Kara Courtney

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Kara was excellent and exceptional. She was creative and guided my wife and I through what was a very complicated process as we were moving across country with a house we were selling in California. She was our eyes and ears as we were in South Carolina during the home sale. She went above and beyond to make this transition seem less. I would recommend her with five stars out of five. She is the best.

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Wes was our agent over a few months and in that time, he helped us land our first home in a competitive market (summer 2022). In addition to being first time home buyers, we were also buying out of town (relocating to San Diego from northern California). Wes was extremely patient with us and proactively gave us a comprehensive overview of the home buying process, soup to nuts. Throughout the process, we got to know Wes and experience his superior service.I think the most important part of the process is developing a sense of trust and working with an agent that is aligned with your objectives. Wes invested the time to get to know us better which helped us stack-rank our priorities. Employing this strategy made the property screening process less chaotic and random - more intentional. Beyond just being efficient, his empathy towards us and our needs ensured we got what we wanted, helping us formulate our priority list. He never came across as someone with an agenda and never pushed any recommendation / suggestion - a quality very important to us.Because we were out of town, buying a home was very daunting; but with Wes white-glove service, we moved forward in the process confidently and comfortably. Anytime we had a property we were interested in, Wes would see the home within 24hours and provide us with either videos/pictures and/or zoom conference walk throughs (always an option, just depended if our busy schedules permitted us to actively participate on a zoom call). Another standout quality of Wes as an agent is his other activities in real estate, including investing / flipping homes. This was extremely helpful in sourcing professionals (inspectors, plumbers, electricians, handypersons, etc.) to work on our house. And because we were out of town - it would have been impossible without Wes to have our place completely move-in ready because he met each one of these contractors when the did work on site. Amazing!Id be remiss if I didnt also highlight Wes skills as an agent. The process can become emotionally charged, but Wes was able to temper our emotions to ensure we extracted as much value from the home as possible. He even got us access to compete on an off-market property (very exciting)! When it came to negotiations, he ultimately negotiated down the net price and structured the deal to accrete the most value to us. No home-buyer remorse for us because we partnered with a seasoned real estate professional with a wealth of experience, resources, and dedication to his clients. Thank you, Wes!

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All I truly believe that this woman is a true teasure in Real Estate. She had made me feel like family, before even considering her as my realtor, she was in the trenches showing me house after house until I could not take it anymore and had to have on my team permantly. Other realtor just was providing lip service, calling me and texting, wanting me to sign a contrat with them before even showing me a place. That is not the personal touch Kara provided. She is amazing and fought for everything she could think of and didn't stop there. One of a kind, A great Pit-bull in battle. I highly recommend her and I plan on using her in my future purchase as long as she can pass the states' boards wherever I plan to buy again. Do not pass her by.

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My wife and I could not have asked for a better real estate agent than Wes Raye! We had been thinking about taking the plunge for years into buying a rental property. Then I remembered I met Wes at a community event in Lake San Marcos the summer before aEUR" he was friendly, knowledgeable, and a straight shooter. We had some other bad experiences with real estate agents in California, but had a very good feeling about Wes, and we were right! From the beginning, Wes made time to answer all our questions, set realistic expectations, and walk us through the logistics step-by-step. After checking out a few properties that were suboptimal, we came upon a charming condo in Lake San Marcos that had major potential. We had a few obstacles to overcome aEUR" first, we were competing against all-cash offers in this crazy market. Second, the existing tenants didnt really take care of the place, and the seller was adamant about keeping them there (presumably to avoid seeing the true condition of the inside). Wes skillfully negotiated with the sellers agent to get our offer accepted, less than one month after we started looking at properties!Then when the appraisal came in, the home at first appraised $10K below purchase price, which meant my wife and I would have to bring an extra $10K closing. That made us nervous since we were already stretching our budget and were also going to have to make numerous renovations to get the condo ready for future tenants. Wes was confident that we could present information to the appraiser to appeal the price, he worked his magic, and HE DID IT! Even our mortgage lender was amazed and said that very few people could pull that off.Then, not only did Wes get us some money from the sellers for, but has helped me coordinate so much of the work with plumbers, handymen, etc. And since my wife and I are so new to the landlord game, now we are benefitting from Wess guidance and expertise in getting quality tenants in place.Ive joked with Wes a number of times that if I were Elvis, Id buy him a Cadillac. And that he has been the Virgil to my Dante! But without reservation, hesitation, or equivocation, if youre looking for an awesome real estate agent (and all-around great guy), look no further than Wes Raye!!

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Kara is the most professional kind and honest realtor that i have met. She was so professional that the seller i was buying from worked with me instead of another buyer because they also felt comfortable with her knowledge and efficiency. I met Kara 3 years ago when i was going to buy. I decided not to but when I contacted her again i was able to find a house in my first weekend looking abd was able to start the process within a week. I am grateful to her. she is highly recommended.

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5 STARS for Kara. We had the pleasure of working with her 2 years ago with the purchase of our first home. We decided at the end of 2021 that even though we loved our house it was time to upgrade to something a little bigger. We immediately called Kara and she got to work right away! We needed the proceeds of the sale to buy a new home and Kara explained to us all our options and we proceeded with listing our home. We were able to sell our house for 45k over ask and even got the buyers to take over our solar loan! Then we had to find a new house. We found our dream home a couple weeks later and got our offer accepted even though it was contingent on selling! Wow! We followed Karas advice and got exactly what we wanted and more. Kara is always attentive, responsive, explains what is happening, friendly and she knows what she is doing. We are very lucky to have found her.10/10 recommend to anyone who needs/wants an agent who will go above and beyond for their clients.

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Very helpful in all aspects as if she was the one purchasing the house. Always had solutions for the issues that presented themselves. Never gave up even though this market is crazy. Best experience ever.

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Let me start this by saying that Kara is more than a 5 star rating. She is just simply amazing. She is very professional, an expert in her field, has all the much needed connection, strategies and highly effective and efficient in everything that she does. We just completed our house purchase with her help, this went quite smooth and easy despite the very complex realty market at this time. Kara and her team is just so great to work with. She is very patient, supportive and always has the best interest of her clients as a priority. We are so grateful and will highly recommend Kara to anyone who needs help in buying or selling their properties. She is the Best!- Rom and Christine

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Wes is great! He took the time to help my girlfriend and I find a place when our time was running out, walking us through potential properties and checking on things we never would have thought to. We move into our new place on the Jan 16 and could not be more excited! Thank you Wes for the help and guidance; you took so much weight off of our shoulders just when we were starting to feel a little overwhelmed by our search. Would recommend to anybody with realty needs!

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It was an absolute pleasure working with Wes. He went above and beyond assisting my partner and I find a new home. Wes understood exactly what we were looking for and got us to view several properties that were almost impossible to see. He will consistently follow up to make sure you have what you need.Wes is a person who genuinely cares about you and your family's present and future needs.