Dear Sabina, 

Thank you for all your advice, help, moral and emotional support during the sale of the Varna house.  I do so appreciate it and am thankful the deal is done.  

I know Chris would have appreciated it too but moreover we both always were so grateful that our kitties had you as their Pet Nanny.  We never gave a second thought to their welfare while we were travelling thanks to you.  While we missed each of them, we always knew they were in good hands.  In the spirit of Chris’ generosity I have enclosed a small token of our esteem, just a little gift for you to spoil yourself with a bit.  

Dash and I will miss you here in Los Osos and I hope you will come and visit sometime in the fall or winter, after my renovation is done!

I’m also attaching a sort of testimonial for you to use any way you see fit.  And you may quote me by name.

With so much appreciation and fondness,  Eileen

I couldn't have found a better business partner for my real estate journey, then Sabina. For the last 10 years, I've taken great confidence in her capabilities, experience, and her ability to assess situations that inform making key real estate decisions. She is broadly networked with other professionals for inspections and knowledge and quickly leverages them as needed as the deal progresses. She is thoughtful, diligent, smart, professional, and leads with kindness and care. She has earned my trust. I am thrilled to have worked with her transacting two purchases, one sale, and one lease"  Patty T.

I first met Sabina back in 2014 when I spotted an open house in Burbank that I wanted to tour.  She guided me through my first real estate transaction and even helped me to select a tenant who still lives in the house nine years later (she’s a good judge of character.)

Fast forward to a couple of years ago I spotted a couple of properties listed in the newspaper that I wanted to investigate, so I contacted her again. Her response is always timely. However, I recognized that I was not quite ready to invest, so she proposed that she put me on a mailing list with properties that met my criteria.

Again, I spotted some reasonably priced properties and asked if she could assist me with them. I had narrowed it down to three properties within an area and so off we went. We walked into one of the properties (basically, just taking one step inside) and Sabina remarked, “there is water damage in this place!”  and then she spotted the damaged areas immediately. When, I told insurance agent about this episode, I think that he wanted to clone her for her instinctive reaction.

So, we viewed the other properties and I decided to bid on one of them. Sabina informed me that within an HOA community they normally only designate a certain number of units to be used as rentals. So, she reached out to the HOA, told me what documents I needed to review from the HOA and guided me through each of the steps.  I later decided against this property, but she didn’t flinch and we bid on the final unit.

At one point, there was a conflict with the CC& R’s (the escrow office and the HOA group each had different versions of them), but Sabina stepped up and got the matter straightened out.

When it came time to bid on this final home, I just let Sabina take charge – after all she has over 30 years experience. The deal was agreed on and the low price that she negotiated allowed me to have enough funds available for some renovations.  She is just terrific!  Joan Mathews