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Our first home buying experience was wonderful & unforgettable thanks to LuAnn Gilmore. LuAnn did a great job of informing us right from the start about the US housing market and the ins and outs of buying a house. She was very proactive throughout the entire process. Her attention to detail is something that distinguishes her from other real estate agents. She went out of her way to accommodate our busy schedules and show us different houses. She equipped us with all the information we needed to make a decision. Her website was very helpful and she referred us to top quality people for financing and other services. We really enjoyed LuAnn’s sense of humor and had fun throughout our search.
We are very thankful for the great memories we have shared with LuAnn during this time and we highly recommend her to anyone who is looking to buy or sell. Her experience is invaluable. It made all the difference in finding the perfect house. We praise and thank God for providing us with this special house!
Ted & Johke Boezaart
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Vangie Cole, Roswell Home Seller |
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When searching for a real estate agent to sell my home in Roswell, I decided to do a web search and found LuAnn’s name. I was impressed with her achievements and decided to contact her. LuAnn responded quickly and we met shortly thereafter. I was impressed by her professionalism, marketing and home staging skills.
Throughout the time that my home was listed with her, LuAnn was proactive and kept me continually updated on the market and tools to keep my home marketable. She even assisted on a personal level as a friend. I could not have found a better real estate agent to sell my home. I was truly blessed.
Vangie Cole
Moving To The Phillipines
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Regency Lighting - Relocation |
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| I wanted to thank you for all the excellent help that you have been to Regency's employees who have been & are being relocated to Atlanta. Thank you for helping our employees to have the best moving experience possible. It has been a blessing to us and to them. Scott Anderson Vice President - Corporate Development |
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Jill & Mike Harrison, Sandy Springs Home Sellers |
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Dear LuAnn:
I wanted to send you a note to express our astonishment and complete elation at the quick sale of our home. Just last week USA Today ran an article about how builders and homeowners are giving away vacations and cars to sell homes at fire-sale prices. We are so thankful for your assistance in obtaining a full price contract in less than a day on the market! Without your help in staging and marketing our home, this would simply not have been possible. Also, your help to negotiate a closing date to fit our schedule will save us thousands of dollars on our move. I hope you’ll share this letter with your Broker and any interested parties. Here’s our recommendation to any Homeowner, Developer, Builder or other future loyal customers of LuAnn Gilmore: LuAnn is a true marketing professional who understands the subtleties of consumer preferences and through skilled marketing and negotiation can translate her consumer knowledge into dollars!
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Christopher and Debbie Albers, Relocating from LA |
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Finding LuAnn to help us find a home in the Atlanta area was a Godsend! My wife, Debbie, and I began our search for a home while we were still living in Los Angeles. LuAnn took the time to call us and learn what we were looking for in a home and community. It was not long before listings began showing up in my email box! Looking back, it seemed as if each day we could look forward to a new batch of listings from LuAnn. LuAnn's website also helped us a great deal in narrowing down our search. The site allowed us to establish our own search parameters based on price, home size, location, schools, etc. It helped us to feel as if we were playing a significant part in the search for our home. It was also comforting to know that LuAnn was capable of marshaling the latest technology to use in our search. LuAnn frequently went "above and beyond the call of duty." While I was initially interviewing for the job that brought us to Atlanta, LuAnn made herself available, spending two days with me to look at homes. Then Debbie & I flew out together to look at homes prior to our move to Atlanta. We spent three days with LuAnn looking at homes but were unable to locate something that felt right. But these two examples are only just the start of her extraordinary efforts. LuAnn then took steps to locate a home for us to rent, even to the point of previewing the homes prior to making a recommendation! After our move to Atlanta, LuAnn kept in constant contact with us, frequently spending her Saturdays with us to look for homes. Finally, when we found the home we wanted we were crushed to learn that an offer was pending! This didn't stop LuAnn... she took the time to talk to the listing agent and learn that the deal had not been sealed, which enabled us to make an offer, securing the home. And we are tremendously pleased with the home she found for us! Still, what I have said here is primarily about what LuAnn did. What makes LuAnn such a wonderful agent is about who she is. LuAnn loves to make people happy, to serve others and to do whatever she can to plant a family in a community where they can blossom. LuAnn took the time to talk with us, to pray with us and to be more than a business associate, she became our friend. In our book, LuAnn Gilmore is in a class all her own and a person would be hard pressed to find another real estate agent of her quality and capability.
