Testimonials
September 18th, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
Selling a home in today’s economic dilemma is a very difficult and time consuming task.
Luckily my wife and I found great solace in locating Mr. Everett Talvo. It was not an
easy task as the house that we were selling had been on the market and represented by another agent for 6 months. During that time not one offer was made. We continuously dropped the price to if we could peak home buyers interest but still no offers. We took the house off the market to regroup. During this time we interviewed 12 different realtors. Everett was the cream of the crop from all that we spoke to.
From the very beginning Everett was a compassionate and empathetic individual. He
was in constant contact with me about my mother’s home that was being sold. About the second or third day of having Everett represent us he told me that he would be able to sell the home within 90 days.
Everett diligently worked on marketing and extensive follow up to those that showed interest in the home. Low and behold the house sold on the 90th day just like Everett told
me.
Now my mother is taken car of for the rest of her life due to the dedication shown by Everett in selling the house.
We can’t thank Everett enough for his hard work!
Again Everett Thank you!
Dallas and Kathy Strand
(Everett sold their mother’s home in Shoreline)
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September 2, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
Please be informed that Everett Talvo recently sold our house for us in a very distressed market! Everett has excellent follow up skills and even provided a stager for us. If you need a house sold and are looking for a house to buy, Call Everett! He’ll do a great job for you.
Sincerely,
Scott and Kathy Bowshser
(Everett sold their home in Lake Forest Park)
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6-14-08
Everett found us at a time when we really needed him, and what a lifesaver he was. We
didn’t even know our listing had expired until we got his call, he literally rescued us. We
bought our dream home last year but still owed a condo, which we intended to sell. The market was terrible and we were increasingly concerned with out current situation, we’d
been on the market for months already. I was also pregnant at the time.
Everett kindly offered to come to our home and discuss, free of charge, out options.
Upon meeting Everett we were faced with a warm, professional guy who clearly has our best interests at heart. We were so impressed to see the vast amount of work he’d put in so soon and before we’d even committed to him.
He gave us such sound advice that the very next day we were already making changes.
He gave us hope and encouragement throughout and we were in constant communication,
always on top of things with such prompt response we were never left dangling. He told
us we’d have a sale within weeks, and to our excitement within 4 weeks we’d had not one but two offers! The final sale was not a simple one but we had every confidence in
Everett to get us through it, which he did with little stress.
We don’t even want to thing where we’d be without him and are truly grateful. We still
Rave about him to this day and recommend him to anyone thinking of buying or selling.
A truly great guy in both a professional and personal manner.
Thank you so much!
The Pratt’s, Seattle
(Everett sold their condo in Belltown)
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TO: Potential clients of Everett Talvo
Windermere, Seattle
From: Don and Peg Hester
Entiat, Washington
Date: August 4, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
If you need to sell your home, hire Everett, he will help you.
We met Everett on the phone when he called ton inform us that our home has expired from the MLS. This was new to us and I was a little cautious because the day he called was Monday, April 1st so I thought it was an April fools day joke because we were not aware of this situation from our current agent. We originally hired our property manager to sell out home. It was a rental for five years ad we needed to sell in order to buy a home in Wenatchee. We thought it was a good transition, to have the property manager sell it, since he was familiar with it.
After the initial phone call, we decided we wanted to meet with Everett, but because we ere leaving town to take our son on a spring break trip to the coast we were not able to. But Everett told us that he would to the house, take pictures, perform a market analysis, get some information and call us at our hotel that night to discuss the details. He also told us that we may get other calls from realtors that day, which we did-but no from out agent. Everett called us that night just like he said he would and we discussed a new approach to selling out home. We liked his ideas and we met him in person when we returned to town. We called our former agent on the following Saturday to tell him our house expired from the MLS and asked him to come to retrieve his sign. He told us that he was not aware that house expired because he had given the account to a junior agent in his office - unknown to us!
