Due to an unparalleled commitment to customer service, many satisfied clients have submitted letters of thanks and some greatly appreciated reviews. If you would be interested in receiving a variety of letters of recommendation please e-mail that request today so they can be sent over. Thanks again and if you have any other requests for information regarding buying or selling be sure to visit the request information section.
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Dear Mike,
We had quite a wonderful summer with your terrific help. Three properties! Two sold and one bought without a painful moment. We know each transaction was complicated but it felt so smooth. We can't tell you how much we appreciated your hard work, your patience, your efficiency, your kindness and your ever present smile! We look forward to working with you again soon. And we will never hesitate to recommend your talent as the Best Realtor ever!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Very Sincerely,
Steve and Prudy Handelman
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Dear Friends,
I would like to bring to your attention a real estate broker in our community who is without reservation the tops in his field. His name is Mike Richardson.
We are selling our house in Santa Barbara and moving to Big Bear. Mike has facilitated this process with dedication and a caring attitude that is no different than if he were a member of the immediate family. There were several bumps in the process as we progressed through escrow that could easily have cancelled the sale. Mike's problem-solving abilities and attention to detail kept the process on track and as of this date, the closing is progressing on schedule.
Mike has a large network of business contacts in the community available to him to assist him with any problems that might occur in the sale of a home. His "can do" attitude and knowledge base is essential in this day of multiple regulations involved in real estate. One of the real pluses in working with him is his communication skill. Mike updates us regularly so that we are completely informed as to the progress of the escrow. In addition, he is available 24/7 with his high tech methods of contact. He is extremely skilled in using the internet to advertise his properties with very colorful and interactive web pages.
If, in the future, you find yourself in need of a real estate broker, you will not find a more honest, reliable and friendly person than Mike. I would give him an A++ were he one of my students.
Sincerely,
John and Barbara Ehrenborg
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Dear Mike,
Perhaps 27 years in the real estate industry, a former owner and marketing director of a national real estate franchise, and being one of your clients for 9 years qualifies me to judge the professional attributes necessary for one to be successful as a real estate broker.
Mike, it is my sincere opinion that you possess these necessary qualities - including, naming a few: integrity, knowledge, complete understanding, and an honest desire to better serve your clients.
If I were to summarize your most admirable qualities in working with people, it would by your attitude and concern for meeting the needs of those with whom you do business.
It is with continued enthusiasm and complete confidence that I encourage anyone interested in any phase of real estate to first contact you and Mike Richardson, Realtors.
Sincerely,
Roy S. Rohter
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I highly recommend Mike Richardson’s professional services to anyone acting upon an adventure in real estate today.
This is an unsolicited letter of commendation since I am so pleased with Mr. Richardson’s professional conduct, and his quite successful culmination of our venture.
It soon became evident that he knew current market value, and that he was constantly looking for a place that I had described as meeting my needs and price. At no time did he “push” for something not wanted.
I would say that he works with sound standards. He cheerfully makes himself available “beyond the call of duty.”
One could say that he keeps after your goal until there is success.
Respectfully yours,
Joyce Nash
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Dear Mike,
We want to express our deepest appreciation for all the help you have been in selling our home. We can’t believe how fast it all has happened, and we owe it all to your professionalism and experience in the Real Estate Market. When we called you from Oregon and asked that you list our home for sale you jumped right in. You were able to look at our home objectively and advise us on what was needed to be done for the best sale price and then help us come up with a realistic price in this real estate market.
We were very impressed to come home after five days to find you had already shown the house to three perspective buyers. After the Realtors caravan, we got an offer! Your advice and guidance through the offer stages is greatly admired, without your patience I don’t know what we would have done. We are still amazed that only 52 days after our first call that our home will no longer be ours.
In our move our only regret is that we can’t use you on the purchase of our new home, because of it being out of state. We do, however, value the advice and hints you are able to give us in our new purchase. We are indebted to you for everything you have don for us throughout this sale.
Thank you,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomson
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Dear Mike,
Now that we are settled I wanted to write and let you know how much I appreciate your top-notch service. In the 45 years I have lived in and around this coastal area I have never dealt with a nicer, more professional realtor. Your patience with us while looking at a myriad of houses, and you attentive listening to our specific desires, is the reason that you found us the house we had in mind. Your meticulous attention to, and quick handling, of the multitude of details related to the purchase of the house made the whole process go so smoothly. No one has ever before treated me as such a valued client. You, and your staff, are simply the best.
The use of the blue, workhorse, pick-up made our move so much more leisurely and low stressed. We really appreciated the use of it.
I cannot imagine that with your high-quality reputation you would ever need a reference, but should such a need arise, please call on me. I will be singing your praises to anyone who will listen, and I certainly will recommend your services to my friends and acquaintances.