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Debora Wilson, Dunwoody Home Seller |
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| "We selected LuAnn Gilmore to represent us when we put our house up for sale in Dunwoody. Because we have bought and sold a number of homes over the past 25 years, we have developed high standards for the real estate professional we work with. LuAnn not only met but exceeded out expectations at every turn. She was a pleasure to work with and managed the entire process with the highest degree of professionalism and follow through. We not only felt very confident that every detail would be taken care of but, more importantly, we also knew that she always had our best interests in mind. She did an absolutely terific job and I would highly recommend her to anyone buying or selling a home." | ||
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Matt, Karen & AJ DeSoto, Homeowners in Acworth |
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I first met
Needless to say, LuAnn made a great first impression. If I were to choose one word to describe her, it would be “genuine.” She loves her job, and it shows. Her clients’ needs come first, without exception. I know this first hand. It took us three months to find the perfect home. Yet, LuAnn’s persistence and perseverance made all the difference. More importantly, throughout the entire experience, my wife and I had more fun than we ever thought possible. We now consider On
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Henri Bonvin, Dunwoody Home Owner |
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| "As with lawyers, the Real Estate industry suffers from an image of the cut-throat, high pressure, unprincipled hustler . . .There's lots of room in the real estate business for an honest, straight forward, highly ethical approach to the sale. For this reason the RE industry needs people like LuAnn Gilmore." | ||
Peter Witherell, Our Family's Special Journey |
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It all began 18 months ago when my wife Kathy and me decided we were ready to move to a new home in a better school district for our daughter Hannah (age 9)and our son Jonah (age 7). We weren't comfortable with paying a full commission because we're on a budget so we listed it with Buyowner.com and decided to join the do it yourself bunch. We cleaned up the house and waited for things to happen - some people visited the web site but not one single person called us to see the house. This went on for 5 months. As the summer was over we realized we needed to make a change.
We decided to hire a full service realtor but we had a poor prior experience after a corporate relocation so choosing the right agent this time around meant everything to us. We met LuAnn Gilmore through our church and every time we asked someone about her the feedback was glowing. LuAnn offered to help us when we were trying on our own because she values people first knowing that the business will follow. Well turning it over to Luann we knew we were in good hands.Over time LuAnn encouraged us to look at each element of our home and make sure it would meet the needs of potential buyers.She held lunches for the agents in her office, she set up our web site, she hired a decorator to come over at her expense to assist us with staging our home. LuAnn brought potted flowers for the front porch and she even brought items from her home including books and a table cover for the dining room so everything could look perfect. Time went buy and after several months she encouraged us to think outside the box and repair the things that seemed worn or outdated...after twelve months and a slow real estate market we finally had two offers at the same time. LuAnn taught us to be patient and demonstrated true teamwork by having a colleague show the house while she was out of town. The deal went through. Eric even came with us to the closing so we could thank him ourselves. Each step along the way was a challenge and LuAnn helped us think about finding the right home in the school district we had identified...she was always there for us day or night. When it came time to buy our new home LuAnn helped us pick out just the right house...but then she had to leave town again because her stepdaughter was getting married. LuAnn left us in the care of Jim and Jeanne McKechnie and as we encountered some concerns about engineering issues with the house they were there for us. Many phone calls, conversations and meetings with contractors and difficult negotiations made us wonder if this home was truly meant for us. We prevailed and they did an excellent job helping us negotiate to have funds set aside by the sellers for some repairs to allay our concerns. We LOVE our new home and we know that God had a plan beyond what we could see. LuAnn, Eric, Jim and Jeanne worked like a team in an industry that is not know for team work. I was amazed at the level of commitment, professionalism and enthusiasm on the part of each person I met at Keller Williams. These folks truly went the extra mile for us. We cannot say thank you enough and we will be using KW in future for our next home purchase. Please be sure to honor these fine people for their dedication to true customer service.
