The Suarez Team is cold calling home owners who are on the Do Not Call Registry to ask them to sell their homes. This is an illegal and unscrupulous business practice. I would not trust them to help me buy or sell a home. Find another agent elsewhere who can do a better job. read more

STOP coming to our house and asking if we want to sell our home. It is obnoxious and alarming. I am tired of telling the clowns from "the Suarez team" to get off our property. Also, sending your employees door to door to tell homeowners with young children that you have clients that want to live in their home - as an effort to drum up business - is a BAD idea. It has left us with a poor impression of your company and we will NEVER work with you. Please stop these solicitations. read more

Selling a home can be a daunting process, so it's important to go with a seasoned professional. James and his team are just that. They differentiate themselves by serving not just as realtors but also as consultants. James helped us sell our home in Westchester for a fair price, during the slowest time of year, before even going on the open market. What more could a seller ask for? This was possible because of his extensive marketing and deep bench of interested buyers with whom he has personal relationships. During the process, James presented us with a variety of options, including selling our home with or without renovations at various price points, as well as discussing the pros and cons of selling during a slow time of year versus waiting to sell. In all cases, James would provide his valued perspective, while also being open to proceeding however we ultimately wanted to proceed. In the end, we personally did minimal updates before selling, though if you do decide to do updates, James works with a great team that can do them all for you. Speaking of updates, the main one we decided to do was painting our home's exterior. James's painter does beautiful work and was available to get our house ready to sell in the timeline we wanted. And while James was engaged primarily as our listing agent in LA, he also helped us with a purchase in Orange County by introducing us to our buyer's agent and connecting us with just the right lenders who were able to offer us the best possible loan given our unique circumstances. The importance of the lender introduction could not be overstated. James came up with solutions for our circumstance that no other realtor suggested. Our family could not be happier. We found a wonderful home, secured the financing to purchase it, and sold our home to a buyer who will now enjoy it for years to come, all thanks to James and his team. We're so glad we chose him to help us through this incredibly important transaction and transition. read more

Rachel Rocconi is a DREAM to work with. So grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her on buying my first home. She is extremely knowledgeable and answered my questions before I asked them (caution: possibly a mind reader). She took the time to help me negotiate throughout the process and get me the best deal possible and was always on top of everything. Could not have asked for a better agent to work with. Thank you, Rachel and The Suarez Team! read more

...sadly The Suarez Team (AR) has trouble getting details on their listing! We had to walk away from making a deal because Listing Agent had no clue how to answer simple questions. Wasted our time- Clients are not represented well- read more

The Suarez Team were fantastic! Professional, trustworthy and honest at every turn. Once we signed with them, they swooped in like a SWAT team to prep our house for the sale. Everything was carefully thought through and planned to nth degree. When our potential buyers wanted us to give them a price reduction for repairs, James took a lot of time with us and talked us through the pluses and minuses of their offer - but left it up to us to decide whether that was something we wanted to do. No pressure either way. When an escrow fell through, James was patient and encouraging and assured us the house would sell. He gave us first time home sellers, as much of his time, positivity and thoughtful advice as we needed. And trust me, we needed quite a bit of hand-holding! When our home sold, James and his team celebrated along with us. Throughout the years, I have known a plethora of nefarious real estate agents (as I use to work in Beverly Hills real estate!) and I found James to be the most honorable, straightforward and sincere agent I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. His knowledge of the ever-changing and evolving real estate market is deep and thorough. Thank goodness, people like this exist in our world! read more

I randomly started getting texts from Fatima Suarez. I never signed up for these and I don't appreciate being harassed. I see from other recent reviews that I am not the only one dealing with aggressive marketing tactics. This is despicable. read more

We Recently purchased a home with an agent here, by way of Zillow. What a nightmare. If you're looking to buy a home, take your money and time elsewhere. read more

Never signed up to receive emails from this company, I've opted out every time they send me one but it doesn't work. I've responded to emails asking to be removed from their list, no response. I just have to assume this is a dirty realty company that poached my info somehow and doesn't care about the fact I never consented to my info being shared. read more

