Hollie Greenwood
"Working with Colleen has been an absolute delight. I felt a tremendous relief of pressure from the moment I called her to help with my real-estate needs. My only regret is that I didn?t call her sooner! From the get-go, she asked insightful, intelligent, and thoughtful questions. I got the sense immediately that she treated my situation as if it were her own. She made it personal. Before working together, I was in tears practically every day and at the end of my emotional rope. I?d been taken advantage of, and I?d been lied to ? not the way you want to be treated when you?re a first-time home ?owner. Colleen immediately put my mind at ease and took charge. She is bar-none the most efficient and honest professional I?ve ever had the pleasure of working with. She got answers, when I wasn?t able to get them on my own, she made things happen, which I also was not able to sufficiently do. Colleen expects results and she is unbelievably tenacious in her quest for getting them.
Kelly Boyer- Venice
"Colleen McLean has helped me navigate through the complexities of 4 multi-million dollar real estate deals, both commercial and residential. Not only have her negotiation skills secured the best possible purchase prices for me as a buyer, she has also represented me for very lucrative lease contracts for my commercial properties.
Our most recent project together entailed the purchase and remodel of an industrial warehouse into an eco-friendly, state of the art, LEED certified commercial kitchen for my organic personal chef services business. She represented me during the acquisition of this building, as well as sourced and screened the green architects and contractors. She has also functioned as a land use expeditor by helping push permits more quickly through the approval process and also consults with the contractors to proactively source eco-friendly products and building materials - all of this well beyond the call of duty.
Colleen is not merely a real estate agent. She has been a true partner in my business dealings and has always gone the extra mile for me. Because of her tenacity and knowledge of this nascent eco-sustainable industry, I have been able to expand my business much more aggressively than I thought possible.
Colleen is my sole choice for all my real estate dealings.
Kelly Boyer
Owner & Executive Chef - PALETA
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Robbie Adams and Amy Talkington- Echo Park
"Many kudos and thanks to Colleen for her professionalism and easy going personality. It was fun shopping with her and going through all the paper work involved with real estate. But she made it all accessible and as painless as possible. We love our house and feel like we were well taken care of in terms of getting the best price, negotiating the repairs and credits and finally helping us get moved in. We will use her again!" back to top
Jodie Evans- Venice
"Colleen found the only perfect house for me in Venice. Along the way she made the experience fun and enjoyable. I recommend her now to all my friends. She has helped three of them that I know of already. Thanks again" back to top
Dana Glassburn- Thame¡- West L.A.
"´Colleen was great to work with- very accommodating & knowledgeable! Not to mention a very friendly and fun person. She made buying our 1st house very straight forward and a painless experience. I'd definitely recommend her to a friend and use her again myself. - " back to top
Sarah Gerlovich- W.L.A.
"This letter is a glowing endorsement of Colleen McLean, our real estate agent, professional business partner, psychologist and cipher to our then undefined hopes and dreams of what would be our first home.
As a newly engaged couple we were giddy and scattered in our expectations. It was Colleen who settled us down and started us down the path towards visualizing our new home. She got to know us as a couple, as individuals and as friends. Then she set to work.
As a professional, Colleen navigated us through the tumultuousness of the hosing market with clear direction, confidence and business savvy. No time was wasted. She stuck to our price range, understanding that our budget was as important to us as our dreams.
Inside a prospective location, she read into our unspoken reactions as much as the ones we vocalized. When we were hesitant, she swept us along; "there are just too many options out there not to 100% confident", she told us.
When that spark did ignite, she sprung into action. Colleen asked the questions and informed us of the details that only experience allows. Her learnedness translated to our contentment; we were informed before the purchase, not after.
Thank you for everything; you've earned our highest recommendation." back to top
Michael Exner- W.L.A.
"Colleen's strenth did not end with the ability to find us the right home; she had the grit to close the deal. During the walk-throughs she asked the uncomfortable questions, getting us the improvements we deserved. She pushed when we didn't know we could and advised when we had capitalized to the fullest extent. She made as many calls to our lender as we did, ensuring that our loan went through within our limited time frame. Even as we signed our papers with the escrow company, Colleen was on speakerphone, walking us through the entire process. It was a whirlwind to be sure, but because of Colleen, we made it throught the process on time, for the right price, and most of all, completely satisfied." back to top
Ashley R- Santa Monica
"Colleen made the process of buying my first home extremely informative and easy. The amount of knowledge that she brings to the table is reasssuring and I never doubted that I was in good hands. Now I have the perfect home in the perfect location and I never would have that without her." back to top
Michael and Daniella - Mar Vista
"We have just moved into our lovely house in Mar Vista with a chimney, exposed wooden beams in the living room and fruit trees in the garden. We love th place and it was thanks to Colleen and her hard work that we found and bought it.
We highly recommend working with Colleen who was;
- Informative- about what was on the market and what would most suit our needs. How houses compared to the other properties on the market etc,
- Helpful- always willing to assist and support us whenever we neede some advice of help. Colleen always went above and beyond the call of duty including taking us to escrow when we had no car that day! She is now even providing advice on furnishings for our new house.
-Patient- we weren't the easiest of clients, but Colleen was understanding and eager to offer adice and support.
-Innovative- staying ahead of the market and establishing a good relationship with everyone with whom we came in contact.
-Fun- it was enjoyable spending time with Colleen while looking a houses. Now that we are no longer looking at houses with her, we hope she will regularly drop by the new place.
We hope that your house hunting experience and escrow go as smoothly as ours." back to top