Peter, Kathy, Hannah and Jonah Witherell |
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Alan and Molly Rankine, Relocated from Sandy Springs to VA |
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| LuAnn, I've worked with many real estate agents over the past 35 years and you are the best! Thanks for selling our house so quickly and effectively. Molly and I are so pleased with the level of service and professionalism you displayed in market pricing, listing advising and promptly selling our house in The Bluffs of Nancy Creek. The extras that you cheerfully performed for us went way beyond our (already high) expectations: planting flowers, checking on the vacant property, helping with tenant matters while it was being leased, arranging for maintenance to be done, etc., etc., etc.!! I would unreservedly recommend you as a conscientious, honest, faithful real estate agent to anyone. I only wish you were licensed in Virginia. We wish you the very best going forward! | ||
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Lisa Rice, Dunwoody Home Seller |
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| "...LuAnn is a Dunwoody resident herself, who works for Keller Williams Realty, a brokerage company with a great selling philosophy and warm, professional style. When we listed with LuAnn she gave us about 30 items that needed to be fixed or touched up. But instead of just handing us a list, she and her husband came over and helped us knock them out! Her marketing plan & staging ideas sold our house in 4 days!" | ||
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Douglas Long, Bought a Condo in Vinings |
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Thank you, LuAnn, for all that you did in helping me find my condo. I will be sending anyone looking for a home your way! Douglas Long, Bought a Condo in Vinings |
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Dr Owen & Robin Reichman, Relocated from Ptree Station to CO |
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| "LuAnn Gilmore has been a great help to our family during a very stressful move. Her hard work on our behalf was definitely exceptional. The investment of LuAnn's time and energy came through as she touched up, cleaned and decorated our vacant home {relocated to CO}. Our friends reported that it always looked welcoming and polished under her care. LuAnn called weekly to report the activities on our house. When there were things that needed to be attended to, she was always there to set up appointments and meet repairmen. From lising to closing, LuAnn was very professional, yet in time, she also felt like a friend. We would be delighted to recommend her." | ||
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Kathy Wilkinson, Tucker Home Buyer |
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| This past spring I decided it was time to buy my first house. It was a decision that I knew would bring me the satisfaction of finding a home of my own, but I also knew that the search itself and subsequent negotiations could be potentially stressful. Knowing that my selection of a real estate agent would profoundly color this experience, it was a choice that I did not take lightly. When I learned that LuAnn Gilmore is a real estate agent, I instinctively knew that she was the agent that I wanted to walk me through the process of buying a home. LuAnn and I attend the same church, and I knew her to be a person of integrity as well possessing a very friendly, easygoing manner that enables people to feel comfortable with her immediately. Time and time again, my instincts proved to be right about LuAnn. From our first meeting up until the day I closed on my house, she always was well prepared for whatever each day entailed. Not only was it always clear that she had my best interests at heart, she was willing to go the extra mile for me in finding answers to each and every question I had with the utmost attention to every detail. I think what stands out the most to me is that LuAnn helped make my first experience of buying a home a very pleasant one. I felt very well-taken care of and knew I could put my trust in her expertise. I wholeheartedly would recommend her services to anyone who wants the highest level of professionalism in a real estate experience. She's the best!! | ||
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Aylin Orial, Duluth Home Buyer |
