Doug Campbell - First team Real Estate

Doug Campbell is a consummate professional and an expert in Tustin, North Tustin, and surrounding areas. From knowing local issues such as which properties are within specific school zones, age range of neighborhoods and HOA fees, to the specialized skills of handling multiple offers, working with first-time buyers or million-dollar properties, and picking-up dropped details by less proficient realtors - Doug is respectful, thoughtful, and extremely good at his vocation. He doesn’t ‘do’ real-estate as a hobby or second career…I think he chose his profession because he likes helping people with their property needs. Here’s why I feel this way: My husband and I met Doug while driving around various neighborhoods looking for open houses. We already had a realtor but she wasn't finding properties for us to view because she said there weren't any we "could afford." We were very discouraged. The home Doug was showing was definitely beyond our means, but we thought we'd play lookie-loo anyway. Doug started asking questions about our needs, wants, and price range. I didn't think he could actually help us because nothing in Tustin seemed to be within our reach, but we gave him our contact info. Within a week Doug was showing us properties in the school zone we wanted, securing financing for pre-qualification, and making viable offers on homes. We got outbid by others on our first two offers, and I thought Doug would give up on us, but he didn’t. On the third offer, once again we were outbid, which is when Doug initiated counter-offer negotiations. He stressed that we were a family looking to raise our child, versus an investor with cash looking to flip the house. The seller empathized with us (even with financing), and the house became our home. After we had moved in, we discovered that Doug usually represents million-dollar properties. We were peanuts in comparison (buying a starter home), yet we never knew about the price range of his clientele because Doug interacted with us as if we were his most important customers. He was gracious, treated us with amazing respect, addressed all our needs with sensitivity, and skillfully led us through every requirement while avoiding any pitfalls. We know if we had stayed with the ‘other’ realtor, we never would have gotten our home. I highly recommend Doug Campbell to anyone seeking to buy or sell in this area, now or in the future. When we eventually sell to move somewhere new, we will absolutely be going through Doug.