Zachary Balaban

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Zachary Balaban is one of the most diligent, impressive professionals that weve ever worked with. He is really exceptional at his job and surrounds himself with an outstanding team that helped us prepare, photograph/video and sell our home at top of the market, well over asking price. From our very first meeting to well after the sale of our home, Zach maintained a deep focus and high attention to detail on every aspect and step, so our selling experience would be as fluid and stress-free as possible for us. His commitment to excellence was unwavering during the entire sale cycle. Zachs communication skills were outstanding as he not only worked hard to understand our needs and explain the forthcoming steps, he was always reachable whenever we had a question or concern; and much to our embarrassment, we had a lot. We quickly learned that we could safely put our trust fully in Zach, because we knew he had our best interests at heart. He is incredibly knowledgeable about the market and all aspects of real estate and kept us informed and updated at every step of the process. We also greatly appreciated how he treated everyone who came to view the home as well as the eventual buyers and their agent - Everyone likes Zach. No matter what was occurring, Zach was steady on his integrity, friendliness or principles. And, even when he needed to be very firm with other side, he never lost composure, rather he held strong with a smile and sincere good-spirit. We always knew that Zach was genuinely there for us during the entire sale process and even after the close of escrow. He went above and beyond to help us prepare for smooth transition for the next chapter of our life. We are so thankful for the hard work that he put in for us over the past few months aEUR" it was really a blessing. We couldnt have done it without his expertise and guidance. In fact, Zachs reputation become so well known in my neighborhood that, a neighbor asked me to put him in touch with Zach so he could sell his home too. I checked in later with the neighbor and was happy to hear that his experience with Zach was equally positive and successful as ours.

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Moving can be one of the most stressful events in your life. I am so pleased that Zachary was/is my agent! He was so responsive to all my questions and concerns. He made the whole process so smooth. He also went over and above to help me out with things not directly related to the actual buying of my new place such as helping me find movers to unload my truck, find a painter and a cleaning service as well as other things. Since I was moving from out of state I really needed some extra help and he was there each time I asked. I would recommend Zachary to anyone who wants a very helpful, responsive and kind agent! Thank you Zach!

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This was my first house purchase and I could not have chosen a better agent than Zack. He was incredibly patient with me, understood my situation, took his time, and didn't rush me into anything. He was always on time, a man of his word, professional, and had just the right amount of follow-up to give me the info I needed. Whenever I called him, he was there for me, on the few occasions he couldn't answer, called me back promptly. He helped educate me in the process of looking and buying, which was a tremendous help as a first-time buyer. Not only do I now have a go-to real estate agent for myself and inquiring friends, but I gained a trusted friend in the process. Thank you for everything Zack.

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My wife and I were visiting Newport Beach and decided on a whim to look for a vacation home. We went into 2 real estate offices and left feeling like we were just put on the back-burner and didn't feel like we were a priority. So we continued strolling down PCH and walked in unannounced to Zach's Office. He invited us to sit down, offered us a bottle of water and asked us a few questions. We shared our thoughts about what we were looking for and he turned his computer screen towards us so we could see and started to search allowing us to provide input to revise and narrow down our options. We wanted to be as close as possible to the water. Our budget was as high as 3 million, but we really wanted to be closer to 2 million since this is just a vacation home. A few hours later Zach had scheduled appointments at 7-8 homes for us to view and all of them were within our budget. He didn't start showing us 4 million dollar homes. He was organized and had things mapped out perfectly to get us from one home to another without wasting our time. My wife and I own businesses and we also own about 15 homes (most of them are used as rentals) so we are very familiar with what normally happens during the 'Home Buying' experience. Zach was so REFRESHING as he did not try to sell us every home and tell us to buy it NOW or we would lose it!!!! He simply offered up his knowledge and expertise when we inquired, but was not a pushy agent who was just trying to sell us a home. It was very apparent that his goal was to find us the right home. His level of service was OUTSTANDING during the sale and more importantly after the Sale!!! Anytime we have questions he always gets back to us with an answer and we have had lots of questions. All I can say is if you are not currently using Zach Balaban as your Agent to represent you when you are buying a home, then you really should be because once you do ... You will be writing him a review like me!

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We had a hard time finding/closing our dream home. We narrowed down exactly where we wanted to be and Zach found an off market listing under appraisal value. His hard work and patience made our dream home a reality. Lets not forget how easy he made the selling process of our previous home!