After working with another agent and writing at least 14 offers we decided to rethink our agent selection. After multiple referrals to Lucas Sorah and his SFhotlist team we decided to give him a call. Within 2 weeks of searching with Lucas for a new home, he had gotten us into contract on the most gorgeous home ever in the Sunset. Best part, the house was not even on the market yet, therefore we had no competition with other offers and we were able to snatch it up before anyone else could view it.
Lucas's contacts and networks within the SF real estate market is what made this transaction possible. His knowledge of current market conditions is amazing. Every step of the home search was customized to our needs and made us feel extremely confident and comfortable with all of our decisions.
We can't say enough great things about Lucas! Seriously, we wished we would have worked with him from the very beginning! He is truly talented at what he does and you can tell he really enjoys being a Realtor in SF! I will be referring him and his team to all my friends and colleagues, no doubt!!
This review is long overdue, especially since my home-buying experience began in earnest about seven months ago. My girlfriend and I were looking to purchase a place in San Francisco, which, seemed like quite a harrowing experience at the start given all the possible complications associated with purchasing a home here (i.e. dated buildings, earthquake prone areas etc).
However, once we met Debbie in person and chatted about our plans, we felt that Debbie was definitely the right person to assist us in looking for a home. Through the course of the next few months, Debbie was frequently on the lookout for new homes that came on the market and regularly suggesting new open houses that we should check out on the weekends (this was no small feat considering we didn't have a particular area / type of home in mind). After visiting more open houses together and sharing our thoughts about certain homes, Debbie seemed to know exactly what we were looking for. In no time at all, she showed a great intuition for finding and suggesting homes she thought we would like. Debbie would often check out an open house on a weekday while both my girlfriend and I are working, and if there was something about the place she thought we would like / didn't like, she'd share her thoughts and help us prioritize how we would look at the open houses. This definitely helped us save a lot of precious time shuttling between open houses on the weekends.
While we were still looking out for homes, Debbie was very responsive with all forms of communications. On some occasions, when we randomly saw new units come up on Zillow / Trulia, we'd ask if Debbie could help us schedule a showing. Somehow she was able to always find some time on her calendar to accompany us to the showing, or do some research about the unit, or schedule some time with the selling broker within the next day or two. She was always very candid with her thoughts on different places as well, and we always valued the knowledge she shared about different homes / districts in SF.
When we eventually shortlisted a couple of homes that we were interested in making offers for, the purchasing experience became slightly tense. We realized on a fine Monday afternoon that we only had several hours to choose and make an offer for one of three homes that we really liked as two of the three units were closing on their offers. I still remember how stressed my girlfriend and I were that afternoon since it was a huge decision to make in the space of a few hours. We called Debbie countless times that afternoon to seek her advice, and we were extremely grateful to Debbie for keeping us calm, guiding us to making a great decision and expertly negotiating the offer that we were making. She was always more than happy to reach out to the buyer's agents to negotiate on our behalf and go above and beyond to help us out in more ways than we could count.
Eventually, we found a truly exceptional home, and we're happy to say that we couldn't have done it without Debbie! Many thanks to her, Danielle, and the rest of the Keller-Williams team for making our dream possible!
We just bought a new home with Debbie, Danielle and the SF Hotlist team. The experience went really well. Debbie is super knowledgeable when it comes to the SF real estate market. Her relationships with the other agents around the city helped us get the information we needed to navigate the craziness of the SF real estate scene.
What I learned about this process is that there is a A LOT that needs to happen between getting an offer accepted and actually closing a month later. We definitely wouldn't have made it through that complicated part of the process without guidance / heavy lifting from Debbie and Danielle and their team. So when you are looking to choose an agent, make sure to get a sense of how your agent will help you navigate the second half of the buying process.
We don't plan to buy / sell a home again anytime soon. But if we did, I would definitely recommend the SF Hotlist team.
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