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Karen List
Category: Home Services Real Estate Real Estate Agents Real Estate Agents [Edit]
Century 21 Alpha419 E Hamilton Ave
Campbell, CA 95008
Serving Campbell and surrounding area
(408) 832-0887
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 9 am - 6 pm
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
12 reviews for Karen List
12 reviews in English
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Review from Andrew S.
San Jose, CA
6/12/2011
I have worked with Karen on quite a few purchase transactions and can attest to her ability as an agent. She is very an aggressive advocate for her clients and literally works day and night to make sure everything is happening on time.
She was even finishing a transaction for me when she was going into labor with her child!! Talk about dedication. -
Review from m v.
Santa Clara, CA
Updated - 1/27/2012
Karen wrote me a personal mail as well and I can see the effort she is making to clear any misunderstanding. I'm bumping up the ratings based on her efforts.
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1/25/2012
I worked with Karen almost a year back when I was thinking of buying a house. I went by yelp reviews… Read more »
Comment from Karen L. of Karen List 2/8/2012
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Review from Dorob C.
San Jose, CA
Updated - 7/5/2010
Karen stepped up to the plate when I wrote to her indicating that my mother-n-law needs advice about her property. She might be going through a divorce and wanted to know what her options were. Karen responded within a day and set up a personal appointment.
She traveled to my mother-n-laws house to hear her concerns and give her advice. Mind you, she did not get paid to do this but she still spent time to help.
I truly say that if you have a powerful individuals like Karen List on your team, it doesn't matter if you are buying or selling your home, she will get it done right the first time around.
Thank you Karen List. you are the best Realtor in the San Jose Bay Area.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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7/8/2008
A Realtor with heart, brains, and passion. This is what you get with Karen List. She gives great… Read more »
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Review from Rex K.
San Jose, CA
5/12/2008
Karen also helped me buy my first home. Couldn't ask for anybody better. She was nice and really helpful through every stage of the process.
Didn't pressure me to buy and if I didn't like the homes I saw, she would go back and find new ones. That's one of the important things I liked about Karen. No pressure. If the home you see isn't what you want, look at some more.
Not like one of those agents that want to get their customers to do a quick buy, she does take time and effort to see what her customers want. Explains every step so you know what you are getting into when you are buying a home.
I recommend her and hope you have the same experience I have received from having Karen as my agent. -
Review from Anthony T.
San Jose, CA
9/18/2008
Id give Karen a Billion stars daily If it were Possible---I cant imagine selling a house without Karen List.
I had absolutely nothing to worry about and I felt so good after the transaction. She left no stone unturned and was there Every Step of the way---I really couldn't ask for more. She was a Friend all throughout the entire house hunting and selling experience. I wish Everyone had a Realtor like her. There was absolutely NO pressure to do anything, I just trusted her and she really delivered.
I really really appreciate everything she has done for me and my family.
Selling your house can be tough and really trying but with Karen we found everything to be a piece of Cake! Thanks for being SO patient Karen!
All the Best,
Trazo Family :) -
Review from Katherine D.
Fremont, CA
2/12/2009
I just want to chime in to say how much I enjoy receiving Karen's e-mail updates! Every time I receive one of her mails, I get so much from them. They inform me of the state of the market, let me know what is selling and what is not and provide all the detail in an easy-to-read and understand manner. And no, I do not work for Karen. We've had contact in the business world, and I felt compelled to talk about what a great experience it's been!
Her e-mails present a professional image, yet are personable, congenial and extraordinarily informative. While I am not currently in the market for a property, I'm certain to know someone who may be as I go about my business and personal life and thought others could benefit from knowing about her.
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Review from Amber T.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
12/17/2007
Our experiences with Karen were not so good. We found her approach to be negative and self serving. In fact, it was depressing just to listen to her. She was unconcerned with our circumstances and needs (to put our home on the market right away) and was more focused on her strategy to selling our home; wait a few months until "the market recovers" (translate as: she is feeling better, has recovered from her difficult birth experience and is ready to take on more work), then price it at the lowest possible price for quick sale and least effort for her. She was trying to postpone our sale in a market that was only going to get worse. We stressed that we wanted to put it on the market right away and felt manipulated by her attempts to deflect the reality that she simply did not want to do it (even with heavy pain killers, she could barely walk when she came to meet us). She had mentioned that she had just had a baby and it was her "off season". The professional thing to do would have been to tell us that she simply wasn't up to the job and refer us to someone else.
In addition, she was strangely focused on my husband during the interview to discuss selling our home. So much so, that when I would ask her questions, she would turn and answer to him. She was speaking and looking only at him, with the occasional sideways glance towards me as if I didn't exist or didn't matter. It made it uncomfortable for me to talk with her. I felt this was disrespectful at best (but also just creepy).
