Dan Walker – Alain Pinel Realtors

We met Dan at an open house Dan was holding early last year. My husband and I were toying with the idea of moving to a bigger house and we decided to see some open houses near my parents. We met a few agents along the way but Dan was the only one who continued to follow up with us and showed he was genuinely interested in helping us find a house. As we had a horrible experience buying our first home, we were a bit picky with what we were looking for. Dan was very patient and understood what we wanted. It took us a little over a year to find our perfect home in Almaden Valley but Dan was with us the whole time. He has many many contacts that served to be valuable and his knowledge of the market trend as well as dealing with the seller’s agents were superb. Dan also introduced us to our mortgage consultant who was able to close in 14 days! With so many cash buyers out there to compete with, Dan’s knowledge and experience really helped us set us apart from the other buyers to get the house we wanted. What sets Dan apart from others is that Dan will do a lot of work behind the scenes to try to find us a perfect house. After a while, we realized what he was doing all these extra work for us without our knowledge but would rarely mention it to us, which made us appreciate him even more. Dan really cares. He even came to our signing to make sure that everything went smoothly, which it did. We are very thankful that we ran into Dan and he stuck with us during this long process of finding our new home. Without Dan, we are not sure if we could have found our new house. He is the best!!!

I met Dan Walker when I used to work at the bank In Los Gatos. His approach to helping his clients really shows that he is committed to helping you with your wants and needs vs his own wants and needs.
He’s been doing this for a very long time and you can tell the years of experience really shows by his actions.
We had a mutual client at the bank and they were getting ready to get close on a purchase home. There were some hiccups with the loans and Dan was very diligent in keeping contacts with the loan officer to ensure that everything will go smoothly for the client. Dan always kept his cool and tried to figure out ways to make things go even smoother. All in all, things did close well and the client was extremely happy! Our mutual client could not stop talking about all the good things about him.
I had the chance to talk with Dan quite extensively when I came to visit his office a few months back. Again, he’s very knowledgeable and will always be there to answer any questions you may have. He’s extremely responsive to e-​mail, texts, and phone which is very important to me!
Go Dan!!! Thank you for all that you do to help your clients!

If you’re looking to buy a home, contact Dan immediately! My wife and i met Dan while at an open house in Willow Glen. The market was really crazy with homes getting multiple bids well over the asking price, but Dan really helped us to strategize and close on the house we wanted. Throughout the process, Dan was as involved as we wanted him to be and always responsive to our calls/​texts/​emails. He was honest and never sugar-​coated anything or pushed us towards a purchase. We ended up getting into a legal battle with the seller of the house that we closed on because they wanted to back out, but Dan was there to make sure we had all our t’s crossed and i’s dotted so that there was no way we could lose the house. He really went above and beyond. We would recommend Dan with the utmost confidence and have been recommending him to friends. We also recommend getting your home financing through Dan’s reference. We initially were going to secure a loan with our credit union or a bank thinking that we could get a lower rate, but their customer service was very lackluster. We ended up using Dan’s reference, which was one of the main reasons why we were able to close on our house quickly and with a great rate. I have a separate review for them under Ken Sotelo — Private Mortgage Advisors.

Where do I begin in raving about Dan Walker, our real estate agent who helped us find our big, dream home? We first met Dan when we drove around the Los Gatos area on a Sunday to see some open houses. He was doing an open house close to Steve Wozniak’s (Apple’s co-​founder from back in the day) house on Madera Ct. We decided to go in and check it out. Dan introduced himself and asked us questions about what we were looking for. At the time, we were just browsing — not really ready to commit to anything. That was September 2012. Dan was not pushy nor was he annoyingly persistent like some other realtors. We kept in contact and over the course of a few months, we felt the housing market in Los Gatos was just too «hot» and expensive. We wanted a big, big house (5−6K square feet) but it needed to be under $ 3M. But in Los Gatos, those big homes typically go for $ 5−6M. It was out of our range. Then Dan told us about an exclusive listing he was representing. We took a look at the place and fell in love with the massive house and ALL the intricate details that was put into the architecture of the house. We were sold!!! Over the next 45 days of closing escrow — our bank gave us so much problems and headaches. But Dan was there every step of the way, obliterating any obstacle that came in our way. Since I was 9 months pregnant, Dan also went beyond the call of duty to arrange for EVERYTHING to be scheduled and work to be performed on our newly purchased home before we wanted to move in. From chimney cleaning, to multiple inspections, to tenting, to gardening, to house cleaning, to carpet cleaning, to pool service, to moving, etc. My husband and I were very picky as far as the house had to be serviced top to bottom before we moved in. He even gave us information and reminders on enrolling the children for school. It took time, patience, persistence, endurance and grace to pull all the major and minor details off — and Dan Walker was the best in the business!!! Along the way, he treated us with respect, kindness — on a professional and personal level. He is truly very detailed and the best realtor we have ever worked with. I highly, highly recommend Dan!!! Work with him and you will know what I’m talking about! Most importantly, listen to his advice. A few times I thought he was trying to «upsell» us on using his financing people or whatever… but I was in a world of hurt for not listening to his suggestions. I had to learn things the hard way I guess. He truly is looking out for you. Listen to him — trust me, you will be well taken cared of. And things could go wayyyy smoother for us had we taken up his advice on using certain companies and people for loans instead of doing things «our» way with our choice of bank — we totally regret not listening to Dan. But in the end, it all worked out thanks to Dan!!!