What a relief to have Everett is the picture! When Everett took over as out agent things really began to happen! He told us we would have an offer within two weeks and we did. This market is very tumultuous ands some of the offers did not work out. But after the last offer fell through Everett remained optimistic, we made some adjustments and he told us the house will sell and he will have another offer soon. Eight days later we had an offer and the house sold.
We want to express how grateful we are to Everett. He really persevered and remained positive-which in turn helped us keep our sanity! He kept in touch with us and was very responsive to out calls, e-mails and text messages to him. He is very knowledgeable, he’s professional, he’s personable, and he goes above and beyond to get results!
This can be a difficult time to sell a home. But if you need to put your house on the market, hire Everett – You’ll never regret having Everett as your agent. He is wonderful!
Feel free to contact us if you wish,
Kind Regards,
Don and Peg Hester
(phone number available by request)
(Everett sold their home in Lynnwood)
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August 6, 2008
Letter of Reference: Everett Talvo
To Whom It May Concern:
Everett Talvo sold our condo in The Klee in Belltown, Seattle in March 2008. Everett assumed the listing after the previous agent was unable to retain a buyer. The condo was initially on the market for about 6 months with one offer that fell through at the last minute within days of us vacating the condo
We met Everett through a “cold call”! We had relocated to Colorado while our condo was on the market. When the first listing expired, Everett called us to see if we were interested in retaining him.
After several phone conferences and a presentation from Everett, we decided to give him a chance. Due to our previous experience, we told Everett he had 30 days! If it didn’t sell in 30 days, we planned to rent the condo.
Everett sold the condo in 20 days! He handled literally everything for us since we were not physically in the WA. Everett committed to communicate with us weekly (actually it was more often, daily) via phone, fax and e-mail. He met this commitment with no problem at all.
Everett facilitated the “staging” necessary for our condo since it was left empty after the first offer fell through. He went above and beyond the normal responsibilities of a real estate agent. His attitude was always positive; his demeanor helpful; he provided solutions and thought “outside the box” to add value and creativity.
We would work with Everett again if the occasion presented itself.
Thought we have still never met Everett in person, the rapport and relationship established during the sale process provided us with strong, solid comfort level. His sense of compassion and enthusiasm for what he does prove his strength of character.
We highly recommend Everett Talvo. His actions speak as loud as his words! It was a joy to have the opportunity to work with a man of such quality.
Regards,
Rick and Margie Versen
(Everett sold their condo in Belltown)
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TO: Potential clients of Everett Talvo
From: Dennis and Gwen Hoglund
Bothell, Washington
Date: August 5, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
We first met Everett after he called during a period when our current listing was about to expire. As the house had been on the market for many months, we decided to interview a couple of new agents to see if there might be a better way to move our rental home. My wife and I sat down with a total of 3 agents and made our decision to go with Everett almost instantly; he was the 1st agent we interviewed.
Everett was extremely flexible and arranged to come to our home for the interview. When he did show up, he was very prepared and had already gone by the listing to take pictures and walk through the property. He brought market analysis information and suggested prices that would assist in selling the home based on the current market situation.
Despite Everett’s suggestions and information, my wife and I still wanted to get top dollar in a falling market. Thinking that we knew more about real estate than Everett did, as many people seem to do, we decided to go for a higher price. After a couple of weeks we finally listened to Everett’s suggestions and lowered the price to where he thought it would move more effectively. Within 2 weeks, we had a credible offer and the process was started to sell our rental home.
My wife and I were very appreciative of Everett’s devotion and willingness to help us sell our home. He always remained positive even when we were not optimistic about his suggestions to lower the price which ended up being exactly what we needed to do. He was always available via e-mail or phone and has often helped us with questions about future real estate transactions we are looking into. He is a terrific agent who knows the business and will help you sell your home in a professional manner.
Please feel free to contact me with questions,
Dennis and Gwen Hoglund
(phone number available by request)
(Everett sold their condo in Everett)
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February 20, 2008
Windermere
Attn: Everett Talvo
301 NE 100th
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98125
To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to refer Everett Talvo of Windermere Real Estate to sell your home.
