Gail Oleaga, Realtor Client Reviews

Name: Dale Hillard
West USA Realty, Designated Broker

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Gail Oleaga has been licensed with West USA since 1998 … and during that time has proven time and time again that she knows real estate…in serving her clients/customers well. She does not have complaints coming into the office, but notes of praise for her caring. She is effective with the complexity of sales, including the infamous “short sales.” She calls and inquires of me, her Designated Broker, of the intricacies related to the law and the details of doing things correctly and ethically. She is respected by her peers and is one of the top producers in our company.

She clearly knows how to market herself --- and that is proved with one simple comment --- she is known (and used this slogan in her real estate promotion) as, “that girl in real estate.” With her quick wit and ready response she handles the business in a relaxed, informal way, but never losing cite of her purpose --- to get the client what they need and want. She is pleasant, diligent and ready to help with solving the problems for her clients. I would love to have many more agents in our large expanding company with her love of the industry and her skills.

Name: Andrew D

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It is with great privilege that I write to you in recommendation of Gail Oleaga for the Arizona Real Estate Achievement Award. During my time working with Ms. Oleaga, she exhibited extra ordinary dedication, guidance, and leadership. Looking for a home is one of the most difficult and trying processes I have ever gone through. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and lost in the fold. Do I rent or buy? How do I get a mortgage? What is an ARM? What does this document really mean? My concerns were endless. However, I was fortunate for have an ally, someone to help me through the process. I am so grateful I had Gail Oleaga. While Ms. Oleaga was my agent, she was steadfast, fought for what I wanted and listened to my concerns. When I wasn’t sure of something, she explained it. When the deal hit some snags, she was instrumental in getting them solved. No doubt, the success of my experience hinged on her shoulders. But I was most impressed with Ms. Oleaga’s work ethic. As her client, she always had my concerns at the top of her list. No doubt, she is what you are looking for.

NAME:David M Realtor/Owner

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Gail is a natural leader in the real estate industry. She senses what the industry needs and brings together individuals with subject matter expertise to move things forward. Her focus recently has been short sales. She has substantial experience in this area and offers her help/knowledge to others in the industry. She set up and administers a Facebook Forum on Short Sales, encouraging others to develop their own expertise in this area. She has been very helpful to me personally on several of the recent short sales that I got approved for my clients.

She is also an Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE) which demonstrates her forward thinking. She is not limited to just real estate sales. She offers fee based consulting services as well. Again, the area where Gail has helped most recently is short sales. She has helped many agents to get short sales approved for their clients and also helped her own clients with short sale approvals.

Several months ago, I was working on a short sale for a divorced woman whose ex-husband lived overseas. Several issues came up during the negotiation/closing process where I needed coaching from someone with significant short sale experience. Gail was always available for me and she had answers for every issue that came up. She knew what to say to the bank’s negotiator and closer to keep things moving forward. The result was a closed transaction, a happy seller and a very happy buyer.

Name: Tim F: Realtor

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Gail always takes the lead to find out the latest information on Real Estate issues and share the information with her fellow Realtors.

Most importantly for me, Gail’s guidance on the Short Sale process was instrumental in helping my business grow in the Short Sale arena. When our Short Sale market dramatically increased, Gail was able to contact all the banks and document their processes, contact numbers, and required information, even before the banks themselves came out with their processes.

Gail is a resourceful and is persistent when working her Short Sales and has a high success closing rate with them.

NAME:Veronica V

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I met Gail Oleaga for the first time in early 2011 as we worked on a short sale transaction together. She conducted herself in an extremely professional manner as a listing agent representing the best interests of her seller, negotiating with the bank to successfully complete the transaction, and keeping myself informed throughout the transaction. She proved to be extremely knowledgeable as a short sale listing agent. As such, it provided me and the buyer with great confidence that this would be a successful transaction.

Subsequent to the transaction, she freely offered her short sale expertise to me. Although many will offer their help, it is usually lip service. That was not the case with Gail. She has unselfishly been a great source of knowledge and help to me on some of my transactions. That speak volumes for the kind of person she is in wanting to help others in our industry and to ensure the public gets the best care possible. Gail would be an excellent candidate for this Lifetime Achievement Realtor Award.

NAME:Susan M

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“That Girl” is amazing! Gail was our Realtor, she is very professional and personable, she is a wonderful person and human being!.

Gail did an outstanding job for my husband and I. We decided to go with Gail through a short sale. Our bank told us we did not qualify for a Loan Mod. After hiring Gail to do the Short Sale, she decided to look into it further, and discovered we were able to qualify for the loan modification after all and keep our home. (We truly wanted the loan modification). We were so happy with the outcome. Gail is a very hard worker and dedicated, great with communication and follow through. If we ever need to buy or sell, we would not hesitate to call Gail Oleaga @ WUSA Realty.

NAME:Carol & Dan

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We met Gail Oleaga about two years ago and I credit her with saving our short sale because of her determination. The buyers and their realtor did not seem to get the message that the deadline set by the bank for closing the sale was firm. Gail was unable to move the buyers realtor, so she was on the phone at least six times every day with the bank's representative. She was so gracious with the people from the financial institutions, even though they were asking for outrageous items and were impossible to deal with.

