Alia Marie Hazen – Scout Realty Co

As 2015 comes to a close, I write this review in a beautiful home and wonderful neighborhood that Alia went above and beyond for us to get.
Simply put: She is the best.
Alia is that oh so rare Portland native — she knows this town and its neighborhoods like the back of her hand. Deftly, she guided us to the places that fit our needs, our wants, and our lifestyle.
That’s not to say there weren’t bumps (but none with her): We bought in the über crazy Portland Spring of 2015… Houses were flying and bids were multiple and high. But Alia, well, she’s a real estate genius.
Trust her. Text her. Meet her. Learn from her.
Look, I’ll admit this now: I was so skeptical and cynical of real estate agents when we walked in her doors and met her. But she blew me away. She knows EVERYTHING about the process and ins and outs, and her goal is to make her clients happy and homed. She’s not just doing her job, she’s looking out — seriously — for the best interests of her clients.
She rocks. If you’re buying or selling trust Alia. You will thank her often and think of her fondly.

Alia is a star! She helped me purchase a condo in Portland, and I cannot think of one single thing she could have done better. She is professional, has great experience, always available, understands the need of her clients, and is always willing to give good suggestions. Overall a great business partner.
Also, during the entire process I was not in the US and she took care of everything for me. Priceless.
I am very comfortable saying that she is as good as it gets when it comes down to real estate!
Massimo

We were recommended Alia by our Umpqua mortgage broker. We haven’t chosen an agent yet so figured sure, why not. We met with her to discuss our needs and she seemed very attentive and we were very hopeful. She created a tour of several houses for us to view. We were surprised when we showed up to Start the tour and it was her assistant doing the tour, I guess this is pretty common these days. Her assistant is very sweet, but, we didn’t hire her assistant. Turns our her assistant does all her showings. The places her assistant showed us (and no doubt picked out…,) were along the lines of what we liked. We found a place to make an offer on, and visited it again, so our agent could see it too… We agreed upon a fair offer price, but when it came down to negotiations Alia backed down the first day making arguements for the seller why we should offer more, u hmmm… I need more backbone than that. Well, we continued the house hunt using Redfin because it felt like we needed to make a VIP appointment in order to view all the houses we wanted to. We found a place that we absolutely LOVED, I mean… That crown jewel of a unicorn of a dream home… The right neighborhood, right price, everything… So we called Alia… Wanting to remain faithful to her. Her assistant met us that next morning and we feel in love with the place. We wanted to do everything we could to get the place but all we got from Alia regarding strategy and negotiating was 5 minutes on the phone! She didn’t discuss options, all she would say is «offer highest and best! Highest and Best!!» Ugh… So annoying, so we offered $ 30k above asking. Literally she only communicated via text, and each text was about half an hour apart. Infuriating!!! Did we get the house? No, of course not, Were we outbid? No! So why didn’t we get the house? Because the buyers agent NEGOTIATED with the seller on terms of sale, but my agent didn’t do any of that. What a huge disappointment.

I have worked with Alia on three real estate transactions and I couldn’t ask for a better agent. She has helped me to purchase a short sale and a duplex as well as acted as the listing agent for the sale of a home. She has a network of resources when you are in need of an expert for information. On inspections or repairs she knows just who to call. She was able to negotiate complex contracts that ended in huge benefits to me. When problems arouse she would call me with the answer and the problem at the same time. I always felt like she had my back and was a solid sounding board letting me figure out what decision was best for me with out pressuring me to make the decision that I wasn’t comfortable with. In this aggressive market you want an agent like her that is going to go to bat for you.
I have referred several friends to her who have also completed transactions and they have had the same experience and now send their other friends to her as well. Some friends had already gone through two agents before they found Alia and they just couldn’t understand how the other agents stayed in business when there are people like Alia giving such great service.
Additionally her service doesn’t end when the transaction is over. She has on multiple occasions been a resource such as when a wind storm took out a tree she knew who to call to help with my broken fence. Alia and Scout reality has hosted classes that are relative to home owners. I recently attended one on ADU’s where I picked up several useful pieces of information.
I can’t thank her enough for all she has done. I highly recommend her.

We had a great experience working with Alia and Scout. We met her at a listing near our house and when we found out that she has lived and worked in and around our neighborhood for a while we were excited. We had an idea that we wanted to stay in North Portland and a general idea of what we wanted to spend and Alia helped us fill in the rest. She showed us a lot of different options, each time taking our feedback and comments to find the best fit. Her knowledge of the neighborhoods and older homes helped us make well-​informed decisions. She was with us every step of the way through the process and we felt totally taken care of. When we are ready to make another housing decision, we will certainly look her up again.

Alia was recommended to us by a coworker who used her to buy their home. This was our very first time buying a home. She was so nice and knowledgeable. I used her reccomended lender and the team that i had helping us to find our new home was amazing. She was always quick to answer any and all of my questions, and never made me feel dumb for not knowing something.
Alia was amazing to during the home tours and knew what to look for in structure, wiring, neighborhood, and layouts. She really listened to the things we wanted and worked her buns off to help us find it.
When we did put an offer on a place, her team of people got bids faster than anyone i have ever met. The care and quality she puts in with each and every client made the whole experience easy, postive, and fun! Yes, she took one of the most stressful times in someones life and made it easy and fun.
People who didnt use her are often shocked to hear how above and beyond she goes for her clients, because no one else provides that level of care. She loves what she does and you can tell. If you arent using her, taking her advice, using her team, then you are getting screwed on your house buying/​selling deal.

