This past August we were in the difficult position of having to sell my father-in-law's home due to an illness. The situation was complicated further because his family lives in San Jose.  I was referred to Kirby Riggs by another real estate agent and it was truly a blessing.   Kirby was amazing to work with throughout the entire process.   She had a team of people she could bring in to get the house ready to show. We had gardeners, carpet cleaners, window and screen washers, a handyman fixing little cracks and touching up the paint, an air conditioner repairman doing maintenance on a neglected air conditioner, etc.  All work was taken care of in quick order because Kirby took immediate and necessary initiative to get the job done asap!   If we hadn't hired Kirby to represent us in preparing this home for market, the house would not have sold in 6 days, and I suspect would today not even be ready for its first open house!!

I can't express how helpful Kirby was in making a difficult situation go as smoothly as possible.  She helped us correctly price our home, prepare it for market making it look distinctive in a highly competitive market.  The results…Our home was sold and closed in record time!!!

Joan Klein
Re:  1748 Leander Lane, Lincoln, CA

 

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We found Kirby during a time of family distress. With both parents ill and needing to relocate to be closer to family, we needed an agent who could take charge and get things done for us. We lived far away from our parents’ home, and were focused on our parents’ health – not on the sale of their home. Given the long distance, and our main priorities during that time of family need, we simply could not give the attention that was required to prepare and sell the home.

In between hospital visits, we interviewed several local real estate agents. Kirby stood out among everyone because of her take-charge attitude and proactive nature. She was exactly the type of person we needed to step in and do the job we would have done ourselves, had we had the time or resources. All of this, in addition to the normal role of a real estate agent.

Kirby lived up to our expectations and then some. She took over, got the house ready on our behalf, and aggressively showed and marketed the house . . . resulting in a great (and surprisingly quick!) sale during a very slow market. Incredible results!

If you need an agent who is independent and proactive, an agent who will truly get the job done, Kirby is it!

- Long-distance children of a Sun City Lincoln Hills family

 

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We were wondering how hard it would be to sell our home in Lincoln Hills with the current slump in the housing market. Many houses in our area had been for sale for well over a year with little or no movement in the market. We knew that Kirby Riggs had sold a house down the street while others remain unsold. We contacted Kirby and were convinced that she had the marketing strategy and the ambition that we were looking for. She met the challenge of a demanding market and sold our house at our price and in minimum time. Her combination of home staging and aggressive marketing made the sale with a minimum of fuss to us. While the other houses remain on the market even at highly reduced prices, Kirby came through for us.

Mark and Suanne Smith

 

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When we started looking at homes in Sun City we were also looking for an agent to represent us. We wanted someone we would enjoy working with who was also knowledgeable of the unique real estate market here. Kirby was an easy choice. She represents her clients - both buyers and sellers- in a very personable and professional manner.

We were very happy with the way that our home purchase was handled. A home purchase with a 3 week close was accomplished in no small part as a result of her “can do” attitude. Her enthusiasm and willingness to chase the details required to make a home purchase happen made it happen - quickly!

On a personal level, Kirby is just great fun to be with. She made what can be a very stressful time easier and more enjoyable. We were very pleased with the way things went and really appreciated all her efforts.

Bob and Lee Sanner
Lincoln, CA 95648

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We met Kirby Riggs on a listing she had in Sun City. Lincoln Hills. While we did not find that home to our liking we felt that Kirby would be the perfect person to work on our behalf. Based on just this first meeting we hired Kirby to handle the sale of our home and to help us purchase our new property. We could not be happier. Kirby knew just what we were looking for and helped us achieve our goal. The market has been very hard pressed the past months but with Kirby's hard work everything we put into motion fell into place. I have, and will recommend Kirby to my friends and anyone asking about a honest and hard working agent to represent them in their real estate needs.
I would like to thank Kirby for all her hard work and for making our dream home possible,