The highest end most expensive service for buying or appraising Silicon Beach (Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice Beach, Santa Monica, and even Malibu) properties both residential and I believe commercial too. read more

Phenomenal service. EXCELLENT follow through out the sale of our Georgetown home. James & Orlando made an extraordinary situation in this sale a BREEZE! we thank you from the bottom of our read more

Several years ago when my husband and I first moved to Playa del Rey, one day James Suarez came by with his nice dog and introduced himself as our neighborhood realtor. Throughout the years, he'd drop by and always leave a friendly hello and let us know if ever we were in the market, he'd love to work with us. He was always so friendly and welcoming. It never felt like a pushy sales job, just a neighbor walking his dog saying hi. It makes a world of difference when the person selling your home lives down the street. He cares just as much as I do about the community. Fast forward a few years, and this spring we decided to list our house and move. The first and only person we considered was James and his team. I'm pretty sure you don't sell a home in Playa del Rey without him. And for good reason - he's straight out like The Godfather of Playa real estate! From the start of this process (and Lordy be... selling a home is not for the faint of heart!!!) he's gone above and beyond to make us feel like we have an advocate and partner, not just a person who is selling our house. For our first meeting, he came home a bit early from a weekend trip so he could make it work with our crazy work schedules. At every point in the process since this first step, James and his team have continued to exhibit the same level of care and commitment to us. It's been a difficult process, when our buyers said their lender would require the home to be fumigated BEFORE we close, I thought I would die. I mean, the weekend before we're supposed to move and we had to vacate. Gahhh!!! And still, James thought enough and delivered a hand written card to us and a thoughtful gesture that said he hoped we take some time for a nice dinner. Who does that? I mean, he didn't have to take time out of his busy schedule to let us know he empathized with the inconvenience, and yet he did. So, bottom line... if you're looking for someone who cares, who will work their ass off for you, who never overlooks a detail small or large, and can help you buy and or sell your dream home, then Team Suarez is your team. I've probably been on the verge of varying degrees of a nervous breakdown with this most stressful of processes for the past couple months, and I'm 10000% confident that I'm making it through in very large part because of James and his people. A very big thank you from the Hales! read more

Samantha was extremely helpful and patient with getting all of the paperwork tied up. Matthew and his colleagues brought their expertise and clients to showings until the job was done! Very happy with this group of fantastic people. House is leased to a wonderful family! read more

I recently worked with Orlando Ravelo. He was very efficient and easy to work with. He worked hard to get my offer accepted and I would use him again for sure. read more

Worst service imaginable!!! They changed my locks without my permission! Let's start at the beginning. I just finished selling my home with James. I interviewed 3 agents and he had a great presentation, so we chose to pay an extra half percentage for him. Turns out it was just a presentation with nothing to back it up. The pictures of our place were amazing. The positives end there. First, he knew time was of the essence and we were rushing to clean and have the photos taken, then we found out he wasn't planning on doing an open house until 2.5 weeks after signing with him, but had to figure that out on our own as he didn't tell us what his plan was. Second, at first he didn't deal with us much at all. I understand the company is big, but he should assign another realtor to smaller cases like mine. Instead he pawned me off to multiple team members so no one was on the same page. Different people would tell me different things, and he didn't train who was showing the house so they didn't know the right information on my home. Third, we specifically told him we wanted only his team to have the lockbox code. He gave it out without my permission and someone lost the key. They were supposed to have an open house one day and I found out afterward that when they couldn't get in they had my locks changed instead of calling me! Any time I complained about anything James was rude and argumentative. How can you not be apologetic about illegally changing my locks without my consent?!! So stay far far away from Fineman Suarez. I'm pretty sure this hostile service was bc my place is a condo and not $1 million. But they shouldn't have taken the listing if that's the case. read more

The agents are really friendly, responsive, and did a great job in terms of helping to negotiate a deal for us. My major point of criticism are the vendors they recommended for our home inspections. The vendors did not sufficiently assess our property and as a result, we have been impacted financially in terms of unexpected repairs after purchasing the home. read more

