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WHO'S WHO IN REAL ESTATE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME | MARCH 26, 2021 2 831-332-3975 Considering selling your home? Call listing expert and lifetime resident Melody Russell today! "As we settle into our new lives, we want to thank you and your team Melody for such an AMAZING home selling experience! We're still talking about what a great experience selling was with you, and how smart we were for selecting you as our agent. From the first moment, we appreciated that you saw the real value in our upper west side Santa Cruz home and suggested a list price that ranged $150K - $400K higher than the other agents we interviewed, two of whom are also among the top selling agents in our area. After you listed our home for hundreds of thousands higher than the other top agents recommended, you achieved multiple offers, yielding us even higher than list price!! That was the icing on the cake! We are still pinching ourselves. Thank you so much for your thoughtful guidance and hand holding throughout the process. After the prep for sale and the professional staging by your team, our home looked beautiful and SOLD without a hitch. That let us move on to our next adventure, for which we are forever grateful to you and your team." Jay Friedland & Milissa Koloski "It is our privilege to express our highest appreciation for the outstanding work Melody Russell performed as our real estate agent. After a detailed search of the best agents in the region we chose Melody to help us sell our Scotts Valley home and we are thankful that we did! Melody is an excellent communicator who answered all our questions and helped us with our concerns promptly. A significant benefit of working with Melody is that she is a "Sellers" agent. By that I mean that her entire focus is on the seller, which is rare these days. From the start she had our best interests at heart, so we never worried that our interests were not being fully supported. Melody is an excellent marketer as well as skillful negotiator. She knows the market, knows people, and knows when to push and when to be patient. She helped get full price for our home. One of the highest compliments we can give Melody is that she is capable of handling expensive homes and the people and issues that come with those homes. She has a unique blend of being very warm and personable, while at the same time proving to be very competent and professional. Melody was highly recommended to us and we would highly recommend her to you. If you want your home sold at the highest price, with a great advocate and support at your side—we would encourage you to partner with Melody. We are so glad we did!" Dave and Patty Michelson "Melody sold the home of my departed relative. Melody's professionalism and sensitivity greatly relieved the stress of the situation. The sale was accomplished while I remained in San Diego. Melody brought in her professional organizer to oversee the packing and sorting of years of accumulation and the estate sale. The listing price was twice what I had expected. Within 10 days we had offers. Melody's skill in negotiation resulted in a sale above asking price. All beneficiaries of the estate were ecstatic! I found the process to be as stress-free as possible under the circumstances and actually enjoyable. I could not imagine any other agent could have done what Melody did for me. I heartily recommend her!" Lloyd Regier DRE# 01743923 For more client testimonials go to: MelodyRussell.com Melody is consistently ranked as one of the top selling listing agents in Santa Cruz County. "To anyone looking for the best real estate team: Look no further than The Melody Russell Team! Melody and team went above and beyond helping us to sell our home in Scotts Valley. She sold it in 7 days for our full asking price while other homes are still sitting on the market in our neighborhood. The help from her team in decluttering, organizing and staging our home within a few days was absolutely amazing. They all worked around the clock with us. Melody was in constant contact with us keeping us updated through emails and phone calls as the sale of our home progressed to closing. Not only did she go beyond what was necessary in the sale, she also helped us find and buy our dream home. Melody isn't just another Realtor, she is someone that you will recognize as a true friend. We give her and her team the highest recommendation possible. We strongly feel that anyone not using her expertise is truly missing out. Thank you Melody and team. You are the BEST. You are amazing and we feel very fortunate to have you in our lives!" Gary and Debbie Jones "I am an attorney in Ohio. I represented a client in Chicago who found herself administering her mother's probate estate in California. We engaged Melody Russell long-distance to sell the estate's single-family home in Santa Cruz. In the midst of COVID-19 shelter-in-place with showings dropping off a cliff and the economy in freefall, Melody was able to land an offer for the asking price (above appraised value) on the day the listing went live! We closed escrow 27 days later. In 40 years of law practice, I have dealt with dozens of agents across the country. Melody tops them all. She is keenly attuned to the nuances of the Santa Cruz market. She thinks strategically and tactically. She leaves not the smallest detail of the process to chance. If you are selling a home in the area, I heartily recommend Melody and her team to help you make it happen." — Thomas Kirkwood "As we settle into our new lives, we want to thank you and your team Melody for such an AMAZING home selling experience! We're still talking about what a great experience selling was with you, and how smart we were for selecting you as our agent. From the first moment, we appreciated that you saw the real value in our upper west side Santa Cruz home and suggested a list price that ranged $150K - $400K higher than the other agents we interviewed, two of whom are also among the top selling agents in our area. After you listed our home for hundreds of thousands higher than the other top agents recommended, you achieved multiple offers, yielding us even higher than list price!! That was the icing on the cake! We are still pinching ourselves. Thank you so much for your thoughtful guidance and hand holding throughout the process. After the prep for sale and the professional staging by your team, our home looked beautiful and SOLD without a hitch. That let us move on to our next adventure, for which we are forever grateful to you and your team." Jay Friedland & Milissa Koloski "It is our privilege to express our highest appreciation for the outstanding work Melody Russell performed as our real estate agent. After a detailed search of the best agents in the region we chose Melody to help us sell our Scotts Valley home and we are thankful that we did! Melody is an excellent communicator who answered all our questions and helped us with our concerns promptly. A significant benefit of working with Melody is that she is a "Sellers" agent. By that I mean that her entire focus is on the seller, which is rare these days. From the start she had our best interests at heart, so we never worried that our interests were not being fully supported. Melody is an excellent marketer as well as skillful negotiator. She knows the market, knows people, and knows when to push and when to be patient. She helped get full price for our home. One of the highest compliments we can give Melody is that she is capable of handling expensive homes and the people and issues that come with those homes. She has a unique blend of being very warm and personable, while at the same time proving to be very competent and professional. Melody was highly recommended to us and we would highly recommend her to you. If you want your home sold at the highest price, with a great advocate and support at your side—we would encourage you to partner with Melody. We are so glad we did!" Dave and Patty Michelson "Melody sold the home of my departed relative. Melody's professionalism and sensitivity greatly relieved the stress of the situation. The sale was accomplished while I remained in San Diego. Melody brought in her professional organizer to oversee the packing and sorting of years of accumulation and the estate sale. The listing price was twice what I had expected. Within 10 days we had offers. Melody's skill in negotiation resulted in a sale above asking price. All beneficiaries of the estate were ecstatic! I found the process to be as stress-free as possible under the circumstances and actually enjoyable. I could not imagine any other agent could have done what Melody did for me. I heartily recommend her!" Lloyd Regier