Member of the Tulare County an Bakersfield Golden Empire Association of REALTORS®

7-18-19....Home buying, for us, has been quite the adventure to say the least. Being first-time homebuyers, my wife and I found ourselves in a world where naively we expected things to be fairly simple and straight-forward… back to that in a second. We found Bertie (as we were soon to find out quite luckily!!) through an online search for realtors and she immediately contacted us and got to work. She was proactive from the get-go, tailoring a home search based on our needs as a young family having relocated back home to the Exeter. They say that good people shine brightest when the chips are down, and we soon found Bertie’s expertise and compassion for her job to be a lifesaver. Our first property was a great fit, but we had a terrible selling agent and after three weeks of delays and other drama they cancelled the sale… total nightmare. Bertie did her best to push things but it just wasn’t meant to be. We were really depressed, and if it hadn’t been for Bertie’s support and encouragement, we likely would have given up hope and just stayed renting (It would have been our worst mistake ever.) Being Exeter people, we wanted to stay in our close-knit community which made the search tough. But Bertie dug in and expanded our search, finding what ended up being our perfect fit. By the end of things, we survived a breach of contract in one sale and the world’s worst FHA appraisal in another, and to be quite honest, we simply would not have been able to get our home without the expertise, tenacity, and encouragement from Bertie. I cannot recommend her highly enough, and she is our realtor for life moving forward. God Bless! – Clan Hickey (Neal, Leila, Baby Michelle and Hendrix the Goldendoodle) 

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My family and I moved to Bakersfield looking for a new life, and new opportunities.

As we looked for our new home, my brother mentioned that he knew of an agent that may be able to help, as we had almost no connections in Bakersfield.  We set up a meeting with this agent, not knowing what to expect.  Bertie was her name, and she was fearless.   We had never been through buying a home before, but Bertie reassured us that she could help.  Problem was, we had a tentative deal already with the builder of our home we had chosen, but Bertie said, “no problem”.

Bertie marched right into his office and got us a much better deal, in 5 minutes.  She scared the builder so bad that he offered us everything extra we wanted, IF we didn’t include her…….

We told Bertie what he said, and she agreed to walk away with nothing, but still helped us get the right deal for us.  In this process, she also became our first and dearest friend in Bakersfield. Bertie is an amazing lady, and took care of our family first….no matter the cost to her.  Sean, Cheryl and Carl….

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