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“Was able to sell a unique house in a difficult market for a great price quickly” I write to offer my highest, most enthusiastic recommendation for Karen Miller. Karen is knowledgeable, energetic, creative, persistent, and professional. The home Karen sold for me presented several challenges. It was a custom house that had not been updated and had “aging bachelor” written all over it. Karen offered many suggestions that opened the house to a much wider market. Not only did she help me to see and prioritize what needed to be repaired, replaced, cleaned, painted, and staged, she also oversaw and managed much of the work herself. She helped me to make many decisions that led to the house selling for a great price, in a short period of time, in a very tough market! What more could I ask for? Karen was always patient and available. She returned every phone call and email promptly, and made the paperwork portion of the sale as painless and comprehensible as possible. Karen’s insights, energy, understanding, and confidence all helped to relieve my stress as a seller. Her sense of humor and perspective helped as well. Of the many considerations that go into such a major financial transaction, I realized that the most important choice was that of which real estate agent to work with. It was such a relief to discover that I had made the right choice in having Karen list the property. I could go into much greater depth about specifics, which I would be glad to do over the phone or via email. The bottom line: Karen was able to sell a unique house, in a difficult market, for a great price, quickly! Again, I offer my highest, most enthusiastic recommendation for Karen Miller. - -Thomas Duffy “Efficient, organized and honest” “I write this letter to encourage potential real estate buyers and sellers to utilize Karen Miller. She was invaluable to us as we sold 2 homes in our family at the same time while also purchasing one. Throughout the process we found Karen to be efficient, organized and honest. We could count on her always being on top or ahead of what needed to be done at every step of the transaction. She was meticulous in informing us of potential problems and helping work out solutions all along the way. We wholeheartedly refer her to friends and family because we learned we could absolutely trust her judgment and thoroughness.” -Liese Harlow “Had my best interest at heart” “I am a person who values knowledge, honesty, integrity and organization. You possessed all of these qualities. I found your knowledge of the real estate market and area to be excellent. I believe that being a long time resident and business person in Alameda helped out tremendously. Honesty is also another quality that I find to be true to your personality. You were upfront and told me what I needed to hear on several occasions, good and bad. The process of purchasing and selling a home is a very stressful time. I needed someone who was supportive, objective and who had my best interest at heart. Also important to me was the fact that you were always organized. This included being punctual for all appointments and having all necessary paperwork coordinated and submitted in a timely fashion to all involved parties. It was a pleasure to work with you. My family is very fortunate to have found you." -Kathryn Yamada “We knew we could count on you” “As you know, being a first time home buyer is stressful. We appreciated so much that you understood what our requirements were...and you went on to guide us to homes that would best suit our needs. Once we made our final choice, we knew we could count on you to take care of the details all the way until the end. Thank you for all your help and for providing us with service with lots of smiles. We couldn’t have done it without you!” -Seble and Fetahi Positive and confidant style…. For over 2 years, my husband and I searched for a new home. We were aided in this search by Karen Miller. She alerted us to every house coming into the market that fit our criteria. She tirelessly, cheerfully, and at our whim met us to show us listings. When we got frustrated, which we often did, she kept reminding us to be patient that the perfect house would come along. She was correct; the perfect house did come along. Well, finding the perfect house was just the start. Once done, we had to sell our existing home. We were anxious about the possibility of having to cover 2 mortgages. But in her usual positive and confident style, Karen said not to worry. She quickly helped us get our house ready to sell with lots of good ideas and insight into what perspective buyers would be looking for. After a broker open house and 2 weekend open houses, we received a solid offer, and over the asking price. Some people might call that luck. But, I doubt that it could have happened without our savy realtor, Karen Miller. Karen is so professional and so buttoned-up. Not a single detail fell thru the cracks. But at the same time, she is so personable. We recommend her to everyone that we can. My husband and I are so happy. We love our new home. Our friends and family agree that we have found the perfect place that fits us to a “tee”. -Linda and Andy Maass “Your knowledge and expertise about real estate” We wanted to take the opportunity to express our thanks for all of the assistance you provided to us as we conducted the search for our investment properties. Your expertise and confidence immediately became apparent to us as we began working with you. The process of acquiring our properties was time consuming and involved thinking about the “whole picture” and not just one property. Your ability to discuss your thoughts and ideas with us has allowed us to formulate a plan which addresses both our short and long term investment goals. Your knowledge and expertise about real estate in general, and more specifically the market in Alameda, helped us create a solid and diverse investment strategy. You have made yourself available to us to answer questions, and provide advice after regular work hours. Your judgment about which properties would help us achieve our goals was balanced and consistent. You provided your opinion and allowed us options to explore and provided us with guidance. This included encouraging us to walk away from a property you did not feel was our most versatile long term investment choice. Allowing us to continue to look at the initial property about which we showed interest would have been the much simpler choice for you. We consistently felt that you were looking out for us, and protecting us from making choices which would only benefit us in the short term, instead reminding us to seek long term stability with future options for growth and far greater investment opportunities. Not only did you provide us with your expertise, but you also provided us with incredibly valuable referrals to professionals to help us facilitate our complete investment package. You were able to refer us to a knowledgeable and capable 1031 Broker, a CPA, a lender who was helpful and flexible, and who agreed to meet us on a Sunday morning to complete the necessary paperwork. You provided us with great referrals for inspectors, as well as linking us with a general contractor who is doing a thorough and careful job on our new properties. You also provided us with information about Harbor Bay’s property management services, which we have begun using. We are grateful and thankful for everything you’ve done for us. Any one of the above described services and referrals would have made you helpful, but the combination of all that you’ve provided makes you absolutely invaluable! We will recommend you without reservation to all who are seeking a real estate professional to guide and assist them. Thank you again for making this unique opportunity so smooth and safe for us. -Tricia and Rodger Blair "All your support" We could never have done it without you. All of your support, recommendations, and prodding were necessary to move us along, not to mention all the negotiating, arm twisting, and who knows what else you did behind the scenes, and last, but not least, mowing the lawn. It's overwhelming, and I'm completely grateful for what you've done. -Nicki
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