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There is nothing better than receiving sincere thanks from my clients for a job well done. Some of my clients have shared their thoughts with you below.

Phil is knowledgeable and caring. He more than took care of things. He goes above and beyond. We got 49 offers on the home! He helped every step of the way.

Phil helped us navigate a hot seller's market by selling our home in one weekend well over asking. We also had some competitive listings in our neighborhood at the time and we got the highest price/sq ft out of all of them!

Phil is a true professional and made our buying experience smooth and enjoyable. His knowledge of the area was incredible - I would highly recommend Phil to others!

The rumors are true - Phil made it happen! Phil's background in architecture and deep knowledge of mid-century homes, combined with encyclopedic knowledge of the Floral Park market, helped us get top dollar for our home. This ranged from smart suggestions on repairs and upgrades, to staging and marketing. Phil was a pleasure to work with throughout. Selling a house during the pandemic could have been stressful, but Phil brought a calm and positive attitude to the process. We

couldn't recommend him highly enough

Phil was a pleasure to work with! Extremely helpful with suggestions as to how to sell our home and advising us with the purchase our new home. He was great about painting a picture for us and pointing out things we never thought to look for. His utmost professionalism was much appreciated as was his patience in educating us about things we were very green on. Thanks Phil!!!

Phil Schaefer with Seven Gables Real Estate was our Realtor when selling our family home of 55 years in Northeast Santa Ana. Phil is an accomplished professional in the real estate industry. I interviewed several realtors before listing and Phil’s knowledge and strategy was superior. Some of his strong attributes are knowledge of the area, experience in analyzing comparables, dependability, responsiveness to phone calls/ text messages/emails and questions, listening to our needs and coordinating a team of inspectors and repair technicians. He is a good negotiator and stagiest. The whole process was seamless and we couldn’t have been more satisfied. You can’t go wrong with Phil as your agent.

Phil is amazing! He helped us to sell our home in Santa Ana, and is a true professional. He guided us through every step of the sale, always calm and patient with our questions. Phil is an expert at what he does, and we trusted him completely throughout the process. We highly recommend him. Thank you so much, Phil!

While going through Instagram one morning, we saw a post from Phil showing some sneak photos of a house that would be on the market soon. Two months and two days later, we were unpacking boxes in that very home. Phil definitely made it happen! His knowledge of Orange County is amazing and he has many resources and contacts that made our buying process incredibly smooth. We knew we could count on Phil to help us through each and every step - we are so grateful for his integrity, his expertise and for our new home!

This realtor tried selling us on the idea that "you get what you pay for" so we put him off for a bit and went with another realtor who only charged 1% for listing a property of ours for sale. After a few months with some interest and getting the highest bid offered at $950K with no one actually opening escrow we decided to go with Phil Schaefer to see what he can do on the understanding that if we could NET $950,000 after realtor and escrow closing costs that we both understood he would most likely be wasting his time and that we would not close with him as our realtor. Phil assessed the surrounding area comps and created a strategy where he said so long as we follow his instructions, that he isn't allowed to legally promise a result or outcome but that he'd be surprised if we didn't get above asking. Since we had nothing to lose we gave him a shot and followed his instructions. When all was said and done Phil had our house in escrow in a couple weeks, with offers that went nearly $50K over asking, including multiple backup offers. We closed escrow in under 30 days, netted more than we wanted, got more offers and interest than our previous realtor and even more than the house selling down the street, and we closed sooner. Phil actually got our house to sell for more than any home in that area. We then understood what he meant when he said you get what you pay for. He earned every penny of what he got. We later realized that he really doesn't have to negotiate his listing fees because he will make sure that you are happy with the final offer and that he will have sold it at or above asking to cover his fees. So realistically going with Phil was cheaper than going with a 1% listing agent, because although he charged more, we actually netted more. We would highly

recommend Phil as your realtor and if you are concerned about fees tell him upfront what you are looking to net and he will tell you realistically what to expect and at the end of the day, you don't have to close with Phil if you don't like the offers you get. But based on our experience we got more than we thought and he under promised and over performed. We will absolutely use him for future house sales.

From beginning to the end, Phil was the consummate professional with aiding us through the process of preparing our house for sale with what upgrades to spend money on and what to dismiss as upgrades to overall benefit the house sale. We were glad to learn that certain upgrades that we thought would be needed were unnecessary. Though, Phil was not paid as a general contractor, we felt we had the general contractor presence in his recommendations and his team of vendors/contractors who were often priced below what we expected. We got more when working with Phil and his team: plumber, painter, landscaper, wood gates carpenter, flooring, kitchen countertops, electrician, stager. Modern bath fixtures were selected and purchased by Phil which we reimbursed. He handled all the uncomfortable stuff, other than packing, that one deals with when repairing, preparing, staging, marketing and selling a home. If we had to do this process again, we would only have Phil as our realtor