ZillowVERIFIEDFrom house to home, Nikki McCain takes you there and beyond. I had been keeping tabs on the Minneapolis West Metro area for about 5 years now, always hoping but not quite ready to make my hopes into a reality. After I was pre-approved for a home loan, I was referred to Nikki McCain as "one of the top 10% of Real Estate Agents" and boy were they right! Nikki open about her history as a real estate lawyer and his mission as a real estate agent now, and helped me a great deal in establishing trust in my agent and getting comfortable in making such a monumental purchase. She held my hand every step of the way, and I feel we developed not just a rapport, but Nikki became a confidant throughout the few months I've worked with her. I was buying from California, and she offered to represent me where she felt it was possible, but also advised me on when *the important visits* happened and I had to be there. This happened often where she spoke truthfully and candidly when I asked about the locations of certain houses, or feelings about a listing. She would give me her opinions as an agent and the pros and cons in such a detailed way that it made things easy. She was experience, and confident with not only the house buying process but the unique challenges I faced as someone living out of state who just wanted to come back home. I lost out on TWO possibilities because I was flip flopping, worried about putting down an offer on houses I couldn't immediately go to but she stuck with me, and when the right house came along I could only jump on it because of the support of my real estate agent. "I have a strategy" Nikki would say, or she had a "trick" up her sleeve to ensure the initial offer and bid process went by smoothly, to approach inspection, or ways to think about return on investment opportunities when looking at a house. We had driveway moments where she would strategize with me on the next steps. When concerns were brought up, such as trees that needed trimming, Radon that needed mitigating, gutters that needed installing, she would always "have a guy" that she would be able to confidently refer once the time came for those to be addressed- I felt that I was not only benefitting from a good agent, but a community she had built up over the years because of her experience. She was *always* on it, and was able to talk to, and understand every aspect of this purchase.I can tell you forever the ways Nikki helped me, the literal doors she opened to me, but I cannot express to you in words how much that means to me. I started out hoping for a house. I ended up with a home, and hopefully a friend. Thank you Nikki, I owe you a really good bottle of wine, and these doors will always be open to you.