I was an owner pf a home in Edmonds, Washington since the early 1990’s. It was originally my residence that became a 20 year rental.
When I decided to sell this home, I listed with my property management company. This was the smoothest way to proceed in this transaction from out-of-state. After three months, there were no follow ups, no offers and no hope. I was deluged with solicitations from many agents when the listing expired from the multiple listing service. Everett’s style was attractive because of his tenacity and optimism. Everett was able to look at my home, take pictures and notes, and provided a market analysis with professional options
by email. I listed my home with him based on his highly structured reporting.
My first impression was correct. After signing with Everett, his communication and tenacity remained constant. He was in continuous contact via cell phone, fax and email readily. He sent emails of listings/websites pertaining to the sale. His knowledge of modern technological communication processes was advantageous with the out-of-state situation.
In a week’s time, Everett procured not one, but three offers! He and I had very intelligent conversations about acceptance strategies, which furthered my confidence. During the escrow, some problems arose, such as neighbors complaining about dead trees and a septic tank needing to be pumped. I believe Everett went beyond the call of duty to help me with these matters. I never had to leave California or take time from my job to come and handle these issues myself. This was very important to me.
I cannot emphasize how happy I was with the service Everett provided, and I can say with confidence that you will also be most satisfied.
Respectfully,
Tammy Gordin
(Everett sold her home in Edmonds)
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January 2, 2010
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to express my complete satisfaction with Everett Talvo as a realtor. From the very beginning and throughout the entire process, Everett was professional, conscientious, and motivated. I always felt as though I was his only client.
My sale was complicated due to my specific circumstances; when others may have given up, Everett diligently worked to help my deal happen always promptly answering my e-mails and phone calls and following up with all viewings with a questionnaire and follow up. He is a professional and I felt that I could relax as everything that could be done was being done. In the end, I sold my house, and I was pleased with the result. I would not hesitate to work with Everett again.
I would be delighted to answer any specific questions regarding Everett’s performance.
Sincerely,
Laurel Bird
6-14-08
Everett found us at a time when we really needed him, and what a lifesaver he was. We
didn’t even know our listing had expired until we got his call, he literally rescued us. We
bought our dream home last year but still owed a condo, which we intended to sell. The market was terrible and we were increasingly concerned with out current situation, we’d
been on the market for months already. I was also pregnant at the time.
Everett kindly offered to come to our home and discuss, free of charge, out options.
Upon meeting Everett we were faced with a warm, professional guy who clearly has our best interests at heart. We were so impressed to see the vast amount of work he’d put in so soon and before we’d even committed to him.
He gave us such sound advice that the very next day we were already making changes.
He gave us hope and encouragement throughout and we were in constant communication,
always on top of things with such prompt response we were never left dangling. He told
us we’d have a sale within weeks, and to our excitement within 4 weeks we’d had not one but two offers! The final sale was not a simple one but we had every confidence in
Everett to get us through it, which he did with little stress.
We don’t even want to thing where we’d be without him and are truly grateful. We still
Rave about him to this day and recommend him to anyone thinking of buying or selling.
A truly great guy in both a professional and personal manner.
Thank you so much!
The Pratt’s, Seattle
(Everett sold their condo in Belltown)
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TO: Potential clients of Everett Talvo
Windermere, Seattle
From: Don and Peg Hester
Entiat, Washington
Date: August 4, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
If you need to sell your home, hire Everett, he will help you.
We met Everett on the phone when he called ton inform us that our home has expired from the MLS. This was new to us and I was a little cautious because the day he called was Monday, April 1st so I thought it was an April fools day joke because we were not aware of this situation from our current agent. We originally hired our property manager to sell out home. It was a rental for five years ad we needed to sell in order to buy a home in Wenatchee. We thought it was a good transition, to have the property manager sell it, since he was familiar with it.
