Here’s what past clients have to say about Marisa and Dustine . . .
Dustine and Marisa,
A year ago the two of you played an important role in changing our life, and we are so thankful for this. When we began our home search, filled with anxiety and excitement, the two of you were there to lower our anxiety and allow us to experience and enjoy the process.
We appreciate having all of our questions (we know it was a lot) answered in a non-judgmental way. We came into this endeavor with little knowledge and understanding of the process, but you had the care and the patience we needed. That’s hard to find, so we are thankful for that support.
The two of you literally went the extra mile for us, driving to Santa Ana, so everyone could feel more at ease and comfortable with the sell. We appreciate all of your support and advice and know we would not be in this wonderful home without your help.
We would love for you two to come over and see what we have done so far with our “Pride & Joy!”
Thanks again,
Shanise and Amanda
Dear Marisa,
I want to thank you for all of your diligent and professional efforts in the listing and marketing of our home at Lancaster Drive. Your organization, skill, knowledge and expertise produced the desired results; multiple offers at or near the list price!
Your recommendation to “stage” the home was worth the cost. I feel the marketing campaign, combined with appeal of the decorated home, created the buyer excitement that generated the multiple offers. I also appreciate the attention to detail with the contracts and the ease of facilitating the negotiation process with the technological tools.
Most of all, I respect your commitment to putting your clients needs ahead of your own. I also appreciate your gracious and professional demeanor when I choose to disengage from the selling process. You and your team worked diligently and effectively to procure the offers! My decision to keep the home in inventory and lease it was not our original intent.
I will list the property with you when the market will allow me to sell at a profit. I will recommend you immediately to any party looking for a superior broker. I also am indebted to you and Dustine for the wonderful referral of the couple that ultimately leased the home.
Please use me as a client reference in the future. You exceed my highest expectations and you are a pleasure to work with throughout the listing and selling process. You earned my trust, confidence and professional respect with your representation as our broker.
Sincerely,
Douglas
I would like you to know how pleased I am with Marisa Papitto and Dustine Gallagher and the way they worked together to successfully complete the recent sale of my home in San Diego. They are a great team! Despite what could have been a major setback [appraisal], they kept my spirits up and pulled it all through.
These are difficult and challenging times when we need true real estate professionals. The team of Marisa and Dustine certainly meets the highest standards in every regard. It was a real pleasure working with them.
Sincerely,
Gretchen
Hi Marisa,
Great News! We finally recorded today and my clients are super happy and love the home. I appreciate working with you and how smooth things went. I wish all my transactions were like ours.
You’re a great agent to work with and hope to do business again with you in the future.
Thank you,
David Woodson, Realtor
Thanks, again and again, for making the sale of the house on La Dorna possible, beneficial, and smooth!
Regards,
Margaret
On behalf of Karisa, Jan, Pat and myself I would like to extend my deepest gratitude in assisting us with this purchase. Throughout this process you have remained committed to being professional and above all understanding. I appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you and your teams. Hopefully tomorrow will be the ending of our purchase, and the beginning of our journey into homeownership.
Thank you,
Ramon
Marisa is the best Real Estate Agent in San Diego County. Her level of customer service is unsurpassed. Marisa is very personable and reliable. During the process of searching for our perfect home, she became our friend. In fact, I was sad to close on our home because I thought that I would never see her again, but I still reach out to her when I need a referral for subcontractors for home improvement, or just to say hello & let her know we miss her! We trust Marisa completely and she has never let us down. Marisa cares a great deal about all aspects of the service she provides, she will be available for as long as you need her, even after you close on your home, she’s truly there for her clients. Dealing with Marisa doesn’t feel like a business deal, it feels like house shopping with a friend who will listen to you and be completely honest about why a house may or may not work for you. I never felt she was all about the money, she was in this to help us and find the best home within our budget. We are a military family and we will strongly encourage all of our friends moving in or out of town to hire Marisa. I was only able to select 3 attributes from the list provided on LinkedIn, but I would honestly have to say Marisa possesses ALL of the attributes listed. Thank you so much for putting your clients first, Marisa!
– Kim N.
Marisa,
This is Chris. You were the sellers agent for the home that we bought on 54th st. I wanted to thank you for your help in getting the short sale pushed through. We are settling in and are very happy.
Thank you again for your help with our home.
– Chris S.
Dear Marisa,
The entire neighborhood thanks you and I especially thank you for the wonderful Jumpie and so fun Sno Cone machine. We had the Sno Cone machine right by my driveway and even the adults were eating them. We really had a wonderful time. At one point the air went out of the Jumpie and we figured out that the Jumpie had blown the circuit in the house we were using. Jolene and Kalina jumped right in and used their house. The block party was one of the biggest we have had in years.
