I can only say good things about Melina Rissone. My family just moved to Poway and we were recommended to Melina by some locals we met at school. Melina was very professional in all matters and always took her time to make sure she understood what we wanted. We never had the impression that she tried to convince us to buy, like many other Real Estate Agents do. When we finally found the perfect home Melina managed to negotiate the price we wanted. All in all, I can only recommend her services if you are buying/selling your home.

I had to sell my home in Poway for a bigger one and heard from friends that Melina has been a Real Estate Agent in Poway for quite some time. I was very happy with Melina's service and would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a trustworthy real estate agent. Here in the Poway Real Estate Market it is currently tough, for both buyers and sellers, and Melina was able to defend my interests at all times. She took her time to understand my needs and my financial situation and helped me get exactly the house I wanted at my budget.

In a word..Awful. I was mislead, misrepresented and blantantly lied to.

It was a great pleasure working with Melina which is why I want to post a comment on this site. I just moved to Poway because of the family and because of the Poway School District being one of the top ones...A friend had already recommend Melina so I thought I would check her out along with some other real estate agents. There was really no need to see anybody else, since she impressed me right from the beginning. First we found out exactly what mortgage I could get, and how much I could afford. Then Melina took the time to assess our exact needs and wants and only came up with offers that were matching all of the above. At no time did she try to upsell us to a more expensive property, or something that did not make our list. Melina constantly reminded us of her availability to show us properties as often as we needed to make sure we get the right fit. At the end when it came to contract negotiations, she was extremely professional and got us everything we asked for.

It is with pleasure that I recommend Melina. I had to sell my home in Rancho Bernardo because I could not keep up with the mortgage payments which is why I contacted Melina. I had not done any research on Melina prior to contacting her and just found an add over the internet. When I read all the good reviews about her online I thought I would give it a try and was impressed from our first conversation we had throughout the closing deal. Melina was so friendly, cheerful, yet professional and always available for me. She helped me sell the house at a much better deal than I had expected and also assisted me in refinancing for a new home. All in all the process took less than 3 months, which was very fast considering the economy and that was going on in the housing market. Melina contacted me as soon as she found a home that was matching all my requirements and made sure that we were the first to visit. At the end we got an amazing deal on a foreclosure that Melina was able to get to me f

"In today’s real estate market, selling a house is a headache. When we had to sell our house in Poway in the summer of 2009 due to job relocation, we had no idea what we were going to get into but prepared for the worst. As our listing agent, Melina did a wonderful job beyond our expectation. Not only was she well prepared in her interview to answer our questions, but also took extra steps by taking us to tour other similar houses near by ours that were on the market to get first hand information, such as floor plan, upgrades, location, privacy, view... so we could do a thorough and realistic comparative market analysis together instead of just the cold numbers from a data pool. She hired the most talented stager and gave our house a model perfect appeal. The video tour she posted on the internet was so attractive that we almost changed our mind to keeping the house instead of selling it. Her service was the best among all the realtors we have dealt with.

Ivana's professionalism is simply the best. She worked with us day and night even when she felt sick. Time was valuable to us, since my wife was only a few weeks from going into labor, she did so much for us from beginning to end and got us our new home which we love so much, she had won our hearts and she will always be part of us. If you are looking to buy a house you definetely have the right person for the job, not only do you have an real estate agent but also an ANGEL at your side.

Melina truly cared about me in the transaction. She got me a good deal and was a strong negotiator. She had a very informative presentation when we first met and her website at www.sdpropertyfinder.com was more than helpful. I would recommend her to all my friends.

Melina did a fantastic job ****isting me getting a great deal and holding my hand thru the process. I will recommend her to everybody I know.

I'm not working with this agent but I can say based upon her marketing that I would never be a client of hers. Based upon her postings on craiglist.com, she provides absolutely no pictures versus the majority of agenst who do provide pictures. This is a discredit to the services she provides for her clients given that she will eanr a commission but based upon what? There is a pre-recorded message and her website has 1 featured property at this time compared to the 25 postings she has on craigslist. If I'm reading that right, that means that 24 of her clients either do not wish for there house to be marketed to potential buyers with pictures or they are missing potential buyers because no pictures are provided. In this day and age of real estate sales, visual marketing is extremely important. Potential buyers like myself will simply observe that there is not a picture and will move on. After viewing her website, there is no additional information about the homes she posts.Not impressive

“Ivana helped my wife and I purchase our house with ease, comfort and most of all, care. Ivana’s fundamental skills in selling and buying were exceptional. Ivana’s legalize in paperwork was top notch, her willingness to answer any question no matter how profound it may have seemed was truly graceful and without flaw. Ivana was resolute in her selling and purchasing knowledge. Ivana’s remarkable talent is not only outstanding, but also extremely professional.”

“Ivana patiently took the time to educate us and made us feel comfortable with the home buying process and not once ever pressured us. Ivana was extremely well prepared patient and organized which made us feel at ease. Ivana was very adept at negotiating process and was successful in obtaining a fair and inclusive purchase agreement. Ivana went well beyond her duty in making sure that all the terms of our agreement are met. Ivana was AMAZING HELP.”

“Thanks for all of your hard work. You successfully sold our condo and negotiated a very good price for our new house. You were great. It was nice to be able to just turn it all over to you. It was obvious from the beginning that you knew your business. Judy and I appreciated the way you successfully marketed our condo. It was on the market for less than a month before you found a buyer and had it sold. Through your skillful negotiations we sold our condo for enough to buy our new house and transfer our property taxes. During this process you were always available, you kept us informed, ****isted us in completing mountains of paperwork, and generally ran interference between us, the buyer, the seller, two escrow companies, the title company, the lenders, builders, etc. Here is wishing you the best in the future and again, please feel free to use us as a reference. I can be reached at the following email address: