The Lee Tessier Team

Could not have been happier with our experience in purchasing and selling a home. We had a TEAM, not just a single realtor helping us search out properties. While the process of finding a home seems rather challenging, these professionals took our needs and wants in a home, and were able to find us a match for our family.
The team did a great job representing our needs and negotiating price when it came to selling our home. They were insightful and gave good advice in regards to staging as well. Scheduling showings were easy and successful, as we sold our home in a relatively short period of time. Professional and dependable, we will certainly refer them to our friends and family.

I just settled on a new home yesterday and couldn’t be happier with the services of Tim Bright and the entire Lee Tessier team. When I started looking into home buying earlier this year I had no clue what I was doing and felt downright lost. Thankfully, I found Tim and he set me straight. He helped my family and I figure out what we wanted from a home, was always available for advice and willing to work around our crazy schedule for house showings, and most importantly, Tim always had our best interests at heart. It was always apparent that he wanted to help my family find the best home possible, not just close on the first home we loved and be done with us. For example, the first home we had under contract would have been a nightmare home if not for a great inspection by one of Tessier’s preferred inspectors and Tim’s advice to cut and run. Tim & the Lee Tessier Team were an invaluable asset and I am positive we wouldn’t have found the perfect house without them.

The Lee Tessier team made searching for our home a wonderful experience. Pat walked us through everything and was always available to answer the many questions we had. She was able to narrow down houses for us based on our requirements and we only needed to see eigth houses to find the one we loved. While looking, Pat would always point out things that we should be wary of and steered us away from houses she felt would cause us problems in the future. Once in the negotiation phase, Pat did everything she could to get us the best deal possible. We were able to get our house cheaper than asking price, get all issues fixed and had the sellers pay closing costs all thanks to the Lee Tessier team. Plus, they let us use their moving truck and are throwing us a catered house warming party! We will definatley use the Lee Tessier team in the future. Thank you guys!

Props to Paul Johnsen for helping me find my new home. Compared to other realtors I’ve met with in the past he truly went above and beyond in all aspects of the home buying process. Can’t wait to do it again someday!

We worked with Julie Munchel, an associate of Lee Tessier, to purchase our home last year. As first-​time home buyers, we were not very clear on the process. Julie was extremely helpful– she met with us multiple times to get a clear picture of what we were looking for, discussed the process with us, answered our MANY questions, and was very patient with us when looking at homes! She did not try to pressure us at all, and offered her professional opinion when appropriate. We could not be happier with the service provided, and will definitely request the help of Lee Tessier’s group when looking for our next home!

Lee and his team does a great job of reviewing everything and making you a knowledgeable buyer or seller.

I worked with Julie Munchel for the last 6 months. Even when we wanted to give up the search she kept us going. Combining 2 families into one house with strong opinions is not easy and Julie handled it all with grace. I would recommend her to anyone that says they are looking or selling their home. She really has become apart of our family.

My wife and I wound up going with the Lee Tessier Team after an extensive searching process to look for a realtor. We, at that time, were looking for our first home as a couple and were also in the process of planning a wedding. We were very fortunate to have been referred to the Lee Tessier Team and Mike Stephens. The few realtors we had met with previous were way more «uppity» than we were looking for. We are very laid back people with perhaps — at that time — very unrealistic goals for what we wanted in a house. Mike held our hand throughout the entire process, giving us very realistic ideas of what our money and budget could get us. After our initial day out of looking at homes, we never had another day of wasted home visits. Mike quickly learned what we were looking for and what were our deal breakers and the process went smooth as silk after that. We were involved in a short sale that took several months to resolve itself, and during that time Mike never put us on the back burner. Each and every day my wife became more and more nervous about the status of the home and had plenty of questions and concerns regarding the home, the bank and the current state of affairs. Mike never took longer than a few hours to get back to us with our questions no matter how absurd. Deep down, we knew that it wasn’t in our realtor’s best interests to get involved in a lengthy short sale, but Mike always put our hopes and dreams in the forefront of our working relationship. Mike often would check in on us when things were going quietly just to give us updates and never sugar coated things that other realtors might have tried to avoid until it was absolutely necessary to bring up. Eventually the short sale process fell through and we immediately were shown other homes that, again, were right in line with our wish list. I can’t tell you how calming it was to have gone from a 7 month short sale and right back into looking at homes, and that was all because of Mike. It felt like we weren’t back at square one, but at option 1b. We also ran into a few hiccups with title companies and mortgage companies and Mike had immediate recommendations that wound up being truly our best options (believe me when I say I did my due diligence when it comes to selecting companies to represent us). After we had finally settled on a home, the Lee Tessier Team was there for us after we had signed papers, offering us their moving truck to use at no charge, had empty boxes delivered to our house for the move and also gave us free catering for our house warming party! Their realtor fees did not seem any higher or lower than other companies we had looked at, but it honestly wouldn’t have mattered. Mike was always very up front with any fees from the very beginning and prepared us for every outside fee we could expect to pay. Settlement was a breeze because we had already been briefed over everything that was going to happen. I can’t tell you how at ease at least I was during this whole process because of how prepared we always were.
Now that we’ve been in our home for six months, we feel like we couldn’t have landed in a more perfect home and regularly mention to each other and our friends how fortunate we were to have been able to work with the Lee Tessier Team. Every single person we came in contact with from the Lee Tessier Team was professional, friendly and accomodating. If you’re lucky enough to be looking for a home, I sincerely don’t think you could do any better than Mike Stephens and the Lee Tessier Team.

Lee does an excellent job of distinguishing himself from a slew of competition in the Harford County area, which is why we’ve used him twice: One to find a rental house and once to buy two years later. His secret isn’t really a secret at all: He makes his business about the people. Many salespeople will pay lip service to their customers, but Lee let his actions speak for themselves. He never pressured my wife and I at any time, let us move at our own pace, and when we were ready to make the move, he treated us like royalty, sending us free boxes for the move (much needed!). During the search process, he was sure to not oversell us, which we appreciated. He asked questions and found potential homes to suit our needs/​desires. We’ll use him again when we move again.