Connie Van Real Estate Group

  We had been searching for an investment property for a few years. We had a strict budget and also did not want a fixer-upper. Tara Van worked with us from... read more day 1 and continued to stay with us throughout the entire journey. She was responsive, understanding, and patient with us. My husband and I have limited availability due to our schedules, and Tara was receptive to that. We recently found a house that met our criteria and Tara was quick to work with the seller's agent and got us the deal that we wanted. The house was within our budget and had no major issues. We are thankful to Tara and the Connie Van Real Estate team for their professionalism, knowledgeable staff, and expediency.

  Connie stood out in confidence, positive attitude, knowledge, and responsiveness from all the agents that we interviewed to sell our house in Elk Grove.  She and her team were able... read more to bring us a qualified buyer within a matter of days at an acceptable price.  I would definitely recommend for selling your house!

  Connie was such a joy to work with. She is knowledgeable, patient and helpful. We felt very well informed of the next steps of the process.

Answered a million questions along... read more the way and was very responsive. She definitely looked out for us through the entire process.

Our home buying experience was painless and Connie played a huge part in that. We would definitely recommend Connie in a heartbeat to anyone looking for an agent!

  Connie and her team treated my family with such care and sensitivity. We had to sell a home that had been in our family for almost twenty years, and it... read more was difficult to part with it. Connie and her team helped us at each juncture to prepare for the next steps. The home sold less than one week after the first offer came in. End to end it has been a very smooth process, and Connie's efficient staff assisted us along the way too. Second house I've sold with Connie. Definitely my "go to" real estate professional in the greater Sacramento area!
Debra

  Tara really made our first home buying experience an amazing one! She has been a joy to work with and really made it easy and simple. Tara kept us well... read more informed throughout the entire process and her knowledge really blew us away. Most of all, she's so personable, kind, and really cared about helping us find our perfect home. Tara goes above and beyond and is even helping us after we closed escrow to find contractors for quotes to do a few changes to the house. Thank you Tara for being there with us along this exciting ride!!

  Connie is the BEST real estate agent in Elk Grove.  We had done both transactions (buy and sell our houses) thru her KW group.  Never had any issues with the... read more transactions.  Her team is always available and eager to help.  Very thorough throughout and always kept us informed every step of the way, from the initial contact thru the final closing process.

Would definitely earn a 5-star rating and we highly recommend her and her team to anyone who needs a realtor without worries.

Keep up the good work Connie and Team!

  Hands down the BEST Real Estate Team! I had the pleasure of working with Leah Garrison and the Connie Van Real Estate Team on purchasing my home in Sacramento and... read more they are truly an A+ team! With todays uncertainty in rising and drastically fluctuating rates, I was hesitant to jump into the home buying process and write offers for homes. In comes Leah who was able to help calm my nerves, find a home with the criteria we were looking for, write a below asking offer, and fight for me to get seller credit to fix the remaining items on the house. Leah was always the voice of reason and helped calm my nerves throughout the whole process. She did it all with professionalism, kindness and an amazing attitude. 100% would recommend. Thank you so much Leah and the Connie Van team!

  Connie and team are the best!  They made a situation that didn't seem possible work for us, and now we are in the home of our dreams!  Leah was so... read more patient and guided us when we were unsure.  She has been wonderful to work with!  Thank you all so much!

  My husband and I were looking into buying our first home and we did not know who to contact. We decided to ask our family members and they recommended Connie... read more to us. I'm so glad we contacted Connie because she is AMAZING at what she does. She's very professional and knowledgeable. She made our first time home-buying process so easy and she was transparent the entire time. We were so lucky to have Connie on our side and highly, HIGHLY recommend her! She's the best and provides exceptional service. Thanks again Connie! Your hard work definitely does not go unnoticed. 🙂

  Leah Garrison was wonderful to work with!  This was the first time I've had the opportunity to work with her. I was impressed right from the initial phone call.  Leah... read more did an excellent job structuring the offer to win the deal and her communication and follow up all the way through the closing were top notch. Most importantly, I could tell she really cared.  I highly recommend Leah and look forward to working with her again.

