"He who has a thing to sell and goes and whispers in a well is not as apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers." - Anon

I'm sure you'd agree that sellers and buyers want to know they're working with the most competent and professional Realtor in the area; receiving testimonials is tangible support for marketing efforts and help us substantiate our credibility.

During the Holiday Season my owner/broker received (unsolicited) this from one of my clients:

Subject: Appreciation

I just wanted to drop a quick line to recognize John and Shawn for their efforts in representing us in both buying our new home and selling the old one. I have to admit that we were no big fan of Realtors before due to a number of less than pleasant prior encounters where we were left with a feeling of lack of competence or - even worse - absence of care for our best interest in what usually is one's life long largest investment.

We were lucky enough to meet John by chance as he was showing another property. Back then, my wife and I were looking for our "dream home" for more than a year without a whole lot of success. We obviously had talked to more Realtors than we cared to remember but at the end of the day decided we would be better of looking on our own.

This all changed when we met John. We not only found him to be extremely knowledgeable in the real state market, but refreshingly caring about figuring out what we want (and not what he has and thinks we should want as was usually the case with other Realtors).

As the result of that, the next property that we were interested in we contacted John.  Although that didn't work for us, John took us - on the same day - to show other houses that he thought we may like. Needless to say, we had our new home in no time.

Given the great experience of the purchase, we asked John - now teamed up with Shawn, with his can-do attitude and great personality - to represent us in selling our old house as well. We could never imagine selling a house can be made this easy!

Shawn and John researched the market thoroughly, compiled a detailed report that reflected all the facts and data that we required to set a price and launched an advertising campaign targeting what turned out to be the perfect audience for our property. All we had to do was to give them the key and go on vacation and when we came back they lined up the offers for us. It really couldn't get any better than that!

Even after the sale was completed, John and Shawn were still there to help us settle down, resolve minor issues and facilitate the communications. All along, we were delighted to see how meeting our needs - and as was demonstrated to us over and over again - not financial gains are the focus of our Realtors. In our experience and especially in today's market, this to itself is quite a rare quality.

Needless to say, due to our great experience we will highly recommend John and Shawn (which make a great team by the way) to anyone looking to buy or sell their property.

Very truly yours, Nooshin and Ben - Coquitlam, BC

John in Port Moody, BC

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