We had a not so great experience with Karen as our agent when we bought our home (first time buyer) and if we had taken her advice on selling our home, it would have put us in a terrible position in this market (late 2007). She comes across as very confident and knowledgeable and I think that is why she appeals to first time buyers so much. After interviewing other realtors and getting a better sense of quality and service among realtors, we were able to make a much more informed decision about who to hire when it came time to sell our home. This process also helped open our eyes to the strengths and weaknesses of Karen's approach. We are so glad we did not make the mistake of using her again.
Karen sends out regular solicitations to her contacts to write reviews for her (hence the bevy of new yelpers in her reviews). We received such a request from her, but when we wrote our genuine balanced review (with positives and negatives), she sent us a host of demanding "remove your review" emails. We didn't, so she complained to Yelp that the review contained third party information (I had included details of my husband's unique experience with her, therefore it was not "my first hand experience").
Also, the fact that she was heavily medicated and could barely walk when she came to meet us was deemed "too personal" so we had to alter it to say "recovering from her injuries" and take out some details of her actions and unprofessionalism.
Karen has opted to use the comments option on yelp in an attempt to discredit my review with her creative, yet false information about my husband's experience with her and his "personal life". Now, it is apparently okay to get "personal"... Interesting how she seems to think she knows my husband's perception of her service better than I do... Since Karen has decided that mentioning the cause (recent childbirth) for her "injuries" is now okay, I have placed those comments back into my review. In my opinion, she has publicly confirmed her unprofessionalism with her duplicitous and false comments below.
Also, check my profile page (compliments area) to see comments from some of the other people that have met with Karen and agreed with my review of her. I might be the only one (so far) that is willing to publicly stand up to her bully tactics, but I am not the only one that has has a negative experience with her. She coaches her established clients to specifically write positive reviews for her and I can personally testify to her aggressive bully tactics against balanced or negative reviews. Its no wonder no one wants to speak out against her. What a hassle she puts them through!
If you want the low down of a really fabulous Realtor, check out my review of Angela Chen of Remax.Comment from Karen L. of Karen List 4/25/2009
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Review from Bob B.
Campbell, CA
6/19/2007
My wife and I recently purchased a house with the help of Karen. We are first-time home buyers and knew next to nothing about the process. Karen explained everything from escrow to closing costs. She helped us get the house at under the asking price ... in Silicon Valley ... unheard of!
Not only that but she also was more knowledgeable about mortgages than our actual loan officer. She saved us thousands of dollars by correcting a mistake the loan officer had made.
She was available whenever we needed her and could answer anything we threw at her. Perfect! -
Review from Amy C.
Mountain View, CA
8/21/2009
I found Karen here on Yelp and I can't possibly describe how helpful Karen has been along the way throughout the whole process. She's always very responsive, listen to what my needs are, and really help me find my dream home without being pushy at all. I'm a first time home buyer and you can only imagine how nervous I was, and it took me a while to really figure out the house I'm looking for that fits under my budget. Karen always offer honest opinion (sometimes maybe a little bit too honest :P) but that's what I need, pros and cons without falling in love with a house that I might regret in the future. All in all, I LOVE Karen and she'll definitely be my real estate agent forever!!! ;-)
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Review from Kathy C.
San Jose, CA
5/8/2011
My husband and I found Karen through Yelp. After interviewing more than six agents, we decided that Karen would be best fit for us and we are definitely glad we chose her as our agent. We started working with Karen back in March to first sell our townhouse, and simultaneously begin our search for a new house. Karen is extremely organized, very very responsive, and goes out of her way to accomodate her clients. Thanks to her hard work, we were able to sell our townhouse in about 3 weeks and got our full list price which was great! Karen made the whole selling process so easy for us (we are first time sellers) by getting a stager to come in to give us advice, a handyman to fix little things, get our home/termite inspection done, etc. to make the sale as seamless as possible. All the work we put in in the beginning of the selling process definitely paid off. We got our house on the market within a week of working with her, and sold in about 3 weeks.
We are continuing to work with Karen in search for our new house. Karen sends us lists of new homes as soon as they come on the market, and accomodates us in showing these homes. If she is not available, she has a great network of agents who will show us the homes when it is convenient for us. There was never a time where we requested showings at certain time when she couldn't accomodate (if she couldn't make it, she always had backups). I am constantly amazed at how Karen manages such a busy life, and was first hesitant whether she would be too busy for us, but that was not the case at all. One of the most important factors for us choosing an agent was to have someone reliable, honest, and responsive. I constantly email Karen and she responds to every single email within a few hours if not minutes. Karen is an honest and trustworthy person who we have come to rely on with our most important purchase and looking forward to continuing this adventure with Karen until we find our new home! -
Review from elisa h.
