Kathleen is a unicorn in the world of real estate and INCREDIBLY skilled at her craft! My husband and I had our hearts set on a Spanish style home in South Pasadena—a marker that is incredibly competitive and a style home that is uncommon in this particular area of LA. She really stuck by our side and guided us every step of the way, debriefing us on what was coming our way and making sure every document was completed and sent off well before any deadline approached us. Out of 22 offers she was able to push us to the finish line and close on our dream home! She also consulted us on multiple occasions when we were being misguided by former realtors who were handling our lake home that we were on the market to sell AND led us to a new agent who could calmly lead us through the process of selling and buying in this crazy market. I will be recommending her to anyone and everyone who is looking to buy or sell in the Los Angeles real estate market!
Kathleen is wonderful to work with.
My husband and I both have our real estate brokers licenses and she is the only agent we will use for our real estate needs. We could handle our own transactions but we know we are in the best hands with Kathleen. She has many clients but she makes you feel like you're the only one. She has great negotiating skills, people skills and she gets the results you want!
Kathleen helped us sell our home in 2021 and buy our new home in 2023. She was very helpful. When we needed more guidance, she gave it. When we needed a little space, she gave it. She was responsive, attentive, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. We highly recommend her services.
Kathleen made the process of finding and purchasing our home pain free. Her professionalism and knowledge were second to none. She was quick to respond to any questions and went above and beyond ALWAYS. I would highly recommend Kathleen for any friends or family looking to make any future purchases. She not only helped us find our forever home, but so thoughtfully and efficiently helped us sell our first home after such an amazing experience on the buying side.
Kathleen helped us buy our perfect home in 12/2021 during the incredibly competitive market. She was able to locate several homes that fit our needs though we were able to narrow those down but she also had several contacts with homes that were premarket. In the end we decided on two and she was helpful in deciding which works better for us and also guided us on how to bid aggressively and quickly in order to win the house, including preparing photos of our family etc. We ended up winning the house with mortgage against other all cash offers and did not even have the highest offer (though we were close). Afterwards she had many contractors who helped fix a few things around the property and one even fixed a tree for free. Would definitely use her again.
Kathleen goes above and beyond, every step of the way. Whether you are new to this process and in need of some hand-holding, like I was, or you are a seasoned investor, she is the agent you are looking for. Her experience is vast: she has been in this business for over 20 years as both an agent and an investor so she knows the intricacies of looking for your perfect home. She also really got to know me and what type of home would be the best fit for me and my lifestyle, steering me clear of areas that might not have as much growth or may have questionable exposures. I wouldn’t have even considered many of the questions she knew to ask and it changed the course of the process for me on more than one occasion. She also happens to be an incredible human being. She truly deserves every accolade she receives.
Kathleen helped us find the perfect home! She was patient & understanding, taking extreme care to walk us through the home buying process from start to finish. She made the process a breeze - would recommend her to everyone!
Kathleen was a wealth of information. She got us an incredible deal in a challenging market. She came as a referral and we have since referred her to others.
I cannot say enough about Kathleen! She was amazing in all respects. I wanted a real bulldog of an agent-someone who was going to fight for us but knew exactly how to play the game. She was more than I could have wanted.
She walks you through her process of how she comes up with her recommended offers and it really makes you feel confident that you aren’t just throwing out a random number.
After we purchased our home she helped us come up with ideas of how to renovate how we wanted and even helped us set up some of our other services-like lawn care. She has also renovated several homes so she has a great eye for how to do it smartly. She doesn’t stop helping just because escrow has closed.
We bought last year with her help and we still keep in touch. I ask her random home renovation and style questions and she’s always willing to help me.
If and when I ever buy and sell again, I will always go back to Kathleen because I know I can’t go wrong. No hesitation.
Kathleen made the first time home buying experience feel achievable and exciting. She made us feel confident and ready for the entire process. She was by our side, always reachable and communicative, while diligently organizing every detail from touring homes to ordering inspections when we went into escrow! She is absolutely great to work with. Her integrity, knowledge, and commitment made us feel like we were not only in the best hands possible but actually made the home buying experience fun! I don’t think you could find a better agent to help you buy a home.
