Joe Wilcox
Network Engineering
The First American Corporation
421 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Direct: 714.250.7618

I want to “briefly” share my home buying experience (first) with everyone who comes across this, in hopes that they too will have the same success as I had. In my opinion it all comes down to a few basics: know what you want, don’t settle, and find the right agent! I had been looking for over 7 months, and tried a few agents before I met Kristin Devlin. People say pick an agent and stick with them. Well that’s great advice if you come across the right one…I hadn’t until Kristin. I was tired of getting the same old listings that I can find on any number of websites, and all had something missing out of my requirements. The primary agent I was working with actually told me I was too picky and that if I found something that was 70% of what I wanted I should grab it! Are you kidding me? Goodbye to you! By good fortune I came across Kristin, and after meeting her I immediately loved her and knew she would find my house…no question. 
I told her exactly what I wanted (yes I’m picky) and her response was…”you’re going to be easy”. I can go on and on about her from a personal aspect, but in talking to her for a minute you’ll notice right away she’s honest, sincere, straight forward and does it all with a lot of class…a very cool cat.  She really cares and wants to make you happy. She doesn’t want to sell you a house…she wants to help you find your dream home. She only showed me homes that had everything I wanted, and she was never pushy or discouraged at my “it just doesn’t feel right”.  One evening she called and told me she found my home…she knew it. We went the next day and the minute I walked around it I knew it was my home. That’s the beauty of working with Kristin…she knows and understands her clients and sees the homes as they would.

That was just the beginning. Being a newbie at buying a home I had no idea what was in store, but Kristin is a pro and through every stressful step she guided me and even represented me when I couldn’t, and took away any stress I had. She was there for every inspection, every discussion with the buyers/agent, etc. She knows this business from every angle and was also helpful with the lender, the escrow and everything else down to the pool guy coming to inspect. She pushed for repairs after the home inspection and followed up with every one of them, and in all reality, she got my home much more dialed in then I would have gone for. Again, she knows what she’s doing. Ask her to explain “supplemental Taxes” that was dropped on me at the escrow office. The escrow agent couldn’t explain it to save her life, but Kristin explained it to me perfectly in a minute. It’s crazy out there buying a house…it takes a lot of expertise for sure, and that’s what you’ll get with Kristin. She is super professional…an awesome agent, an awesome person, and now a friend. Go Kristin!!!

“I can honestly say that I would NOT have had the successful home buying experience without her. I love my new home!”
-          Joe Wilcox