Experienced Accredited Buyer's Agent

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. Many agents feel the need to just get their clients to buy, and do not tell them the negatives on a property. I do, I promise full disclosure and complete honesty about the positives AND the negatives. My only duty is to my clients, not to other agents in my brokerage who want me to sell their listings, not to a seller who has listed with me as I do NOT take listings and work in a small family brokerage. I am also an extremely good communicator and listener.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. Meeting new people from all over the World. I am a writer as well as a Realtor, and I learn so much about the human condition and how it varies around the World simply by listening to my clients. And there is nothing better than helping people solve a problem, in this case finding the right home, and then coming out the other side with success and happy clients!

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Are short sales and foreclosures the best way to go right now, and why? My answer is that short sales are very problematic, and are only for the most flexible and unattached client. Foreclosures are much easier, yet there is very little flexibility on the other side in terms of price, and you will not be treated well by the bank. And, I tell them that in 2011 we are seeing traditionally sold homes finally competing in terms of price with the other two, yet you are treated well, can get repairs done by the seller, and can get in a well cared for home rather than a fixer.