Tomson Burnham, llc

Summer Pommier was my agent for a couple of months but unfortunately she was not the agent that closed on my house. This was only because when I wanted to see the house (that I ended up buying), she was not available to show it immediately. I was too impatient to wait, so I ended up with a real bucket-​head of an agent.
As a first time buyer, I’m sure that I drove Summer nuts. I entered the buying market with unrealistic expectations and, admittedly, kind of acted like a baby when those expectations were not met. But house shopping is a big deal, so… yeah.
I left the market a tad wiser, and for that I thank Summer. If you want someone who is spunky and hip, I recommend her. If you want a bucket-​head, see my next review.

I’ve written my share of Unilocal reviews, and seldom do I give full marks, but Melina Thompson deserves all five stars. I’ve looked at all the other reviews here, even the filtered ones, and found others agree with me about the two things in particular which stand out about Melina’s approach.
The first is that her web site is the best source of local on the ground knowledge I can find for the Salem, OR area she services. This is especially important to me as I don’t live in Salem or know the area well. In fact, there is a realtor’s web site here in New Orleans that I just love for its great content, and I actually found Melina as a referral from them.
The other outstanding thing is that Melina has all these skills (a Masters) in Counselling. It shows in her approach, rather than being a «closer» and pushing the hard sell I noticed right away she was all about making sure she knew what I needed and wanted. Her approach is that of the Real Estate Counselor if such a thing exists.
If you want a Realtor who actually listens to you and tries to actually help you find the perfect home for you (instead a a land shark just out to close a sale) I recommend her highly.
Nobody wants to feel a bunch of remorse after selling or buying a property, let Melina help you avoid that and end up with a deal you still feel great about later.

We were new to the Salem area and got to know the city before moving to town by reading Melina’s blog (
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I’ll admit, I was surprised to discover she was (at the time) an agency of one. Her website looked so professional that I thought she was part of a larger firm. When we figured out she was on her own, that gave me some pause but it quickly became apparent that she understood the type of home we were looking for and thanks to her knowledge of the area she was able to steer us in the right direction on places to look for a house.
Once we got into the contract process, she was very detail-​oriented, checking for permits, looking up to see if the house was in a flood plain, etc. The first house we seriously considered needed a lot of work and she was helpful in meeting contractors at the house to get estimates on what it would cost to get the house in shape. We ultimately passed on that home but it was an instructive and useful process and Melina never seemed annoyed to put in all that effort only to have us pass.
Melina was always quick to respond to queries, cheerful and good at communicating where we stood in the home buying process.