Howdy Ags,

We are starting this thread as a way to help potential future clients understand the level of service that they can expect to receive if they decide to buy or sell with us. We get the "But what is the catch?" question a lot, and wanted to make an easy way to point future clients to real feedback from TexAgs users.

In order to keep it as relevant as possible to future clients, please only post if you are a current or former Red Pear Realty client offering your feedback or insights. If you would like to contact us with a question about buying or selling, please send us a PM here, or an email to save@myredpear.com.

Thank you!

The Red Pear Realty Team

A family member recommended I use Red Pear to sell my home in Fort Worth. This was my first time selling a home and was nervous at first about using an agent outside of DFW. Thankfully I stuck with Jamie and the entire process flowed smoothly. We did not meet in person during this process, nor did Jamie have the opportunity to walk the property.

• We got professional photos done (big time must have)
• Red Pear pulled comps to come up with an educated listing price. (I had a general idea of what I wanted, but this helped)
• Jamie wrote the listing and it was off the the races.
• We got our first showing within a few hours of posting it online!
• Less than a week later we had multiple offers. Jamie offered his advice throughout the negotiations and we picked a winner.

• Jamie walked me through any snags or hiccups during the inspection/closing process
• Saved 7,000 compared to a generic 3% commission

TLDR (Too Long Didnt Read).

Selling a house shouldn't cost 3%, good photos and a professional guide (Red Pear) is all you need.

Unlike MEEN Ag's buddy, we decided to give Jamie a shot over multiple realtor friends. We used Red Pear for both the purchase and sale of our homes this past year, and saved over $12k versus going the traditional realtor 3% model. While we were a little skeptical of the business model going into it all, it's a no brainer looking back at it now.

For the home purchase, we did most of our home viewing through open houses, but also used the ala carte showing option that Red Pear offers, which I think is great because you only pay for what you use. Once we found the house we wanted, everything was pretty traditional as far as making offers, preparing contracts, and closing.

With the home sale, Jamie came out and viewed the property, scheduled professional photos for the listing, and ran the comps just as most realtors would, but at a fraction of the cost. We had a signed contract in under a week, at a price above our expected sale price. We couldn't have imagined a more seamless process!

For both transactions, Jamie was always able to address our questions and concerns, and was readily accessible throughout each process. Friendly and professional, Jamie and Red Pear would be our first recommendation to anyone looking to sell or purchase a home.

We used Red Pear for our first home purchase. Jamie was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Saving 2% made a big difference with out tight budget. He promptly helped us with anything we needed and helped us with comps and gave us great advice on bargaining for a better price. He walked my wife and I through the home buying process and made the process very easy. Highest recommendations.

My wife an I used Jamie to buy our house last year. We were staying in the same neighborhood so we knew exactly what we wanted and where. No need to spend a bunch of money on a traditional realtor with our scenario.

We looked at only 2 house and made an offer and got credited the buyer agent commission on our closing. Some lender rule said we couldn't use All of the credit at closing. We were going to use Jamie to sell our old house, so we decided he could keep a bit more of the commission and he wouldn't charge us to sell our house. He was very flexible and took care of us on both sides of the transaction. So about $9000 towards my closing costs for buying the house.

Selling the house was a bit more stressful as most of understand. He was great. Met just 2 times and let the house sell itself. Saved about $8000 selling the house.

So in total Jamie saved me about $17k!

No real catch with his system. I guess some people might need the "traditional full service" realtor, but for us it was perfect.

jakeaggie84 said:

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My wife an I used Jamie to buy our house last year. We were staying in the same neighborhood so we knew exactly what we wanted and where. No need to spend a bunch of money on a traditional realtor with our scenario.

We looked at only 2 house and made an offer and got credited the buyer agent commission on our closing. Some lender rule said we couldn't use All of the credit at closing. We were going to use Jamie to sell our old house, so we decided he could keep a bit more of the commission and he wouldn't charge us to sell our house. He was very flexible and took care of us on both sides of the transaction. So about $9000 towards my closing costs for buying the house.

Selling the house was a bit more stressful as most of understand. He was great. Met just 2 times and let the house sell itself. Saved about $8000 selling the house.

So in total Jamie saved me about $17k!

No real catch with his system. I guess some people might need the "traditional full service" realtor, but for us it was perfect.

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Next time you run into this problem, you need to go shop for the most expensive home insurance plan possible.

It'll raise your closing costs, absorb your closing credit from Jamie, and then once the dust settles in a month or two go get a competitive home insurance policy. Home insurance then cuts you the big check. Also a good way to clear our some of the extra padding on your escrow account.

