Josh Painter – Pacific Lifestyles Realty

We are extremely satisfied with all the work Josh Painter did to help us sell our home. He was true to his word every time and always kept the communication open and honest. Josh helped us with some issues that were difficult to handle directly because we live out of the area where the home we just sold was located, and we thankfully were able to finish off the closing without making any long distance trips.

Josh Painter’s knowledge as a Real Estate Professional are outstanding! He took the time to explain every detail of the process, from the initial online window shopping, through the physical walk throughs, the offer process and the exciting news…“OFFER ACCEPTED!”
Josh educated us on the important details to be aware of as a home buyer as we walked through each home.
He was quick to respond to each/​every question, and gave us the confidence that we were making the right decisions.
His negotiation skills left no doubt that we were receiving the best deal and that we would be the top negotiators in the highly competitive market.
Josh made the entire process memorable and stress free. He turned our dreams to reality. I would think of no one else to guide us through this process. I highly recommend Josh Painter to anyone who is selling/​purchasing a home!

Josh is the bomb !!! He was professional from start to to finish with our transaction. Josh made me feel safe & he genuinely had my best interest in mind. He was patient with me, very well informed and did everything he said he would do on time ! He has true integrity & keen empathy which is hard to find in people these days. I would recommend him a million times over… he is the realtor you want when listing or purchasing a home.

Josh Painter is hands down one of the most professional and knowledgeable real estate agents I have ever done business with! His prompt response time and great interpersonal skills really make him stand out from the other agents I have dealt with in the area. His knowledge of the Hemet and Temecula areas really showed even from our first conversation and I look forward to viewing homes with him when we move to Southern California.

Josh Painter and his team were great to work with for the purchase of our home. Our transaction was less than smooth due to the Sellers & Listing Agent but Josh’s team went to bat for us to make sure we got the home! We finally closed and couldn’t be more thrilled. I would highly recommend Josh Painter for the sale or purchase of your home! Thanks Josh!

I did some research before selecting a real estate professional to sell our home. My criteria was to find someone with active listings, recently sold homes, informative website but most of all professional photos and description of homes they were selling. I found all this with Josh Painter from Pacific Lifestyles in Temecula. We were ready to sell and Josh met us to tour the home. I knew we had to fix the latest tenant damage and he gave us suggestions to improve the home without remodeling. Josh and his team had the home ready within a few weeks and we had multiple offers within a couple of days. It was a longer process than anticipated due to buyer issues however Josh was great with keeping the process moving and responding to our questions promptly. We ended up getting top dollar for our home and I would recommend Josh and him team if you are looking for honesty and experience in selling your home.
Shout out to the awesome Blake Mayer!

I’ll begin by stating that I’m a mediocre Unilocaler and that I honestly only get the urge to review someone or something when the experience was either A. Extremely impressive or B. A horrible experience start to finish. That being said I’ll begin with my experience with Josh as my realtor. I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that realtors fell into the same category as used car salesmen, fortunately for my wife and I we had the opportunity to meet Josh. I was immediately impressed with his approach which I can only best describe as non-​persuasive. He listened to what ideas we had for selling our Condo and for the new home we were looking for and of course he offered us ideas that we might not have thought of due to us not being official home owners yet. We never once felt pressured and he consistently made himself available to us be it later in the evening or even on a Sunday if a question was ever asked. He went beyond our expectations as far as what we thought a realtor was as well as what we would get for our condo not to mention what we paid for our new home. Hopefully you consider this review if you’re on the fence about hiring him to represent you. My wife and I are beyond satisfied with our experience and are very happy to know that we now have a realtor and a friend for the rest of our lives.

Buying your first home can be a stressful event, especially when you know nothing about real estate. Working with Josh Painter, I was able to get honest and accurate answers to the many questions and concerns I had while considering several properties. Throughout the entire process, Josh Painter was very proactive and helpful and relieved the stress factor involved with purchasing a property. Everything moved quickly and with ease, I highly recommend doing business with Mr. Painter.

