Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties

Amanda Lopez aka Amanda Franchi and Forrest Barbee are crooks, cheaters, thief and liars. They will con you if you don't watch out. DO NOT DO business with these agents at Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Las Vegas. They are dishonest and liars. Here's why. I was a real estate agent in California for about 10 years. For the past 25 years, I have been a website designer. I thought I go back to real estate in Nevada. Passed my test. I joined BHHSNV.com, under broker "Forrest Barbee" and "Amanda Lopez". I got my first listing after a couple of months of joining. It was my aunt's house. So I got on the training wagon. To my surprise, the training was terrible. They did not know what they were doing...and their supervisors are running around like headless chicken on a daily basis. I joined because of what I heard - training is extensive - but it is not. They never know what training they are providing on any day and then they just wing it. Totally unprofessional. The worst training program ever!!! If I had known, I would not have joined BHHSNV. Keep in mind that I have been to real estate training before so I know the difference. The online training materials were not any better, if you can figure it out or even know where to login. There were so many logins (at least 20), it is very confusing which is which and where. The supervisors (Amanda Lopez) are never around and when they are, they never have any time for you. And when you do speak with them, they don't really know the answer, they are just winging it. I can tell because their answers are never the same twice. They treated me as if I did not know anything and they know everything. I finally got an offer on my listing and the seller accepted. Again, I followed Amanda Lopez (my supervisor) instructions on a daily basis during the entire listing process. She was copied on all email correspondences with buyer's agent. So she knew what was going on with my listing on a daily basis. You would think that she would guide me accordingly, but no. By the time escrow closes, my RE license was due to expire in a couple of months and had to be renewed. I was so discouraged from my training and my disappointment in BHHS culture that I decided not to renew my RE license. This was not the cause of why I did not get my commission, the cause or their reason is that I did not follow protocol. Well, whose fault is that, me or my supervisor who is supposed to be teaching me on how to follow protocol. But I was left to blame. Note that I followed every instructions that Amanda Lopez has provided me as we went about my listing. So guess what? Forrest Barbee of BHHSNV did not want to give me my Real Estate commission!!! Not even a finder's fee!!!! Not even for a cup of coffee. I worked on my listing and sold the property. They gave me the excuse that I did not follow protocol and that the documents were not complete. Amanda Lopez did not say a word about my account not being in compliance with protocol. From what I know, they were complete. I followed Amanda Lopez, my training broker, her day to day instructions implicitly. Still, they did not give me 1-cent!!!! They took all of the commission money and kept it. The way they did it is during closing of escrow, they slipped in a few Real Estate documents to take the listing away from me which the seller signed because she did not know what she was signing. Watch out for this. This is how they stole my listing from me. Make sure to join your customer on any escrow signing and make sure that your listing do not get stolen. These people are crooks, liars and a cheat!!! Don't join BHHS company!!! DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE. They will steal your commission!!!

Michaeline is one of the best Realtors we have ever worked with. What made her stand out was how well she listened to want we needed. She took time to genuinely understand our goals, and and then acted on it. This should be a given, but all too often in the past I've experienced realtors who try to upsell, and constantly show properties that push our boundaries. Or who push for a quick sale, or present choices based on their own preferences or agenda, rather than ours. It was a pleasure to work with someone who focuses on what we actually wanted. That doesn't mean that she didn't have some great ideas. Quite the opposite. She was very well versed in the whole support infrastructure that surrounds a real estate purchase - she knows the local contractors, lenders, inspectors, agencies, insurance companies, title agents, attorneys and other realtors. Perhaps even more importantly, she really knows the area, its amenities and its history, and what areas are relatively stable (which is key when you are making a long-term commitment such as buying property). She was well versed in the local culture, be it school districts, restaurants, shopping, recreation, traffic or HOA's. The open and honest dissemination of this kind of local knowledge is priceless to anybody buying into an unfamiliar location. Knowing that you, or a renter will face an intolerable commute, that a quiet street will be overrun with tourists come peak season, or that the HOA is a nightmare to deal with is extremely valuable, whilst buying an area that is close to great local restaurants, hiking or public pools is the sort of information that can make the difference between a blissful or miserable house purchase 6 months down the road, and a property that rents easily, or sits empty. The other thing we really appreciated was how available and hands on Michealine was. We dealt with her her exclusively. There was no bait and switch, and we don't suddenly get fobbed off with a flunky or an assistant as soon as we signed up. What you see upfront is what you get throughout the process.