After the initial phone call, we decided we wanted to meet with Everett, but because we ere leaving town to take our son on a spring break trip to the coast we were not able to. But Everett told us that he would to the house, take pictures, perform a market analysis, get some information and call us at our hotel that night to discuss the details. He also told us that we may get other calls from realtors that day, which we did-but no from out agent. Everett called us that night just like he said he would and we discussed a new approach to selling out home. We liked his ideas and we met him in person when we returned to town. We called our former agent on the following Saturday to tell him our house expired from the MLS and asked him to come to retrieve his sign. He told us that he was not aware that house expired because he had given the account to a junior agent in his office - unknown to us!
What a relief to have Everett is the picture! When Everett took over as out agent things really began to happen! He told us we would have an offer within two weeks and we did. This market is very tumultuous ands some of the offers did not work out. But after the last offer fell through Everett remained optimistic, we made some adjustments and he told us the house will sell and he will have another offer soon. Eight days later we had an offer and the house sold.
We want to express how grateful we are to Everett. He really persevered and remained positive-which in turn helped us keep our sanity! He kept in touch with us and was very responsive to out calls, e-mails and text messages to him. He is very knowledgeable, he’s professional, he’s personable, and he goes above and beyond to get results!
This can be a difficult time to sell a home. But if you need to put your house on the market, hire Everett – You’ll never regret having Everett as your agent. He is wonderful!
Feel free to contact us if you wish,
Kind Regards,
Don and Peg Hester
(phone number available by request)
(Everett sold their home in Lynnwood)
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August 6, 2008
Letter of Reference: Everett Talvo
To Whom It May Concern:
Everett Talvo sold our condo in The Klee in Belltown, Seattle in March 2008. Everett assumed the listing after the previous agent was unable to retain a buyer. The condo was initially on the market for about 6 months with one offer that fell through at the last minute within days of us vacating the condo
We met Everett through a “cold call”! We had relocated to Colorado while our condo was on the market. When the first listing expired, Everett called us to see if we were interested in retaining him.
After several phone conferences and a presentation from Everett, we decided to give him a chance. Due to our previous experience, we told Everett he had 30 days! If it didn’t sell in 30 days, we planned to rent the condo.
Everett sold the condo in 20 days! He handled literally everything for us since we were not physically in the WA. Everett committed to communicate with us weekly (actually it was more often, daily) via phone, fax and e-mail. He met this commitment with no problem at all.
Everett facilitated the “staging” necessary for our condo since it was left empty after the first offer fell through. He went above and beyond the normal responsibilities of a real estate agent. His attitude was always positive; his demeanor helpful; he provided solutions and thought “outside the box” to add value and creativity.
We would work with Everett again if the occasion presented itself.
Thought we have still never met Everett in person, the rapport and relationship established during the sale process provided us with strong, solid comfort level. His sense of compassion and enthusiasm for what he does prove his strength of character.
We highly recommend Everett Talvo. His actions speak as loud as his words! It was a joy to have the opportunity to work with a man of such quality.
Regards,
Rick and Margie Versen
(Everett sold their condo in Belltown)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TO: Potential clients of Everett Talvo
From: Dennis and Gwen Hoglund
Bothell, Washington
Date: August 5, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
We first met Everett after he called during a period when our current listing was about to expire. As the house had been on the market for many months, we decided to interview a couple of new agents to see if there might be a better way to move our rental home. My wife and I sat down with a total of 3 agents and made our decision to go with Everett almost instantly; he was the 1st agent we interviewed.
Everett was extremely flexible and arranged to come to our home for the interview. When he did show up, he was very prepared and had already gone by the listing to take pictures and walk through the property. He brought market analysis information and suggested prices that would assist in selling the home based on the current market situation.
Despite Everett’s suggestions and information, my wife and I still wanted to get top dollar in a falling market. Thinking that we knew more about real estate than Everett did, as many people seem to do, we decided to go for a higher price. After a couple of weeks we finally listened to Everett’s suggestions and lowered the price to where he thought it would move more effectively. Within 2 weeks, we had a credible offer and the process was started to sell our rental home.
