COLDWELL BANKER

Tom Mulcahy came highly recommended from a friend who had purchased two homes through him as well has several people they referred earlier who were pleased. I was in a urgent time crunch due to extenuating circumstances. Tom worked with me and showed me homes even before my financing was pre approved--unusual with most realtors.I appreciate his help, but it was my lender who hooked me up with a web site that allowed me to see when houses came on the market. This is how I found the home I purchased. The ones Tom had shown me were not the best for me but they were appropriate for the search.It was at the time when the market was starting to go down, I suspect if we negotiated for a lower price we could have gotten one. But, I was a first time homebuyer, so didn't know to be proactive about that. Tom did already negotiate several thousand off the original asking price. I have no way of knowing what was appropriate for that time. I just know that the market went way down immediately after the purchase.I appreciate all Tom did to speed the process. He was always quick to return my calls and good at answering my questions. I highly recommend him. I just suggest the buyer be more proactive and knowledgeable to be active in the search and take initiative in the negotiations. There were also many little things wrong with the house that I could have requested be fixed before I bought. Things like weather stripping. I had thought it was only a few dollars to replace, but the type the doors required were more like 150 - 200 once complete plus all my time in trying to find the right fit. Some of which I never did find--I had to rig it to work.