Real Estate Agents in Irvine, CA

Have you already secured financing? That's the best place to start, because it influences everything else. I'd start with financing before contacting a realtor.

[Dont use Laura Preciado](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Orange-County-Real-Estate-Scams-Help-Foreclosure-Preciado-AE-509861661.html)

Samantha Dowd is the best! She sold my condo in days and once we found a house, she coordinated the closings so the proceeds from one could go to the other. She worked her butt off for me.

You're more likely to get the house if you use the same realtor as the seller. The realtor has more incentive to persuade the seller in your direction.

personal recommendation is [Andrea Munoz](https://www.kw.com/kw/agent/andrea-munoz) at Keller Williams

If you're buying your first home, I think you should wait until this winter: [https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/why-its-cheaper-to-buy-a-home-in-the-winter/383478/](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/why-its-cheaper-to-buy-a-home-in-the-winter/383478/) The market is cooling off, but we're still in the prime part of the year. If you're renting, see if you can extend your term by 6 months.

Where?

Highly recommend [Brian Kallen ](http://kallenrealty4 u.com/about/), we used him when we bought our first house, and again when we bought out second and sold the first!

Won’t some realtors be willing to bounce back some of their commission to their customers? Does anybody have any experience with this? I’m not sure if it’s good, in practice, or not.

Going off your username... are you ready to leave gloomy Bolton for sunny Orange County?

http://zrealestateoc.com/ these people were great. Was a first time buyer as well. I preferred working with Greg over Racheal, but they were both good.

-Wendy Hooper Ross: Veracity Real Estate-(wendy@veracityrealestate.com)

I work for the Farris team! Let me know if you're still looking for help.

Hey man, Gage Hartman is an absolute rockstar. I’m a financial advisor and I send him the majority of my real estate referrals and he has been nothing but efficient, easy to work with and is an absolute professional. Website: realliving.com/gage.hartman Number: 218-821-0998 Hope that helps!

I recommend [Tony Vatalaro at Evergreen Real Estate](http://tonyvatalaro.point2 agent.com/) \- he helped my husband buy his house. He spent a lot of time finding the perfect house, as well as pointing out potential flaws in houses or possibly expensive repairs. ​

Hello! I work mostly with first time Home Buyers and have an excellent reputation for it. If you want to DM me, I’d be happy to share my contact info. I’d put it right out there but I don’t always like people knowing who I am on social media. I’d be happy to chat and it’s always no pressure. I work for Real Living Messina & Assoc.

I am available right now! I work with a small team here in Duluth and am dual licensed MN/WI. ReMax Prodigy Give me a call 218-464-6023.

Used Casey at Edmunds when we bought our first house. Will be going with her again next time.

Jeanne Tondryk was who we used and she was awesome. Very helpful, always willing to answer our clueless questions. Explained all the steps well.

I was selling my home a few years ago. My advice is to interview multiple real estate agents and get a feel for their personality and fees ( this could save you literally THOUSANDS ). By interviewing several real estate agents you get to see what differences they and their agency offers and pick which best suit your needs. ( ie: price , marketing ability , years of experience , regional expertise, trustworthiness etc). You could even ask them for references from previous customers. Often your realtor stays in the family, so pick wisely.

My parents are real estate agents in Placentia but work all over. They’re both retired so they do it on the side just for fun (not doing it to make a living). They get a lot of enjoyment finding places for people to live. DM me if interested

Alex Yu and Abel Sanchez from First Team Real Estate (they work together) are fantastic. Super knowledgeable and professional, friendly as well!

[Brian Kallen realty](http://kallenrealty4 u.com/about/) we used him to buy our first house, had such a great experience we used him to sell the first one years later and buy our second.

If you're selling, use what /u/isuckatspeling is saying. If you're buying, spend the time, learn the area you want to move into, drive around, find the right locations. Use Zillow, RedFin, and [Realitor.com](https://Realitor.com) to find houses that are interesting you. Then drive to the houses during open houses and take a look around. Finally, when you find something you like, call the listing agent. They will bend over backwards to help you since they'll get double commission if you buy it. Also, usually gets you at the top of the offer lists when you finally put in an offer.

Fred Macias. He helped us sell and buy a house as well as a few friends. Great to work with and all processes were easy.

[Greg Hendrickson](https://yelp.to/qTKq/zrg00 uhBr6) was fantastic. He’ll work his ass off for you and is a super nice guy.

Mike Saulus at Fred Sed Reality really helped is during the process that lead us to buying our house in Orange last December. I highly recommend him as he was great dealing with some difficult sellers.

Thanks everyone for the input! I appreciate it

I really like Redfin, I've used them several times and have recommended them to friends. Used twice both times as listing and selling. Looking at homes is super convenient, you find the place online tell Redfin and they will have an agent out there to meet you within an hour. These guys tend to be less experienced but when you are ready to buy they hand off to a more experienced agent. When I used them as a listing agent they gave good tips to help me stage and declutter. They take really flattering pictures and 3d walk throughs. I sold two condos with them both of them within 2 weeks of listing. For a traditional realtor Megan Shigo runs Anaheim. I swear she lists every historic home in Anaheim. She is very involved with the historic areas and runs the colony newsletter and calendar. http://www.meghanshomes.com/1516387.html

Yvonne Alfaro of Pristine Real Estate. She has helped me sell two houses and purchase my current home. She has excellent communication and she has helped to make difficult situations a breeze for me.

This is the lady you need to talk too! Patty Davis

We used Ricklie Stone and she was fantastic. www.seattleresults.com

go to Pattysellssouthernoregon.com my link to see properties. You will see my letters of referral there of the clients I have moved here from California.

closed as off-topic :-P http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10040954/alternative-to-google-finance-api

I think it's time for http://apirecommendations.stackexchange.com

I'm with First Team www.michellemccormickhomes.com

My agent works that area-her name is Janell Pollock, and she can be located at her company, Keller Williams...Janell's great-let her know Jon Amador in Canyon Country sent 'ya!

I know a guy......Stephan Sabbah, he owns 360 Realty in Beverly Hills, im sure he has agents that work that area. Shoot me a text if youd like me to put you in touch

Judith Harville re market leader leads. You're doing really well. We're they under our over $500 k or should I say in your lower, middle or upper end. What was your first in person contact with your actual transaction leads? How did you get them not to be just computer contacts, to answer your questions like timing or demographics?

Diane - Jay T from Zillow here. Lots of Zillow Premier agents are successful even if they carry zero active listings. Any time you hear people talking about buying impressions or zip codes, that's in reference to showing up on a "buyers agent list" on a listing other then their own.

Jamie - Director of Industry Outreach. Kind of an interface or liaison between the agent/broker community and Zillow. Internally, since I was a broker/owner I help provide an agent / broker perspective on new and enhanced products. There's more to it than that, but that's the gist of it.

We are using www.CuraytorSystems.com and we have 12 selling agents currently.