Julia Zhao-RE/MAX Elite Realty

My house had gone on the MLS market once before with no success! So, I had, what you might say, a bad taste in my mouth having worked with inexperienced and inefficient listing agents. So, this time, I was very particular about who I was going to select. I must have interviewed a dozen agents before going with Julia. Most came with a fully prepared binder of comps, presentation slides and a plan of action. Julia brought only a few comps, but instead spent the time discussing buyer behavior, what determines the price and the market dynamics – in particular that of Midwick Park neighborhood of Alhambra. She impressed me with her knowledge and experience specific to where my house was located. But what sealed the deal for me was her credentials,.I came to know that she’d been the top seller at Remax Elite for 3 years in a row selling over 30 homes a year – a Herculean feat, if you ask me! She has to be doing something right to be able to sell that many in a year! To top it off, she totally agreed with my desired asking price, while other agents wanted to price it $ 25k-​$ 30k lower.
Julia had all her activities lined up before the first Open House and managed to bring multiple offers after only two open houses. Her experience truly showed through during the buyer selection and offer negotiation phase. She readily knew which buyers are just kicking the tires and which offers to counter. The entire selling process (marketing, offer negotiation, contingency removal and escrow) went perfectly smooth. She ended up selling this challenging, Mediterranean older period home that had been on the market once before above asking and it closed in 35 days. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome! Julia is a high caliber agent with a pleasant personality. I plan on working with her again in my future transactions.

My husband and I have used Julia for for renting, buying and purchasing homes. We love the fact that she is prompt in getting us answers. When trying to buy/​sell a property, I felt like she was available to us all at times, may be it through email or text messages.
Julia takes her time explaining the buying/​selling home process but what we valued is her honesty. There were many times I was so in love with a home and she would point out things that I never would have even considered. She really takes her time to assess a home and she puts your best interest first. We were very upfront with her about our wants and needs and she really kept that in mind, most importantly she respected our opinion.
We have worked with Julia over 6 years and my husband and I are certain that we will be working with her again in the future. I highly recommend her services.

We chose Julia because we felt she had the right marketing strategy, and it certainly panned out. From listing to close of escrow was about 5 weeks, with a final sale price and conditions that we were happy with. She gave expert advice throughout the process: how to present our house, evaluate offers, counter, and all the things that came up during escrow.
Julia definitely knows her stuff, as you can see by her many glowing reviews and awards. She’s highly responsive, personable and professional. She is also very hard working, and was willing to meet us during evenings and weekends to fit our busy schedule.
Do bear in mind that sometimes she can be working with many clients, so we found that on occasion her attention to detail wasn’t as outstanding as the rest of her skills, but this did not cause any major issues– just carefully check all the forms you sign, as you should do anyway!
We would certainly hire Julia for our real estate needs in the future, and we are thankful for finding such a great realtor!

Julia was the list agent of the townhouse we recently purchased. During the process, Julia shows that she knows the area, very knowledgeable and professional. As a first time buyer, We quickly got lost in tons of the documentations, had questions about almost everything. Julia has informative answers to all our questions. We felt Julia has represented all parties fairly
and honestly.
We were very impressed by Julia’s efficiency and responsiveness. She handles things just like what she often said «never leave the work until tomorrow if I could do it today». She’s there every time we had questions by answering our texts and phone calls, managed to meet us each time we need.
Julia is the most comfortable person to talk to, and a skillful communicator. She’s nice, patient and understanding.
Our experience buying our first home is pleasant. We are very grateful for Julia’s help.

We use Julia’s service as a buyer agent for our first home in Los Angeles. Julia is very knowledgeable, she guided us from the very beginning till close the deal.
She has been very patient and informative. She gave us professional options on the pros and cons of each house we inspected. Some times she even insists on giving up house as she though finding the right one is more important than commissions.
If you want someone responsible and professional, Julia will be the one.
P. S. Latter on we found out that she is REMAX global TOP 1% elite agent.

When it was time to sell our house (rental property), we knew that we were going to use Julia’s services… we’d seen her sell a few houses in the area quite quickly.
We were very happy with Julia:
–she seems to be very knowledgeable, which is great since it was the first time we were selling a house
–she is very easy to reach, and keeps in touch via phone, email and/​or text (which is great for me since I prefer to text)
–we didn’t feel any pressure at all to accept a low offer. It definitely seem that she was willing to wait until we got the right price (as opposed to some agents who just want to get the commission asap)
–our buyer was quite difficult (they tried to reduce the price significantly after we accepted their offer), and Julia constantly kept us up to date as she communicated with their agent
–great marketing skills! Her flyer was very professional and looked great. She speaks on the Chinese radio station and was able to advertise the house. We had over 50 people visit our open house
–she was able to organize a painter/​handyman to help out, and made sure that he gave us a reasonable price
–since we lived pretty far away (the house we were selling was an investment property), she took care of almost everything, like meeting with contractors, so we rarely had to drive out to the house. She even watered the plants!
–she was able to organize a stager for the house (stager charges an additional fee)
–most importantly, she helped sell the house FAST
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!