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Chee-Deh C.

In December my parents asked my husband and me to sell their Sunnyvale property. The tricky part was that the house was in nearly original condition (built in 1978), my parents now live overseas, and my husband and I aren’t local either. To make things more complicated, layer on needing to navigate through the pandemic and also that we needed to sell this property as part of a 1031 exchange.

Fast forward to February – we researched local area listing agents and came up with a shortlist of three agents/teams that impressed us and interviewed each of them.

Sunny and her partner, David, demonstrated all the things we were looking for: plenty of experience as a seller’s agent (since that’s quite different than a buyer’s agent), a deep understanding of the current sales environment, the geographical location, and homebuyers’ behavior now versus before, etc. So we set up an in-person meeting at the property.

Sunny came prepared with examples of their prior marketing strategies for recently sold properties. They also brought their trusted contractor and stager to walk through the property with us so we could get an on-the-spot list of what work would be needed to get the house ready for sale. Their contractor gave us a comprehensive bid the very next day. Sunny and David also helped us get an interest-free bridge loan through their brokerage, Compass, to cover the cost of renovation which was a great convenience since we didn’t need to pay for anything out-of-pocket and we just needed to repay the loan once the house sold. We signed them on and renovation of the house started in a week – as soon as we could empty out the house of the remaining furniture, etc. From our initial meeting until closing of the sale, the entire process took us only 4 months (including renovation and escrow)!! Most importantly, Sunny and David communicated with us throughout the entire process and negotiated the highest possible sale price for our property. If you need a team that will give you stellar advice, look no further than Sunny and David – they truly are FANTASTIC and earned every single penny of their commission!

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