A real estate expert you want on your side.
Doug Holman is the real estate expert you want on your side when you are buying a home. My wife and I were on the hunt for our first home in December 2011 when we met Doug. We were planning on meeting with several agents and picking the one who best matched our interests. We were looking for someone who was experienced, straight forward, family oriented, and who had our interests in mind and who took his job seriously. I liked Doug from his description of himself; "I'll be the 40 something 6'2" guy with a manila folder." Our first meeting went very well. After checking out a few of his references (all glowing recommendations) we decided Doug was our man. Doug took the time to find out our interests, our price range and our future plans. He sent houses our way, gave candid reviews of the properties, and took us touring. After several weeks of looking, we found our future town-home - a great deal of a short-sale that was being rented to tenants. Doug made it easy for us - he set us up with a loan officer (who obtained a great deal for us), obtained concessions from the bank, dealt with the tenants, helped with setting up utilities, and more. The process from submitting a bid to closing took over three months. During this time he kept sending us more properties to check out in case the short sale fell through and maintained constant contact. Even after the sale Doug continued to help until the entire sticky tenant situation was resolved. Doug is an intelligent expert in his field and made us feel like we were his only client. It was evident that our well-being was important to him. Doug will be on our team for our next home purchase.