“They've been honest and fair while helping us navigate through selling our home. What we're gonna be looking for when we buy our home is the collaboration and being able to navigate this lengthy process.”
Jeremy Byess is a current client of The Zachos Team. After helping Jeremy and his wife sell their house in Georgia a year and a half ago, we’re now in the process of finding them a new home. We talked to Jeremy to find out more about the current process and how life events have shaped their decisions.
“Literally two days after we closed on the sale of our house in ‘23, we found out our daughter was on the way. We just moved into a rental house, so it actually worked out to where we were close to family. We've been in this rental for a little over a year. With the new election, seeing a lot more homes pop up for sale, and we've been hearing news that the interest rates are coming down. We wanted to start keeping an eye on the market, keeping our eyes open for what we would love to call home.”
Jeremy and his wife currently live in a rental property, but decided that now was the time to make the switch. When the decision was made, he decided to go with someone he knew and trusted to help them through the process.
“I met Paul personally when I was doing Leadership Douglas. He was my co-chair, so he was one of the guys that was over our class. Where I work, HRC, we’ve done some work for Paul, so we've known him at the company. I actually met him in person when I started Leadership Douglas and we built a friendship through that.”
This trust, of course, came partially from their home sale before. Jeremy says that there were really no major problems from that transaction, and as a result was happy to work with us again.
“They were super helpful in the process. Any kind of questions I had, Paul or Dee Dee were able to help us along the way. They were really helpful in getting our house sold. In fact, it was priced right at what the appraisal was, so there were really no issues through the selling process.”
The Zachos Team is always available and willing to communicate with our clients when they need it. Jeremy says that this has been one of our greatest strengths throughout the process.
“They've been really good about communication. If there's a house that's come up on the market, they notify us immediately, which it gives my wife and I time to look at it and see what we think. If we come across a house that was kind of outside of what they had as our search criteria, I could send it to Paul and he would immediately come back and say, ‘hey, we can go look at it this day, and would this time work for you? If not, what days work best?’ So they've been really good at communicating with us and helping us keep our eyes on the market.”
And of course, with our experience in home building and renovation, we can often give a thorough inspection of potential problem areas in a home as well.
“If there's issues coming up in the middle of a sale or buying, he's been very helpful in advising us, ‘hey, let's get a certification on the roof, or let's get a letter that says the septic's been pumped out.’ He advised us the same way when we were selling our house like ‘hey, get somebody to certify that the roof's good, how many years it's got left on it, the buyer's gonna pay for this if you'll pay for this,’ so there's just been a lot of collaboration.”
We’re also skilled in keeping a deal together, so don’t worry so much about things falling through. We’re happy to help our clients with all of their real estate needs in Georgia and east Alabama. If you’re looking to buy or sell a home in these areas, contact us today, and we’ll show you the way. But don’t take our word for it; let our clients speak for themselves.
“I definitely recommend using Paul and Dee Dee to help facilitate any of your needs. Paul’s got a variety of knowledge from building houses to being on the real estate side. So he knows the ins and outs of what is needed to be able to either sell a home or buy a home.”
“There's more I could say about Paul and Dee Dee but I wouldn't even have the time. They've been super polite, they're honest, very helpful. Just outstanding people to know and I'm glad I have them helping us look for our home. Their knowledge and advice has been helpful this whole time.”
Written by Paul Zachos III