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| My husband & I had a long, challenging journey looking for a house until we met LuAnn Gilmore. With a previous agent, after showing us only 4 houses, he expected us to buy. What he told us we would be qualified to buy was only half of the house, and twice the payment of the house we have just purchased! One day a friend at my office gave me one of LuAnn's cards. I had little hope that this experience would be much different, but decided to give home buying another try. Despite my hesitancy, LuAnn started to explain all the different options that I was qualified for through Keller Williams and her team, and I started listening. After hearing all our needs and desires in a home, LuAnn took me to all the areas of Atlanta that I was considering and several different houses that had my criteria. She did not hesitate to show me more houses even when I was being picky about what I wanted to buy. And I have to admit, I really enjoyed her conversation and company while we were in this journey of finding the perfect house. She also helped me keep everything in perspective of what I wanted - what I needed - and wanted to spend. After 2 months of looking around, one day we found "the" house! For me it was perfect! Since your home buying experience is one of the memorable events in your life, I would definitely recommend sharing this experience with Mrs. Gilmore, not just because of her great knowledge of areas and real estate, but also because of her great personality and way of matching the family to the house! | ||
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Elliott & Cori Moon, 1st time Home Buyers |
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| As first time home buyers my husband and I didn't even know where to begin. A friend recommeded that we give LuAnn a call. From the moment we met LuAnn we knew we were in good hands. She immediately made us feel comfortable and calmed our nerves by answering all of our questions and taking the time to go through the home buying process with us step by step. It took very little time for us to realize that LuAnn was on our side and looking out for our best interest. Her dedication to us was invaluable in our search to find the right the home and her enthusiasm, hard work and love for people made her a joy to work with. We highly recommdend her to anyone who is looking to buy or sell. We called a Real Estate agent and gained a friend! Happy hunting. | ||
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Charlotte Battles, Kennesaw Home Seller |
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| LuAnn, thank you for being the person and the woman that you are. You are action on wheels! That's all I have to say. I appreciate all of your good deeds, your inspiration and your advice. Again I say, thank you, thank you, thank you. LuAnn, we met for a reason. | ||
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Nikki & Thomas Strickland, Alpharetta Home Buyers |
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| "As first time homebuyers and tech-savvy people, we began our house hunt online. We chose LuAnn after we viewed her website and reading other buyer's and sellers' feedback. Of course, as they say the proof is in the pudding, and from day one, we knew we'd made the right choice. In addition to providing access to many resources (such as the online MLS), LuAnn was easy to contact via email or cell phone. She made sure she understoon our wants and needs, and she followed through with us every time. When we began negotiations on the house, LuAnn advised us honestly and thoroughly in all aspects of the process, and she worked firelessly to assure that we would get a good deal on the house we'd chosen. We would recommend her very highly to anyone buying in the Atlanta area." | ||
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Ji Lee, 1st time Home Buyer |
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| "As scary as it might seem to fall under the category of a 'first-time home buyer', and with the exception of a few moments of "what have I got myself into?" buying my first home was one of the best decisions I have ever made. LuAnn walked me through every nook and cranny, joyfully answering all of my questions and reminding me of things I would either forget or overlook along the way. There is a lot that went into the process of finding a place, making an offer, negotiating (which in my situation, actually was about as easy as it could come)closing, moving and getting settled in. And thankfully, I could trust LuAnn because she was more than just a real estate agent. She was and is a friend who only wanted the right house for me. LuAnn made what could have been totally overwhelming into something that was safe, honest, and exciting. | ||
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Kate & Shad Gates, Duluth Home Buyers |
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Moving back to Colorado to be with family had been our heart’s desire for several years. An opportunity arose, but we soon realized that Colorado's housing market was higher than that of Atlanta’s. We needed to maximize our profits without pricing our home out of the market.