Kathleen came highly recommended by a number of friends, and we are so happy we took their recommendation to heart! Kathleen helped my family find the perfect home after months and months of searching. She never wavered in her commitment or made anyone feel pressured, and offered her reassurance that she would show as many homes as it took to make sure everyone was confident we found the right home. She is the consummate professional and is skilled at every step along the way - finding homes to show, honing in on preferences, offering suggestions and ideas, and responding to any questions quickly. She made the actual purchase process a breeze, handling any situation that came up and coordinating with multiple parties to make sure the deal got done and our family was stress free. Kathleen truly feels like part of our family and we cannot recommend her enough!
Kathleen is an excellent agent. She made us comfortable and confident in the home buying process. We had been looking and making offers, falling short every time. Kathleen was able to pinpoint what the offer needed and represented our interests well.
We would highly recommend Kathleen! She is market-savvy and knows how to get the best price for your house all while keeping you calm during the process.
Kathleen is the best. Since I closed on my Pasadena condo 4 months ago I have already recommended her to two friends, one of whom just closed on her new condo with Kathleen's help last week. Kathleen not only steered me through a complex purchasing process, she provided invaluable assistance and advice for selling another property, which made the purchase possible -- even though another agent was responsible for selling that property. Without Kathleen the whole thing would have fallen through. Since then she has continued to work on my behalf -- finding a tenant and taking charge of some repairs that needed to be done before the tenant moved in. Throughout this whole process she has been nothing but professional, helpful, and responsive.
We looked for housing with little time and completed our purchase at long distance with the Corona virus adding a level of complexity to communications. Through it all, Kathleen Bywater was wonderful: communicative, knowledgeable, and reassuring. Her expertise (both local knowledge and process expertise) is exemplary of what one would want in a real estate agent; her responsiveness remains reassuring.
Kathleen has represented us on both the buying and selling side and she has exceeded our expectations each time. She is an excellent agent with outstanding negotiation skills. If you are looking for a highly professional yet approachable/down to earth agent, look no further.
This was my first real estate transaction - I've been a renter all my life, but was in a position of having to manage the sale of my elderly parents' home after moving them into an assisted living facility. I have been more than satisfied with Kathleen's services as a real estate agent. She was a consummate professional throughout the process, some of which was quite trying for me as my parents had not been able to keep up their home in recent years, and were also hoarders. In addition, we were working on a short timeline as I had taken out a 'bridge loan' to cover the expenses of the assisted living facility until their home sold. Within this context, Kathleen was able to transform my parents’ home in a very short period of time after I cleared it out, and return it to its original glory as a beautiful Victorian farm house. Kathleen brought incredible energy and positivity to the task, and I am certain that my parents’ have received the highest possible sales price for their home. Her negotiating skills are also excellent. Choosing Kathleen to sell my parents home is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Kathleen is a ROCK STAR of real estate agents. She has sold multiple homes for me and exceeded my expectations of the sale price each time. She has a command of the market and obtains results through exemplary presentation and strategy. She is an expert in all aspects of the real estate process and a pleasure to work with.
We first met Kathleen when I was 6 months pregnant with our second child and asked the impossible of her – to find us a home for our growing family that we could move into before the new baby arrived. We never thought it would happen, but sure enough she found us our dream home. Kathleen is an absolute professional. We are first time home owners and she helped us navigate the process from putting down offers, finding the best lender, dealing with inspections, and signing the closing documents so that there were no headaches or hassles. Whenever there was a roadblock, Kathleen was always several steps ahead.
I describe Kathleen as my fairy godmother because she allowed me to focus on my family while she took care of all the work to get our house move-in ready. We chose to work with Kathleen on the recommendation of a close friend who had a similar excellent experience working with her, and I would not hesitate to recommend her to everyone we know going through the process of buying a new home.
Kathleen is a professional in every sense of the word. She has a high level of knowledge and familiarity with her field, and, just as important, she has a passion for her work. She makes it her mission to do her best in every way possible. Kathleen is never too busy to answer her clients' questions and address their concerns. She makes it a priority to keep in touch with her clients as often as she possibly can. She has great people skills, which include negotiating skillfully on behalf of her clients. Kathleen made the experience of selling our house much more pleasant than I ever dreamed it would be.