My wife and I used Jamie when we sold our house in Crowley last month. Even though he is from Houston, he was able to provide an accurate market analysis for our house and it ended up appraising for exactly what he predicted. He is very professional, quick to respond, and definitely kept our interests at heart. At the end of the day, we ended up saving over $5000 on selling agent commissions by using his services! I recommend Jamie to anyone needing to sell their house. Not only do you pay a cheap flat-fee, you get a realtor who works just as hard as any agent receiving a 3% commission. I will certainly be using him again in the future.

Do you service the Corpus area by chance? Email is in profile.

Hoyt Ag said:

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Do you service the Corpus area by chance? Email is in profile.

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Right now we are a member of 7 different MLS groups around Texas, but if we aren't a member already for your area, we are happy to join and help you sell (or buy) your house.

I'll send you an email shortly.

I'll add another glowing review for the Red Pear Realty team.

We were selling our home on northeast side of Houston as we relocated back overseas for a job assignment. We listed last fall which turned out for the area we were in to be terrible timing, especially with all the virus stuff shutting things down through the spring time for that area. Through the whole process we had excellent support and communication, and were fortunate that things seem to have recently picked up as we went from a handful of showings early this year to multiple offers in the last few months. We struggled through a few poor offers and determining our lower end price we would drop to, but we ended up with a buyer finally at full asking price (proving we had excellent advice on listing price of course!).

We for sure had excellent help, all the way from the start through selecting a title company who was able to work with sellers half way around the world and close with POA for one of my family to sign everything for us. Can't recommend the team they have highly enough!

Thanks Jamie and Janet!

Are these services available in the San Antonio area, Bexar County specifically?

Aggiejue said:

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Are these services available in the San Antonio area, Bexar County specifically?

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Yes! We help buyers and sellers across Texas, and right now we have two agents in the San Antonio area. We'd love to discuss how we can help.

Another successful TexAgs hookup as they say.

Wanted to provide some feedback as the wife and I are settling quite nicely into our new home thanks to Jamie, Janet, and the Red Pear Realty team.

My wife and I had been bouncing around the idea of moving out of Houston and onto some property. We really do a lot of online looking and research on our own searching HAR, Zillow, etc and pretty much know what we want to look at and what we don't. Found a beautiful farm property but it was already under contract by the time we finally decided to inquire about it.

Wife was really disappointed but we kept dreaming about options. Then came along a really cool property in Brenham. Called up Red Pear Realty and we were out looking at two properties within 48 hours. Immediately knew we felt at home in this place and wanted to put in an offer.

There were at least six showings that weekend and Jamie walked us through our options, had comps to us that same day, and answered all the questions we had. Although I had contacts for inspection, insurance, and mortgage... in all three cases I ended up going with Jamie's referral. The responsiveness I received from everyone was on point and made this deal go through extremely smoothly and quickly. Not only were rates/prices fair I was dealing with Aggies and it was low stress. Win-win.

When it comes to real estate each property is unique and different. Most importantly to me, Jame & Co. were so responsive and quick to help us out, we wouldn't have gotten our dream home without them (there were multiple offers on the place). Second, their team are just genuinely good people. Third, they saved us quite a bit of money with closing costs (to the tune of $10k).

Highly recommend Red Pear, particularly if you look online yourself and know what you're looking for, like low stress transactions and don't mind saving money over the outdated traditional realtor fee system!

ETA - I (Grown Pear) am in no way related to or affiliated with Red Pear LOL

Y'all were really fun to work with, and you have an incredible home. Hopefully we earned an invite to some shindigs!

(No relation, ha, I love it!)

Want to share our experience with Jamie and Red Pear Realty.

My husband and I owned a condo in downtown Ft. Worth that we needed to sell last year. After reading about Red Pear here on this board, I called Jamie and discussed our situation. We decided to list with him. Loved working with Jamie and can't thank him enough.

He really did go above and beyond. For example, when the unit didn't sell right away and we obtained a lease permit from the HOA, Jamie switched our listing over to rental and gave us tons of advice on the process of finding good renters and being landlords. We eventually decided not to rent, so Jamie re-listed the unit for sale--all without charging extra.

When we did get an offer and encountered a few issues before closing, his instincts and advice were golden.
Loved walking out of closing with thousands of dollars in our pockets that we saved by listing with Red Pear!

All in all, an excellent experience.

Thanks for the kind words! It was a pleasure working with you. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

It was a real pleasure working with you and your wife. I wish you all the best of success and CONGRATULATIONS on your new home!

Yessir! Thanks so much for the great review. It was a pleasure working with you. Let me know when you when you have the housewarming party!