Santa Clara, CA
10/28/2010
I had such a great experience buying my first home with Karen that I can't help but go into detail about it...
As a first-time home buyer, the only thing I could do was search for houses on the internet. I didn't know if they were in good or bad neighborhoods. I had no idea what a short-sale was or what the whole process of a short-sale entailed. Completely clueless, I found Karen on yelp and wrote her. My first email to Karen was a huge list of questions about mortgages! She kindly let me know that she was not the person I should be asking those questions to and directed me to find a loan officer. Once I got pre-approved, I wrote back to Karen and we started house hunting. Despite my inexperience, Karen was really encouraging and positive, teaching me the ropes of shopping for a home while being realistic as well -- letting me know what I could expect for my price range.
There was one particular home I saw on her search page that I was really excited about but as my first appointment drew near, Karen discovered the house was no longer an active listing. I was upset but understood because it was unlike any other property I had seen in my budget. Knowing how much I liked the property, Karen called the listing agent the morning of our appointment and found out it was actually available!! The listing agent simply hadn't updated the status. I bet I was one of a few, if not, probably the only person who got a chance to view the property since the previous offer fell through.
It was such a great space that I was insecure about putting in a lower offer than the already low list price but Karen encouraged me to make it anyway and said "what do you have to lose?" After our first appointment, I submitted an offer on my first house.
This was a short-sale. The property had previous offers that for whatever reasons didn't come through. Because of this, I think the sellers were really eager to get rid of the house so they immediately submitted my offer to the bank. After that first nervous hurdle, the next one was their bank. We waited for 2.5 months and periodically Karen would ping the listing agent for a status update keeping me in the loop so I knew she didn't forget about me. I had convinced myself that there was no way the bank would accept my low offer. Karen was really knowledgeable and experienced in short-sales. She eased my worries about another buyer swooping in so long as we were in contract. I felt comfortable patiently kicking back and waiting it out. I remember being in a work conference when I got her email telling me that the bank had accepted -- I just kind of sat there with my eyes bugged out staring at my email, I could hardly believe it!
After that, things happened quickly! I put in my 30-days at my apt, hired movers, bought a plane ticket for my mom to come up, took off a few days from work and was ready for my new home -- thinking, there was NO WAY this wouldn't close when it was supposed to. Big rookie mistake on my part. Thank goodness, Karen swooped in to save to day. Of course there were revised or missing docs on the seller side all the way up to the final days before closing and Karen stayed on top of everything making sure all parties involved didn't forget about my case and basically advocating on my behalf in my best interest. She did EXACTLY what you'd want an agent to do that is representing you!!
Many parts were out of her control but thanks to her determination and everyone who worked with her to help push this through, I closed on-time and I didn't have to reschedule my big weekend because of someone else's oversights. I'm now happily living in my first home which as it turns out I got at an amazing deal! I couldn't be happier and so much of this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Karen. I highly doubt another agent would've fought that hard for me. I could be wrong but I may not find out since the next time I buy a house, I will definitely be house shopping with Karen again! -
Review from Brian W.
Cupertino, CA
Updated - 9/10/2009
Karen List is the superwoman of real estate. My wife and I actually found her on Yelp and it was the best thing that ever happened to us. We had been working with another agent that kept showing us houses in neighborhoods that we weren't interested in, even after we told him numerous times, it was just an awful experience. So we turned to Yelp and found Karen on here. We were first time home buyers and she held our hands through the whole entire process. She even came to the house that we were purchasing to help us scrape and paint over some peeling paint in order to meet some condition from the lender. Thats what you call dedication to your clients. How many agents would actually come straight from the office in their work clothes in the morning and get dirty and help paint. She listened to all of our needs and wants from the very beginning. My wife and I were looking for a specific type of home in specific neighborhoods and she didn't waste our time trying to show us houses in areas that we didn't like. She is very knowledgable at what she does, I mean all of her awards speaks for themselves. She is incredibly fast in returning emails, phone calls and updating us, I don't how she does it! I would totally recommend her to anyone buying a home, I promise you that you will not be dissapointed. She knew the answer to every single question that we had and she was totally honest when we asked her for her opinion. She can even recommend contractors for you if you need one. We used her recommendation to update our new home and we are very pleased with all of his work! When the time comes along to sell and buy another home, we will definitely use Karen as our real estate agent again! I would give her 20 stars if I could!
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8/17/2009
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