First-Time Buyer

“There’s truly not enough space or time to say all the great things we have to say about Sara. She helped my husband and I buy our first home last summer and continues to be an amazing source of information and guidance even now – over a year later.

We were in the unique situation of living abroad when we first started our home search, but that did not deter Sara! She went above and beyond going to tour homes without us even in the country, sending us videos and photos and giving us detailed information on how each walk through went. We were truly impressed with her dedication!

You can rely on Sara to be responsive, honest, meticulous, knowledgeable and best of all sweet and fun to be around. She took the time to walk us carefully through the entire home buying process, answering any and all questions with patience and genuine care. When things got sticky with some of the agreed upon repairs on our new home, she was stern yet tactful with the sellers to get us what we were promised on the timeline we were promised. We had such a great experience working with Sara she has earned us as customers for life – whether she likes it or not! We couldn’t recommend her enough!”

“I attended Sara’s first time homebuyer course about a year before I actively started looking for a home, and had spent a good chunk of time in between passively looking—i.e., tracking the Portland housing market and becoming absolutely terrified about being able to find a home that I loved that was also within my budget. Once I was ready to take the plunge, I reached out to Sara, and she made home buying seem like a breeze. She’s incredibly personable and fun to be around, while still always being extremely professional and diligent with all of the work involved. Sara always explained everything so I knew exactly what to expect, and I never felt overwhelmed or blind-sided. No question was ever too big, too small, or too silly.

More than just guiding me through the actual homebuying process, Sara was always a great voice of reason. In the (currently) crazy Portland housing market where it can become so easy to get caught up in trying to outbid everyone else, and you’re unsure about what you can or can’t ask for, or what you should or shouldn’t do, she dug up as much information as possible to help inform my decisions, and helped me think through anything I was unsure about, while keeping me grounded in what I had told her from the beginning about what I was looking for and what my priorities were.

My biggest fear going into homeownership was that I would wake up one day and have an overwhelming sense of buyers’ remorse, and working with Sara put all of those fears at ease. I feel so lucky to have worked with her to find a house that I love, and that I get to call my home now, and would recommend her to anyone searching for a home in a heartbeat!”

“We are so thrilled that we had Sara to help us through the process of buying our first home. She did an amazing job for us from start to finish. We had always been anxious about finding the right realtor, but as soon as we met Sara we knew we could trust her. She’s so genuine in addition to being extremely knowledgeable.

She not only helped us find listings to check out, took us all over town to look at houses (and bought us Slurpees on a particularly hot, smoggy day), and walked us through every step of the offer, negotiation, inspection, and signing processes, but was also available for every single one of our anxious texts and phone calls, day, night, or weekend. She gave us excellent recommendations for mortgage loan officers, home inspectors, even movers, all of whom were excellent.

Buying your first time can be a stressful experience to say the least, but Sara made it feel how it should: like a celebration. Thank you, Sara!”

“As first time homebuyers, my husband and I spent a lot of time researching the process and interviewing agents and lenders. Within minutes of meeting her, we knew Sara was our buyer’s agent. From our first discussion we could tell that she genuinely cares about finding the right home and the right fit for her clients. We were struck by her honesty, professionalism and sweet-nature in comparison to the shark-ish agents we had met before her. That’s not to say she isn’t a fighter – we quickly learned that Sara can really swing a bat for her clients in an unfriendly seller’s market.

I honestly believe we would not have found the home and location we wanted if not for having made the choice to work with Sara. With our first baby on the way, and after months of looking at slim pickings and engaging in bidding wars, we were feeling resigned. Then, one day, the stars aligned. There truly is no other way to describe it. Through Sara’s networking we were shown a fixer upper, not yet on the market, in the heart of the town we wanted. We were able to make an offer before it was posted and completely avoid the bidding war that would’ve happened. The seller accepted. The sign never hit the ground. Our minds are still blown.”