First off, I have to say that you never truly know that you have a uniquely talented agent until you actually work with one. Only after working with Kathleen, did I realize how all other agents are so average- she is really 2 standard deviations stronger than any agent I have ever worked with. From day one she was relentless in helping us obtain an impossible home in South Pas and she was intimately involved in helping us facilitate EVERY step along the way (the inspections, helping us rent out our own place, loan process). She is a magician- we somehow were able to beat out other cash offers for this home because of the savvy way that she structured our offer. She was always ready to talk with us about any questions and truly made the home-buying process fun.
There isn't enough praise I can give for Kathleen. Her work is consistently amazing (I know because she was referred to me from a friend who is a seasoned home buyer). She is effective, she will close the deal, she will help you obtain a great loan, and she's an absolute joy to work with. Our family can't thank you enough!!!
My wife and I had no idea what the benefits were of working with an agent, until we met Kathleen!
She’s someone who will not only help create opportunities for her buyers/sellers, but will do everything in her powers to ensure your best outcome.
We worked with Kathleen as both buyers and sellers. We have seen what she’s capable of and have already referred a few close friends who have nothing but great things to say of her skills.
Hands down, one of the most respectful, loyal, competent and strategic agents out there! You want her on your team!
Kathleen has been a great understanding of the market and the neighborhoods which she represents. She is honest, very dedicated and most of all proactive about helping you find the right home. She knew the street that we liked and she actively went out to find us a good match before it hit the market. She also helped us with find the right movers and handy man after the sale. Can’t say enough positive things about her knowledge and work ethics.
Helpful start to finish in virtually every respect. Took care of painting, staging, social media, pricing strategy, evaluation of all offers and all necessary details. Low stress & max service.
We tried to sell our home with two other agents. Kathleen was the third agent and she accomplished with the highest dollar in a short period of time. Kathleen’s strategy was on point. She prepared our home with amazing staging, invited all the neighbors, created a buzz and brought the buyers back. Kathleen negotiated the offers way over our expected value. The other agents could not give our house away at a much lower price. At the end of the day we received 80K more for our home. Kathleen has a warm calming personality, professional and knows her business well. She has to be one of the hardest working agent we have ever met. We highly recommend Kathleen! She is amazing, has the dedication and passion home sellers need.
Kathleen sold my home in Bungalow Heaven (Pasadena) and served as my realtor in the purchase of my new home in Monrovia. She is dedicated, experienced and goes above and beyond for her clients. She negotiated the sales price of my Pasadena home at over $200,000 more than all other realtors quoted it was worth. It sold for the highest price ever per square foot in the zip code. Her knowledge of the market is second to none. She identified perspective new homes and negotiated a purchase price well below the asking price. Most importantly, she facilitated a seamless transition between homes. I highly recommend her for all your real estate needs.
Kathleen sold our home in Highland Park over the Summer, when all the other houses on the market went stale and didn't move. She knows her stuff. She came to us more prepared than any agent we met with. She knows and researches her markets, helped us facilitate impeccable staging, personalized our marketing plan to accommodate our schedule and needs. She puts everything she's got into her clients and works tirelessly to get the best deal possible. She's also an amazing negotiator. All in all, I'll use her again and recommend her to anyone I know buying or selling a home.
As first time homebuyers, this was a foreign process and we felt very uneasy. However, Kathleen's warm personality, handholding, and professionalism gave us an instant sense of trust and loyalty. Despite our busy schedules, Kathleen worked day in and day out to communicate and meet with us at our earliest convenience, which did not go unnoticed. We are so grateful for her guidance and satisfied with out purchase that we couldn't have been happier to refer her to our own family members who went through escrow with your assistance. All of this would not have been possible without her persistence and dedication to her clients. We highly recommend Kathleen, as everyone needs a fighter like her in this challenging real estate market. Thanks for helping us get our dream home!
Working with Kathleen was a delight. She brings so much experience and knowledge to the table it made me feel comfortable and safe. She goes above and beyond to meet her clients' needs and helped us every step of the way. She was patient and kind throughout such a stressful process. Kathleen is an awesome realtor and I'd recommend her to anyone.
