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We sold our Marin townhouse with the help of Whitney Blickman of OwnMarin. While I regret having to write a negative review, we had a frustrating time with her, and we would not recommend her team to others. I'll start with the positive. Whitney is personable, experienced, and knows Marin well. I'm confident she does a great job showing homes to prospective buyers. She brought in strong vendors for staging, photography, and prep. She was ultimately able to sell our house in a tough sellers' market. However, Whitney made a lot of mistakes, small and large, throughout the process. Some of the small ones were pretty harmless. For instance, the initial description of our home she published to MLS featured a ton of obvious typos. However, these careless errors were frequent enough that it was hard to trust her attention to detail. There were also some bigger mistakes. For example, when we meant to counter an offer, she didn't check the box marking it as a counter, instead creating paperwork that technically accepted the offer. There was also a legally dubious situation in which she reused a contract we'd intended to void to open escrow, which shook our confidence in the paperwork around the sale. In general, we had a hard time communicating with Whitney. Multiple times, when there were problems or delays, she didn't admit them until we discovered them on our own. We sometimes went week-plus stretches without hearing any updates from her, even after we asked her to keep us more in the loop, leaving us wondering what was going on. It's worth hiring a real estate agent who's got great attention to detail and communication. We recommend looking elsewhere.

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Because of our experience, we do not recommend using Own Marin. In real estate, attention to detail and accountability matter, and unfortunately, we did not experience that level of professionalism. If you are considering working with a real estate agency, we strongly suggest looking elsewhere.

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- Buying your first home is incredibly daunting, nerve-wracking, and stressful. When you compound that with trying to buy your first home, in Marin County, amid tremendous market and macroeconomic uncertainty, it amplifies those emotions even more. We were fortunate enough to partner with Julia Fitzpatrick over the last two years while we searched for our first home, and we could not have found a better, trusted advisor. Julia provided assurance, perspective, and candid feedback when we needed it most. Above all, Julia was patient, understanding, and supportive of how we pursued our first home. Julia's incredibly deep network and breadth of experience in the Marin County and Bay Area market gave us confidence that we'd find an exceptional first home. I'm happy to report that we were successful in our pursuit and couldn't have landed a better home in Marin. We're forever grateful for Julia and cannot recommend her enough!

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My wife and I were looking for a house in Marin County for several months and had put several offers on homes without any success. We were getting very frustrated with the whole process of taking our weekends to look at homes and submitting offers only to get rejected. Then a friend recommended Real Estate Agent Julia Fitzpatrick from Own Marin who specializes in the Marin County Real Estate market. As soon as we met with her we felt a change in our attitude with the whole home buying experience. She listened to what we wanted and identified specific neighborhoods that fit our wishes. She was patient and we did not feel any pressure to make offers. Her expertise in Marin Real Estate really showed through immediately as we had been told that there were no off-market listings. But Julia showed us several off-market listings the first week we changed to her as our agent. It was invaluable to have a real estate agent specialized in Marin County as she seemed to know all the other agents showing homes and could get us quick answers to all our questions. And we had lots. We ended up finding a home that we love and was within our budget. We know we would not have gotten this home without Julia on our side. Could not be happier with Julia and Own Marin as our agent and would highly recommend to anyone!

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As first time home buyers, we worked with Julia Fitzpatrick of Own Marin as our Marin County real estate agent and highly recommend her! Julia really helped us through every step in the home buying process: choosing homes to see at open houses, navigating the offer, keeping us up to date during closing, and making sure the the home was in great condition before move in. Her communication was seamless and friendly. She's very knowledgeable of the Marin market. Julia also gave us references for future renovations and moving. We'd definitely recommend working with Julia!