Gabriel Ellenberg

8/13/22Jamie Pawlikowski

Google Review

Our family has had many neutral to bad experiences on both the buy and sell side of home transactions across numerous states.

We met Gabriel by complete chance during an open house he was hosting in Bothell as we were relocating to the PNW. From the moment we met Gabriel it was clear that he was quite different from other realtors, in all the important ways.

We were very interested in the open house he was hosting and went back to an additional open at the same home the following day. We expressed our interest and in an attempt to extract the best value for our family began discussing potential options with Gabriel. In our experience, brokers must play an extremely complicated game of representing their clients while also trying to maximize personal value through the potential transaction. It was clear Gabriel was not concerned with him personally maximizing value but just representing the best interests of his sellers. That house ended up being sold before we moved on it but we knew Gabriel was the right broker to represent our family.

On the buyer side Gabriel offered sage and nuanced advice about the numerous areas and neighborhoods available to us as new movers to the PNW. Given we were not tied to a specific city it greatly complicated Gabriel’s life as a broker. Many families relocating within a region are school/routine tied but we were not. Gabriel tackled this challenge magnificently by fully understanding our requirements in a home, what sort of vibe we were looking for in our next home, and our comfort threshold monetarily in different areas around Seattle.

Gabriel always employed precision, relevant, and timely communication with us throughout the process. Gabriel was consistently expeditious with finding the newest homes popping up, which is a challenge when the market is humming like it is in this area.

Ultimately, Gabriel offered fantastic advice on identifying the best area for us and then getting focused on a few central neighborhoods. Gabriel ultimately leveraged his deep broker relationships to understand a potential home for us that may be hitting the market shortly. Gabriel had us in the home as soon as it listed, began doing the research to understand what we should know about the home, and talking is through our best opportunities for a transaction to be successful.

Ultimately, I believe Gabriel approaches each transaction from a human centric approach treating the transaction more like a relationship to be cultivated than money to be exchanged. When you are making a potentially once in a life time transaction having someone who understands what you need, tries to put themselves in your shoes, and leverages empathy and sympathy is world class.

Our family is unbelievably thrilled with our choice to #GetGabe. You will not be disappointed in hiring Gabriel.