We would like to thank Kathleen for everything. Kathleen is a full service real estate agent. As first time home buyers, this was a foreign process and we felt very uneasy. However, Kathleen's warm personality, hand-holding every step of the way, and professionalism gave us an instant sense of trust and loyalty. Despite our busy schedules, Kathleen worked day in and day out to communicate and meet with us at our earliest convenience, which did not go unnoticed. We are so grateful for her guidance and satisfied with our purchase that we couldn't have been happier to refer Kathleen to our own family members who are also in escrow with her assistance. All of this would not have been possible without Kathleen's persistence and dedication to her clients. We HIGHLY recommend Kathleen's services, as everyone will need a fighter like her in this challenging market.
Kathleen sold my home in Bungalow Heaven (Pasadena) and served as my realtor in the purchase of my new home in Monrovia. She is dedicated, experienced and goes above and beyond for her clients. She negotiated the sales price of my Pasadena home at over $200,000 more than all other realtors quoted it was worth. It sold for the highest price ever per square foot in the zip code. Her knowledge of the market is second to none. She identified perspective new homes and negotiated a purchase price well below the asking price. Most importantly, she facilitated a seamless transition between homes. I highly recommend her for all your real estate needs.
Kathleen sold our home in Highland Park over the Summer, when all the other houses on the market went stale and didn't move. She knows her stuff. She came to us more prepared than any agent we met with. she knows and researches her markets, helped us facilitate impeccable staging, personalized our marketing plan to accommodate our schedule and needs. She puts everything she's got into her clients and works tirelessly to get the best deal possible. She's also an amazing negotiator. All in all, I'll use her again and recommend her to anyone I know buying or selling a home.
Kathleen,
As we move to the closing on our new property, I wanted to send you a brief note and acknowledge you for doing what I consider to be an outstanding job. The process of purchasing a home can be very stressful, but you made it easy.
I sincerely appreciate your expertise. I don’t know what realtors are supposed to know, but I felt like I was with an industry expert the whole way. When I had questions and concerns, you always had great feedback that helped me understand, be patient and trusting.
If anyone asks about where they can find a good realtor, I will be directing them to you, and please feel free to use this letter with any potential clients you are speaking to.
In addition, I am happy to speak with them personally about my experience.
All the best,
Dear Kathleen,
Now that my house is sold, the new owner in possession, and the check has cleared, I am taking a few minutes to thank you for everything you did to bring all this about.
From the very first moment you called me, during the entire process, and right through the closing, you provided exemplary service. Your persistence and dedication were remarkable. At every step, from determining the initial asking price to advising as to which offer to accept, you offered solid counsel backed by sound reasoning. Your marketing efforts were extensive and thorough. Your hard work in preparing the house for showing resulted in multiple bids. Your assessment of the capabilities of each bidder was accurate. And your strategy for getting the highest offer was successful. All this, and you kept good cheer!
I am happy to recommend you to all who want the very best real estate professional working for them. Please feel free to use this letter as you see fit, and if anyone would like further information, just have him or her call me.
Again, thank you, and best wishes.
Sincerely,
To whom it may concern,
I recently had the distinct pleasure of working with Kathleen on getting me into a new home for my family. I was honestly blown away by her personal touch and willingness to show me so many options, even on short notice. She even literally chauffeured me to a number of places to make life easier on me. I can honestly say that I’ve never felt like I was in such good hands in what can often be a confusing and overwhelming process. The level of professionalism and attention to detail Kathleen showed me is far too rare these days! I know for a fact that when my family and I are ready to move again, she will be the first and only person we reach out to.
Dear Kathleen,
Now that my house is sold, the new owner in possession, and the check has cleared, I am taking a few minutes to thank you for everything you did to bring all this about.
From the very first moment you called me, during the entire process, and right through the closing, you provided exemplary service. Your persistence and dedication were remarkable. At every step, from determining the initial asking price to advising as to which offer to accept, you offered solid counsel backed by sound reasoning. Your marketing efforts were extensive and thorough. Your hard work in preparing the house for showing resulted in multiple bids. Your assessment of the capabilities of each bidder was accurate. And your strategy for getting the highest offer was successful. All this, and you kept good cheer!
I am happy to recommend you to all who want the very best real estate professional working for them. Please feel free to use this letter as you see fit, and if anyone would like further information, just have him or her call me.
Again, thank you, and best wishes.
Sincerely,