Green State Realty

Over and above! Waaaaaay over and above. Jonathan Schoenhals has been working with us for the last nine years to help us decide when and where to both sell our current home and buy a new one. Most of this time we weren’t sure what we wanted to do, but every time an idea crossed our mind, Jonathan immediately responded with a careful analysis of all the pros and cons of these ideas, and at all times had our best interest in mind. This was made clear, over and over again, when many of our impulsive choices would have benefitted him, but in the end weren’t a good fit for us, and we wouldn’t have known that without his counsel. He has always been quick to reply to us and never hard to get ahold of. Without complaint he has driven over an hour (often times two hours) to show us houses we weren’t even sure we were interested in, and once we did find a home, he walked us through every part of the process, even physically being with us during every critical phase, just to make sure everything went well. Jonathan is very much in tune with the market and knows how to negotiate successfully, putting his MBA and diverse experience to good use. Overall the experience was like going to the NBA playoffs in the 90’s with Michael Jordan. You are almost guaranteed a win!

I wish I could give him ten stars! I found Jonathan Schoenhals online while looking for homes on Zillow. Honestly, I had tried working with other agents in the past and they just didn’t seem to add any value to my search process. Jonathan was the exact opposite. Others would schedule a viewing of a property I was interested in and by the time we would go look at it, it would be pending. Johnathan is on top of it! He was always so quick to show and write up offers. He is awesome. I am a younger Veteran and was looking for a fixer where I could earn some sweet-equity and rent out a few rooms. In this market, it is hard to find a deal, but Jonathan didn’t give up. We had been looking for over a year, he continued to show me the good in a property and was really good at pointing out the bad that I had missed and overlooked. He must have shown me 15+ homes in a month and we made offers on three . . . each one we lost out to cash buyers who were willing to match our offer. At that point, Jonathan could have pushed me to give up on my VA loan and go with a Conventional loan, but he didn’t. All the way through the process I felt like he had my best interest at heart and when we found the home I purchased, he wrote the offer up that night. We had a deal within four hours. Jonathan kept his cool and negotiated a great price (and overall deal), even in this very competitive market. Even more amazing, we made the offer on 4/5 and I was in my new home on 4/28 w/ a VA loan! This is the guy to get you the best deal, the fastest, and if there is some inspection snags like the inspector missing the photos of the fire alarms in the bedrooms, he is the kind of guy to run out to the property to take the pics and send them to the inspector, saving you four or five days in closing. He is the kind of go get'er that will call the county to bug them about submitting the permits for the property. He is awesome and a really hard worker. He also was the first to give me THREE wonderful house warming gifts! He is truly the best realtor I have every worked with. I work at Boeing and can tell you that Jonathan is a straight shooter. Mechanics and engineers can smell baloney from a mile away and he always was straight with me, even when I didn’t really want to hear it. When we first started working together, I didn’t realize that Jonathan actually owned the company. He was humble and didn’t try to pass me (a first-time home buyer) off on someone down the chain. I couldn’t be happier with my new home and I recommend Jonathan at Green State Realty as a smart, hard-working, honest broker. I could not be happier with Jonathan and his team.

My wife and I used Jonathan to help us buy our current home in 2013. We had a great experience and never questioned whether we should use him to sell our condo, which we had been renting to a nice family since 2013. Jonathan and I had remained in contact since working with him in 2013. Knowing that we were hoping to sell our condo one day, he regularly sent me updated listings to help keep me informed of the changing market. In March 2016, my tenants decided to vacate the rental and after discussing with Jonathan, we decided it was a good time to sell. We are so thankful we did. After our tenants moved out, Jonathan spent an entire day helping us clean and prepare the condo for sale. Once we had the condo ready, Jonathan worked very quickly to put together the marketing and strategy to maximize the sale. We were blown away at how effective it was. Within 4 days we had over 10 walk-through's and 4 offers (2 cash-only) and all of the offers were over asking price! The offer we accepted was $18K over asking. Jonathan is more than a real estate agent, he is a real estate consultant and friend. My wife and I didn't know Jonathan before we worked with him in 2013 to buy our house but he has become a dear friend who always has our best interest at heart. He listens to what we want and works harder than any one I know to deliver that. His professionalism and thoroughness is impeccable. My wife and I had never sold a property before so the process and what to expect was somewhat foreign to us. Jonathan expertly guided us every step of the way. I never feel like I can ask a dumb question with him and that gives me confidence to be apart of the process, rather than a spectator of it. As long as Jonathan is in the business we will never use anyone else, period.

I could not have been happier with the experience we had with Jonathan. This was our first experience with a realtor and our first home, and we completely lucked out. Jonathan was very easy to work with, very accommodating, extremely knowledgeable, and professional, yet relaxed and easy going. Because I have two small children and minimal childcare options, he often came to us which made the process much less stressful. He set us up with a great real estate site, had us pick our favorites, and then he would set up the appointments and map them out, and take several hours touring with us. He was so nice and personable that I felt as if I was house hunting with a very informed friend rather than a realtor. I never felt pressured, like he was trying to sell us the house. He was thoughtful and honest and made sure that we were going to get the house that worked best for us. I truly felt that he had our best interests at heart. He was very easily accessible too, which turned out to be amazing because he was able to meet me at the house we ended up purchasing right away, as it came on the market. And most importantly, he knows the market. Our house went through a slight bidding war as it was priced low and there were so many buyers and such little inventory at this particular time. He advised us every step of the way and we won the bid even though we didn't have the highest bid. He knows the process and what the sellers are thinking, but he is fair, honest, and straightforward. While I hope we won't need a realtor in the near future, I am certain he will be the one I call for help. And I will be personally recommending him to friends and family as well as to anyone reading this review!