  Our home buying experience with Realtor Leah Garrison on Team Connie Van Real Estate.

Summary (TLDR): First home buyers had a wonderful experience choosing Realtor Leah Garrison with Team Connie Van... read more to purchase our first home! Definitely recommend! Very thorough process and provided a lot of house buying insights to us. Went above and beyond what we considered normal realtors would help with. Thank you again!

First Home Buyer Nervousness:
As a new home buyer for the very first time, we were very nervous about finding a home and going through the house buying process. It especially did not help that it was a seller's market at the time so houses were being sold so quickly.
As we were interested in finding a home, we weren't sure where to start so we decided to get some help from a realtor to guide us through this process. I sent out a descriptive email listing our price range, our location, and any house details we desired.

Why Leah?
One of the reasons we chose Leah was because she was the quickest to respond to my email. What sealed the deal was one of our house requirements was we needed an area that allowed a cottage food license. Leah took the time to research the rules and applications needed in the county and forwarded the details to us.

House Searching Process
The way it worked for Leah and us is that she would look up houses in our desired area and do the research on the properties. Letting us know the details on the property that you won't necessary find on Redfin or Zillow like contingencies or problems. During the week, we would build up a list of houses we would like to look at one day on the weekend. Living 2+ hours away made weekday visits hard. By Friday, she would send us a schedule of which houses we would view first to last. She even brought up houses that might be a bit further from our desired area but still had the amenities that we wanted.
We had a great time doing house viewings (open houses or personal viewings) with Leah. As a new house buyer visiting houses, we weren't fully sure of what questions to ask in person. Leah was wonderful and making sure specific questions were brought up to the sellers agent like remodeling dates, HVAC and roof lifespan and even issues we saw with certain properties. Overall great experience with Leah on viewings properties. We found the one after about 20+ house viewings over three weekends.

Offer/Escrow/Closing Process
During the offer process, Leah was helpful in providing her insights and making sure we were comfortable with the choices we were going to make. She wasn't pushy in having us offer the most which we were skeptical since we would read horror stories of other realtors so this was a very nice positive. After a couple rejections and sad phone calls, we were finally able to get selected for the one.

During the escrow process, Leah was still there the entire process. She was still there helping us handle inspections when we couldn't be there and making sure everything looked and worked well. Her company had different inspectors recommendations but also recommended us to use our own if we had inspectors we preferred. To allow for us to get the keys to the property as early as possible, Leah went out of the way to meet to pick up the signed paperwork since we were living out of town and drop it in a completely different town a couple hours away the next day. Amazing!
Overall, we felt Leah treated us as people who were looking for their first home without breaking the bank and not as a quick pay day. She was thorough in her research and provided quick responses. She will definitely be our first contact if we ever decide to sell or buy a new property.

Thank you again Leah!

  Connie Van and her crew (Especially Leah Garrison) are the real deal! We closed on our beautiful new home in 21 days! We were first time home buyers and had... read more no clue what we were doing but felt confident knowing we had this great team behind us. We will definitely be using them again. If you're getting ready to buy a house, make sure to get in touch with Leah!

  Tara helped us buy an investment property in Sacramento in this crazy market. She went out of her way to view houses for us and record them since we were... read more out of town. She is so on top of everything and helped us find a home very quickly. She's very responsive, even during late night and weekends. With the help of her team, we closed escrow in 18 days! She even helped find renters for us and recommended contractors for fixes. She didn't just stop communicating with us after we closed. Couldn't ask for a better agent to work with who actually cares about you.

  One word that describes Connie and her team is Awesome! It was my first time selling a house and I won't lie, I was a bit nervous. Connie and her... read more team made the process super smooth. They were able to help me sell my house within 3 days! for $20k! over what is was worth. The way they staged my house, the professional photographs taken, and the great customer service were all there. I highly recommend everyone to go to Connie and her team if you guys are trying to buy/sell a house. They know the housing market and know how to negotiate. To top it off you are treated as if you are family. They are an extraordinary team.

  If you want to get your dream  house, go with Connie and Tara. They are absolutely amazing. Things move fast and smooth for my purchase transaction.
Thanks to them, i... read more got my beautiful house in Elk Grove.