MARIA MENDEZ, BELLA CASA REAL ESTATE GROUP

My husband and I were initially impressed by Maria Mendez' careful listening as we described the kind of home we were looking for. She really heard our criteria and it became apparent as we viewed properties that she clearly understood what was important to us. Maria thoughtfully curated the available inventory of properties and limited what she showed us to just those homes that fell within our parameters, maximizing our time on each trip from Portland. Maria is also a delight to work with because she is super responsive, knowledgeable, bright and genuinely nice! She was very, very helpful with insights to the local community and resources and she is extremely knowledgeable of the market, the area, and specific neighborhoods. Even after we found a home "by owner" in a town some distance away (simply by chance), Maria followed up with us frequently to offer help and guidance. Even though she wasn't going to earn a penny in commission on our purchase, she remained committed to helping us navigate the purchase. Maria is the first realtor I've ever met who delivers that kind of customer service. There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe this realtor. Maria is a consummate professional; she knows real estate and she understands people. Maria Mendez has my hearty endorsement.

Maria was a great agent. Particularly, I really felt like she listened to what we were looking for in a home and carefully picked houses for us to look at that were within our price range and fit most of the things we wanted. As a first time homebuyer I was really worried that I would Be pushed into spending more money than I felt comfortable with and Maria was definitely not about that. I felt like she went to bat for us in so many ways and I appreciated having her to advocate for us. I recommend Maria to anyone looking to buy a home!

We met Maria at a open house we attended this year. As first time homebuyers, we were very novice with the homebuying process. We were very impressed with Maria's strategic skill set on making a competitive offer in a buyer's market. We give Maria all of the credit for her great advice on making a strong offer - even though we weren't her clients! That's right, we already had an agent, though we'll likely ask Maria to help us in the future if we're back in the market. We'd recommend Maria to anyone in the area.