Because of her patience and good will they were willing to work with her. They ended up granting extensions. I know without Gail's rapport with the people involved and her spending all day for at least six days negotiating ended up giving us a short sale on our house rather than a foreclosure.

NAME:Dave & Jill
Chicago IL

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My wife and I have had the pleasure of knowing Gail since last summer when we entered the real estate market in Arizona from our home in Chicago. Our initial attempt to purchase a home in the Phoenix area was unsuccessful due to what we felt was a lack of understanding on our agent’s behalf. The breakdown in communication and the agent’s failure to understand our commitment to purchasing property in the area led us to search for another agent. Thanks in large part to a very catchy business logo we selected Gail to represent us. Purchasing a home from out of state can be tricky, but Gail made us feel as if we were neighbors. She prides herself in customer satisfaction and maintaining an open line of communication. She took us step by step through the process and was always available for questions and concerns regarding our purchase.

We feel very confident that Gail will always have our best interest in mind, now and in the future. She is very worthy of this prestigious award. The real estate transaction handled by Gail was our first purchase of a second home. Because of our out of state residency, the entire transaction was completed sight unseen. This takes an unusual amount of trust between the buyer and the agent.

From our initial contact with Gail to the completion of the purchase, Gail was everything you would hope a real estate agent would be-professional, personal, loyal, and dedicated to serving our needs. Gail did such a wonderful job of educating us with the process involved as well as providing us with many various options in regards to purchasing a new home. Her expertise in the business allowed us to bid on a property with confidence, resulting in us being awarded the property. Once we obtained the home, Gail’s work was far from complete. She assisted in finding experienced contractors who made the necessary repairs to the property as well as serving as our manager for our new renters. There can be no doubt that without Gail’s expertise and guidance we would not be owners of our second home. Our relationship with Gail goes beyond business; we consider her to be a good friend as well.

NAME:Brittney & Ashley

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My partner and I are first time home buyers and had no clue where to start and how the whole process worked. Gail proved to us not only does she know real estate inside and out but she is able to exhibit leadership at the same time. She basically "held our hands" the whole time and went about and beyond the call of duty.

Our house search was not an easy one, considering the market but Gail did not let that affect our search. Gail remained optimistic, positive and ensured us DAILY that we would find the right house, at the right price and we would be happy at the end of it all. We feel that we can call on Gail at anytime and she will be there to answer any and all questions. Gail is the perfect candidate for this award, not only because of her character but for her honestly, communication skills and hard working attitude. Gail is a true winner!

NAME:Michael S

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I am very picky buyer with what I would say unique taste. The great thing about what Gail did was she was able to first find my preference on what my ideal home was and only show me the listings that had those features without trying to sell me what she thought a good home was.

She took the time to make sure that she would be pleased with the transaction herself if she were in my shoes before she approached me with any terms of contract. She went above and beyond in helping me feel comfortable getting into my first home.

NAME:Cynthia D:Realtor

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I first met Gail when she was passing by my home that had a "For Sale by Owner" sign in the front yard. Gail stopped and talked to me regarding the advantages and risks of having and not having a real estate agent represent us.

Gail was so knowledgeable, energetic and convincing, that we decided to list our home with her. Since that day, Gail has sold two houses for us personally and has completed several transactions with friends of ours that we have referred to her. Gail has such excellent marketing skills, that she even convinced me to get my own real estate license, so I did.

NAME:Dean L

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Gail has been my family’s real estate agent for over 10 years. She has always been professional, dependable and extremely knowledgeable. Most recently she helped my two daughters’ find their dream homes. She spent countless hours taking them around to as many homes as they wanted to see to make sure they were completely happy with the homes they finally decided to buy. Gail always goes the extra mile to make sure buying process goes smoothly. She is always upbeat, tireless and a pleasure to work with. Gail is the only agent I would trust completely with helping my family.

NAME:Cathy I

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Gail has worked on the sale of my house which was quite a feat. I was trying to sell my house in the turn of the economy and Gail worked hard offering suggestions as to improvements, marketing and never stopped even though it almost seemed like it would never happen. She also offered assistance to the buyer as they were from out of town and did not know the area.

She went out of her way to help them feel welcome in their new town and they greatly appreciated the extra efforts she made. Gail was also invaluable in helping me purchase my new home. She worked hard with the development to understand all of the requirements of the HOA and all of the requirements for myself. She did not let a stone go unturned and the realtor selling the house even commented that she was looking out for my best interest and really was an asset to me as most realtors are only there to purchase a house and move on.

Gail is well liked by all she meets as she maintains a upbeat personality and has a strong work ethic which is invaluable to all she works with. I think Gail is a prime candidate for this award and I feel that she cares about the clients success and puts that above and beyond all other aspects of the sale.

NAME:Roxanne K

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I was fortunate enough to find Gail Oleaga when looking for a realtor. She not only sold my home in one of the worst markets, but, was most helpful in the process.

