it). Cant say enough great things about them. Will definitely be using them when we buy our next home!

Thanks Alex, you are great person to work with. My wife and I almost gave up searching for a house…read morein the market at this time, but you made me feel positive about the situation and regained my confidence. I didn't believe that my family's dream to own a house would come true. The property, my family currently resides in, was quickly closed in only 30 days. Your knowledge and work ethic were amazing, thank you.

Gotta work with Alex!…read more So my wife and I were completely lost and trying to buy our first home with a family friend. The friend was helpful and kind but really didn't know our market or have any relationships with other realtors in our area. We had problem after problem because we were FHA buyers with little cash to put down, and our realtor seemed to lose out on every offer we put in. That said, we got frustrated and decided to make a change, so our friend referred us to Alex. As many reviews will testify, Alex was amazing from start to finish. I'm going to keep it simple/honest in what I was most impressed about: His communication is amazing. He's always available, always returns calls quickly, always informative and answers questions fully and patiently (we had MANY). His "know-how" was incredible. While other realtors told us "no way", "cant be done", "i dont think so", "its just the way it is", etc. Alex was savvy and strategic in his approach. If you need any proof, look at my deal...we were first time buyers, FHA loan, 3.5% down and we STILL were able to close our deal against cash offers. To make the deal even more complicated, the house was a PROBATE SELL IN FORECLOSURE. And will still won the deal via FHA. As most realtors told us previously, "dont bother looking at probate prices, you'll never get it with FHA against cash buyers". I can go on-and-on about the drama of our deal, but the point is, Alex was a rockstar and never let the deal get away. He's an incredible advocate for his clients and an all-round great guy. I'm looking forward to our next purchase with Alex :)

I had the distinct pleasure of knowing Chris since 2009. He was both a friend and mentor to me…read more He has left us too soon. Chris passed away on March 14. It would have been his 48th birthday on August 24. He managed to accomplish so much during his time on earth. He built a loyal network of friends, professionals, and clients with a natural, inviting way that always felt real and honest. He was our real estate agent to begin with, and shortly thereafter, quite naturally, he became a close family friend. He went out of his way to help us with renting our condo in Aliso Viejo since 2010, and even took it upon himself (being a mom and pop shop) to look over our property while it was being rented throughout our relocation to Hong Kong since early 2011 and up until his departure in March. He would check in on the tenants here and there, take a look around the exterior for HOA needs, and would even grab our mail when the tenants were out of town. He never charged us a dime for this. On a personal note, he would call me in Hong Kong just to check in on my family. Nothing business related. At some points he would call at 2am over here, and I picked up the phone laughing because I knew that most likely he forgot about the time difference. He so easily laughed at his little mixups reminding us that he is human like the rest of us. There was one time where Chris inadvertently patched up a heated disagreement I had with my then girlfriend back in 2010. My gf (now wife) were arguing about something and then ding dong, it was Chris at the door who just stopped by to see how our relocation packing was going. This broke the tension. He came in with his trademark charm and charisma and it eased the tension and completely dissolved the spat my gf and I were having. I never told him about this. Chris also got real chummy with my mom, and even drove from OC to La Verne to help her with getting things in order to sell the place. He took her out to lunch and she never felt any pressure from him, and his genuine way about him was always felt. Thanks buddy for being a great friend. You always reciprocated with everything, even outside of business. You made me feel 1% client and 99% true friend. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for gracing us with the short time you had with us. Have a great birthday week up above and see you one day for a toast in the heavens.

Stacie and Chris are the most kind, loving, and caring people we met. We were looking to buy and we…read morefound them. They took us through the process step by step on how it works. Trust me, I'm picky and I have to say we went and looked at almost 50 houses that listed on the market. Chris and Stacie went with us and show us all those houses. Then finally we found our dream home. We put in the offered and at the same time someone else's did too. Thank goodness that we have Stacie and Chris with their knowledgeable and talents they pushed through or us and got us our dream home. Stacie and Chris are out to help people and do whatever they can to make sure you get what you want. They both are hard working people and they are on top of everything. I don't think I ever met any realtor like them. We have use them to help us rent out our current condos. Yes I recommend them to anyone that really want realtors that are hard working, details, loving, caring, reliable, and treating you like family. We have use them for the past 5 years. They are the best in the business with what they are doing.

