Israel Ballesteros-RE/MAX Horizon

My fiancé and I worked with Izzy as our realtor. He was AWESOME. This was our first home buying experience and we are so glad that we worked with Izzy.
During our home buying experience, we first met with another realtor. This was the first time we had looked at house (which she knew) and while we were looking at the house, she stayed very quiet. Didn’t really inform us on anything. Didn’t really explain much to us. She was just there. Anyway, we didn’t like the house and moved on.
We used the app Redfin to filter through houses that we wanted to see. Izzy was the realtor advertised on each of the houses in the areas we were looking. We met with him on the first house we saw and instantly liked him. We looked around the house and during our visit he actually talked to us about the home buying process, what to expect, etc. He was very informative and gave us a good background of his experience in real estate (which was good! He said he closed around 70 houses in 2014). Again, since this was our first time buying, he was so great in helping us from day one.
We sent him several houses to look at and we went on a couple of different trips throughout a span of possibly 3 to 4 weeks. As we went through each house, he shared with us information that was helpful. I appreciated his honesty and knowledge. On our last house visit, we were debating on two houses. One of houses we really liked was a split level home and had two bedrooms. One bedroom was in the basement. We didn’t mind it at first, but then he explained to us that even though it is good for now, it will be difficult in the future for selling. He explained it could be a hard sell to get people to buy a place with a bedroom in the basement. Starting families will most likely not be comfortable having the kid’s bedroom far away from theirs.
Anyway, the reason for that story was to show you an example of how helpful and honest he was. He was not trying to sell us on a house right way or just get us to like a house and go. He was actually trying to find a house that worked for US. I really appreciated that. He was also easy to get a hold of and helped us with any questions or concerns we had. He was great! I would highly recommend Izzy for your home buying experience!

My wife and I used Israel to buy our new home recently and we couldn’t be happier. Israel showed us different homes for almost a year before we found the one for us. During that time period he went out of his way to make himself available to show us homes, sometimes with only a moments notice. Once we found the house that we wanted, having the right realtor made all the difference and I do not believe that we would have secured this property if it wasn’t for Israel’s experience and tremendous negotiating skills. The property that we fell in love with was in an extremely hot area at the time. So hot, that the property went on the market on a Wednesday evening, Israel scheduled a showing for us at 9:30am the next morning and as we were walking into the house there was another couple leaving and two other buyers had already scheduled 2^nd showings. The property hadn’t even been listed for 24 hours and it was a weekday morning! Israel recognized the importance of submitting a strong first offer before the weekend in order to prevent a bidding war, which would have run up the price several thousand dollars higher. He was absolutely right, as after our offer was accepted by the sellers, the listing agent informed us that 4 other offers had come in. Point blank, Israel saved us a lot of $$$! We are super thankful to have a realtor who we can trust for all of our future buying or selling needs. If you need a realtor, I would highly recommend calling Israel!