I heard of Darren through my sisters. One sister has been going to him for her last three home purchases and my younger sister went through him for her first home purchase. While Darren, has a nice tone he is really unprofessional. There was a big mix up on his part for my sisters first home and to my account he never apologized.
I still attempted to work with him because my older has had good experiences with him.
I was pre-approved with Darren and he referred me to a realtor named Milton Lopez. Both of them talk bad about each other and then when I created a group chat to align conversations they turned on me and began treating me poorly.
Bottomline - I would not recommend either. Their internal issues are thrown at the buyer and really not something worth dealing with. A headache from the jump!
Dropping this here since I am no longer able to add additional notes. Updated: 11/14/22
Sir, please do not reflect. Abandonment issues, really? So "professional" of you.
Let's talk about it: The reason you dropped me as a client is because you said I treated you poorly during a call. Where you stated that I "rushed" you off the phone. Let me elaborate for you, yes, I did cut the call because I was on a work call with my camera on. I was the client, not you. You should have been understanding but instead began getting short with me on every call thereafter. I'll say it again that's unprofessional. Seems like your ego is bigger than the integrity of your business and that has nothing to do with abandonment issues.
And to reiterated, I don't feed egos, I am looking for a home and I shouldn't feel the need to elaborate on why I was short on a call especially if I sent you a text immediately after.
I wasn't going to entertain the last call because you dropped me without the context of the interaction between Milton and I. For context, I never yelled, cursed or treated Milton poorly despite what he may have relayed to you.
Now that I know that you and Milton are family, I understand why so many issues and errors were being slipped under the rug or thrown back at your clients. My sisters and I included (3 clients you will never have again. :)
Quite frankly - I do not care what most of this long winded reply says, this comment is solely for any new customers that are unaware of your business ties and how you chose to move forward with someone else's home buying experience. REVIEW UPDATED FROM 1 STAR...
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