As it looks like you may be coming down here again for a visit !  , it makes me think you are getting more attached to the area :-)

I know you're probably a long way off doing this, but I thought I should put you and Stefan in touch with each other. And I want to strongly recommend him to you for the reasons below.

I have to say that Stefan put our house on the market for more than I would have thought having talked to a few realtors (about 30k more), and 50 k more than our original realtor, who I think now, in retrospect just churned us on Uwe's house. Stefan got the asking price on a very nice offer, for which I shall be eternally grateful !

In addition he went *above and beyond* in sorting out our lien situation in time, literally the day before closing, not to allow it to screw up the sale, while we were already here in Austin. No other realtor wanted to touch this situation, just a “Well. you need to get rid of the lien first…”..even though it was an illegal lien !!!

Stefan , also showed us the quality of work in other houses being prepped for sale so we had a good idea of what we were paying for. Again , this was in sharp contrast to our previous Realtor, who managed it “all” except when we baulked at the gardening charge , and found our own guy, for 25% of what we were being offered. We ended up paying more to prep Uwe's house ,and it wasn't done well, than to prep mine , which was much larger. Our previous experienced realtor also managed to get the address wrong on the advertising mailing !!!!! Go figure.!

We had originally not wanted to use Stefan ,because he was a friend and we didn’t want to mix biz with friendship... call it a lesson learned now, on our side. So in that spirit of  ***friends really are there to help **** ! I want to pass on his contact info to you, and genuinely recommend him, as someone who will have your best interest at heart.

Stefan, I probably haven't said this as clearly as I should have till now , but I really appreciated your efforts on our behalf  and I would personally highly recommend you to any prospective clients. Do not hesitate to refer them to me for a reference. I wish now that we had sold both houses with you.

I wanted to thank you for helping us sell our house. Having two other places for sale in our complex, when we listed ours, made me nervous. So I was naturally very happy when ours was the first to sell and we were able to get what we wanted for the place. The whole process went much smother then I expected. 

If you should ever want to use me for a recommendation please feel free, your service was excellent, and I would be happy to recommend you.

I really would like to thank you so much for the excellent service you have provided along with your professionalism and great market insight in helping with our recent property sale and 1031 exhange. Although we had student rentors and had planned to wait until they moved out in the summer, you suggested that we not wait, saying that the market is changing. We did not believe this at first, but trusted and went with your advice. Looking back, I am so glad that we did. We virtually sold at the peak for about 6 % more then what we had agreed in the listing contract and even more then what we expected. 

Since this was a 1031 exchange, we had to find a replacement property within a certain timeframe. You skillfully coached us through this process so we did not incur any tax liability. We also had several complicating factors that required quite a bit of hand holding throughout the process and you not only found a suitable property and negotiated a price of approximately 10% under market, but out money in our pocket because this property also came with the previous owners as renters. This met our needs perfectly as we did not loose a single day in rental income. Great job, Stefan!

I will highly recommend you to everybody in need for an honest and competent real estate agent. Please also do not hesitate to give my name and phone number if you need a reference in the future.

Let me offer my profuse thanks again and best regards,

I would like to thank you for finding us this wonderful home. It is really the family's dream home. What I find most impressive is that you were able to figure out our particular and peculiar tastes by sampling just a few properties, and then found us the perfect fit. You were even able to get the house way below original list price, which was a most pleasant surprise on top.

Also the subsequent sale of our house went smooth and fast. Since I ended up in court with the sale of my very first house because of an oversight of my then realtor, I was very nervous. But your meticulous file handling and documentation prevented anything unpleasant, even though some unexpected challenges popped up.

So, thank you again, and I will highly recommend you to everybody in need for an honest and competent real estate agent. Please also do not hesitate to give my name and phone number if you need a reference.

Dirk Seynhaeve