DAN STONE

For being the longest realtor in the Kingstowne neighborhood I found my experience with Dan to be mostly average. If you're selling in the local Kingstowne, I think it's best to go with someone who specializes in the neighborhood regardless. Dan was very quick to get back to me and schedule an initial chat when I first sold my condo. After I got back from a trip, I was able to commit to a listing with his service. We got pictures and my house set up with a slightly delayed actual listing. Dan was mostly responsive to my calls and texts. I don't expect a realtor to pick up every time that I call since they could be working with another client, but if I do leave a voicemail, I appreciate it being returned in a timely fashion. There were a couple of instances when my calls weren't followed up with. Showings went mostly smooth. In one instance, though, a realtor couldn't open the lock box and Dan had to be called. I was able to get home to try to open the door, but found that the buyer's realtor had picked the box open with a screwdriver, and then subsequently proceeded to chew me out because Dan had not called him back to confirm that he'd be on his way to try to open the lock box. This was pretty humiliating for me to go through as a seller to a potential buyer. After seven days on the market, we had the right buyer come through who made an offer after checking the house out. Dan called me with the news, but the buyer's offer was rather insulting to me ($10k under listing price with another $10k in concessions). I was floored that Dan recommended I go with this offer without first reviewing options for a counter-offer. It made me feel like he was in for a quick buck and not on my side whatsoever. Thankfully I have training in negotiation and was able to put a counter-offer together on my own, which the buyer accepted. If I had just gone with Dan's recommendation, I would have been out an extra $10k.