Here's What Clients Are
Saying About Mary & Jeff...
To Prospective Clients of Mary Lee & Jeff Shaffer,
We had the privilege of working with
Mary and Jeff this past summer. We could not be more
pleased at the service we received, and the results they obtained for
us.
The current real estate market presents
incredible challenges, for those buying as well as
selling. In our case, we found a specific home that
we loved, and with Mary and Jeff's help, we were able to get
our offer accepted despite adverse circumstances. We
then turned around, and in a very compressed period of time, put our
existing Somerset home on the
market.
With their expert guidance and sheer hustle, our home was
beautifully staged and priced in a period of a
week. Over the next two weeks, the home was
marketed, drawing some 50 families to view the
home. Several offers were tendered, one of which met
our criteria. We were of course thrilled, but the process was
not over yet!
As we moved towards closing on both
properties, Mary and Jeff stepped in and overcame some
big obstacles, smoothed over communications between all
parties, offered wise strategies, and provided moral support
amid the pressure. They gave up nights and
weekends, even spending both of their birthday evenings with us, to
make sure every detail was covered and we had the most up-to-date
communication. The icing on the cake was that Jeff
was a perfectionist at getting photos of the house, and Mary even came
over one night to help us clean when she heard we were behind schedule
on getting moved out. Service like this is
extraordinarily rare, but it serves to show how deeply Mary and Jeff
care about what they
do!
In the end, we moved into a new home that we
love, in the time frame we were hoping for, while meeting our financial
goals for the transaction. When asked why things
worked out so well for us, when there are so many stories about homes
that won't sell or deals that fall apart, we respond with two
answers: faith ... and the best realtors in
Bellevue!
We strongly endorse the work of Mary Lee and Jeff
Shaffer. They combine their expert salesmanship and
very intelligent business skills with experience, dedication,
and integrity. They exhibit grace under pressure,
are relentlessly positive, and get results! We hope that you
choose to work with them, and are absolutely confident you will have
the same professional, high-quality experience that we
did.
With Sincere Appreciation,
John & Sandi
Adami
You are amazing real estate professionals! We want
to thank you for your hard work and superior dedication to selling our
home. Your expertise in today's market, your superb analysis
of our property, and your willingness to listen to our concerns made us
feel very comfortable in listing our home with you. You also
developed colorful, well-prepared flyers, held timely open houses and
kept us well-informed throughout the whole
process.
Thank you so much for your hard
work!
Sincerely,
Thanks so much for
everything you did to quickly sell our house and obtain our asking
price. We were very pleased and impressed with everything you
did to find qualified buyers and close the deal quickly. It
was the "icing on the cake" that you were able to arrange to close our
sale before we closed on our purchase so that we avoided the expense of
a bridge loan.
We'll definitely
recommend your services to others and would be happy to serve as
references for prospective clients.
Sincerely,
Glenn and Laurie Griffin
Mary
Lee and Jeff Shaffer did a great job of selling our home very quickly
in a challenging market. From the open house on the initial
weekend to the colorful and detailed flyers, and postings on numerous
web sites, they provided heavy exposure of the home from the
start. They consistently kept us abreast of all activity
during the showing of the home and throughout the transaction process
after we accepted an offer. We really appreciated their
constant communication while our home was on the market all the way
through closing.
One
of their unique strategies was the home inspection contingency where
the seller gets an inspection before putting the home on the market so
that they know early on what deficiencies are uncovered. That
gives the seller time to choose and fix the problems they want on their
own schedule rather than be caught off guard by a buyer's inspection
much later in the process, which can derail a deal. Also,
this gives the seller the option to have the buyer waive the home
inspection contingency in a much shorter time period while keeping the
home on the market until the contingency is met. In a market
where buyers can be more selective because there is a large volume of
inventory, in our case this strategy was a major factor in the
transaction closing successfully and as soon as it did.
Danny Lau
We
sincerely appreciate all of your professional advice and service
through both our recent home sale and purchase. You
make a wonderful team and are definitely the best in the
business! Your guidance and execution of all aspects of our
transactions was truly outstanding. From buying negotiating
tactics, to selling marketing strategies, to all of the detailed
contractual requirements everything was perfect. You were
completely supportive, responsive, and professional throughout the
entire process.
We also appreciate
all the times you went above and beyond to work issues, facilitate
solutions, and help make our experience the best it could be.
Thank you for everything!
Alan & Kelly Wittman
I
first met Jeff and Mary when I bought my home 6 years ago as the
selling agents. I was so impressed with their knowledge of
the area and professionalism, I asked them to represent me when I was
ready to sell and buy a new home.
With
constant communication and diligence through some potentially
disastrous complications, they sold my home quickly and for top dollar
and made my new home purchase a breeze.
If
the time were to ever come again to sell or buy another home, Jeff and
Mary are my choice of agents. I would recommend them to my
friends and family members first and foremost.
Sincerely,
Dave Crosier
Please
accept our sincerest gratitude for taking care of the sale of our home
in the Forest Hill neighborhood.
Frankly, we
were initially stressed out with how the cooling down of the housing
market as result of the subprime mortgage melt-down would affect the
sale of our home. As you knew, we had already committed to
buying a new home and we would be paying two mortgages as long as our
old home remained on the market.
During our first
meeting, we were already comforted by a presentation of a very
well-thought out strategy. We were more impressed as we
witnessed you put your plan into action. The net result is
that even under much dampened market conditions, we got a few offers
after its only been on the market for a few days.
With
your negotiation skills, we were able to get a final offer which is the
highest bid from a buyer with the best financial background to close on
the transaction. The latter turns out to be a crucial factor
as it has become much more difficult for buyers to get loans as the
mortgage market tightened recently.
It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that the two of you have worked magic for us.
Thanks again!
Joana & Alvin Lo
We
tried to be reasonably thorough in our search for an agent to sell our
house, and interviewed four separate teams, including Mary and
Jeff. In fact, it was only a few months ago that we
were sitting and reading these very same recommendations, looking for
some sort of 'sign', any sign. Well, look no
further...you've found it! We think Mary and Jeff really are
the best.
They take their work very seriously and are very, very good at what
they do.
Some of the specific items
which particularly impressed us included (1) they did a lot of
'homework' (i.e. researching comparable sales) in developing the right
sales price for our house, (2) their staging contractors did an
excellent job (and were physically helpful) in helping us prepare our
house for sale, (3) we particularly liked the revolving room-by-room
presentation of our house on their web site, and (4) their knowledge of
Somerset and surrounding areas is probably
unsurpassed. Perhaps most importantly of all, savvy
negotiating skills were very much required for our sale, and Mary did a
fabulous job with this. At a minimum, you want them
on your side - you don't want them on the other side.
In
the end, we received several over-bids in the first week of being on
the market! We are completely satisfied with their handling
of our house sale, and recommend them without qualification to
represent you.
Randy Siegel & Andrea
Steinbach
What a pleasure to have done business with you, especially with me in Idaho and you in Washington.
You
left no stone unturned, keeping me abreast of your every move, in
regards to my condo. I am so appreciative of all your efforts
in getting my condo sold. The fact that you were always there
when I called with questions was a big asset to me.
You were both very trustworthy, dependable and professional in every thing you did for me.
I would recommend you, as highly motivated realtors. Realtors that get the job done.
Thank you so much for your service of excellence.
Sincerely,
Laurel Ayers