Ed & Arlene Lazarek

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April 20, 2007

Much to our delight, Kirby found the perfect house for us in Lincoln Hills. After looking for more than six months, we were getting discouraged about finding a home that met our needs. Then we were fortunate to meet Kirby. Her friendly spirit, enthusiasm, and professional attitude immediately captured our attention. Working with her, we were continually impressed with her experience and knowledge of the real estate market and her uncompromising commitment to us as clients. Kirby really understood what we were looking for in a home and tailored her search to meet our specific needs. She listened to us and responded to all our ideas and concerns. When she found the right house for us, we were confident that her integrity, negotiating skills, and excellent reputation as a professional realtor would be a plus in representing us as potential buyers. We trusted that she would have our best interests at heart and she did. She gave us excellent advice regarding our offer. Our first offer was accepted and both sides were pleased and satisfied with the contract terms and final transaction.

Throughout the entire process, Kirby kept us well informed. She was always available, returning phone calls promptly and taking the time and making the effort to accommodate our schedule. She provided the information, expertise, and referrals to resources that we needed, all of which made this transaction go smoothly from start to finish. Even after we closed escrow, Kirby continued to provide assistance. With her talent for interior design and creative ideas, Kirby helped us with suggestions for decor and furniture placement that made our home more stylish and comfortable. It was a pleasure to work with her.

Kirby is an extraordinary woman. She is also a responsible, reliable, respected, and resourceful realtor whom we have confidently recommended to friends. We are proud to call her our friend as well.

Sincerely,

Chris and Dave Sartor
1605 Dapple Dawn Lane
Lincoln, CA 95649

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Selling a home even in a "good" market can be a stressful process. Kirby's confidence and enthusiasm convinced me I had made the right choice to have her list my home in Lincoln Hills, we had a ratified contract 18 days after it went on the market. Kirby priced my home just right, it sold for very near the asking price. Her "suggestions" on repainting a wall in the kitchen & one in the living room, plus the expert staging she performed throughout the house added to the ease in selling my home. The timetable she provided after the contract was ratified proved invaluable; everything was done during escrow on the dates that were promised. Kirby stayed in close contact during all phases of the escrow, easing any anxiety so I could concentrate on my relocating to a new home in another state. Her professionalism throughout the whole process was one that all in the business of real estate should be proud of.

How would 1 rate Kirby as the one to represent the sale or purchase of your home? If there is an A+++++++ Kirby Riggs would deserve that grade! She's above and beyond the norm, as well as a genuinely nice and caring person.

Ron Leimer
Sun Lakes, Arizona

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We met Kirby at one of her listings during a open house. We immediately liked her friendly enthusiastic personality and professional presence. We were additional impressed with her knowledge of Sun City Lincoln Hills. After meeting her that day we felt certain she was the best choice to represent us in selling our Lincoln Hills home. From the start she was a take charge gal, rolling up her sleeves, moving and adding decorator accessories for staging our home. The result was an offer/sale of our home within one week of listing...AND... Her savvy negotiation skills secured the sale $5000 over the listing price!!!

Throughout the transaction, Kirby provided us with up to the minute reporting on all aspects of the sale. She was exceptionally committed and focused to being thorough with details regarding contractual obligations and timelines. We were able to leave on a vacation during this time because we were so comfortable with her service and knew we could count on her and her sharp business acumen.

We would and have highly recommended Kirby to our friends and family considering listing or selling their home.

We have become good friends over the years, she is the best.

Merv and Betty Ott
Lincoln. CA

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We first met Kirby Riggs when we were looking to purchase a home in the Del Webb Community in Lincoln, Ca. She was very knowledgeable about the area, with a relaxed approach to business which made us very confident in her abilities. After showing us several homes we found a home that we loved.  Kirby was always patient with all of our questions and concerns.

We also had to sell our home in Elk Grove and we chose Kirby to sell our home because when we met her we immediately liked her and felt that she would be the Realtor® who would ultimately sell our home. She gave us tips to help us stage our home and identified key areas that needed improvement prior to our first showing. We took her suggestions to heart and they paid off. Our home sold in four days for 100% of our list price. Kirby has remained a very dear friend, and we would definitely use her services again.