Thanks for everything and especially for finding us our “ideal” home…
Sincerely,
Dan Hyland
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Dear Mike,
Shirley and I are now savoring our new house, falling ever more deeply in love with Santa Barbara, and enjoying every moment of our first month of retirement.
I don’t know two people who moved farther, faster, and with less effort and better results than we did. Hence this note.
What made it all so perfect, I believe, is simple.
We flew back to New York and left everything to you:
You made the offers and did the negotiating, arranged inspections and approved repairs. You also bought furniture and smoothed the way with the bank and escrow company for a seamless closing…
…Since then, besides your frequent personal visits, we have made full use of your personal “support system” of recommended stores and tradesmen. The experience is unique. Mentioning your name, we suddenly become members of a friendly, savvy, extended family…rather than “the new folks in town!”
Your follow-up has been energetic and helpful as your initial house search, and your integrity was every bit as impressive. You found us a house priced significantly below the budget figure we gave you. Our savings will make a big difference to us.
So, Mike, in a very real sense your efforts and know-how will enhance virtually every day of the rest of our lives. Alongside all that, this not seems a pretty feeble “thank you.”
I’m sure your future clients will share our feelings. We delight in anticipating the pleasure you are sure to bring them!
Sincerely,
Bob Roderick
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Dear Mike,
We want to thank you again for all you did for us regarding the sale of our home. We very much appreciated and were truly impressed with the time and effort that you put into your detailed marketing sheets, your frequent correspondence with us, your handling the necessary reports, inspections and repairs, and your overseeing the escrow process. Since we live 9,000 miles away from Santa Barbara, we were all the more grateful for your efficient, friendly, and professional service.
We send you our most sincere thanks, both for selling that wonderful house to us eight years ago, and for selling it for us now that we live abroad.
Our best wishes to you and your family.
Sincerely,
Susan and Harold Weingarden
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Dear Mike,
I want to express my sincere appreciation and thanks for a superb job in representing me on the recently completed concurrent sales/purchase/exchange of residential properties. It was a complex transaction which you, like Joe DiMaggio, made seem easy. Essentially all I had to do was read and sign, with full confidence that everything was professionally and ethically right.
More than that was your extra service and support on so many myriad details, anticipating and resolving questions and arranging for inspections and repairs. It was a real pleasure to know we could rely on you to overcome problems and to assure a successful timely closing.
Be assured that as the opportunity arises I will be very pleased to recommend you highly to any friend of associate who requires residential real estate brokerage services.
Sincerely,
Bret H. Reed
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To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is in recognition of Mr. Mike Richardson, owner and manager of Mike Richardson, Realtors. It is difficult to describe Mr. Richardson’s abilities and achievements without using the common superlatives, but we believe some of our thoughts and statements will describe facets of his activities, his expertise, and his concerns for clients which demonstrate his qualifications as an outstanding Real Estate Broker.
Mr. Richardson has been in real estate sales in Santa Barbara for a number of years. He is called upon to utilize his unique capabilities and tireless efforts with a network of collaborating professionals. While these tasks often take brokers away from the more direct interest of their clients, Mr. Richardson simply does not permit this to happen. Instead, he has combined his administrative skills and experience to directly influence the broader aspects of his profession, but he also, maintains the finer points of a personal manner with his clients.
It has been our pleasure to have been associated with Mr. Richardson in his capacity, our Realtor. He is truly and energetic and enthusiastic facilitator. Also, it is our privilege to recommend a person of his qualifications and suggest his attributes merit one’s consideration for whatever task he may seek to perform.
Sincerely,
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Barnes
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Dear Mike,
Milt and I want to thank you for all your hard work and professional expertise in selling our house. This is a difficult move for us on many levels and your understanding and sensitivity are greatly appreciated. It helped to make the process of selling our home of more than 23 years more bearable emotionally.
We wouldn’t hesitate to seek your services in the future and will certainly recommend you to anyone we know who may wish to sell their home.
Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
Sincerely,
Sandra Weiss
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Dear Mike,
Thank you. Only two words but they express the feelings that my family and myself have for your superb handling of the sale of our Mesa home. We were very pleased to see that our property sold for what you said was a fair price and one that met our requirements. This combined with the fact that all of the details of the sale were handled by you in a most competent and professional manner left me with little to do but sign the proper papers.
While this in itself should have been all that we could have asked for you and your staff extended a extra mile by seeing that the security of my home was never in doubt during the open house times as well as when we needed help during a brief period away.
Thanks again Mike for a job “Very well done.”
Frank J. Goddard
(805) 451-0599
(805) 963-1704
mike@mrrealtors.com 
