First Pacific Real Estate

603 Carlsbad St
Milpitas, CA 95035

Reviews:

Ricky Ablaza

First Pacific Real Estate

December 20, 2017

ZillowVERIFIED

My wife and I started house hunting in the bay area in Jan 2012. We knew it was going to be a very strenuous and demanding task. We needed an excellent realtor to get our dream house. We interviewed a few realtors and went on house tours with them. We were impressed with Ricky because he seemed extremely knowledgeable about houses, neighborhoods, schools, home valuation, short sale/foreclosures, multiple offer situations etc. So we decided to go with him exclusively to more open houses. The more time we spent with Ricky, the more comfortable we got with him. He helped us a lot in understanding houses and the tricky bay area real estate. He would always walk us through the different features/shortcomings of the house. He also guided us through remodeling ideas for many houses. On our request, he also brought along his handyman friend on a couple of house tours to help us get estimates on remodeling costs. If we were very interested in a house, he would take a few hours to do very detailed camps for us. This helped us walk away from some houses that seemed over-valued and bid on them if the price seemed right. All in all, we put offers on 4 houses. We lost the first two because of multiple bid situation. We had some inspection issues on the third one. Eventually, we lucked out on the 4th house and we were able to close. Everything went smoothly including inspection, 2 appraisals, mortgage and the eventual close of escrow. We moved into the house last week and are very happy with our purchase. Ricky set up a personalized web site on MLS for us with our search criteria. So we would get notifications about houses matching our criteria right away. This web site was almost as good as Redfin, and a lot more personalized. Since this data is coming directly from MLS, its 100% accurate and current. Ricky also recommended a Wells Fargo mortgage broker to us, and we decided to go with him as well since he gave us very competitive rates. The two of them work very well together which is extremely important to ensure everything happens smoothly between the offer acceptance and close of escrow. Ricky was always available by phone or email, even at very late hours in the night. I don't remember a single time in the 4 months that we spent working with him where he did not pick up my call or did not get back to me right away if I left him an email/vmail. I would highly recommend Ricky to all home buyers out there. He really cares about his customers and goes the extra mile. He is very friendly, reasonable, down to earth and extremely professional. Sure there were times when it took some time to get our thoughts and feelings across, but that's a part of any business transaction Thanks Ricky for helping us in getting our dream house.

- Vineet

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