Where do I begin with this one?…read more
Well, I guess first and foremost, I say thank you. Thank you to OMC Broker, Dale Ostrander and his Loan Processor, Linda Darneille. You helped make our American Dream a reality.
That's right folks, my husband and I just bought our first home! There was nothing easy, or painless, or stress free about the last 110 days or so, but Dale and Linda at OMC Real Estate made it bearable.
I honestly felt they worked FOR us, from day one. I don't think there was a single business day in the first month of searching for our home, that I didn't receive some sort of communication from Dale, whether through email or a phone call, that he had another one for us to look at.
When the ONE finally came, it seemed too good to be true. A mile from my childhood home (being close to my parents was very important to me), in between the two cities my husband and I work in, and one of the cutest, no fixer-upper houses I've ever seen!
Turned out, it almost WAS too good to be true.
From the beginning, Dale wanted to keep us away from short-sales because of the slow process of closing them--short-sales are, unfortunately, what most of the real estate market consists of in this economy--so when the ONE fell into his lap before it even went on the market, and was a Bank Ready short-sale, we went with it.
It was SO not bank ready. What should have been maybe a 30 day escrow, slooooowly turned into a regular short sale.
When days turned to months, and I was starting to lose all hope of not only owning this home, but also snagging that wonderful $8,000 tax credit (Thank you Obama!), Dale and Linda didn't give up. Not one single bit.
In the process of what is sure to be a person's most expensive and emotional purchase of their life, having a team like OMC is imperative. We'll never forget how they turned what could have been a bad experience, into the best outcome we could have hoped for.
This might be the most near-and-dear to me Yelp I've ever written. I HIGHLY, recommend OMC Real Estate to anyone about to start the process of owning a home.
We get the keys in four days...somehow, I think it will be an even longer wait than the past 110.