Sincerely,

Phil and Lois

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Coming from Palm Desert, and in today’s real estate market, finding a home in Sun City Lincoln Hills was a monumental task. Kirby was more than up to the job. She never gave up. She found us a home that was on the internet multiple listings that had been on for only 1 hour. She located us in ten minutes, showed us the ideal home, and had the deal closed in 1 hour. We could not have found a more understanding, cooperative agent, with a wonderful personality that made us feel …and know…we had the right person for us. No one else would have put forth the effort more than she did. Throughout all of this, she constantly looked out for our interests. We were lucky to have found her! Ruth and Meyer Safra 548 Northfield Lane Lincoln, CA 95648

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Buying a home with Kirby was a great experience! We found her to be very knowledgeable about the housing market as well as candid about the pricing and features of the properties we viewed. She really listened to just what we were looking for and knew what homes matched our needs and style of living.

Kirby put us at ease with her friendliness and sense of humor. In addition, her organization, efficiency, and promptness made her a joy to work with. She kept us informed, explained every step of the buying process, and was always accessible for those last minute questions. Kirby is an enthusiastic person who, we felt, put her clients' needs first. She helped us find the perfect home, and we're thrilled with it.

We highly recommend Kirby as a superb real estate professional!

Pat & Jerry Grimes
2283 Blue Heron Loop
Lincoln, CA 95648

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WOW! Talk about a shaker and a mover. Kirby Riggs is a dynamo when it comes to Real Estate. We met Kirby in December of 2006 and fell in love with her immediately. Because of her knowledge and listening skills, she was able to find us the exact house we were looking for in one day. Needless to say, we are now proud owners of a beautiful home in Sun City Lincoln Hills. Kirby Riggs is a breath of fresh air. She is amazing in her abilities to listen, follow through when she says she will get back to you, honestly tell you what she thinks, and provide you with all the information you need to confidently make an important decision. In addition to her high qualifications and accomplishments in real estate, she also has backgrounds in interior design and staging homes for sale. Talk about a complete package deal! Kirby is definitely the one you want to have when purchasing or selling a home. Christy and Al Link Lincoln, CA

It is great enthusiasm that my husband, Steve, and I are recommending Kirby Riggs as your choice of a real estate professional. Kirby is a dynamic woman whose heart and soul are with her real estate clients. Kirby assisted us with both the purchase of our Lincoln Hills home and the sale of our Elk Grove home. With her meticulous planning, staging and marketing skills, both homes closed escrow on the same day!!!! Kirby masterfully led a seemingly impossible transaction with the sale and purchase of two homes. She was always true to her word and committed to our best interests. Her infectious enthusiasm and positive attitude made working with her an absolute delight!! She is one in a million and we were blessed to have had her as our representative. Sincerely, Bonnie and Steve Krisiak Lincoln, CA

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Kirby Riggs handled the purchase of my home in a very professional manner with meticulous attention to detail. Once I obtained loan approval, she took it from there, from pest inspection to final documentation. She is hard-working and dedicated and I can recommend her without reservation! Judith Garnick Lincoln, CA

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Dear Kirby, We want you to know how much we LOVE our new home and Sun City Lincoln Hills. What a great location this is! We’re enjoying the clubhouses and all the facilities they have to offer. The waling paths through the Open Spaces are marvelous…The wild flowers are blooming, the geese are flying and the herons are fishing…all just steps from our door. Our neighbors are delightful. We’ve already joined them for several dinners and our neighborhood’s pot luck is coming up soon! We want to thank you for all you did for us. The “Tour de Lincoln” when we first met was delightful and introduced us to the area. Your selection of homes to show us was tailored to our needs and also showed us what was available in the area. I really appreciate your referrals for local painters and handymen (even the Vet!). Your enthusiasm and energy, positive spirit and professional knowledge make the purchase of this home and our move-in as smooth and easy as possible. Sincerely, Jean and Marcia Curran Lincoln, CA

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To Whom it May Concern:

Rick and I moved to Lincoln Hills in 2002. We bought a home on Mary Rose Lane, lived there for a few years, then realized we needed a larger home. It was around that time we met Kirby Riggs, who was, as it turned out, a very energetic and able real estate agent as well as a friend. She sold our home in a matter of three or four days and found the home we now own. The transaction was smooth and entirely satisfactory for all concerned. A recommendation for Kirby for real estate sales and home staging is easily made with good conscience!