James helped me buy a home and also sell two of my homes. Highly recommended and always there to help with any questions. Samantha on his team was a delight to work with always accessible and willing to go the distance throughout the process. read more

As a first time homeowner selling, I have been told this can be a grueling experience. After interviewing a few real estate agents to sell my property, I decided to go with the Fineman Suarez Real Estate team. After meeting with James Suarez, he presented a clear cut plan as to the sale price, his suggestion to stage and to how to go about listing the unit. I felt confident and had a clear vision of his strategy. James always made his suggestions, but always remembering I was the client and made sure I was comfortable with the decisions the team was making. Along with James, his supporting team at the firm was always available and accommodating to any questions I had. Everything James said was either accurate or part of the plan, I never felt surprised by anything. Best thing, my home was sold at a record price for our building within a day of the property being on the market. It was such a fast and easy process I am still in shock it is sold! Thank you James and team for such a great experience! read more

When my husband and I were looking to purchase our first home, James came highly recommended to use as our agent. We're so happy we listened, as the process was quick and seamless. James' vast knowledge of the desired area and expertise in the field exceeded our expectations, which ultimately allowed us to lockdown our first property of choice before it even hit the market! We are so happy with our experience and would not only use James again for ourselves in the future, but would urge friends going through this same process to utilize his services as well. read more

James knows exactly who I am despite his carefully worded reply. No need to contact them. Lol.

We had such a great experience with Fineman Suarez! We found our dream home at their incredible open house, and could not have been more pleased with the process. They were SO fast and respectful from the very start with photos, listing, and open houses/tours. They even sold our house for an amazing price to a celebrity, cash buyer! And then with the buyer's contractors, Fineman Suarez always had someone there to organize all the people coming in and out of our (then) house. It was great! We'd recommend them to everyone! read more

I was introduced to Chris O'Brien via a Zillow lead, and despite being lukewarm on meeting & starting the buying process, Chris suggested we meet and I'm so glad we did! Chris was extremely patient, responsive, proactive and helpful throughout the entire process, even though we took 6 months to make up our minds on what we wanted. He was professional and thorough at every step of the way, and made us feel comfortable with the complicated process as nervous first time homebuyers. When it came to putting in offers and proceeding through the paper work, Samantha & James from Chris' team were exceptionally friendly, timely and helpful. It was a great experience and I highly recommend this team. read more

've never worked with an agent that approaches every aspect of the home sale as strategically as James. He sets a clear objective and implements a strong action plan to include flights of effective marketing so that as sellers, we are clear on every step of when and why - ultimately arriving at the expected result - or in our case, exceeding our expectations. James and the Fineman Suarez team are absolutely tops in their field with planning and follow through like no other. As a business professional, I was blown away by his expert, mindful approach and have tremendous respect for James and the Fineman Suarez team. We are beyond thrilled with what he has done for us. It is no wonder he and his team are winning! read more