Thank you Alia! Alia was great with the sale of our home. She started with setting reasonable expectations as a result of thorough market analysis. She walked the house with us to determine what maintenance needed completing before market, and provided a contact to get it done quickly. Whenever there was a hiccup, whether it was the unexpected City sewer install that pushed back listing date, fickle buyers, price change suggestions, etc, she was always calm and patient (even when we were not). She was also proactive in soliciting feedback from those who’d viewed the house and successful in generating many viewings and busy open houses. When all was said and done, she had our back and did well, closing the sale within 75 days of list (and even negotiated daily payout when buyer’s funding was slow and took a few extra days). I highly recommend Alia!

Have been in my new home for a week now and still amazed at Alia’s attention to detail and still being in contact to make sure things are still going smoothly.
Bottom line, working with Alia takes all the stress out of home buying and she will make it a fun experience.
PS…she shares plenty of tips and people she works with that you can trust completely!

Alia was splendid start to finish. She’s friendly and helpful (which made the whole process — my first — as enjoyable as it could be), and completely knowledgable. I ended up wanting a property which needed some extra research and work, and she was on the ball with what I needed to do, who to contact, where to go, etc. She clearly explained what was happening at every step, and never was too busy to clearly answer my questions.
In the end, after many houses and a couple offers and a lot (a lot) of research and agonizing, I got the perfect house, and I didn’t pull out all my hair, and Alia is definitely the reason for both those things.

Alia is so great to work with. Alia just helped me sell the home she helped me purchase 12 years ago. The house went pending just 3 days after it listed. I have purchased several properties over the years with Alia. I like to collect them. At the end of each transaction the excitement of a new property has always been tempered with a sadness of knowing that I won’t be able to work with Alia for a while. The next time I get the real estate bug, and I will, Alia will be the first person I call.

Alia Hazen is simply amazing. We could not have found a better realtor in the Portland area, and and we give her our highest recommendation.
Alia is incredibly responsive and client-​focused. Our first meeting was a «get to know you» session where she just listened while I explained what I was looking for in terms of neighborhood, size of house, features, etc. Because we were new to Portland, I asked Alia a host of questions, and I quickly realized how well she knows Portland and understands its real estate market.
After our meeting, Alia created a database for us, identifying available properties on the market that met our criteria. She also sent us emails of new houses that she thought would be a great fit for us. There was never a hard sell or any pressure to move quickly on any of these houses — she let us set the pace. After we viewed a few homes together, she got an even better sense of what we wanted — and in a very short timeframe, we found a house that had everything we wanted — good square footage, two-​car garage, great location, great school system — and NOT at the top of our price range.
Alia is intelligent and articulate — opinionated but not overbearing — and has a beautiful sense of style. Alia knows what to look for in a house, she understands the Portland real estate market, and has mastered the art of negotiation. Most of all, she is honest, trustworthy and extremely dedicated to her clients — we really cannot recommend her enough.

Alia was so incredibly helpful and kind to us throughout the whole process. She stepped in for us mid-​way through the house hunt, as our other realtor went on maternity leave, but we were never made to feel like an afterthought. As first time homebuyers, we had floods of questions every step of the way, and Alia always reassured us that things were moving in the right direction and that the things we were experiencing weren’t deal breakers. I would definitely recommend Alia to a friend!

I would not put my trust in anyone other than Alia Marie Hazen. She’s the best in the biz. She’s more than just an agent if you’re lucky, she’s also your friend by the end of it all. She puts herself in your shoes and helps you figure out all the next steps.
Her knowledge and quest to get the best price for you (whether selling or purchasing through her) is unparalleled. She takes time making you feel like her only client, knowing full well she’s got others she is helping, too.
And her referrals are gold!

What, no 6 stars?
I just finished working with Alia on the sale of my home. Let’s just say that I went into listing with with a lot of anxiety and emotion. Once I met Alia, I knew that I was in good hands. She was everything a real estate agent should be: patient, a great listener and communicator, readily available, and above all extremely knowledgable about the market. She made everything EASY. Hands down, the best agent I could have asked for. If you want to work with a pro, this is your agent.

Here’s the skinny: If you are looking for an agent that will put work tirelessly to get you in the home you want, then work with Alia. I could gush on and on about how amazing Alia was, but here are a few of the highlights that really stood out to my wife and I during our home buying experience with Alia:
1. She spent over 2 hours in our first meeting really digging into who we were as people and what we truly wanted in a home. No one else even gave us 30 minutes. Plus, the interaction was truly genuine.
2. She tested us a few times to ensure that what we were saying we wanted was actually what we wanted in a home. This was an experience that had we been flip floppers could have saved us going for something that in the long run we wouldn’t have really loved, as well as given us time to decide what we really wanted.
3. She understood what needed to happen logistically to get the home we truly wanted, and she simply made everything happen to get the deal to go through without a hitch.
4. Alia was always honest and forthright with us, which you would hope professionals would hold dear, but often times don’t.
All in all, my wife and I could not have picked a better agent, and I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend her to anyone else that is interested in buying real estate in Portland.

Alia is an absolute jewel! I was out of state and in a rush to get back to Portland and was referred to her by friends who have a beautiful victorian house. Before meeting, Alia made sure to know what I was looking for in a home and location was key. She also had me pre-​approved with a letter in hand so that I could make an offer and improve my chances of acceptance. I flew in for a long weekend and she was a trooper; we viewed about 20 homes. She is personable, dependable, driven, and is so very knowledgeable about Portland metro area real estate AND home décor/​construction. I felt that she went above and beyond in making my purchase happen in a flawless as possible manner. Home buying can be quite stressful (especially for first-​timers) so its vital to have someone like or better yet Alia on your team. I have also referred friends to Alia who have purchased their home through her as well. She is also very appreciative of her clients and hosts an annual Christmas tree chopping party!