"We would like to highly recommend Eileen Lanza as a Realtor for anyone considering purchasing a home.Buying a home, particularly in today's economy, can be stressful and difficult; but fortunately, having Eileen as our Realtor made the entire process much easier. She was always available and informed, and she was always able to either get us immediate answers or put us in touch with people who could provide with immediate answers.She did everything she could do to get us our dream place at a great price, and to make purchasing a home as smooth of a process as possible for two very busy professionals. Drs. Paria Hassouri and Babak Dadvand,"
Drs. Paria Hassouri and Babak Dadvand, Sat Feb 7
"As first time home buyers, we found Eileen's help to be invaluable. She walked us through every step of the process; from looking at houses to signing the final papers. Not only is she well-versed in her profession but she's kind and patient to boot and her down-to-earth attitude provided us with the calm we needed. We would recommend Eileen to anyone in the market for a new home.Danielle Koenig and Jimmy Pardo"
Koenig/Pardo Family Tue Jul 7
"We love our new home!! We know it is unlikely that we would be enjoying it so thoroughly without your commitment and dedication these last 2 1/2 years. As you know, we started looking together in the Spring of 2006 and did not move until Summer of 2008. That is a LONG time and many, many houses in between. We are really grateful that we chose you to help us look for our "dream home." Your unlimited patience, knowledge, and professionalism helped us continue our search when the outlook looked very bleak. Given the limited number of homes in Hancock Park/Windsor Square versus our budget and specifications, this was no easy task!! You never faltered, always had a smile and worked your tail off every step of this long road to our new happy home. Thank you so very much. Needless to say, we cannot recommend you highly enough!Warmest regards,Joseph and Cassandra Nelson"
The Nelsons Fri Sep 12, 2008
"Dear Eileen,I want to thank you for all the assistance you provided me and my daughter in location and handling the purchase of the condominium in Culver City. I am sure that with me 3,000 miles away, along with my travel schedule prior to and during the closing date, presented quite a challenge to you. In addition to the logistical challenge, time zone difference, and considerable paperwork, you were eight months pregnant! We exchanged countless emails, phone calls and faxes, negotiating the purchase price, terms and conditions, satisfying the numerous State of California requirements etc. Throughout all of this, you were a delight to work with – competent, professional, understanding and personable. It was a pleasure working with you!Please feel free to share this letter with your other clients and use me as a reference if you wish.Best wishes for continued success.Sincerely,Edmund"
E.D. Thu Jun 12, 2008
"I am a hard-working attorney & I demand high quality work from any professional I hire. When I wanted to sell the biggest asset I may ever own, I approached the decision of which real estate agent/broker to represent me with great deliberation. After all, 6% (the total commission I would be paying) of over a million dollars represents a substantial amount of money. (As a government attorney, the commission alone would represent almost a year of my net salary.) To pay that amount of money, I wanted someone bright, talented and most importantly, someone who would bend over backwards to do whatever was necessary for me to earn the greatest return on my investment. I chose Eileen Lanza and have no regret whatsoever. She proved to be as bright and talented as I believed. And not only did she bend over backwards, she did a couple back flips and threw in some handstands and cartwheels too.Instead of pressuring me to hurry and get my property on the market, Eileen brought in a design consultant to offer me advice on aesthetics of my property- inside and out; no detail was too small. Many of the ideas I received proved to be pivotal in creating the perfect impression with buyers. With a background in photography, TV and media generally, Eileen's expertise helped highlight the best features of my duplex in the way most relevant way to the most likely buyer- an educated, internet-savvy buyer. Eileen photographed many of the unique architectural features and hired a company to photograph and create a virtual tour that included a floor plan. She created "showcase" listings on other sites that list MLS properties- realestate.com, Zip Realty, etc. I could go on and on, but suffice to say, Eileen leveraged her photography, media, and technology expertise to highlight the best aspects of my duplex to the widest audience in the most meaningful way. With a background in business and entrepreneurship generally, Eileen thought outside the box and was not afraid to eschew conventional wisdom where appropriate; she never used "that's-how-we've always-done-it" logic; instead she evaluated all marketing ideas on their merits. She marketed extensively through the internet and in specific publications where we thought there might be a real audience for the "product"- a 1930's Spanish duplex - enabling a buyer to own a home AND an investment property at a lower price per square foot than would be available to one simply buying a home. Before photo shoots, and open houses, Eileen took care of all the "little" things that seem to transform my property into a "dream home." Her final touches before the open houses- flowers, candles, decadent deserts, table settings, etc., gave me pause to ponder what in the world I was doing selling such an amazing place! When the offers started flowing in, I realized my pause was merely the result of the fantastical mirage Eileen created to best represent my interests. Eileen's expertise, hard work and strategy worked like a charm. Within days I had received multiple serious offers. My gain on the duplex between my purchase in March of 2005 and my sale in April/May of 2007 was over 17%. Who says it's a declining real estate market? With Eileen representing me, that was not my experience. Not only did Eileen get a good result for me, she did everything possible to make a stressful time for me much simpler. Further, my time to devote to the sale process was limited by the fact that I was a single full time working mother. As a working mother herself and as a genuinely nice human being, Eileen understood even what I never said. She did everything possible to make the enormity of the situation seem simple for me and run smoothly. Her cheerful attitude, great sense of humor, and empathetic ear carried the day (and maybe saved my sanity!). Eileen also helped make a stressful time for me much simpler by maintaining my confidence in her. She was always organized, efficient, and on-time. I have always heard that the people who are the best at what they do have the ability to make what is not so easy appear to be easy. Eileen definitely did that. She established good relationships with anyone with whom she came in contact She coordinated and attended numerous general and specialized inspections of my duplex. If you have not guessed by now, I offer my highest recommendation of Eileen Lanza to anyone contemplating selling a residential and/or investment property. She is worthy of trusting to sell your most valued property. Her style, knowledge, talent, dedication, work ethic, integrity, and personality will win you over. They will also win over the best buyer of your property. And results speak for themselves. Happy selling! Beneth A. BrowneAttorney"
B. Browne Thu Jun 12, 2008
"I wanted to write a letter of deep appreciation on behalf of my family. Buying a home for the first time is supposed to be a very exciting time; for us it was extremely wrenching.The stress of leaving our old home combined with having only 40 days to locate a new home and go through escrow could have very well ended in murder or divorce. Your calm approach turned my dread into excitement that not only could we do this, but also you would find us the perfect home.You listened intently to what both my husband & I had envisioned our dream home would be. You asked all the questions I would never have thought of to spare us the tediousness of not having to look at properties that would not be right. My favorite story from this whole experience is from the one & only day we looked at properties. You had five houses scheduled & told me the last one was a surprise, and it was one you were sure we would love. I do not know what magic you had up your sleeve, but the surprise house is now ours & the fact that it was not even on the market was truly astounding! Then, once we fell in love with the house, with lightening speed you had Gary Sayble, our loan coordinator, working out the best finance deal possible, followed by all the necessary inspections all lined up in a single day to make it easy on my busy schedule. You made it possible for us to close before our 40 day limit - a feat of professionalism & real estate savvy. I would like to say I have had friends who have not had such remarkable agents. It has cost them time & in some cases, a great deal of money. I tell all my friends in this market where agents really care only about the sale, it was grand to have someone looking out for my family & who deeply cared that we find the perfect house. We are so in love with our new home & great neighborhood. Eileen, I thank you sincerely for the gift of your real estate talent. Please feel free to show this letter to any future clients and please allow them to call us. It would give me great pleasure to tell them about everything you did for us, and to give you the highest of all possible recommendations.May your future be filled with as much joy as you have given my family. Sincerely yours,Kari Smith"
Kari Smith Thu Jun 12, 2008
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