The Elmer Team of CENTURY 21 Masters

They say the best advertising is "word of mouth," and we were recommended to Melinda Elmer by a long-term friend who has had very positive past experience with Melinda Elmer and her team. In my many years buying and selling our homes, I have come across many real estate agents with lots of knowledge and unfortunately lots of skill at pressuring their clients. All buyers find that a turn off. What I really found distinctive about Melinda was the total lack of pressure. She was full of ideas, knowledge of every part of the city we wanted to look at, constantly checking back and refining our search criteria. And not once in six months (yes, with COVID-19 it really took that long to find the right home) did she or anyone on her team pressure us to make a decision we would later regret. We came close once, and backtracked. I expected that to annoy her, but quite the opposite, she was genuinely glad we did not take something we had second thoughts about, and continued to guide us onto other properties. With the prohibition of open houses, it became difficult to get in to see homes but "difficult" is not "impossible" and Melinda did work it out for us to view both "virtual tours" as well as in person tours. Although we lost a few bidding wars, Melinda and her team were quick to suggest strategy in the next situation that arose and each time we got better. Under the circumstances, The Elmer Team did a good job of getting us in to see homes. COVID-19 caused all open houses to be eliminated, thus virtual tours and later by appointment tours became the norm. Melinda's associate Kerry Castillo was exceptionally easy to talk with and met us many times at the in person individual tours; what we liked best about her was her upfront frankness about the properties. She was willing to note the positive aspects of some homes and not shy about pointing out the less desirable aspects of other homes. That engendered a sense of trust between us. Although I have said a lot so far, I need to end this note with acknowledgement of The Elmer Team's "after sale philosophy." You might expect your agent to disappear after the deal is done. On the contrary, after the offer was accepted, she was in contact with us through the final steps of securing the loan, setting up inspections, closing escrow, setting up tenting & repairs, and advice on contractors for our pool installation, ADU development and Hydrojetting. Buying a home is stressful enough; keeping track of all the details is a massive task. Melinda and team kept us on plan and covered all the details. We credit her for our home buying success

Melinda knows the market and sold our property in record time.

Melinda Elmer helped me and my wife with one sale and the purchase of two different properties and we decided to come back because of how amazing she is at her job. The home buying/selling process is extremely stressful as it is but her patience and caring personality makes the process so easy. With so many agents out there it is extremely difficult to find someone you can trust. I will always recommend Melinda to all family, friends and anyone in need of an agent.

Thanks Melinda for your expertise! The sale of my Anaheim property was smooth and completely fair. I netted exactly what I expected to and Melinda and her team did all the work! Thanks again!

Melinda sold our property fast and for the best price. She is very good at handling contingencies and closing times. I would highly recommend her.

I was extremely satisfied with the whole sales transaction and would highly recommend using Melinda Elmer and her team.