Dan + Linda
340 Ritch Street, #8, San Francisco (Buyer represented)
“Tim got us our dream condo by leveraging his network specializing in off-market properties. Dan and I just got married the previous month and we were entertaining the idea of buying a home together. Before meeting Tim, we had been looking for properties in SF for a while. We would find a property we liked but would find out soon after that the condo would be sold even before we had a chance to see it. Additionally, at that time, we were still waiting for our pre-approval letter from lender we were working with. It had taken longer than we expected. Tim stepped in by connecting us to one of his lending partners that carefully looked into our financial circumstances and provided us a prompt, professional and most personalized experience.
Tim took time to truly understand our situations and needs; We, as a newly married young couple, as first-time buyers in this extremely competitive San Francisco real estate market. We had ideas and expectations that sometime needed Tim’s guidance to make appropriate adjustments. We were looking for lofts close to our work offices and the Caltrain Station on King Street. He showed us a few off-market properties the very next day and we fell in love with one of them. His energy was contagious and his advice were invaluable. Tim immediately taught us through the process and set us up with an amazing mortgage broker, who accelerated the pre-approval process despite the high demand due to the low interest rate at that time. Tim and his team took care of everything and guided us through every step of the way. The process of negotiation never lacked; the back and forth process seemed especially intimidating to us. Thankfully, Tim is a savvy connoisseur of this process and helped us navigate it with ease and put us in a great financial standing.
Tim is extremely attentive and supportive. As first- time home buyers like us, we were very concerned and had a lot of questions about the market and the whole process. Tim always answered our questions patiently, thoroughly and honestly. When we started thinking about furniture, Tim even scheduled a time to personally take us furniture shopping. After everything fell into place at the close of escrow, Tim surprised us by getting us wedding gift – a warrantee policy for all the appliances. It was a very thoughtful and practical gift and brought us additional peace of mind.
Every step of the process proceeded smoothly, efficiently and within 2 weeks of meeting Tim, it looked like our whole lives have changed and we were all set to become proud homeowners of our dream condo.
Although the whole process started a few weeks before the city’s Shelter-in-place and went through during the Coronavirus, Tim and his team were able to come up with alternative plans to accomplished what needed to be done. This situation with Coronavirus was a completely new territory for everyone. However, Tim was unphased and re-assured us that he would work with the lender and the seller to tackle any issues and remove all impediments. Tim and his team really pulled through for us. We just moved in first week of May and we are so excited to start our new chapter of lives as a newly married couple in our new home! Thank you so much for everything, Tim! :)"