My wife and I were very appreciative of Everett’s devotion and willingness to help us sell our home. He always remained positive even when we were not optimistic about his suggestions to lower the price which ended up being exactly what we needed to do. He was always available via e-mail or phone and has often helped us with questions about future real estate transactions we are looking into. He is a terrific agent who knows the business and will help you sell your home in a professional manner.
Please feel free to contact me with questions,
Dennis and Gwen Hoglund
(phone number available by request)
(Everett sold their condo in Everett)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
February 20, 2008
Windermere
Attn: Everett Talvo
301 NE 100th
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98125
To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to refer Everett Talvo of Windermere Real Estate to sell your home.
I was an owner pf a home in Edmonds, Washington since the early 1990’s. It was originally my residence that became a 20 year rental.
When I decided to sell this home, I listed with my property management company. This was the smoothest way to proceed in this transaction from out-of-state. After three months, there were no follow ups, no offers and no hope. I was deluged with solicitations from many agents when the listing expired from the multiple listing service. Everett’s style was attractive because of his tenacity and optimism. Everett was able to look at my home, take pictures and notes, and provided a market analysis with professional options
by email. I listed my home with him based on his highly structured reporting.
My first impression was correct. After signing with Everett, his communication and tenacity remained constant. He was in continuous contact via cell phone, fax and email readily. He sent emails of listings/websites pertaining to the sale. His knowledge of modern technological communication processes was advantageous with the out-of-state situation.
In a week’s time, Everett procured not one, but three offers! He and I had very intelligent conversations about acceptance strategies, which furthered my confidence. During the escrow, some problems arose, such as neighbors complaining about dead trees and a septic tank needing to be pumped. I believe Everett went beyond the call of duty to help me with these matters. I never had to leave California or take time from my job to come and handle these issues myself. This was very important to me.
I cannot emphasize how happy I was with the service Everett provided, and I can say with confidence that you will also be most satisfied.
Respectfully,
Tammy Gordin
(Everett sold her home in Edmonds)
____________________________________________________________________________________________
January 2, 2010
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to express my complete satisfaction with Everett Talvo as a realtor. From the very beginning and throughout the entire process, Everett was professional, conscientious, and motivated. I always felt as though I was his only client.
My sale was complicated due to my specific circumstances; when others may have given up, Everett diligently worked to help my deal happen always promptly answering my e-mails and phone calls and following up with all viewings with a questionnaire and follow up. He is a professional and I felt that I could relax as everything that could be done was being done. In the end, I sold my house, and I was pleased with the result. I would not hesitate to work with Everett again.
I would be delighted to answer any specific questions regarding Everett’s performance.
Sincerely,
Laurel Bird
December 8, 2007
Everett Talvo
Windermere Real Estate
301 NE 100th, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98125
Dear Everett,
Our recent real estate purchase and the experience that went along with it was a pleasure in large part because of dealing with you. We both appreciated your professionalism, knowledge, and responsiveness. Being new investors, we benefited from your advice, and consultation. You were very honest, forthright, and helpful in your dealing with everyone in this transaction.
We will definitely call you in the future, and would recommend you to anyone seeking good guidance in the world of real estate.
Sincerely,
Greg & Donna Ashe
December 21, 2006
Everett Talvo
Sales & Marketing Specialist
Windermere Real Estate
301 NE 100th, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98125
Dear Mr. Talvo,
“My Life before Everett Talvo”
Let’s see I was stuck in a miserable, dysfunctional relationship, with a real estate agent, amongst mutual dislike. I was actually to the point where I was questioning “Is this really all happening this way?” My agent was a poor choice, to put it politely. I did all of the work, all of the follow up calls, all the questioning, all the worrying, all the reviewing of documents, to just really be ignored. The only thing I really remember her doing is “listing” my house, then I never saw or really heard from her whatsoever. I soon realized I had a part time agent, at best more so a “hobby” agent. I never spoke to her once from an office. She would not return telephone calls and wouldn’t be motivated to do anything unless I put it in an e-mail/written format. It progressively got worse, where I had to start “CCing” her floor broker AND threatening legal representation. Once I threatened legal representation, she began to work, but in a slow, passive/ aggressive manner, still trying to test my disdain to the very last moment. I ended up suffering a mild stroke, and I had to really ask myself if it was really worth it to even have my house on the market. The only thing that kept me going was the thought of the house I fell in love with and am the owner of.