I am not on yelp much, so this review is LOOONNNG overdue (like almost 3 years ;-)). What's to say…read morethat hasn't been said? I will add that we had a unique circumstance, that we are military and had an international move happen BEFORE the home sold. They were amazing helping us. They created e-docs and communicated solely via email and kept us in the loop. Even when the mortgage companies etc wouldn't use e-docs they took it upon themselves to convert them to electronic documents that could easily be signed overseas with a 16 hour time difference. I was a first time mom, new to the military and did NOT leave the house as clean or as pristine as I could have, and they did not say a word. They actually sold my house for the HIGHEST in the development at that time, in a very short time. Most importantly, they are down to earth, real people with a love for Christ and their family, their community, and it shows. They have stayed in touch all these years, and have helped facilitate a connection with a realtor for us in our move back to San Diego. Truly top quality people who go the extra mile!

We were fortunate enough to find Kristin and Jeff (Team Boyd), who came highly recommended, online…read morethrough my Mom's group on Facebook. We are very grateful that they helped us sell our home recently in South Orange County during the time of year that is proven to be slow with inventory being low all around. They were very personable and supportive, giving us advice and keeping us informed throughout the entire selling process helping make the sale sail along smoothly. We felt that they always listened to our needs and were very receptive, never pushing us into anything we weren't comfortable with. We look forward to working with them again in the future when we're in the market to buy another home.

Randy is a wealth of information. Being a first time home buyer in an extremely difficult market…read morefor buyers, we truly needed his experience and knowledge throughout the homebuying process. His deft analysis of my personal real estate and financial needs was right on the mark and literally made the difference between getting our offer accepted or rejected. It's has been so great working with you Randy. Thank you! AJ

Randy is an extremely knowledgeable and professional realtor with very intimate knowledge of the…read moreOrange County area. He was able to secure tenants for my property in less than a week all while maintaining prompt, helpful and reliable communication with me and the tenant throughout. He made the process as painless as possible and I don't think it could have gone any smoother. Thank you Randy!

We weren't even planning to sell for months, or even a year. Then we got Terry's letter. It lay…read morethere for a month while we were gone, but when we came back I decided to call to see if what was offered in the letter was for real. Terry promised no signs, no getting ready to sell, no MLS hassle, and the right to stay in the home for months after closing. The escrow closed in about 7 days all-cash for a good price, and we got everything Terry promised. Terry told us up-front that he was the agent for the buyer and couldn't be our agent. However, he promised to treat us fairly and to take care of all the paperwork and the details. Everything Terry said went down exactly as he said. We would do it again in a heartbeat. Right now we are staying in our former home rent-free, and taking our time to get our new home just right before we make the move. If you have the chance to work with Terry, take it. He knows what he's doing, and he will treat you right, whether you're his client, or not.

