David Higgins

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David and his team helped us sell our house in the time frame we talked about and his team ended up exceeding our expectations in terms of how well they assisted us to ready the house and were able to market it. We ended up getting a great price. We deferred to his team in terms of how to improve parts of our house to make it more appealing, staging, pricing strategy, and even dealing with vegetation and trees to improve the curb appeal. The end result was spectacular! The designers on David's team (Erika and Sarah) were fabulous to work with and were super dedicated to making everything perfect. I can't recommend the Cush team more highly.

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We recently sold our home in Oakland, California after signing a contract with David Higgins of CUSH Real Estate. We bought a house out of state in the spring of 2022, which wasnt going to be completed until 2023. We had not planned on selling our Oakland home until the late fall of 2022. Because of the uncertainty in the real estate market David suggested that we put our house on the market in September, much earlier than anticipated.We moved out of state in mid-August and David and Erika Vexler, realtor and Director of CUSH design, took over like whirlwinds. Erika and her design team suggested some amazing changes to the laundry room to turn it into a usable office/play area and to update a small bathroom. This and the general sprucing up of the property including landscaping, floor refinishing, and paint colors were all included in the budget that Erika provided to support the no interest concierge loan that they were able to obtain for us. This loan would be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the house. Though we were not in the area, Erika and the CUSH staff sent us photos and kept in touch during the process. The contractors that David and Erika used to work on our home were very professional and did fabulous work. The updates to our house were done in 3 weeks and a beautiful 3-D Matterport video was posted on line along with wonderful photos. Our home listed on 9/16/2022 with an open house the next 2 days. One week later we signed a contract to sell and the closing was less than 2 weeks later. This was an unbelievable ending that could not have happened without Davids marketing strategy and planning and the support and efforts by Erika and the fabulous CUSH crew. Thank you so much.

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Dave kept pace with us in a last minute home purchase that closed in 12 days! His great recommendations on lenders (Guaranteed Rate) was clutch in making it all happen. The process was super smooth and Dave is a great person to engage with.

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David and staff were excellent to work with throughout the prep and listing period. Very knowledgeable and responsive with great attention to detail. This resulted in a smooth, successful and low-stress process to sell our home. Highly recommend their services.

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We happily recommend David Higgins, whether you are buying or selling. He gave us realistic advise in positioning, pricing and preparing our home for sale and then he and his team prepared a truly outstanding marketing package. Work was completed on time and on budget. Top notch service, from start to finish.

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My wife, 9-month daughter, and I met Lauren at an open house, which she was hosting. At the time we were represented by someone else, which we told her but she was very eager to answer all our questions (even those that she could have referred us to our agent to answer). A few weeks later when the need arose we reached out to Lauren. Within a few minutes of our FIRST very quick call with Lauren, she created an account on realscout with all the criteria we discussed on the phone. This was on a late afternoon/early evening. The next morning she called us and gave us a first-homeowner's presentation to help us understand the market we are entering and give us tips for how to be successful in our search.Lauren was going out of her way to help navigate us without us having to ask. That same day she took us to a private viewing of a home. And then another one. Next day again. And again. Lauren was without fail always willing to make time for us to go to check homes out, even those that had open houses coming up. It never took longer than 5 minutes to respond to a text or 1/2 hour to call back. Though we initially were looking for homes in Oakland, which is where she specializes, she ended up helping us get our DREAM HOME in Walnut Creek (Lafayette school district). Lauren is a genuinely good person, a rarity in a sea of agents looking at your pocket.She is also EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGABLE on all real estate matters, from construction/remodeling, financing, market conditions, neighborhoods, legalities. She could answer 99% of our questions, and found answers for the other 1%. Disclaimer: we were incredibly picky. We kept backing up from making offers on homes we told her we loved. Anyone else would have dropped us or stopped trying. We viewed so many homes to just tell her that we did not like it. She kept treating every new home we looked at as the first one. Lauren, keep doing what you're doing! We loved working with you and you deserve the best in business and life! Thank you for everything!

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Weve tried several agents and Lauren was the perfect combination of personable, smart, fun, efficient, responsive, mature, knowledgeable, tasteful, good listener, and very very well connected top seller specialized in the Oakland, Berkeley and El Cerrito areas we were looking at and she made it happen after 6 unsuccessful bids. I would recommend her for anyone looking for a home in these very competitive areas.A rare pearl very easy to work with that listen to and understand her clients tastes and actually for us happened to have very similar tastes for contemporary, mid-century and art deco.Well stay close I believe and definitely keep her our top reco for the East Bay Oakland Berkeley El Cerrito!

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Lauren is an incredible human and professional and we loved working with her. She really took time to understand our needs, was never too aggressive in pushing us in a corner, and in fact, was very patient with the entire house-hunting process. Lauren really understands east bay and in particular Oakland really well, and as part of Cush would often present off-market or early opportunities which is a huge advantage in this market. We are so thankful to Lauren for her help during the entire process and would highly recommend her to any of our friends or family.

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My wife and I are first-time homebuyers. Working with Lauren made the entire process very easy. She found several great options for us, gave us good advice when it came time to make an offer, and scheduled all of our repair assessments while we were in escrow. We found her to be very knowledgeable about the real estate market and also able to advise on a wide range of related topics that arose during the process. I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy a property in the East Bay.

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If we could have dreamed up a relator, it would have been Lauren Kilbourne. Her knowledge, professionalism and expertise is unmatched.Lauren showed us a variety of homes to get an idea of our needs and wants, made suggestions as homes came on the market and was very thorough in explaining the disclosures on homes we wanted to put offers on. After she helped us win our dream home, she guided us though the entire process to close explaining everything before and as it happened.After the purchase was complete, she went above and beyond, giving us many local contacts for fixes we wanted to make around the house; flooring, landscaping, etc.I have already reached out to friends looking for a home soon and told them to look no further than Lauren for a pleasant and seamless experience!