Here are a list of things we were initially told by James during his interview: 1. He took classes in negotiating, and you will be hiring an expert negotiator. 2. He will always be present when any vendors visit our home, so that no one we do not know will be unescorted. 3. The level of information that we want from their company is our choice, and he stated three distinct levels of information - constant updates, periodic updates, and don't bother me. 4. His company is the "Mercedes" of the Westchester market. 5. He offers you a piece of paper that says you can back out of your contract with him at any time. I will now address each point. 1. Our condo was listed under market value in order to encourage multiple bids. The bids came and standard best and final counters were sent out. There was absolutely no indication that James spent any additional time or effort convincing potential buyers. 2. We were initially under the impression that James would personally be escorting vendors into our home for any reason. When we found out that he was sending proxies instead, it was not much of a problem until he sent a vendor alone. Once again, it would not have been much of a problem if everything went smoothly, but the vendor took one of our expensive keys from the lockbox. His employees found out about the missing key first and changed the locks without first contacting us. 3. The amount of information we received from his company was sparse, and not much more than the "don't bother me" level. We had to repeatedly ask for updates when we would not hear from them for days following an open house or showing. We found out that one of the open houses we were promised did not occur FOUR DAYS later. There was almost no explanation for the paperwork we were signing. And, worst of all, information we received from different employees and James himself differed to varying degrees, constantly leaving us confused and having to continually verify what they had said. We had to move all conversations to text or email in fear of James or his employees going back on what they said on the phone. 4. If he is the "Mercedes," then our realtor in Rancho Cucamonga is the Koenigsegg. We frequently felt like we were being discriminated against because of our low listing price of 300k. He claims that a majority of his business comes from referrals, but he speaks to us like he does not care about who we are as people. He would get defensive and list his supposed accomplishments with our property when we called him about an issue that originated from his company; he would say things like, "What problems have we had so far then?" and he would promptly eat his words as we listed the failures they made. His company is a 2004 C class with 100k miles at best. 5. The piece of paper is garbage since his contract prevents other realtors from using buyers that made offers through his minimal efforts. Therefore, unless you are willing to give up your six offers and risk having your listing stagnate, the paper he gives you is meaningless. read more

Will Robertson was great to work with. He is patient, committed, knowledgeable, friendly and very helpful. Highly professional and always had our best interest in mind. He was the most responsive agent we have worked with. He is very knowledgeable about the market and the area. Will not only helped us find the perfect home for our needs but he also offered us help with finding a contractor and even gave design ideas. We will definitely use Will and Fineman Suarez again for any future transactions. Highly recommended!!! read more

Will Robertson and James Suarez came through for us big time. We fought long and hard for our home and they were always up for the challenge. It wasn't always easy but Will had the guidance and negotiating skills to get the job done. I have also worked with James in the past and had the same experience with him as well. Great team to work with! read more

I decided to list my house with James after interviewing several agents. Since I have been planning to sell my house for a while, I have followed the market in my neighborhood for 6 months. He was able to answer all my questions on each of the comparable properties. He got a painter w very reasonable price got my house painted within 5 days. He has a great team, landscaper did a fabulous job. He got me a clean full price offer within a month. Escrow closed in 20 days. A true stress free experience for me. read more

I wouldn't work with anyone else! Super responsive reasonable and knowledgeable. Also very connected! We had a tough deal to get through but they made it happen. Most important--they were totally on our side the whole time. Always felt like they were my quarterback, not working for another team. read more

We recently sold our house with the Fineman Suarez team. We had interviewed a couple of agents and chose James Suarez because he was extremely straightforward and didn't try to "sell" us on his services. He guided us expertly through the process as we made decisions along the way and helped us avoid a couple of pitfalls that other agents may not have. He has a team approach and we had a positive interaction with everyone we worked with on his crew. The whole process could hardly have gone more smoothly and we were satisfied with the sale price. read more

We contacted James after attending several premier open house events in the neighborhood over the years, because it was clear his team puts a lot of effort into their work. We were tight on timing, and had an unfinished remodel, but still (somehow) needed to get top dollar to facilitate our family's move to a new neighborhood. James's team guided us through the remodel, handled all of the marketing which included so many details, and actively brought sellers even before the home was ready to show. The results were amazing, with the home selling immediately at the second-highest ever price for a Lewis home. Will definitely be using the Suarez team again, when time to sell or trade our rentals. Wholeheartedly recommend his team to anyone else who loves their home and wants to get the best for it. read more

Having moved to LA from the UK and knowing little about the local market and mortgage process, the thought of buying a house was a major challenge. This was especially increased after we lost a house previously 2 days before we were meant to close. After this experience we came in touch with Fineman Suarez and their approach, support and direction was invaluable including putting in touch with the broker that managed to make our mortgage happen. I honestly believe you will not find a more supportive and proactive agent in the area. They are honest, diligent and communicate constantly through the process. Special thanks to Ron Anavim. read more

James and Chris helped us to get a great deal on our home by allowing us to close the deal before the home had even hit the market. Their entire team made buying the home a pleasant and easy experience. I highly recommend them! read more

