Lisa Johnson

Lisa looks forward to sharing her opinions, experiences and answers to the many real estate questions that buyers and sellers often want to know, and that she has learned through 26 years of full-time work in the field. Hopefully, this information can help you understand the process, and what you can expect, when you need to dive into the world of real estate.

Lisa became a realtor 26 years ago, after leaving the corporate world where she found it complicated to get simple things done. Reorganizations, management shifts, egos and politics can really detract from the sense of satisfaction that should come from working hard, doing a job well and in seeing it completed. Real estate for Lisa provides the fast pace, dynamic environment that she thrives in, but also includes the sense of satisfaction and completion that comes from helping people through the delicate process of buying or selling a house. Her method is to share, consult and educate so that you work together as a team. Her goal is to help you accomplish your goal of buying or selling a home, without a lot of stress and protecting your commercial interests as much as possible.

Lisa purchased her first house in 1989 when there was no such thing as a buyer’s agent or even a “relationship disclosure form”. It was a horrible experience. Partly because she knew little about houses at the time, partly because she was so terrified, and partly because she had no professional advocate on her side. Her realtor by default worked for the seller (as all Realtors did), but this was not disclosed until the day she decided to make an offer on something. After 3 months of intensive house hunting with someone, it isn’t very comforting to find that the professional you have been spending hours with, talking about your finances, what you can spend and how much you would pay for something tells you “by the way, I don’t work for you, I work for the seller”! After putting the property under agreement, she left on vacation and left Lisa in the hands of her partner who told her she needed an attorney, and then proceeded to refer her husband, but did not disclose that. Lisa might never have known that he did not really have her best interests at heart if he had not made it so obvious by advising her to “just put plastic over it” when she called for his advice and help negotiating a leaky skylight after the home inspection. Lisa felt alone in her home buying experience, and blind, by lack of knowledge and by the emotions of fear and frustration.
She bought the house, (and still owns it 30 years later!) but at the time Lisa could not help but think “does it really have to be so painful”? She could not get out of her mind how it would have been nice to trust an expert and to have an advocate to point out some of the things I never thought about or made time to question or negotiate.

So, from her first day on the job as a realtor, these are the thoughts that have driven Lisa with each client that she meets. Lisa wants you to know that she has the experience, she can help you navigate, she will give you an honest answer to your questions and she wants to help you make the best possible decision for your family and your finances when you buy or sell a house. Lisa wants you to feel you are in the hands of a professional, that you can trust, that is helping you reach your goal.