My wife and I had to move out of state rather suddenly. Because we had had such a great experience with Kathy and Eric Leimkuhler in the past, we turned to them again for some help. They came through in a major way! The Leimkuhlers put their expertise to work for us: they were able to sell our house very quickly for a price that was significantly higher than what we thought we could get. We trusted them in a crucial moment in our lives, and they knew exactly what they were doing. Kathy and Eric picked the exact right moment to put the house on the market, and as they predicted we had two competing offers within a week of listing. By following their skillful guidance, we got even higher counter-offers and settled on the best one.
During the escrow process, we had a big hiccup that almost derailed the deal; but of course, Kathy and Eric saved the day! The routine inspection revealed that our garage door had not been permitted with the city. Even though the door had been installed decades before we had even bought the house, it was still our responsibility to fix the situation. The city inspector told us we might have to tear out the door and make it into a wall, which would have been absurd. During this whole process, my wife and I were both out of state already. Kathy and Eric did everything to get us through this stressful situation. They met with the city inspector multiple times at our garage; they coordinated with a contractor to show that the door was structurally sound; they prepared documents for the very detailed permitting application. Then, Kathy and Eric even personally went all the way to City Hall and met with the city building permits department and charmed them into approving a permit for our garage door! When Kathy and Eric called me on speaker phone when they were leaving City Hall, I almost wept with gratitude. They had worked a miracle to save the day!
Kathy and Eric Leimkuhler are experts at buying and selling houses; and they will go above and beyond to get the job done. I am grateful to them for their hard work, kindness, and generosity. I highly recommend them to help you with your house!
The team of Kathy and Eric was exceptional and really shine in our tough situation: What happened was our multi-million property became stale after 1.5 year on the market with another agent. We set out to look for a new agent with extra caution, so we interviewed well-established, local agents. We had no idea about Kathy and Eric, but they gave us the most impressive interview by far, because #1 They came to the interview and thoroughly prepared with their comprehensive surveys, unlike all other agents we talked to. #2 We could really feel their bubbling enthusiasm. #3 Their commission were not much more than our first agent's commission, even though they covered staging, plus much better marketing (like night and day). Our listing contract was signed. From day one, we could tell all their works were done with excellence and much efforts: They did a wonderful job staging the house and the ground. Their staging was so well done and in such a big scale that it blew us away even though we were skeptical about staging in general. Kathy also provided some great instinct to spruce up the house. Then as time went by, we could tell their marketing strategy was top notch in every way, both online and in print. We could tell how savvy, analytical they were: Created a dedicated website and very professional video for the property; casted their net far and wide, brought in buyer interest as far away as New York. They took no break on holidays, in fact, they leveraged holiday occasions to market the property. They advertised our property on magazines and created such beautiful brochures, etc. It was not like we agreed with them on everything, but they were very good listeners. Their efforts turned around our situation: We had stream of showings and closed our escrow in 6 months. All of these happened during C-19 pandemic and Presidential election. They did a wonderful job for us from day one to the end! If you happen to have a challenging situation, or uncommon properties, or you are hand-off sellers or involved sellers or anywhere in between, you should interview Kathy and Eric. We highly recommend them by a wide margin, because of their hard work, sophisticated and effective marketing, easy to work with and never-rest attitude to earn their commissions. You could find agents with some of the attributes, but it’s very hard to find agents with all of the attributes, such as Kathy and Eric! Frank & Heidi Duong