Josh — you mentioned to Victoria that you played golf as well, so she said in her text that she wanted to know when you could come out to play. Further, the coffee meeting was setup by you, where you exchanged gift cards. Come on — try to at least pretend to be professional. My wife wrote you the original 5 star review before things got weird, which as everyone can read here, is your norm.
Finally, Victoria found your review response on Zillow because we frequent the site to look at housing market trends, etc. It’s a public site, so you questioning our motive to happen across your response to a review is unprofessional.
As for your final shot about play vs. play again, what are you trying to say? You gave us a gift card to a golf course — you can’t see the parallel? I suppose you also have never seen a cell phone text message that contained anything other than what was intended — get real. Just one more personal insult to my wife’s integrity? You should stick to real estate (seems pretty easy to just text all day) and stop with the personal insults and insinuations of your former clients.
One last jab, even though you said you were done with this? I trust my wife. I don’t trust you.

Josh left marketing material on our doorstep while our house was for sale with the former agent. After the cancellation with the former agent due to that agent residing too far away, we interviewed him along with some others. We hired Josh because he had competitive commission and seemed honest. Other agents called to tell us not to work with him but we ignored that because that speaks to their unprofessional behavior when they complain about clients or other agents.
We didn’t agree with the sale price Josh suggested. I’m glad we stuck to our convictions and didn’t lower it to the price Josh wanted to list at. As a result, we sold our home for $ 10k more than his suggested list price, and it appraised at or above, no problem at all!
Upon listing, we had to have his sales flier for our home immediately changed. Originally, there were hardly any photos of our home other than 1 picture and 3 tiny ones. The whole back of flier was marketing Josh’s business and that he’d been a cameo actor on television. In addition, it said he could sell a home for an average of $ 5,848 more. The buyer, the one that pulls the flier, doesn’t want to read about the house being priced for «more.» He did change the flier after we explained to him what was wrong.
As everyone can agree, the home selling/​buying process is stressful. Josh was good at responding but could have been better explaining some important steps. Some overt bluntness and irritation was explained to my husband by the excuse that Josh tells you what you need to hear. Josh said in an email that he needs to work on the way he behaves.
He purchased/​used professional photos of our home that the prior agent had organized. Nice.
On the administrative side of the deal, there was confusion with the routing number given for escrow. There was also a discrepancy (arranged through Josh) that had to be fixed on the HUD statement regarding the percent fee being charged by escrow and the title company. Make sure to watch out for details like that if you’re the seller. Also, what a lot of agents don’t tell you is that you have the option of choosing your own (not agent referred) title and escrow company. Make sure to shop around these companies and negotiate a percentage you’re happy with.
The buyer’s agent did relay that Josh was good about responding to him and had his paperwork in on time. A plus!
We got all our paperwork in on time, kept all appointments without change, and showed the home every single time but possibly once.
It took time to prepare the house for each showing to make it look its best. We only ever made one request of Josh and that was that the potential buyers be vetted properly to make sure our home’s specifications met the buyer’s needs so as not to waste anyone’s time showing the home. We felt Josh should have done a better job communicating with the buyer’s agent. As a result, some buyers showed up looking for a 3 car garage, pool, and downstairs bedroom, none of which we had. Some or equal part of that responsibility with screening lies with the buyers’ agents too.
We accommodated last minute notice (not Josh’s fault) to move-​out/​close escrow and only had several hours to move the rest of our things and make the house ready for the lovely new homeowners.
To conclude business, we met at a coffee shop, that he selected for a few minutes to exchange gift cards. He said he bought us a gift card and wanted to give it to us, coincidentally during the time frame we were being asked to review him. We chatted about our kids, and possibly our families getting together to play golf or have lunch. I asked him why agents are so eager to have a listing. He said that once you list the house, you don’t have to do as much work. I don’t agree with that thought process, but nonetheless, that was the answer.
I didn’t like him pressuring with phone calls/​emails to put my name to a 5 star review– that he posted on his profile pics. Just do a good job as an agent and have honest reviews without having friends and co-​workers write reviews for you.
We saw Josh three times total during the whole selling process (4 incl. coffee/​gift exchange). I only saw him three times (interview, close and gift card exchange) and this is what he imagined: See copy of what he wrote posted on my profile pics. He implies having an indiscretion with me and writes about it. Hmm. Really? Why do that? To behave nasty, I assume, for me not being comfortable leaving my name to a 5 star review. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, he follows that with more disparaging lies after selling our home. He then admits to doing wrong but said it’s not relevant to the transaction. It’s relevant to us and his professionalism, or complete lack of in this case.
Should an agent be allowed a real estate license and do those things to clients? I should have listened to those local agents that called me and warned me about him.