Jennifer was flat out amazing in the purchase process for our first home
purchase near Belmar. Her search process is great; she worked with us
to narrow down our quite ambiguous search criteria. Then her team put
together an automatic listing search that delivered us several new homes
each day to our very own custom home search dashboard. We were able to
eliminate most homes with this online tool and it helped us take
unnecessary trips to the home locations across our wide search area. The
dashboard allows you to put new listings in one of three simple
columns: Interested, Maybe, and Not Interested. We would schedule
showings for the “Interested” homes and take drive-bys to the Maybes to
see if we would even like the neighborhood. Turns out we were much more
picky than we thought and eliminated 100s of homes with the combination
of these methods (both of which were suggested by Jennifer). A “Maybe”
led us to the neighborhood we now call home, but not the actual house we
ended up buying. We quickly offered on the home Jennifer first showed
us in that neighborhood and she was utterly amazing in strategizing how
to bring the homeowners down from an unreasonable price. We were about
to act on that home when her online tool found another home just down
the street – the house we now call home.
Working with us through
the price negotiations, value assessments and pre-purchase conditions,
Jennifer helped us negotiate a price we were super happy with to
purchase this new home. There were several things she saw as needing
improvement prior to us taking possession, and the inspection ended up
finding the same things – she is really with it! She easily identifies
potential pitfalls in a home and readily shares it with the homebuyer.
We felt really good being in her hands. One of the things she found
involved a dangerous electrical panel. We asked the sellers to replace
it (along with the hot water heater and furnace). They balked at it, but
Jennifer was absolutely sure that a city inspection would require the
homeowners to replace the panel. We trusted her on this and followed
through on the purchase without the electrical work. Then the city
inspector found the electrical to be unsatisfactory and informed the
homeowners what would be needed to pass inspection. Then they replaced
the panel and brought other items we didn’t even see in the electrical
system up to code. Didn’t cost us a dime! She was also a great wealth of
information on cosmetic improvements that can be done with the space.
She’d probably be an interior designer in another life.
We are
thrilled with our new home and really enjoyed our homebuying experience
with Jennifer. One small caveat is that she is very busy (a good sign,
mind you) and can’t be there for you all of the time. We were probably a
little too needy, but her and her heroic assistant,
Adam,
tried their best to make time for us when it was available. It will
really pay off to have a little patience to receive such top-notch
service. 5-stars indeed, go with her and you won’t be disappointed!!
