Ben Weinstein & Jen Dyment

Dear Neighbor,

If you are considering buying or selling a house in the Berkeley area, I highly recommend talking with Ira & Carol Serkes. They have helped many family friends, including my parents, buy and sell houses. So when my wife and I decided that it was time, we turned to Ira & Carol.

We were immediately impressed when we looked at our first potential house with them. They printed up comparison sheets that showed the prices on all recent sales in our neighborhood. They were quickly able to narrow the list to ones that matched the particular characteristics of the house we were looking at. It was a really good tool for deciding if the house was reasonably priced and how much we would have to bid.

When a house that met our needs appeared, Ira & Carol pounced on it. They left messages at both our offices and at home, saying that the price on a house had been reduced. We looked at it that evening and immediately made a bid. Ira & Carol acted so swiftly that we didn’t end up in a bidding war. In fact, while we were having home inspections, several people came by, thinking that our house was still on the market.

Once our bid was accepted, they were able to recommend several home inspectors who did a very through examination of our house. The inspectors uncovered so many serious problems with the house that I thought there was no way we were going to be able to afford this house with all the added repairs. But Ira & Carol are excellent negotiators and by the time they were done, the sellers left us enough money in escrow to pay for the foundation repairs!

We highly recommend Ira & Carol.
Sincerely,

Ben Weinstein & Jen Dyment