The other day Tim Soldati, Senior Mortgage Planner at First Priority Financial in Pleasanton, California sent me this email out of the blue.

“Working with many real estate professionals, I have learned the difference between the good ones and the bad ones. The Harper-Mees Team is not effective just because of the years of experience in the industry, but because of the high level of respect among their peers. I have seen time and time again our mutual clients getting their offers accepted, even though they weren’t the highest price offers. They get them accepted because other agents know that the Harper-Mees Team’s clients are qualified, serious borrowers that get their transactions completed. This is almost a reason alone why a buyer should work with the Harper-Mees Team”.

We’ve worked with Tim often over the years, but in the last 6 months, we have successfully closed a few deals that were extremely challenging due to all the changes taking place in the mortgage industry. I could write the same words about Tim.

Two qualities I really admire in Tim Soldati:

• He always puts the client first
• He returns calls and emails faster than anyone in the mortgage business.

We’ve written many times about the importance of strong relationships among local Realtors and lenders. A strong professional network among peers not only gets homes sold faster, it reduces the transaction hassle factor for clients to almost nil.

Working with half-assed real estate agents or lenders is worse than having a neighbor with a barking dog, 6 beat up cars, 3 juvenile delinquents and a yard full of weeds.

Thanks Tim – we appreciate the kind words.