Rick and Patty Rumrill
Lincoln, CA 95648
 

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When looking in Sun City Lincoln Hills, we met Kirby Riggs at her listing during a Sunday open house. Our first impression was that she displayed such enthusiasm and knowledge of the homeowner’s property, we felt in very good hands. Later we learned she had staged the home with great expertise. We ended up buying the same model home a few months later through Kirby. It was a great experience & she became above all our friend.

Dave and Patty Johnson
Lincoln, CA

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I met Kirby Riggs as I was getting ready to sell my home in Loomis. She had several excellent suggestions about how to showcase my home to best advantage. Kirby then assisted me in preparing for my sale. She was able to sell my home (above asking price) in a very short time. Kirby Riggs is a tireless and enthusiastic business person and I would highly recommend her to anyone interested in selling a home.

Elizabeth Kinstler
Auburn, CA

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We purchased a home in Sun City Roseville that was listed by Kirby. We got interested in the home after seeing the “Virtual Tour” on the internet. We attended one of Kirby’s open house showings and then we were convinced that it was the house we wanted. She skillfully guided us through the buying process and made sure everything was accomplished correctly and in a timely manner. Kirby is a Real Estate professional and she gets the job done right.

Les and Elinor Eklund
Roseville, CA

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I found Kirby to be an extremely qualified and hard working broker. She gives her clients all the time and personal attention needed to successfully handle their required business. I would very highly recommend Kirby to anyone interested in buying or selling property. It's been a pleasure to have worked with Kirby and to have gained a friend in doing so.

Sincerely,

Renault and Nancy DeSalle

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Ollie Nordby, Manager
Coldwell Banker
Roseville, CA 95661

Dear Mr. Norby:

Over the last few months, my sister, Mary Marx, and I have had the pleasure of working with Ms. Kirby Riggs in the sale of my late mother's house in Sun City Roseville. Kirby's help was invaluable. In a market that has been essentially dead in the water, she managed to find a buyer in just three weeks, get a good price for the house and close several days early without any significant hitch. Kirby took care of any problems that cropped up and made an otherwise very difficult time much easier.

Again, Kirby's help has been very much appreciated. Please feel free to use my name as a referral for her in the future.

Sincerely,

Mark A. Meier
Attorney At Law

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Kirby and I have been friends for the past 5 years. Within this time period we developed a relationship made of trust and fun! Kirby recently listed my home in the Roseville/Granite Bay area and went above and beyond to provide excellent service and remained in constant communication with me to keep me informed of every turn of events during this transaction.

I would highly recommend Kirby to represent a buyer or seller on any real estate level because of her innate integrity, character and her infectious enthusiasm which makes the process of buying or selling a home so much easier and more enjoyable.

Kirby ROCKS !

Margie Elsaas
Placer County Employee
Certified Yoga Instructor
916-622-2231
 

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We felt like we were the most important client Kirby had. She really understood what we were looking for and found the perfect house for us. After the escrow closed, she continued to provide assistance with everything, not like an agent but like a best friend. She is one in a million.

Bill and Eva Holding
2140 Caravelle Court
Lincoln, CA

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Kirby Riggs was a Godsend! She gave her all in providing excellent service, creative resolve and constant communication throughout all our real estate transactions over the years. Kirby demonstrated the sharpest negotiating skills that got the deal made …profitably. She is a dependable business associate who became a great friend. We would highly recommend her to all.