I summoned the emotional fortitude to discontinue our professional contract and take my house of the market. She even fought that, begging me everyday, to give her “just one more day”. I gave her one more week. I then said, I will forward a doctor’s report/affidavit, via an attorney, stating my physical and emotional health has been compromised to the point of needing to get out of this business relationship with her. She reluctantly, took me off of the MLS and let me go. In looking back on all of the time, I had multiple showings and multiple people in my home, but she would not bring in any offers, or even follow through with agents for feedback and we lost them all.
Then I was given Mr. Talvo’s name by a neighbor friend and in a nervous, tired and post traumatic stress manner, I made the telephone call that changed the whole course of home selling for me. First off, he returned my call-wow! He then answered all my questions-wow! He then reassured me of what is his job and what is my job-wow! He was at my house within days, spoke to me about a comparative market analysis and our plan of attack to sell my home. I immediately started to exhale and breathe again. I even starting sleeping at night, knowing it will be all o.k. I was comforted to know I was with a competent, energetic, knowledgeable, professional, and very personable agent. We began to put our plan into motion and within weeks we had an offer that we were both comfortable with and we followed through on and sold my house smoothly and successfully. I can only ponder what the journey would have been like if I was never referred to Everett, but then again, why would I want to ponder that. I will shout from my roof top referrals to Mr. Talvo.
Sincerely,
Amy Frederick
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: RE:Windmere Email Listing:
Hi Everett, Now that I have been in the mini-condo for over two months, I finally have time to send you this important e-mail.
Thank you so much for all that you did for me during the sale of my Edmonds home and the purchase of the Renton mini-condo. Neither the sale nor the purchase went well, but you were there to “hold my hand”, and help me through both transactions. Your professionalism is so very much appreciated, and I would not hesitate to recommend your services to friends in the future. You can be certain that when I decide to move on that I will call on you to help the move.
Thanks again, JoAnne.
Northwest
Mortgage Professionals
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January 11, 2006
To Whom It May Concern: -
After spending five years in Southern California, I recently moved back to Bainbridge Island. This move came to fruition when my father passed away in May and my wife Megan and I made five visits to the Northwest over a couple of months. As the Executor of my father’s estate I needed to sell his condo in Lynnwood.
Although my mother has been an agent for over 30 years, I was looking for someone close to the property & successful - a proven track record. So, I put my information into the Home Gain website hoping to get a referral to a couple of agents….I got over 15 phone calls that day! After interviewing multiple agents we chose Everett. He gave me a feeling of confidence without the big ego and unrealistic promises others touted.
Nuts and bolts of the transaction: I sold the property for that what I expected. Everett took care of EVERYTHING, including a trip to Bellevue to pick up the resale certificate (which he did not have to do), and time on the market was about 45 days. Simply put, it was a very well done job!
Best of luck in the New Year!
Regards,
Ian S. Clyde
Mortgage Professional
Northwest
Mortgage Professionals
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December 30, 2005
Dear Everett,
Thank you for the assistance in selling my fathers condo. You certainly didn’t get paid well enough for the work that you did… I especially appreciate that you picked up the resale cert for me in Bellevue.
Have a huge year in 2006! I would not hesitate to refer a client to you that was looking to sell or buy in the Seattle Area. Good Luck…..
Regards,
Ian S. Clyde
Mortgage Consultant
Everett Talvo
Marketing Specialist
January 28, 2004
Dear Everett,
I just got back walking on the beach and thought again about how you helped me get here.
