Mike Klein – Intero Real Estate

Mike Klein is a local realtor with a legal background who excels at negotiation, listing/​marketing skills, and complicated settlement issues. He’s a local «East Sac» realtor with expertise in the peculiarities of this community — multiple era homes, remodels (which ones are good, and not so), lot sizes, variations in values from house to house. He also handles investment and commercial deals.
We recently decided to sell our home. With $ 50K+ of commissions at stake, we could have picked any of a number of highly qualified realtors in our area. Due to title issues and a short time frame for marketing/​selling/​closing, we needed an agent who would bring the highest price, sell and close within a short timeframe, and fix problems that I expected would arise during the closing process. Since my attorney had worked with Mike on other projects, and had recommended Mike as the best agent for the job, I contacted him.
Mike put me at ease right away. His ethics, experience, background (law degree), and willingness to work hard throughout the listing, selling and closing phases were all factors that were important to me.
I’d thoroughly researched the local listed, pending and sold properties and had an asking price in mind. Mike’s recommended listing price was a bit higher than I expected, but I trusted my gut and let him do his job.
Mike performed a pre-​listing inspection of the house and showed me 40+ items that needed to be done or fixed in order to bring the best price (it’s a big house). He coordinated repairs and even arranged tradespeople to complete the needed work.
Within 5 days, we had an astonishing 12 offers — nine of them over asking price. One of them was not represented by a Realtor, and rather than jump at the chance to represent both buyer and seller, Mike referred the prospective buyer to another agent. That was important because I knew he was turning down a double commission in order to represent only me, putting my interests ahead of his own.
We carefully reviewed the offers and made a choice, and from that point is where Mike really excelled. As expected, numerous issues came up during the closing process, and Mike was always on top of the situation. He was proactive and kept in touch, making sure we were agreement on every decision. He even found us a short-​term rental since the home we were moving into was still being remodeled at close of escrow.
By the closing date, Mike had fulfilled and exceeded his original promise, and netted me far in excess of what I’d originally expected. I’d recommend him to anyone seeking the best possible representation in a real estate transaction.