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We're sending this e-mail to commend Ben and Birgitta Marklund who recently handled the sale of our home at 7225 First St., Burnaby. They did an outstanding job of marketing our home and of negotiating with competing offers, and selling our home at just slightly under listing price in less than 2 weeks time!..In this market...truly outstanding! Sound area knowledge, savvy marketing skills, true integrety, reliable and present at every showing and at open house.. great service throughout...please pass on our thanks to Ben and Birgitta for making the sale of our family home such a success!!!

 

Peter and Louise Ryan

 

 

Dear Ben,

 

Thank you once again for guiding us through the home selling and buying experience. You helped us five years ago and the experience was great. So when it was time to move our family to a new home there was no question in our minds on who to call and you did not disappoint. Your experience and knowledge were key in setting a successful selling strategy, adding to your savvy negotiation skills we quickly sold our home for our asking price. But what stands out to us the most is your customer service. Turns out we were exeedingly picky about what home to buy. But you never lost patience with us. You understood what  we wanted and worked tirelessly to find us the perfect home. You were always cheerful and positive. We would have no hesitation in recommending you to our friends and family ( and have done so already!). Thanks again Ben. We love our new home and consider you a friend.

 

David and Shannon Kinvig

 

 

 

Dear Ben,

 

Over our twenty-five years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and in my later years as Chief Coroner of British Columbia, we were involved in many tranfers and house sales. We have never, in all those times, been served so well as we were with you. We were thankful for the quiet, efficient professional service you provided, which resulted in the swift sale of one home and the immidiate purchase of our new residence. Again, thank you for the excellent response to our needs.

 

Chief Coroner of B.C. (rtd)

 

 

Dear  Ben Marklund,

 

I write to thank you for your recent excellent realty service on my behalf. I had no idea the selling of my home would go so quickly, smoothly and painlessly. You are truly a professional, and my estimation of your profession has risen dramatically.

 

My special thanks to you are for your mild, confidant, and nonpushy manner, for your knowledge of market, for your suggestions for  home presentation, and for your regular and timely information on the state of progress in the sale. Also, I wish to thank you for your extra personal kindnesses. I certainly would (and will) recommend you to anyone needing a realtor.

 

Thanks ever so much,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Dear Birgitta and Ben,

 

Please accept our sincere thanks for selling our house for us. We found this stressful time to be made less so by your professional manner and experience in the field. Your attention to detail was most appreciated. Knowing that you were both in attendance during Open Houses made us feel confident that our home and belongings were in good hands and that you respected and took care of things in our absence. Through the regular phone calls we received we were kept informed of progress and always prepared for the next step.

 

The caring, professional manner in which you conduct business is most reassuring and we would be happy to recommend you to anyone.

 

 

Dear Ben,

 

Thank you very much for the tremendous job you did in selling our house located at 1343 Pinehurst Drive, Burnaby. Your efforts were very much appreciated, and the way in which we were informed during the selling period was excellent. Keep up the good work.

 

 

 

Dear Ben nd Birgitta,

 

Right at the beginning you researched the market thoroughly and you gave us guidance on how to display our home effectively. You were sensitive to our personal lives, you kept us well informed, and never got tired of negotiating even late at night.  Your sense of humor was valued at times when disaster seemed imminent.  Overall, we appreciated your professional approach, sensitivity, effective and prompt communication and action. We sincerely thank you for the excellent service we have received and wish you the very best in the future.

 

 

Ben:

 

Delicia and I would like to thank you for your help in completing the purchase of our new house. Being a new house, there were some hurdles you had to jump through for us, and you did everything you could to ensure that the transaction went smoothly. The effort you put in, which involved more than your share of visits out to Langley, was second to none.

Since I happened to stumble across your website almost 5 years ago now, you've helped me purchase a condo, a townhouse and now a house, as well as being the listing agent for the condo and the townhouse. In every transaction I've found that you're efficient, and in control of every negotiation. In each purchase, I've felt you've negotiated excellent purchase prices, and in the sale of the townhouse I was very impressed with the  way you handled the bidding process.

 

Thanks again  for everything you've done, and you already know that when needed, we'll be using your services in the future.

 

Sincerely,