I felt so comfortable with her that I referred a neighbor to her and she was, also, able to sell their home during that time. When I moved to Kansas I gave her name to our Kansas realtor and he contacted her and she sold a home in Arizona for him.

She is a remarkable person, who always has time and answers!

NAME:John K
TITLE: VP Assoc Broker
YRS KNOWN: 10

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Gail has knowledge in short sales and has demonstrated her ability to coach other agents in how to help the seller through a short sale. With Gail’s knowledge of the short sale market, and her coaching of other agents, she has helped numerous homeowners avoid foreclosure and successfully sell their homes via a short sale. Gail demonstrated patience and compassion on a transaction last year with very difficult clients, husband and wife who each tried to make the other party look bad. Gail kept her cool and dealt with these difficult people and by doing so, the deal closed.

NAME:Burt S

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Gail has proven in many ways to be driven by integrity and sincere respect towards her clients. She has demonstrated true honesty and is a principle centered and focused lady. if there is a concern or problem that confronts the client she does not give excuses but rather answers to dedicated research and perseverance.

Gail has not only volunteered her time to various organization for educational input but has also assisted banks, title companies and other realtors with issues they have with other contracts, or other business issues that she as knowledge in. Gail believes that by assisting others in any way she can will help the industry bound back from a terrible low for the past 5 plus years.

Not being continuously involved with Gail’s every day to day efforts in this category the thing I can say is, Gail has researched various educational seminars and educational classes to further provided her with the extreme knowledge of the real state market and industry trends. Gail has gathered numerous resources of information to help provide her clients with the best representation as a, what I call an Executive Realtor Professional.


Daysha 2015	Review I grew up in the homebuilding business as my dad is a custom homebuilder and several family members have been in real estate. Let me just say that Gail is the most knowledgeable and professional real estate agent I have ever encountered. Although I have met many real estate agents throughout my life, I was a first time home buyer and she made the experience so positive and smooth for me. She initially set me up with MLS and helped me identify homes that met my needs. After doing some preliminary research online, we spent a Sunday afternoon looking at just 5 homes. Her philosophy is why waste time looking at over 100 homes when you find one you love? Don't second guess yourself! Sure enough, I fell in love with the first home we looked at, but we proceeded to go to the other 4 homes just to be sure. In my mind, I kept going back to the first one we looked at. She encouraged me to put in an offer, where the sellers countered of course. Gail was confident that the house was overpriced given the market conditions and comps, and actually set up a meeting with the sellers, the sellers' agents, and herself on a Monday night to negotiate at their kitchen table (just like the old days before Internet!). She was at the sellers' home from 7PM to nearly 10PM on a weeknight, determined to get me my first home. She had done her homework and brought all the comps with her, and was able to negotiate with them to drop the price to what was much more in line with the market. I was so impressed by her knowledge, negotiating skills, persistence, not to mention her upbeat, positive attitude. Gail makes you feel like you are the only person she is working with, very attentive and always responsive. She also has an awesome team...she got me set up with a preferred mortgage broker who had gotten me prequalified and approved very quickly. The loan process was very easy. Furthermore, the inspection went very well as she knows a top notch inspector with tons of experience. Finally, the closing process went off without a hitch. I love my first new home, and Gail made it happen. I recommend her without a doubt to anyone looking for a home! :)

Dean L 2014	Review Gail has been my family's real estate agent for over 10 years. She has always been professional, dependable and extremely knowledgeable. Most recently she helped my two daughters find their dream homes. She spent countless hours taking them around to as many homes as they wanted to see to make sure they were completely happy with the homes they finally decided to buy. Gail always goes the extra mile to make sure buying process goes smoothly. She is always upbeat, tireless and a pleasure to work with. Gail is the only agent I would trust completely with helping my family."

Deemer 2015	Review I've worked with Gail twice on purchasing a home and have truly gained a lot from the experience. She knows the questions to asks and how to push the sale through. Gail also isn't afraid to go the extra mile to complete the process. Neither of our purchases were "easy" and she navigated us all the way through the sale. Thanks, Gail! I would recommend her to anyone.

Taylor 2015	Review Gail goes above and beyond as a realtor. She makes sure to answer all your questions and if she doesn't know the answer, she will find out for you. I would hire Gail again without hesitation. Our family has used Gail multiple times and will continue to do so. She is not only a realtor but a friend now too.

Susie Austin Franke 2015	Review Gail is the BEST real estate agent in the Phoenix, AZ area. She is dedicated to you. I enjoyed the time we spent hunting for a house that I found worth while. She is extremely attentive and makes sure that you are the happiest customer. She is very knowledgeable in her profession. Whenever I need a realtor in AZ, I will be using Gail Oleaga!Thanks for all you did for me.

Robert Kennedy	Review I don't know what impressed me more, Her tireless pursuit in finding a buyer for our home or Her knowledge of the real estate field/market. Now you may say "oh that's a friend of hers" and you would be right, but we didn't know Gail until the day we gave her our listing. We never regreted it for a minute. You will not be disappointed if you choose Gail for your R.E. needs
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