Nancy Dinshaw

8 years ago

We met Nancy at an open house before we moved to the Bay Area. She struck us as very knowledgeable of the real estate market. A year later when we were ready to buy a house, we contacted her. As first time buyers, we had a lot of questions. Nancy? ?guided us through the entire process. She was very patient, and didn't push us into doing anything we were not completely comfortable with. ?She also encouraged us to consider things that we would not have thought about ourselves. When we found the house we liked, she? ?worked ?with us late? ?into?? ?night to put together an offer.? ?Even though there were already two offers on the house, Nancy was somehow able to convince the seller's agent that ours was the strongest offer. She was very thorough about ?finding out everything about the property so that we knew what we were getting into. She even went to City Hall to make copies of all the permits on the house. ? We felt very comfortable working with her, and would recommend her to anyone.

8 years ago

Nancy was recommended to me by another real estate agent when I was looking for a bigger condo for my family. She was absolutely wonderful to work with. In a seller's? market, there can be pressure to bid higher than the list price. It was ?reassuring that Nancy never pushed me to make an offer that was higher than what I was comfortable with paying. ?She also understood that I need to make my own informed decisions, and provided me all the information I needed to do that. ?Also when I was not able to email the paperwork over? my company's firewall, she went out of her way to pick it up from my office and deliver it to the mortgage company and seller's agent?. Once we were in contract, she did a thorough inspection of the condo with me, and pointed out issues not found in the home inspection report. As a bonus, she even paid for a home owner's insurance. I feel confident knowing what to expect in terms of future maintenence issues and that those issues will be covered. ?After closing, Nancy continued to be there for me. She gave me useful advice when I was trying to decide whether I should keep my old condo or rent it. When I decided to rent it out, she helped me with the advertising and paperwork. She also referred cleaners and painters to get the condo into good shape. Nancy saved me a lot of money because I was going to hire a property management company, but even more than that, I can trust her to help me with any issues that might arise in the future.

8 years ago

Nancy was introduced to me by one of my friends. He said he had a limited budget and didn’t want to get engaged in a bidding war and had to wait however long it takes to buy a right home at the price he can afford. He said he chose Nancy after he had bad experience with couple of other realtors since they started pressuring him to settle for something after showing few homes so that they make the profit and move on to next customer. In spite of his detailed positive feedback about Nancy, I still did my own due diligence. I interviewed 3 realtors of my choice including Nancy. As my friend mentioned, she came across as personable, knowledgeable, thorough but tough when needed and above all, genuine with no typical sales pitch you would get from realtors. Hence I decided to go with her to buy my first home. Like my friend, I was very budget conscious and my wife and son were very picky on location due to various constraints such as friends, sports club, etc. Hence, we saw 50+ houses in 8 cities in 25 miles’ radius over 6 months before we could choose the one we wanted to buy. My hunch is, based on Nancy’s experience, she could have directly taken us to the house we would buy. But we would have not had the satisfaction that we have right now as we took our own sweet time to compare and contrast all options with expert guidance where needed. That’s her specialty. She guides the buyer to make their own decision. She doesn’t make the decision for us. Above all, there was one house that we liked very much but it appeared the seller realtor would give preference only to the buyer who have relationship with seller realtor’s company. I was frustrated because it is unethical for a seller realtor to do this. But the reality on the ground was bit different. Nancy magnanimously encouraged me to switch the realtor if that would help me to buy my dream home. But I resisted as it would be selfish on my side to do so. However, this shows that she cares so much about the buyer she was even willing to forego 6 months of hard work unpaid to help the buyer get their dream home. Even though, I let that home go due to unfair business deal from the seller realtor we immediately found another one which we loved. Me and my family have been living in my dream home for a year now with no complaints. She is still in touch with us helping us on question about home insurance, home warranty, etc. I don’t think I can find a better realtor than Nancy. Thank you, Nancy for helping us through the process. It was a pleasure working with you. I would strongly recommend Nancy to anybody who wants to buy or sell their home.

8 years ago

We met Nancy for the first time to get an idea of whether it was a good idea or not, to explore the renting vs buying home in the Bay Area. We were convinced with her knowledge on the real estate market in Bay Area and decided to go with her, after we talked to couple of more realtors. Unlike the others we spoke to, Nancy was more patient and listened closely to our requirements, dreams and limitations. She was very accommodating with our long work schedules and was always available when we needed her along the way. Nancy was able to find us our current home with all the needs we had, within our budget and all that in less than 3 months! To present, Nancy has been helping us understand the nuances of home ownership and has become our family friend over the course of time, than being just our realtor. This alone speaks to the experience we have had with Nancy during our home buying process. We are glad we met Nancy and would recommended her without hesitation.

8 years ago

We could not have done it without her. She was: - always willing to help, - listening, - making good suggestions, - understanding the things we did not see, - following up after the deal was closed, without any hesitation and helping when we really expected no more help from her (and for no compensation as well :-): dealing with contractors, tenants, paperwork...) If there is someone "over and beyond", she was it!