I initially found Dream Town when I was surfing around the net checking out properties to see what was out there. I think I randomly was sent to James by the magic of the interweb. Anyway, it turned out to be my great luck. James wasn't pushy at all. He called a couple times over the course of a year to check in. When I really became serious about buying, I knew I wanted him to be my agent because he wasn't annoying me with dozens of phone calls. Boyfriend and I met with James to go over exactly what we were interested in and to check out a few properties. I think it took only two places before James really knew what we were looking for. We wanted a fixer upper foreclosure. These are really, really fun to look at in winter. Since they aren't heated, they are sometimes colder than the outside. Also, a couple were inhabited by squatters. Some seemed like they might be on top of Indian burial grounds. I didn't even want to go into one of the units it was so creepy, but James trudged through all of them with a sense of humor. After we finally found a place, James came with us to the longest, coldest inspection in the history of man. Standing in a foot of snow, he didn't flinch. He also returned to the property with us several times to look at "one more time" before we got our purchase rolling. We were really high maintenance, but James was always really flexible and easy to contact. We finally closed on our place, and I felt really bad. Since James works on commission, his thorough searching and aggressive offer pretty much screwed him out of making very much money on the deal. But he continued to follow up to make sure we had all the keys we needed, even coming back to the property in the pouring rain. Which made sense, because we dragged him out in the pouring rain multiple times. When we decide to sell, we'll definitely be using James. Nancy, Humboldt Park
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