Pam Buda

"Pam was recommended to me by a Marin friend and realtor whom I had informed of my wish to find property in the Sonoma/Santa Rosa area. I couldn't be happier with the outcome of my search. In three days of intense looking at a variety of listings, Pam nudged, pointed and otherwise encouraged me toward an area that she thought might meet all my requirements. It took a while to convince me to give it a try but sure enough, Pam's intuitive abilities were correct. She knows the market and she knows her stuff. I found exactly what I REALLY wanted (even though I didn't know, myself, what that was--nor was I able to articulate it-- when we first started out). From escrow to closing, Pam made the whole thing a breeze--the simplest, easiest process I've ever encountered in several decades of home-buying. Pam was right on top of everything, which meant I didn't have to worry. What a relief! I would enthusiastically recommend her to anyone who wants to find the perfect place in wine & horse country."
Gail Harris Thu Jul 10, 2008

"For anyone hitting this site because they are considering buying a house with horse property, you are onto the best kept secret of location and person power. Well, I guess its not really a secret given Google these days…but having to write most of time for work I usually avoid spending any additional time at the computer crafting responses/testimonials/ etc…I’d rather be out riding a cross country course! However, Pam was such an extraordinary real estate agent that I can’t resist singing her praises so more stellar horse people end up in Sonoma County. Perhaps you are like us…two horses, two SF based jobs, thinking that you had to wait until retirement to get into a nice horse property. In the meantime you are writing those hefty boarding checks each month for small stalls, limited turnout, extra charges for trailer parking, blanketing, less and less places to ride outside of an arena, etc. Not true!We thought we couldn’t afford anything within commuting distance to SF but Pam changed that perception and made it a reality. With tight work schedules, competing demands on free time and a budget, we were probably not a real estate agent’s dream couple, and we were very, very picky about what kind of place we envisioned as ideal for the horses and ourselves. Pam was exceptional. She sent frequent email postings of properties, worked completely around our work/horse showing schedule, lined us up with talented bankers, insightful consultants, crunched numbers for us, fed us at fabulous restaurants to keep the energy levels up and never complained that she wasn’t out riding when we made her drive us around every square inch of two counties on the weekend. She is extremely bright (that helps with complicated country property purchases where the contracts read like IRS manuals), perceptive (figured out what we liked and didn’t like faster than we did), knowledgeable (had or found the answers to every horse/property question that we came up with) and was lotsa fun in the process (and I think house buying is a pain to be honest). Did I mention she is also persistent? We would never have ended up in our fantastic 5 acre place with such happy horses if we hadn’t finally followed her advice that we see this one property “that I think has everything you want”. Well we saw it, bought it, and as they say in the fairy tales of old “lived happily every after”."
Christine Kennedy, William Hamersky, Rohan and Seamus Fri Feb 8, 2008

"“Pam does an amazing job and we would highly recommend her to anyone needing a thoroughly knowledgeable realtor with excellent marketing skills. She is willing to go the extra mile as we found out after 3 successful transactions buying one and selling two properties in less than a year.”"
Jeffrey Johnson and Terry Loveton, Sebastopol Tue Aug 21, 2007