After 13 months of having people traipse through my house saying it was great but not buying it, I was very discouraged about ever finding a buyer without losing most of my investment.
When I decided to switch agents, you stepped in with all the facts and a positive, professional attitude that impressed me from the very start. Your thorough research helped me understand what price was realistic and what I could reasonably expect from a sale. You answered all of my questions, and when I expressed doubts, you restored my faith that we were close to a satisfactory sale.
In little more than a month, your strategy brought not one but two offers and the sale and closing progressed smoothly because you took care of all the details. I sincerely wish that I had found you when I started the process of selling my house.
Thanks again for your excellent services. And best wishes for your continued success in 2004.
Sincerely,
Clarice Keegan
Oysterville, WA
To Whom It May Concern:
If you’re looking to get your home sold, hire Everett Talvo of Windermere.
My wife and I decided to sell our home back in September of 2003. At that time we hired an agent with a respectable company help sell our home. Since the interest rates were quite low and our home was literally bursting at the seams, we thought it would be a great time to sell. Living in the Shoreline area, I had a great feeling that our home would sell fairly quickly. Unfortunately the original process was quite disappointing.
At the time we went on the market, we had quite a number of showings. The agent cards started to become a good stack and seemed as if people really liked our house. We were hoping that an offer would come soon. After awhile,….1,2, and even 3 months later, we only had one offer, which he didn’t seem particularly interested in following up thoroughly. We wanted to rely on his expertise and follow his lead, but we never felt valued as a client. We sometimes wondered if we were “too small” for him to care. I was curious what others have thought about our home. I even noticed other homes in our area would go on the market and have sold. We would call our past agent, but he would not return our call for a couple of days, or not at all. I had to constantly be on top of things and had to remind him to follow up. I often wondered, if our house ever sold, why he should get paid when I was doing most of the work. Interestingly enough, when our home came off the market, we didn’t know about it because our past agent didn’t notify us. That’s when I got a phone call from Everett Talvo.
Everett told us that he noticed that the listing ran out and that he specialized in homes that didn’t sell that should have. He said that in 2003 his average marketing time in selling homes was about 32 days. I was curious about him and invited him to look at our home. The first impression I got from him was depth of information he provided to us and his proactive, “can –do” attitude. He showed us the current market activity for Shoreline, how much he could sell the home for, and how long it would take to sell. In sum, we felt so confident with him that we listed the home that same day.
We went on the market, my wife and I noticed a big difference. Everett and his assistant/wife answered and returned all of our calls promptly, updated weekly of what was going on and more. At that point, we were just happy that we had an agent who paid attention and returned our calls, let alone get the house sold. Surprisingly enough….we received an offer in 10 days. I am so happy and pleased that we meet and chose Everett to sell our home. He and his wife are great agents and will refer them to our friends and family. If you list with Everett, the only thing you have to worry about is packing.
Sincerely,
Hoon Kang
November 16, 2003
Dear Everett,
Thank you so much for your professionalism and expertise in selling our home. Please use the following for any potential clients as first hand testimony to your great abilities.
My husband and I had listed our house at the beginning of July, lowered the price after a few weeks of no offers. We were considering lowering again at the start of September when we still had no offers. We were frustrated and were feeling that we weren’t getting proper guidance from our agent at that time. We took the house off the market for a few days at that point and were put in touch with Everett.
Everett’s initial presentation was incredible, it was obvious he knows the housing market in Seattle area very well and he really did his homework as to where our house should be priced in order to get an offer within 30 days. We also felt confident in working with Everett because he explained how he is actively developing new clients to which our home could potentially be sold. We chose to re-list with Everett. Within 6 days of listing we had an offer versus the 2 months prior in which we had had none with our former agent.
During the entire process Everett and Jean Marie were both very involved and provided us all the guidance we needed and made sure nothing fell through the cracks. We definitely had peace of mind working with the Talvo’s.
Sincerely,
Lester Lasseter