Ilene worked with my husband and I for over a year to help us buy a house in Westchester. In the beginning we weren't fully committed to leaving our apartment in Manhattan, we just wanted to get an idea of 'what was out there'. Ilene was the perfect combination of patient and helpful - she gave us a ton of information about the areas we liked and introduced us to new areas, she set up our search on her system which emailed us regularly with updates, and best of all she made herself available every time we called and wanted to go around looking. Once we knew we definitely wanted to move she worked hard to find us just what we wanted and helped us negotiate all the details from making our offer to closing. Not only is Ilene fantastic at what she does, but we had a great time whenever we were with her! It was really a pleasure spending time with Ilene and I feel like we made a new friend as well as a realtor for life!