Testimonials

We can't thank Mike and Shelly enough for helping us find our dream home! From the very beginning, Mike and Shelly were incredibly patient, communicative, and helpful. They went above and beyond to find us an off-market property, which was amazing!

Mike and Shelly expertly arranged a pre-showing. At the pre-showing, we knew this was the one, Mike and Shelly sprang into action and helped us submit a competitive offer that very night! They kept us in the loop the entire time to ease our nerves, and really went the extra mile for us.

Mike and Shelly's knowledge and insights about the property and the market put us completely at ease. We always felt like we were in good hands throughout the entire process. More than that, they truly listened to us and were thoughtful and helpful partners every step of the way. We wholeheartedly recommend Mike and Shelly to anyone searching for their dream home - we couldn't have done it without them!

Selling a house can be stressful - I know because I've sold multiple homes in the past with other realtors. But I can honestly say, hiring Michael Sutton actually made the process enjoyable and incredibly efficient. Michael is professional, experienced, and well connected in the industry in every way. He seamlessly took care of every aspect from start to finish. I was able to trust my realtor fully, which is priceless when selling such a large asset.

After running comps, carefully reviewing my property, and personally visiting the competition in the area, Michael sat down with me to discuss an ideal pricing strategy. Michael came with a solid game plan including a reasonable budget for important upgrade improvements that buyers want in a home. Despite time constraints, he arranged and managed everything with multiple contractors who all did a fantastic job getting the improvements completed on time and close to budget. Michael explained everything to me along the way and everything was done in a two week period. We rushed to put the house on the market right away because interest rates and other factors were projected to change soon.

Michael explained getting a home ready for sale requires an understanding not only of what potential buyers want in 2023, but also an understanding of the physical structure of the house. I followed every step Michael suggested. He has extensive experience with construction and with this practical insight and skill takes care of every detail with the utmost care. Michael also has reliable contacts in the industry. The staging, upgrades, and maintenance he arranged resulted in a home that looked incredible. Many potential buyers commented that the house was the best they had seen that day and were amazed how beautiful the home looked. The house had never looked that amazing in the past 15 years.

I want to mention one unique open house was just for the neighbors to view the house: Michael knows the neighbors are always curious and often a source of referring a buyer by word of mouth, so he holds a special open house just for neighbors. He then held multiple open house events with an amazing turnout of potential buyers. He has an amazing way to advertise the open houses that reaches everyone.

The day when the offers came in was exciting and felt great. The details of 11 offers were navigated competently and soon we had a strong buyer selected and the offer was way over asking price. I was so happy leaving his office that day. Michael continued to oversee the purchase until the final day.

Thank you, Michael, for an incredible process from start to finish.

What an amazing experience working with Michael. It could not have gone any better. He made the entire process from start to finish as painless and stress free as possible. To anyone who has sold a house before, you know there are a lot of moving parts to get the house ready to sell. It is easy to overlook something or miss something that would cause a delay to getting the house listed. Mike just nailed everything. In fact he ended spot on if not a little ahead of the schedule he presented.

I very much appreciated that he is very careful and thoughtful with expenses, he did not recommended anything that he did not think would add value to the house. He was very conscious about keeping any expense within reasonable limits and there was not anything he recommended changing that did not make total sense.

One the best things about Michael is constant communication, I never felt like I did not know what was going on throughout the process from getting the house ready to sell, to the open houses to accepting offer day.

The house did sell for way over asking and way over what we thought it would sell for. Michael did a great job during the negotiation process with the buyers.

Do yourself a favor if you are looking for a realtor hire Michael, you will not be disappointed.

We'd like to express how IMPRESSED we are with Michael Sutton. He is a consummate professional in a field of many. He handled the market-prep work which made it so easy for us, including not paying until our home closed escrow. We greatly appreciated how he recommended specific updates which appealed to today's buyers, which ultimately resulted in many offers from which to choose. His negotiating skills resulted in a higher sales price than we had dreamed of. What a great day that was!

What a nice personal touch by Michael for BBQing sandwiches for the neighborhood viewing party.

We could tell that he really cared about our final outcome.

We highly recommend Michael.

Michael represented me in both buying and selling of a house. He is fantastic. He has years of experience in the housing industry, coming with a contractor background. He can tell very well the condition of the house, and what it takes for remodeling, etc. He is also a fantastic sales person, great at negotiation which makes the entire experience so favorable, including staging, listing and pricing. He and his wife (Shelly) are great duo that you can fully rely on them in the transaction. Highly recommended.

Mike is extremely helpful and very personable. He made the purchase of my first home a great experience! I highly recommend him!

Michael Sutton went all out for us. He was able to meet with us immediately and incorporated all our preferences into a search for our condo. He is extra knowledgeable about the area, having lived here most of his life. I appreciated his background as a general contractor when evaluating the quality of construction, as well as his willingness to drive us around on tours of neighborhoods and wherever else we needed to go. Perhaps most importantly, he and his wife, Shelly Potvin, are very connected in local real estate networks, which ultimately was crucial in us being the winning bid with twelve offers. We were pleasantly surprised at the in-depth techniques and strategies they used to help us buy our new home even though we were not the highest offer. We highly recommend Michael.

Michael was our Realtor when we bought our Townhome in Santa Clara and we were so impressed with his knowledge the first time, we didn't hesitate to select him to represent us in listing our home. At first, we wanted to wait and sell a few months later based on our schedules, but Michael strongly suggested we sell during a particular week, as he tracks historical trends. Frankly, this was not a particularly good timing for us, but we took his advice. We are pleased to say he was spot-on! We sold our home with more than 25 offers (yes...25!), and best of all....22% over the asking price which was much higher than any other sale in our development! Additionally, he negotiated three months free rent back! We cannot say enough about how he was on top of aspect and how smooth the transaction went...we didn't have to worry about a thing. Michael is fun to work with and knows his stuff! We highly recommend him. He is our Realtor for life.

I get to know Mike because his precious client recommended him. Both me and my husband are super grateful for having him as our agent. He is the most responsible, diligent, efficient and honest realtor I have ever heard of. He did much more than just the tedious processes and paperwork that all realtor will do.

First of all, Mike was a contractor for many years, so when he took us to a home tour, he shared his honest opinion about how well the houses were built, how to improve some less desired area and how much it will cost. He is also very knowledgeable of the market and bidding strategy. It took only 12 hours to get our first offer with a reasonable price we are comfortable with accepted. Amazing! He fought for us and tried his best to maximise our benefit. I will definitely recommend him to any of my close friends who are trying to buy a home in bay area.