Karen Nguyen was our realtor for purchasing our first home in Canada in Summer 2020. We were so blessed to work closely with her, and her dedication and professionalism has helped us going through our house hunting process smoothly.
(i) Karen’ s market knowledge was extraordinary, she shared with us insightful knowledge about the financial and real estate market trend, the pricing and demographic of different neighborhoods around Metro Vancouver. We spent a first few trips out and around just to have a market sense: which are the housing types, where are the neighborhoods… Hence, we were able to have a good knowledge of the overall market and narrow down which area is the best option that suits our needs and of-course, our budget.
(ii) Karen understood our needs well and work an extra miles to find a perfect place for our family (nearby 4 parks, good school ranking, in proximity to all amenities, and a fantastic cash-flow with 2 rental suites). She is an excellent negotiator, who helped us to secured the house $34,000 under the asking price in the crazily hot market. (Vancouver, Summer 2020).
(iii) Eventually, I no longer see Karen as my realtor, she is also my trusted advisor for all the house improvement and investment matters. She has really good experiences and knowledge with house inspection, home maintenance and repair services, landscaping, rental and AirBnB business.
(iv) On top of that, Karen has an extensive network with other professionals. Through her referrals, I worked with a mortgage broker, a lawyer, a home inspector, a home renovator and an insurance broker, all of them provided excellent services.
(v) Finally, we highly value Karen’ integrity and work ethics. She really worked with the client’s best interest in mind. In many times, she discouraged us to consider buying some of the listings that are not beneficial to us in the long run (at T-junction, nearby cemetery, nearby major roads that have very limited land-assembly potential, or under the skytrain railway that are too noisy). There was a time we secured an offer but eventually abandoned it as Karen advised us that the inspection result was too bad and may cost us a huge maintenance fee later on. Thanks Karen again for advising us to skip this house!
Our home hunting mission has been completed successfully with the incredible help from Karen, and I will definitely refer her to all my friends and network without a second thought.
Karen is my wife and we have been buying personal and investment properties since 2007. Karen brings so much value in selling and finding great properties and negotiating on your behalf. She always does everything in her control to get her clients the best price on a sale or buy. In many cases she will get a higher price than the client expects, or a lower price than the buyer expected. Her negotiating skills are so refined this creates value for her clients. She will also advise when it’s too low to sell or not a good property to buy. Karen performs with integrity to help her clients with all her experience and knowledge she brings amazing value to the table. You will be in great hands if you choose her to represent you. I’m not just saying because she is my spouse, but I see her hours of dedication behind the scenes and all the extra work she invests to her clients. She goes over and beyond for her clients, reading strata docs, getting home insurance quotes, finding the best mortgage brokers. This has built her an extremely loyal following of clients that will only buy or sell with Karen. That’s says a lot when countless number of satisfied clients have bought and sold multiple properties with her.