Patti was great to work with! She helped stage our house to get it ready to sell, brought in a lot of interested buyers and spent time with us looking for our new house. She's knowledgeable about the area as well.
Patti is a true professional. She was right on with pricing our house and gave us unique hands-on advice about preparing our home for sale; she seemed to have an exceptionally intuitive connection to the house that helped it sell within days. Occasionally it took her some time to return a call, but in every other way I would highly recommend her.
As this was the first time I have ever put a property on the market, Patti was the perfect person for me to work with. Twenty-five years ago, she was my realtor when I bought the property and she was the only person I considered when it came time to sell. In addition to listing my property, she helped me get it ready for the market as I was moving to another state. With an extraordinary attention to detail and a willingness to answer any questions, I felt completely confident and comfortable working with her. Let me add my recommendation to the chorus of others who she has shepherded through what could otherwise be a very trying experience!
We hired Patti to sell our Oak Park home this past Spring. We were impressed by the fact that on the first visit, before we had decided on a realtor, she was measuring rooms. When she presented us with "comps" she had many more than others had shown us and pulled from a variety of housing styles to arrive at her suggested price range. Patti has an eye for detail and staging and we did everything she suggested, moving furniture around, painting, etc. no matter how trivial it seemed. The photographs of the house were stunning! She was always available (I don't think she sleeps) and answered our sometime inane questions quickly. We had lived in the house 32 years so selling houses is not something we do often and we were anxious. The end result of all of this hard work on her part was -- 5 offers after three days on the market, all but one over list price! She was a great resource for equally professional people we needed to address things like floor refinishing, radon mitigation and all the other little things that arise during a process such as this. Patti is a true professional who obviously loves all aspects of the real estate business and works tirelessly for her clients.
I wanted to take some time to discuss our experience working with Patti. From the very early stages of the home-buying process, my wife and I were absolutely sure that we had found the right Realtor for us. Patti was very professional and we liked her emphasis on ethics. She put us in touch with a very competent and easy-to-work with mortgage agent very early and he had us pre-approved quickly. We had centered our home search in an area that Patti was very familiar with. I always felt that we were seeing the best houses in our area and price range; I never felt like we were wasting time. Every property was an opportunity for Patti to show us something and I felt like, by the end of the process, I had learned quite a bit. Patti has a very no-nonsense style and is very easy to work with. My wife and I looked forward to viewings and I think I’m not over-stating things when I say that we both enjoyed Patti’s company (after finding our new home, we commented that we would miss looking at houses with her). Patti was with us every step of the way, including the closing and inspections. There was never an unanswered question. In the end, Patti helped us find a home that we love for less than we imagined we’d have to pay. I cannot recommend her enough. If you have the opportunity to work with Patti, you will have a guide and an advocate and your home-buying journey will be a much easier (and more fun) experience.
Patti is very experienced and highly knowledgeable about Oak Park and surrounding areas. She's also very personable and easy to work with. I'd have no reservations about recommending her.
She rocks! As a second generation Realtor, her heart and soul are in the business, 24/7. She was responsive, smart and insightful. She put information into MY terms/language so that I could understand why my house wasn't worth what I hoped. I followed her advice with staging, etc. and my house sould in two days!
Thank you so much for all of your time and patience. After much searching and countless hours viewing homes, we finally found the right one! You've been our guide throughout the entire process--words cannot express the gratitude that we have for all of your hard work. You have been wonderful to us; we're lucky to have you on our side! You're the best, Patti! Thank you!
Thank you so much for helping us find this wonderful home. It has been such a long, long road, and you have been with us the whole way. How many years were we in the market? How many houses did we see? I'm not even sure. I just know that we could not have done it without your insightful professional guidance. You have handled it all with incredible cheer, humor and grace and you were always there when we needed you. Patti, you are truly an outstanding professional. We could have never found this house without you, and we are so deeply appreciative of you.
We really loved working with Patti to find our home. After our first meeting, she had a great feel for what we were looking for and directed us to listings that she knew we'd love. Her deep knowledge of the area really paid off for us. When we found the one we liked, Patti was a tremendous negotiator and advocate for us, helping us to quickly reach an agreement with the sellers and working with us on resolving several tricky post-inspection problems. We plan to live in this home forever but if we do buy or sell for some reason in the future, there's no doubt we'll call Patti right away
Being a first time home buyer, I was very apprehensive about the whole process but working with Patti made things very easy. Patti is very knowledgeable about the Oak Park/River Forest real estate market and only wants the best for her clients. I appreciated her honesty and willingness to find the best property for me. I would highly recommend Patti Sprafka Wagner to anyone!
Having dealt with a myriad of real estate professionals over the years, I can truly say that Patti is the creme de la creme! She is superb! She knows the market, LISTENS to the client, is honest and delivers great results. If you are looking for real estate guidance from a person with integrity, knowledge and people skills, Patti is the one. A+++++ rating in my book.
