We really enjoyed working with Sarah Schoenfelder at Blairfield Realty. My family and I recently decided to move to Austin from San Francisco and were introduced to Sarah through a friend of a friend. This was our first home purchase, so we weren’t sure what to expect. And we really needed someone we trusted to lead the way since we were buying remotely. We definitely wouldn’t be where we are today (homeowners in Austin!) without Sarah, and we are extremely grateful.
We quickly developed an implicit trust for Sarah (even though we had never met in person) because of how comfortable and confident we felt in her care. She is extremely smart and has expert knowledge of the home buying industry/process. She worked hard on our behalf and shared her tremendous network (including our mortgage lender, who we love) to be sure we had the best resources at our fingertips as we navigated the unfamiliar home purchase process from 1800 miles away.
Despite having a young family, Sarah made herself available to us at all hours via text message, phone, email, etc and even took us on FaceTime video tours of several houses since we weren’t able to visit in-person. She ticked and tied every detail, and encouraged us to make decisions that were in our best interest (for example: she found us an old survey and saved us $3K getting a new one, she helped guide us in making our offer stand out among the multiple offers on the table, etc). She was extremely responsive throughout the entire process and was sure we (and the third party partners we were working with) all met our deadlines to close on time. She even helped wrangle our two little kids for an hour and a half during closing since we were in transit and didn’t have child care.
To say Sarah went above and beyond to help us find our perfect first home is an understatement. I now think of her as a personal friend, plan to work with her again in the future, and would eagerly recommend her to anyone moving to the Austin area.
Molly H.
