Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Realtor: Santiago and Sheri Galeano
My experience with Santiago and Shari was top notch. From the beginning, I was nervous about selling my home but having a realtor like Santiago helped ease my concerns and give me the confidence to move forward. The Galeano team goes above and beyond during every step of the process from the initial assessment of my property and goals all the way though completion of the sale.
Here are a few things that stood out for me:
1) Advice prior to listing the property. Recommendations made by Santiago and Shari helped drive demand for the property maximizing the sale price.
2) Staging. After Santiago and Shari staged my home, I was ready to buy it all over again! The place looked absolutely beautiful highlighting their interior design expertise.
3) Negotiation. Santiago frequently stepped up and offered his skills to help me get the best price on services like termite inspections or miscellaneous repairs. When it came time to negotiate the terms of the sale, the same level of service prevailed. Simply put: Santiago is a Negotiating Ninja.
4) Managing the process. With all the moving parts of a home sale, Santiago always had his finger on the pulse of the transaction and provided frequent updates. There wasn’t a single time during the process that I wasn’t aware of what was going on. His communication kept me abreast of any hiccups and he always came prepared with solutions.
5) Follow through. If Santiago and Shari say they are going to do something, it always happens. Everything they say is followed up with action and I really value that. In a time where many realtors will tell you what you want to hear, rest assured that what you get from the Galeano Team is honesty and dependability.
Choosing a realtor to sell your home is a difficult decision. Fortunately, I’ll never have to make the decision again now that I’ve met Santiago and Sheri! I highly recommend giving them a call if you are planning to sell or buy a home.

Polly Savage is such a great Realtor. I am so sorry we did not purchase a home, but she was so professional and helpful!

We presented what had to be one of the most difficult jobs for realtors Suzanne Stacy and Dennis Watkins. My husband is in the Marine Corps and we were moving from Ft. Meade, Md to Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA. We were ready to buy our first home on this move and could not afford to move and then look at houses, so Suzanne and Dennis were tasked with being our eyes on the West Coast. My husband was able to fly out for a week to meet them and do as much house hunting as possible in the Temecula/​Murrieta area, but we weren’t able to secure a home in that short time frame and the majority of our house hunting adventure was long distance.
Suzanne and Dennis are GREAT. They are professional, honest, and when we encountered problems our realtors were on the ball. Due to various issues that invariably come up in the home buying process we wound up being on the move and finalizing escrow all at the same time, and Suzanne and Dennis helped it not to be such a nightmare. They Facetimed with us so we could tour homes, and they worked hard to anticipate our needs and wants so we didn’t wind up wasting time looking at homes we wouldn’t bid on.
When paper work time came around our realtors were fast, accurate, and helpful. Suzanne has been the biz for a while and knows everything there is to know in real estate, I am sure of it! She answered every one of our questions and was beyond patient with our inexperience, and any problems that came up were handled with swift decisiveness. Dennis is fairly new to real estate yet he clearly is on the path to knowing it all too, and we couldn’t ask for a harder working, accommodating, and just plain nicer guy than Dennis. He did most of the walk-​throughs and face timing for us, and wasn’t shy about letting us know any problems he saw with a property. We could tell that he wanted us to know what we were getting into and was more concerned with finding us our home than with making a quick commission. Both of them are very friendly and I hope they are both still in the area when we decide to sell this home because I want them to handle it.
If you are looking to buy a home in SoCal, Suzanne and Dennis with Coldwell Banker in Vista, CA are the people to talk to. They will take care of you and you will not be disappointed!