I chose real estate as a career because I love everything about the industry from touring homes to helping my clients find and acquire just the right home that they are looking for. I treat all my clients as though they are my family or friends. With complete explanations of the whole home-buying or home-selling experience, I guide my clients through the process including locating the right property, writing the contract, negotiating the best deal, attending all inspections with my clients and negotiating for repairs until we go to the title company to sign the final documents. Over the years, I have helped many happy customers who have bought or sold more property with me or referred family or friends. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, sailing, reading and going to the movies. I am a fourth generation Vallejoan and have extensive knowledge of the area.

I have served on the Board of Directors of the Solano Association of Realtors and am currently President for the Association.  I am a member of the Solano Association of Realtors, the California Association of Realtors where I also serve as a State Director and the National Association of Realtors.  I am a member of Women's Council of Realtors and the Real Estate Buyers Agency Council.  I have earned the designation as a Seniors Real Estate Specialist(SRES).  I am currently working on the following designations:  Accreditated Buyer's Representative(ABR) and Graduate Realtor Institute(GRI).

My areas of expertise are in residential and income real estate sales, purchases and exchanges.  I have worked extensively with home sellers and buyers, especially first time home buyers, to make the transaction as smooth and seamless as possible to minimize the stress that is invariably a part of any financial decision as large as the sale or purchase of a new home.

What Clients Are Saying About Lori Collins

"Your positive outlook and enthusiastic attitude were just what we needed in the selling of our home. We appreciate theway it was handled. Thank you!" - The Fowlers

"I would like to acknowledge the professional and personal service I received from Lori Collins through out my real estatetransactions with her. Beginning a search for a new home in mid January 2005, Lori kept me informed of all the properties in the Benicia and Vallejo area as we continued to look at many of them. In February, Lori listed my home in Vallejo and had a realtors walk through the same week and an open house that Sunday. I had an offer and secure buyer by the next Wednesday. The following week I was able to make an offer on a town house in Benicia which was accepted.  Having no knowledge of real estate transactions, Lori was so helpful in explaining every question I had and advising me through each procedure of selling and buying. All of this was completed in less than 30 days. Wow!!! I am in my new home and enjoying it." - Veronica Duquette

"I wanted to thank you for all you did for us during the sale of our home and rental property. I knew Realtors help people buy and sell homes but I never understood how much work you have to put into the process. You handled the paperwork in a smooth and efficient manner. You took care of the open house on both properties and you brought us viable offers within hours of putting the houses on the market. That much I expected, but you helped us get through the home inspections, negotiating changes in the purchase contracts, getting the additional work done in a timely manner. You helped us find a competent contractor to do the needed work and supervised his progress. And you were always there to "hand hold" when we started to get panicky over the whole process. The sale or purchase of a home isn't as easy as one may think. I am extremely happy that we called you when we needed a realtor. Lori, you are the greatest." - Peder and Janis Bunck

My wife and I were probably any real estate agents worst nightmare. We were two stressed out city snobs from San Francisco on a shoestring budget shopping long distance. As first-time home buyers, we had a million questions and we wanted to look at EVERYTHING on the market.
Lori worked with us tirelessly for over 6 months, showing us 100's of homes and answering all of our questions. During the whole process, Lori was always patient, always with a smile and pleasant demeanor no matter how stressed out my wife and I got. A true professional.
It was a definite advantage working with Lori with her 20 plus years of experience and intimate knowledge of Vallejo and surrounding area. We knew we could count on Lori to provide us with accurate information about specific areas of Vallejo and the community at large. She was able to tell us weather a house we found on the internet was worth the trip from San Francisco to go see in person and scouted several homes for us in advance. This service saved us a lot of time that would have otherwise been wasted looking at homes that were not suitable to our needs.
When we finally decided on a property, Lori was invaluable in helping us through all the processes of making an offer and advising us on best practices. She also was able to recommend trusted home inspectors to give us honest and informative advice about our new home and continues to this day to be a valuable resource for referring competent workers, professionals and services in our community.
I always recommend Lori to my friends and acquaintances who are in the market to buy or sell a home and when it comes time to sell our home I will definitely call on Lori again.

Sincerely,
Mark and Marcy Goings

 I've worked with Lori Collins for two years.  Personally, Lori has assisted me with the purchase of real property. Lori's attention to detail is one of her greatest strengths as this process had to be managed and micromanaged from start-to-finish to ensure all collateral parties did what they needed to do. I have also assisted Lori in the closing of several transactions in my capacity as a mobile notary and certified signing agent.  I am always impressed with how easy signing her clients is as they are well-prepared and ready to get it done.  I would recommend Lori for any and all real estate needs.

Johnny Walker, Johnny on the Spot Mobile Notary