We have worked with James to purchase not just our first home, but also our second. James has made our best interests his first priority. It's rare to find such honesty and genuineness. He has been patient in answering all of our questions and providing opinions about good and bad investments. His team was easy to contact via phone, email or text and were ready to address any anxieties we had about our purchase. James's negotiation skills were key in closing the deal on our home. We appreciate of all the hard work James and his team have put in to get us our dream home! read more

James and his entire team are great! I would recommend them to anyone buying or selling a home. We sold our house quickly at a price very close to our ask. I was impressed with the professional and fun nature of our interactions, the quality of advice on marketing our property, and their persistence throughout the sales process. I was also very thankful for the amount of work James and his team did to help manage repairs that needed to be made to the property as I had already moved out of state before putting the house on the market. Over the top service and fantastic communication. We received frequent feedback and advice. I feel like James was looking out for my best interests through every turn. Thanks James read more

James and his team are truly the best. They are 100% Silicon Beach experts and when you live here, you truly realize that they are the only realtors you should use when buying in the area. We loved working with James. He is so knowledgeable and professional. His team helped us so much with the transition from another state. We bought a fabulous house in a wonderful area and we could not have done it without them! read more

We are extremely satisfied with James Suarez and the Fineman Suarez Real Estate team. From the beginning of our relationship to the completion of the successful sale of our home, the team provided a degree of service and professional expertise that we have never seen in many years of real estate activity. They were fully prepared to address all our needs and answer all our questions, and the breadth of talent on the team guaranteed responsive and complete outcomes in all stages of a fairly complex transaction. Everyone on the Fineman Suarez team was easy to work with, responsive to our requests and needs, and well qualified to do their specific job. Company leadership, headed by James, effectively pulled the team together and made sure that many specific tasks were implemented promptly and effectively. We especially appreciated the team's unique approaches to understanding and addressing the dynamics of the local real estate market, developing a strategy for a successful transaction, and implementing that strategy through expected and sometimes unexpected situations. At the end of the day, we successfully sold our home in a way that met all our needs, thanks to the great Fineman Suarez team. read more

My husband and I worked with Ron Anavim in buying our first home and he was fantastic from the very beginning! A genuine and honest person who really knew his information. We trusted him completely and most importantly, we knew he cared about us. He was never pushy and always had the time to guide us appropriately through what can be a complicated and frustrating process. We witnessed firsthand how difficult and low caliber other agents can be (ahem, Stephanie Younger group, not impressed!!!) and Ron was a class act the whole way. Highly recommend him. He will make this process so enjoyable. read more

We invited James over on a Saturday to help us decide whether to sell our condo or to rent it. He brought lots of data. It really helped us get a picture of how are options would play out. The next day, Sunday, we were contacted by James. He told us there is been an offer which ended up being about 30 the $35,000 more than our asking price. Wow. We had a great good fortune of a quick sale, however we had a very short time to move out. Because this is a full-service team, they knew where the close clean storage would be, and they even offered us a truck. They are tied in to all the other industries that get involved when you're moving. So they knew about a business called Task Rabbit where we could find people to come in and paint the entryway, or replace a strip of wood. They work extremely long hours, but it's because they are all about the job. read more

We worked with Will Robertson, and would highly recommend him to buyers seeking a agent. As remote house hunters and buyers, we really valued Will's ability to adapt to our schedule, needs, and quirky asks. Will went above an beyond to understand exactly what we were looking for, and was an excellent advocate for us. When we found a house we truly loved he helped us understand what a fair value for the house was outside of the emotion, allowing us to be confidently firm in our negotiations. On top of the service, Will is genuinely a nice and interesting person, making him fun and easy to work with. read more

I highly recommend Samantha Allen and the Fineman Suarez Team to anyone who is planning to sell their home, and are looking for a Real Estate agent to provide them for help with getting ready to show their property. I felt totally comfortable asking Samantha for her suggestions regarding what was required to make my home current with market conditions. Thanks again to Samantha & and Fineman Suarez Team for a fast sale! read more