I worked with Terry to get our home because my friend highly recommended him. I knew my friend…read morewould never recommend anybody without plenty of experience with him (all of it GOOD, LOL) before any recommendation.  We started out looking for rental properties, but ended up getting my family's dream home in Turtle Rock, near UCI in Irvine. Astounding as the market was, we believed Terry when he projected the high selling prices of homes we considered.  They were selling WAY above recent sales, so we could see the "writing on the wall".  In fact, we knew that we would have to offer $150,000 over the asking price to win OUR dream home against competing buyers.  By this time, we were semi-jokingly calling Terry a "prophet" for his totally accurate projections of selling prices. So, we made our offer and then something incredible happened!  Even though we submitted our written offer, Terry managed to work with the listing agent to get us our home for $25,000 LESS.  To this day, we have NO idea how Terry did this for us, but getting it at all (and then for $25k less than we offered) was more like working with a "miracle worker" than a "prophet"!  Terry ROCKS!  (Terry mentioned that the listing agent caught some flack from his seller when the seller realized what prices were doing.) We're totally moved in now and we enjoy our new home every day.  We are SO glad we worked with Terry to get it done, despite the crazy market. Even though we knew what was going on in the market when we bought, we were still a little concerned that we had overpaid, until about 10 days later.  That's when another home came on the market for $1,800,000 that was over 300sf smaller than ours.  And it sold in only 5 days!  At the same cost per square foot, OUR home would have cost US 300K more than what we paid for it! What's more, the smaller, more expensive home backed to busy Turtle Rock Drive and fronted to the busiest internal street in the neighborhood, while ours was quiet, low traffic and close to the local park. In case you can't tell, we are TOTALLY impressed and happy with Terry and the work he did for us.  We recommend him to EVERYONE! PS:  He even has a program where people who need to sell their home to buy a new home can do it WITHOUT having to sell their home first and WITHOUT trying to get a seller to accept their offer subject to selling their home.  Ask him about it!

Mike was awesome to work with during my home refinance. As a new homeowner (and one that is always…read morelooking to save, yet doesn't know exactly how to do so), Mike was incredibly helpful all throughout the process. He educated me on the pros and cons of doing so and also made it very applicable to our specific situation. It's important to note that this all happened during the first six months of the pandemic where there was just so much uncertainty. All in all the process took maybe 3ish months from start to finish and we have been happily locked into our new rate the last year and a half or so. Throughout this time he was incredibly responsive, sending text replies within minutes of me sending off any questions (but not so responsive that it became unmanageable). Communication is so important and doing it right means you always earn my business. I plan to continue discussions with Mike for future similar inquiries. Thanks, Mike!

Our amazing financial journey with Mike Lee began in the first quarter of 2021. He was referred to…read moreus by an amazing Real Estate company, Livingstone Realty Group. We were looking for ways to reduce our debt. Mike was and is very professional. He guided us through the process and offered personal professional assistance at anytime of day and the few times that we needed questions answered late into the night, he was there for us both times. Yes, that's not a typo. He facilitated our cash out refinance and the last quarter of 2021, he facilitated a refinance to further reduce our interest rate!! He is an amazing mortgage broker and we highly recommend him for anyone who needs an honest, thoughtful, professional, and genuinely caring person whom you can trust has your best interest at heart. As we move forward into semi-retirement, we are relatively debt free thanks to Mike and his guidance while facilitating our financial needs. He is simply the best of the eight mortgage brokers we have used in our property purchases and refinances. Gail and Rufus Thompson

We were searching remotely, from the Bay Area, and we're really glad we found Jesus and Emily. They…read morewere very patient, really took the time to understand what we were looking for and helped arrange times for the place to be seen my our family on our behalf. They ended up finding a place that wasn't on the normal Zillow listings and that was it, turned out to be the perfect place for us. We really appreciated their help with not just the search, but also with the negotiating and eventually the paperwork. Would highly recommend them to anyone.

Emily and her partner just helped my sister and I purchase our first home. They were recommended…read moreafter our first realtor was not responsive and expected us to do all the work. As first time homebuyers, purchasing a home is stressful enough but mix in a competitive market and it can be recipe for disaster (which it almost was for us if not for Emily and her partner). Words cant express how easy they made the process. They truly look out for their clients' best interest. Before finding our new home, we were in escrow for another property. Because of the competitive market, we waived all contingencies except for the inspection (based off Emily's recommendation). The inspection revealed issue after issue. Emily and her partner recommended we pull out and reassured us that our perfect home was out there. And they were right. We cannot thank them enough. They made the process as easy as possible and their patience is remarkable. It didn't matter the question, it was always welcomed with a smile. If you are looking to purchase a home and need a realtor, look no further!