We asked LuAnn Gilmore to sell our home. She came in with her team of experts, designed a marketing strategy and together we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. LuAnn believed highly in her staging services and convinced us to let her work in our home. We, too are now believers in staging and especially of LuAnn’s skills and attention to detail. Staging our home involved rearranging, decluttering and neutralizing. We knew it would not be easy to keep it looking “show ready” at all times with a toddler and a baby, but LuAnn assured us that the house would not be on the market long if we let her stage and reduce the quantity of furniture and belongings. We were extremely pleased with the results and only wished we had lived in the house like this long before selling it!
In 2 days on the market we received 3 offers, two at full price and one for more than full price! Wow, in a slow market in Atlanta that was relatively unheard of! After deciding on an offer, we witnessed LuAnn’s strong contract negotiating skills, attention to detail and her tireless effort to meet our needs.
We highly recommend LuAnn to anyone seeking a positive and professional home buying or selling experience. Call her today to learn more about her unique selling strategies.
Shad & Kate Gates
(Relocating from Alpharetta to Colorado)
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Stuart Wright, Blueprint Investments, LLC |
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| "I am a real estate investor in Cobb County. In my experience, 97% of all realtors look at one way, and only one way, to sell a house. LuAnn is different, and that is why LuAnn in the ONLY realtor that I work with. She will think "out of the box" to come up with creative ways to move properties. Of special benefit, LuAnn knows how to "stage" a house like no one I have ever seen, to give the house that "feeling of home". She looks at the details of the house, and makes suggestions of how it can be marketed in a better fashion. One expample was convincing me to cut down a couple of trees in the front yard of a house I was trying to sell, because they were blocking the curbside appeal. As soon as I cut down those trees, I had a buyer." | ||
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Michelle Wiley Relocating from LA to Acworth, GA |
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| My experience with LuAnn Gilmore through Regency Lighting’s Atlanta relocation has been exceptional. She walks on water! Day 1 she picked us up from our hotel on time! Not only that, she came prepared with snacks for my 9 year old son, Jaylen. Relocating can be extremely stressful and LuAnn truly took care of us. She made sure my all of my concerns were addressed and completed to my satisfaction. She provided us with a binder full of names and numbers beginning with loan agents through utility names and numbers. Looking for a home with a 9 year old can be quite challenging. She included him in the process by asking his likes and dislikes of the homes we viewed and allowed him to assist in the locking and unlocking of doors. Before and after the closing she made sure things in the house were taken care of. She even cleaned the remaining items left in the refrigerator and carried the trash in her car until she was able to locate a dumpster. After the closing, LuAnn continued to stay in touch seeing me through to my arrival in Atlanta. I’ve purchased a home in California and the experience was no where near what I received from LuAnn. LuAnn has set the bar for service in real estate and I now expect nothing less.
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Bob & Barbara Pellino, From Dunwoody to Lakeside property in Roswell |
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When we became empty-nesters almost two years ago we decided it was time to downsize from our 5,000 sq ft home in Dunwoody and move to a smaller house that we had purchased three years earlier for eventual retirement. LuAnn impressed us with her knowledge of the housing market and along with the fact that she was a neighbor and friend we felt very comfortable having her represent us in the sale of our home. Anyone can list a house but it’s the attention to detail that makes the difference. She helped us to focus on the important issues in showing a house to discriminating buyers in our specific area. She was always available to us for questions and advice, as well as providing thoughtful consideration to some of our ideas. Her assistants were also very responsive to our needs. In the end, her skillful negotiation efforts were instrumental in closing the sale. We are very happy with the results and can’t thank LuAnn enough for a very professional job.
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Julia & Brian Triolo, Buying their first home together |
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Thank you for all you have done for us. I wouldn't have wanted to go through this process with anyone else. You are an incredible agent, but more importantly, a valued friend. I consider myself blessed to know you. Thanks again, LuAnn. Julia and Brian Triolo
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Tim & Kathy Bedford |
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A new job opportunity called us to Reno, Nevada. We called LuAnn Gilmore to sell our home after trying to sell it on our own for over 4 months. Her expertise, steady demeanor and willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty to secure the best possible contract on our home was above excellent and allowed us to be together as a family again.