Jim and Kobi Copeland
Copeland Construction, Inc.
850 Carmel Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94022

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To Whom It May Concern,

I have known Kirby Riggs for nearly ten years on both a professional and personal level.  She is a highly responsible, reliable and thoughtful woman whom I would feel comfortable recommending to anyone in any capacity imaginable. 

In a professional capacity, I have always know her to be creative, industrious and very effective in all of her endeavors.

On a more personal note, I cannot think of anyone I feel is more loyal, caring, reliable and honest than Kirby.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.

Sincerely,
Cheri McCoy
700 San Mateo Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Clare and Charley

As a Realtor® with 28+ years experience I have had the opportunity to work with a vast cross section of professionals in this field. I believe that Kirby Riggs has that magic combination of dedication, knowledge, professionalism and enthusiasm that will ensure her success as a Realtor®. Kirby's clients come first, be they Buyers or Sellers, and she is committed to ensuring that their goals are met. Her enthusiastic spirit and her creativity in getting "the deal done" mean that she is willing to think “outside the box" to find a solution to the issue at hand. Kirby has an up-to-the minute sense of market condition and will bring her knowledge and experience to the table - always with her client's best interest first. Whether you are listing your house or looking for that next dream house possibility - Kirby Riggs is an outstanding choice as your representative. Sincerely, Clare Mannon French and French Realtors® Santa Fe, New Mexico Former Lincoln Hills Resident

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Dear Sir or Madam:

1 have been a close personal friend of Kirby Robert Riggs for over 36 years. We were room mates for close to a year. Although we have both relocated some distance from each other during this period, our friendship has remained close.

Kirby is a woman of many talents and accomplishments. Her interests have always been diverse and aesthetic. She has tremendous artistic ability and has been actively involved in creative design throughout her lire. This is certainly reflected in her residences. I have had the pleasure of enlisting her services several times throughout our long-term friendship and have found her expert in this field. She is well respected by her peers. This talent reflects itself in her personal entertaining as well as in her professional career as a Design Consultant and Real Estate Agent. In addition, Kirby is a loving mother and career woman. Kirby manages to balance these responsibilities with amazing grace and ease. These aptitudes will increase her business acumen for future accomplishments.

Due to Kirby's creative tendencies, she is continually searching for new challenges She is enterprising; and has tremendous work ethic, completing her tasks at hand with extreme enthusiasm and energy.

Nicki Lodi

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I have known Kirby as a friend since we first began our high school years together in 1961. Over the past 37 years I have watched Kirby set and reach many goals, as well as weather numerous trials and tribulations. She has always been successful at coming out on top. When Kirby sets her mind on something, no matter the challenge or obstacles placed in her way, she finds a way to shape her dreams into reality. She is energetic, determined, focused, motivated and resourceful. Kirby is a very organized individual, and approaches her work with a well thought out plan based on self-guided, thorough research. She sets high standards for herself and is meticulous in her work. The outcome of her every undertaking is always one of excellence. She is tremendously talented in the field of interior design and greatly admired by her peers and her clients for her creative -skills which are ever present in her every undertaking, and in her own sense of personal style and presentation as well.

Kirby is decisive and adventuresome and new challenges never deter her. After being educated as a speech therapist, Kirby discovered right out of college that this line of work was not personally fulfilling for her, so she turned to other pursuits. She worked for the Food Trade Service Center in San Francisco and eventually returned to college to earn a degree in interior design. She opened her own business as a free-lance interior designer, and after securing and working successfully with clients for a number of years, she pursued an educational program to obtain her residential real estate sales license as a natural outgrowth of her home decor and design interests.

She has worked and prevailed under the stress of time constraints and customer demands. Having raised two children as a single mother who are now in college, Kirby has even more freedom and less distractions now to devote to developing a new career and life direction for herself. Given her well honed artistic and creative skills and inventive style. If I can be of arty further help please feel free to give me a call.

Sincerely,

Jan Scripps

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