4 years ago
Our first experience with Mower Group Realty was w...
Our first experience with Mower Group Realty was when we walked into an open house they were listing for sale. At the time, we were very early on in the home buying process, but after meeting Jackie Aiono at the open house, we knew the Mower Group was right real estate team for us!
We met Jackie at Mower Group's office in the evening and her staff had made up a homebuyer packet that had a bunch of information. She walked us through each page of it to ensure we had a clear understanding of the home buying process, showed us some market statistics of local estate market, and ended with putting together a list of things that we wanted to see in any prospective properties. By the time we got home, we had already received an automated email with 20-30 homes that met our criteria.
My wife and I looked through the list and selected some properties that we wanted to go check out. I'm not sure how Jackie and her staff did it, maybe they called in a few favors just for us, but the next day she called and informed us that we had appointments to see all nine properties on our list in the next two days. On top of that, they were laid out in a way to minimize drive time between the properties.
My wife and I have very different tastes in homes so I thought we'd be having a prolonged search, but we actually found it almost immediately. The property was having an open house that weekend so we knew we had to move quickly as decisively. The offer was drawn up with an escalation clause, sent in, and after a brief bidding war, we secured our property.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of things. After numerous inspections and unforeseen issues with the property, we began negotiations with the sellers. Honestly, I cringe to think what would have happened if we had a less organized team, or even worse, an individual realtor. Long story short, after over two weeks of negotiations, inspections for the home, roof, foundation, and nearby trees, and countless hours spent by the Mower Group, we finally ended negotiations with $3,000 off the purchase price and about $7,000 in a closing cost credit, and closed on the home about 3 weeks later without any further issues.
The true value of a real estate team isn't shown when a transaction that goes smoothly, but with the ones that have bumps in the road. The Mower Group delivered for us, despite obstacles along the way, and surpassed all of our expectations. Thank you, Mower Group!