Lorri Holt – Thornwall Properties

Lorri is fantastic. First and foremost, Lorri just knew the right house for us, and then she helped us bid in the exact right way to get it. She knows the hot Berkeley market, and knows what matters to sellers to help land the right house. She has great networks and used them for us, and I am sure she will use them for you.
We had a huge challenge, trying to find a place in Berkeley while living in New York. Lorri accommodated us – getting us in to see places on the off hours, and all kinds of other great helpful moves.
When looking for a house, you spend a lot of time with your agent. Lorri is charming, and interesting with connections to theater in Hollywood and New York. You may want to take longer to buy a house just to hang out with Lorri.

Lorri is an excellent realtor and works very hard. Lorri represented us to first buy our first home in 2011 and later an investment property. She is very knowledgable about the area and houses around Berkeley, Oakland and El Cerrito, and also have many contacts (fellow realtors, mortgage brokers, contractors, inspectors, etc).
When we buy our first home, we have no experience. Lorri showed us a lot of houses in many areas around Berkeley, El Cerrito and Oakland for almost a year before we found our house. When we were in contract, the process was no easier. It was a probate sale and the closing time was long, not to mention that we had to go to court. Lorri was on top of every detail and we were able to move to our house smoothly. Lorri was very professional throughout the entire process. She at no point showed impatience and is always very responsive for the entire year.
We also had Lorri representing us for a rental property. It was no easier. Lorri wrote at least 6 offers for us for the length of 4 months before our offer got accepted.
In short, I really value Lorri’s service and I highly recommend Lorri.

Lorri represented us in buying our first home last year, and there aren’t enough stars available to convey how wonderful she was throughout the whole process. Two anecdotes stand out.
First, Lorri understood that in the market at that moment inexperience was a significant handicap, so she encouraged us to write several offers that we all understood weren’t all that competitive, just so we would get the necessary practice reading disclosures and estimating offer/​ask ratios that would allow us to move well when the time came. Lorri invested a *significant* amount of time doing this, which was really above and beyond what we could have expected.
Second, we were getting discouraged in mid-​May when Lorri emailed us on a Thursday saying something to the effect of «I just got back from broker tour and found your house!» She had gotten to know us and our needs/​desires so well that she saw the house and just knew… and she was right! All the practice paid off, and a little over a month later that house did become ours.
We’re lucky to have had Lorri as our agent, and are now equally lucky to have her as a friend.