I thank you so much. You are such a great friend of our neighborhood and I appreciate it.
Thank you,
Claire LiMandri
We hired Marisa to sell a property that was incredibly difficult to move due to disclosure requirements compounded with dismissal market conditions. Marisa always maintained a “can-do” attitude grounded in reality and consistently came up with creative and effective ideas to maximize our property’s strong points. While other houses in our area sat unsold for almost a year, Marisa tirelessly marketed our home and had it sold within 3 months despite its many drawbacks. My wife and I were always impressed with the high level of professionalism that Marisa and her staffed displayed and we enthusiastically recommend her!
— Thomas
Marisa handled the sale of my San Diego home with flawless perfection. My wife and I were very impressed when within a day of talking to her, she had an army of people involved in the marketing aspects our home. Examples included outdoor/indoor staging, inspections, repairs and I must say her property photos and brochures were very innovative. If you want a creative Realtor who can get you top dollar for your property in this challenging market ….
Marisa is the right person for you.
— Bob
Wonderful job Marisa!!! Thanks, we knew you were the best agent, and we are pleased to have worked with you. I truly appreciated your patience and professionalism, outstanding , thanks again.
Thanks, thanks, have a great day!
Thank you,
Libelle
Marisa,
Thank you so much for taking on this sale. We appreciate all your hard work and effort to make this happen and we are so happy to have it behind us. We may have to name our first born after you!
I hope the new owners enjoy the house for years to come and create many happy memories.
Best,
Kristin
The staging tips and suggestions for minor repairs were very helpful. The house looked so nice I was tempted to keep it. I will not hesitate to call Marisa when I am ready to purchase my next house. I appreciate her business sense and experience.
–Gretchen
We are writing to express our appreciation for your expert representation of my parents in the sale of their home. Your professionalism, obvious expertise and thorough knowledge of the San Diego Real Estate market made our long distance transaction successful beyond our expectations. Your flawless attention to detail resulted in a smooth transaction.
Sincerely,
John and Ann
We cannot thank you enough for all your help in selling our home. From beginning to end, you proved yourself to be a top-notch professional. It is our great pleasure to recommend you and your services to anyone else who is interested in buying or selling in the El Cerrito area.
First, you set the sales price for our home “right on the money.” If we had listed our home wit the other area Realtor we spoke with, we would have sold for $20,000 less! Next, your advice on how to best prepare and show our home was super. With your direction, we were able to focus on what would make the maximum impact on potential buyers without wasting time or money or unnecessary items. As we had a limited time in which to sell and close, this was very important to us. You followed up with every agent who showed the home and generated lots of interest in the property, resulting in four offers in one day, including the successful offer for the full asking price.
Most importantly to us, you were always available and willing to assist in any way possible, from finding a handyman to complete the necessary repairs to taking out our trash and watering the flowers after we moved. We felt that you were working with us, not just for us, every step of the way. You made what is all-too-often a gut-wrenching experience into an exciting and satisfying one.
We would have no hesitation to use your services again.
With thanks,
Deborah Lee
We still have boxes to unpack in our new place, but we don’t want to wait another day to thank you officially for all your wonderful help over the past months. We are so glad that we found you.
Moving is hard at best, but you made the process work for us from the very first day we spoke with you, guiding us with clear expertise through the double transactions of selling our home and finding a condo downtown. We would have lost heart many times along the way if you hadn’t been there to help us. We suspect that we only know a fraction of all that you were doing on our behalf behind the scenes as we went ahead with a preplanned trip to Hawaii while waiting for double escrows to close.
If we ever move again (heaven forbid!) we will call you immediately. We are telling all our friends to do the same. We know that we can trust you to look out for us and to be realistic and fair at the same time. We also enjoyed your company very much and hope to see you again real soon.
All best regards,
Betty
This has been my fifth relocation in 20 years and Marisa’s expertise in Real Estate as out surpassed all others. She’s intuitive and extremely detail-oriented, finding the property I currently own within two weeks. I would recommend her to anyone seeking a truly qualified expert in the field of Real Estate.
– William
We can’t thank you enough for all the hard work and extra steps that you went through for us to get to this point. This is a huge moment in the lives of Heidi and myself, you and Marisa played a large role. We were very fortunate to be referred to you two. Thank you so much for being patient throughout this process.
Sincerely,
Michael & Heidi Ortiz
WELCOME HOME DOUG & TERESA!
Newest residents of El Cerrito!
Marisa, thank you so much for our dedicated and persistent work in shepherding the sale of our home. You managed the whole process with grace and professionalism.
Lovingly,
Marie & Bill
