Bernard helped the reviewer buy this property

Bernard was always available by phone and answered his email quickly as well

Bernard recently helped us purchase a home in the Bay Area while we were living on the East Coast. He was always available by phone and answered his email quickly as well. Because we lived so far away, we initially asked him to show houses to my family members, which he was happy to do even though that meant some extra effort to coordinate with them.<br/><br/>Bernard always took careful note of which properties were interesting to us from Realtor.com and added his own suggestions, invariably good options based on what we had told him we wanted. He has a lot of experience as a full-time realtor, and his assessments of houses was spot-on. He is quite relaxed but was happy to offer useful opinions when we asked. <br/><br/>When we finally found a great place, Bernard helped us through the negotiation process. He had sensible advice for us when we wanted an opinion about putting together an attractive but reasonable offer. Negotiations went smoothly, even from a coast away and with some back-and-forth through the seller agent. <br/><br/>Finally, based on the inspection process, I am convinced that he knows or knows of every contractor in the East Bay. Although I initially thought that I would want to choose my own inspectors, I am glad we went with his recommendations. He always got us in touch with an inspector or contractor who could make our job a priority and seemed to know his business (the guy who did the whole house inspection especially impressed me).