What a mess I got myself into. I purchased a home in a nice Los Angeles neighborhood. My goals was to rent the home out for a couple of years if not longer. I was optimistic that the market was still on an upward climb. The first mistake I made was renting to a guy who had a shaky story about his credit history. Well turns out the guy paid me on time every month, but he also was subletting the property out as a boarding house. He had added interior walls, and set the place up like a Motel 6. The real problems started to happen when he got into a dispute with one of his sublet tenants. Apparently the tenant complained that her living space was decreased to make more room for another rental space. Basically she claimed he divided her bedroom into halve thus reducing her room to half its size. The sublet tenant stop ceased rent payments and called the health department, and any other department in the city of L.A. that would listen. Next thing I knew I was getting mail from the housing, and health departments. They automatically assumed I knew everything, and that I was in violation of every rule under the sun. Subsequently I evicted the the tenant that I had rented too, but now I have a squatter who is not leaving until she gets relocation money. Of course the crooked housing department gave her all of these schemes alone with her pro bono attorney. They basically explained to her how to shake me down for the relocation fee. Feeling like there was no other way out than to walk away and let the property go back to the bank, I called the agent who sold me the property, Shawn Kormondy. Given the circumstances, I knew he could handle these issues. Shawn was very aggressive. He came to an agreement with the tenant through the tenant's respective attorney to vacate as well as coordinating the approval of the short sale with the bank. He even got the bank to pay $3000 towards the tenant's relocation expense. Furthermore, he had an inexpensive handyman make the needed repairs to comply with the city's request, which turned into a substandard lien against the property. Without the help of a solid "out of the box" agent like Shawn I'm not sure how much more money I was going to waste on this bad investment. Trust me if you have a nightmare on your hands call Shawn he is a smooth operator, and he will get the job done.

Shawn Kormondy is a master negotiator, gets the job done, and never strays from integrity. Our initial experience with Shawn Kormondy was for the purchase of our first apartment building several years ago. Whenever we had a question about leasing, maintenance, or vendor referrals, Shawn was always available to walk us through the process during escrow and well after the close of escrow. More recently, we had wanted to trade up to a larger home for our family. We had a very stubborn seller who only only gave us a 21 day inspection contingency period with a 60 day escrow to close on our primary residence. Shawn masterfully priced our home in a manner that generated multiple offers and allowed us to successfully close on our primary residence and use the proceeds to fund the close of our trade up home in 60 days! We highly recommend Shawn

Shawn definitely goes the extra mile and out of his way to help you buy or rent a home. He looked at a number of homes with me as I was initially trying to buy. Since I concluded it wasn't the right time to buy, he then helped me find a property to rent (with the same patience and care that he had before). After we closed the deal, he then provided me with with contact info for other services that I needed after closing the deal. Shawn goes beyond his duties to please his clients. What a FANTASTIC AGENT!! THANK YOU SHAWN!! IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU!! HOPE TO DO SO AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE!!

Simply put, the home buying experience wouldn't have been as enjoyable as it was, if it was anyone else. Yes, it's a process. Business mixed in with your future, can be and is daunting. You're not sure when the end is, because no one gives you, "this is the last two steps before you own a home" pamphlet. Yet, Shawn is there, right with the financial guy, Dana D., helping you all the way through. Even after the house is yours, and Shawn said he'll call you to check in afterwards just because, trust, believe him when he says that. He does, he will. "Going for two" is a silly football reference we had. Told him in an event that we were playing football, and we did score a TD, nice to know we'd be going for a 2 point conversion, and indeed making those 2 points. Thanks Shawn.

Shawn was a very thourough agent. Very responsive.

We started to work with Shawn Kormondy in 2005 when we decided to buy an income property in a hip Los Angeles neighborhood. He expertly and very promptly managed to sort out the offers of the market, saving us a lot of time and energy in searching for the right property. He is very efficient, trustful, knowledgable and tactful, not giving up on his customers' standards. Working with him is a real pleasure, making the process of buying or selling a nice experince even when times are tough. Roxana Papacostea.

He picked-up immediately on the kind of place I was looking for and never balked even once at the amount of time and effort it took to find the place.

Shaw Kormondy deffinitely goes the extra mile. It's refreshing to deal with a real estate agent/broker whose purpose is to help me find what I'm looking for not what he's got to sell. Shawn also helped us evaluate one of our investment properties...and when the dust settled the verdict was "no sell". What agent in their right mind would pull away from a listing. Shawn did because it wasn't in our best interest.

great work. thank you for helping me get the house of my dream

"Shawn was a great real estate professional to work with. When the initial buyer could not follow through on time, Shawn was able to find a backup buyer who could. He seemed well versed in the possibilities that could occur and smoothly handled all complexities that came up. I would happily work with him again."

"My partners and I have worked with many agents and brokers in the past, but Shawn's work ethics and relentless energy really impressed us. He was able to get us offers above asking price and that is rare in this business. Shawn is first on our list when selling and buying real estate."

"Thanks to Mr. Kormondy's exemplary services, the home-buying process was simple and easy. He went above and beyond all our expectations and before we knew it, my family and I were living in one of the most beautiful homes in Los Angeles"

"Shawn's professionalism and dedication is unlike any other agent I have personally worked with. He was meticulous and worked with a velocity to get top dollar for my property. I know that Shawn is my trusted agent for any further transactions."