May 23, 2006

 

 

Dear Potential Steve Hicks’ Client,

 

I’ve never written a fan letter for a real estate agent before, but my husband and I were so impressed by Steve Hicks that I had to tell our unusual story.

 

We had been speaking with another realtor about selling our Queen Anne home but we decided to sign with Steve because he was more responsive in answering our questions about getting our house ready to list. We were shocked when he suggested that we list the house for almost $200,000 more than what we were prepared to ask; and he got more than the $1,095,000 asking price 4 days after the house went on the market!

 

The reason we decided to sell our house was that we wanted to build a new one on Queen Anne. On our behalf, Steve approached a seller before his house was listed. He had informally agreed to accept our offer when another potential buyer made a higher offer. Steve went to bat for us with the seller and explained that we were a family trying to stay in a neighborhood that we love; the seller decided to go with our original offer.

 

(During this time, my son got his Queen Anne Little League assignment to the Steve Hicks team. Steve has sponsored a team for years.)

 

As if that wasn’t enough, we needed a rental house while we are building our new house. Steve just happened to have another client that bought a house in our neighborhood as a rental property. Steve introduced us and we are now happily situated and his client has a good tenant.

 

This all happened within a few weeks this Spring and during that time Steve always kept us posted on what was happening and checked in frequently to see how things were going. More importantly was how shrewdly he handled the process when our house got multiple offers. He is very experienced and very professional but he is also really fun to work with. It was always a pleasure talking with Steve and it is a pleasure to recommend him.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

S. Olson