LuAnn brought a total hands-on approach to selling our home from beginning to end. Among other things, she provided a staging service to make it more attractive to buyers, extensive internet marketing, skillful contract negotiation and a full stable of reliable professionals available to resolve tricky inspection issues.
I highly recommend her staging service. Our home never looked better and I believe these suggestions were what drew potential buyers to make an offer. LuAnn brings a high level of integrity to the table and is in short an awesome Realtor. We highly recommend her!
Tim and Kathy Bedford
(Relocating from Alpharetta to Reno, Nevada)
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Andy & Alex Blacknell |
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A move abroad can be quite challenging in and of itself but add to that the complexities of a family and complications can grow exponentially. The possibility of relocating prior to our house selling was not an option, so we pulled out all the stops and listed our home to sell with LuAnn Gilmore through her strategic selling techniques.
One of LuAnn’s strong recommendations involved staging the home to sell. LuAnn told us, “The way we sell a house and the way we live in our homes are 2 different things.” We took 100% of LuAnn’s advice – moving furniture, decluttering, updating and repairing in advance of putting the house on the market. The restructuring of our home to get it ready to sell was somewhat painful, and definitely not the way we had lived in the house. However, LuAnn assured us that if we followed her advice we would get a higher priced offer and not have to keep the house “show ready” for months and months on end.
We were very pleased and blessed to receive a full price offer after only 2 days on the market! And back to London we go!
Andy & Alex Blacknell
(Relocating from Dunwoody to London, England)
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David Kowalski |
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I just want to let you know how much I appreciate the work you did for me. You really did put your heart in it and I am very grateful for that. I know it was a very long and sometimes frustrating process, but I really do appreciate you sticking it out.
David Kowalski
1st Time Homebuyer
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Brad & Carolyn Miller |
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Our experience with LuAnn Gilmore as our realtor was nothing less than wonderful. LuAnn asked the right questions and then listened well to what we needed in a house; she understood that even though we had been pre-approved for a mortgage at one level, we really wanted to stay well below that number; she answered all of our questions patiently and completely or, steered us to the people who could answer our questions in the rare occurrence she could not. When it came time to begin visiting houses, it was clear that she had done her homework and showed us several examples that fit our needs well. And most importantly, through her we were able to see the one house that called out to us and that we now happily reside in. Her presence throughout this whole process was calming and assuring, two traits that were very important to these first time home buyers! We would wholeheartedly recommend that any first time homebuyer, or any homebuyer for that matter, contact LuAnn Gilmore for their needs. You will not regret it! The added bonus for us is that through this process, LuAnn has moved from being our realtor to being our friend. And we expect that friendship to last a long time.
Brad and Carolynn Miller
Doravlle, GA
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From the moment I met LuAnn I knew I was going to have a wonderful experience shopping for a home. The first day was overwhelming. I had so many questions in relation to home search and financing. LuAnn put my mind at ease first by showing me properties via the internet then introducing me to a mortgage consultant who walked me through the home loan process in no time.
Within several weeks of searching for homes I was able to find the perfect 3 bedroom ranch style for my budget and in an area that was close to my job. LuAnn helped me negotiate a great price and even had the seller to fix certain things on the property like the roof, chimney and HVAC. Without LuAnn’s knowledge of the market I would not have known what questions to ask or how to negotiate the price.
Today I am very happy with the home I chose and am grateful for the time spent with this wonderful agent. LuAnn is a real asset to the real estate business and I hope to refer as many people as I can to her.
Ken Hayes 1st time home-buyer
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The Gilmore Group
The Gilmore Group . . . opening doors for you
The Gilmore Group . . . opening doors for you
Office:
Atlanta - Perimeter North
115 Perimeter Center Place, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30346
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Perimeter
Atlanta - Perimeter North
115 Perimeter Center Place, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30346
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Perimeter
